Martin Longman
@booman23.bsky.social
OG Liberal Blogger (BooMan): worked for ACORN, Democracy for America and Washington Monthly. Founded Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Was once internet famous in India. Podcasting the Progress Pondcast. https://martinlongman.substack.com
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Whatever power they have, they abuse it.
I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Whatever power they have, they abuse it.
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time is a flat circle
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
time is a flat circle
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If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
My thing with Nuzzi is really contained in a disbelief about her taste in men. And that’s not my business until she writes a book about dry humps with RFK Jr.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My thing with Nuzzi is really contained in a disbelief about her taste in men. And that’s not my business until she writes a book about dry humps with RFK Jr.
Remember, folks, it’s a long way to the top………
If you want to rock n’ roll.
If you want to rock n’ roll.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Remember, folks, it’s a long way to the top………
If you want to rock n’ roll.
If you want to rock n’ roll.
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I hope the next question was "why are you lying to us?" Because no one gets an MRI and has "no idea" what it was for. (Unless they have dementia.)
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I hope the next question was "why are you lying to us?" Because no one gets an MRI and has "no idea" what it was for. (Unless they have dementia.)
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This table topped with coffee beans was in the green room at MSNBC for at least 15 years, back to when Morning Joe was sponsored by Starbucks. The beans were fuzzy in places and had lost their smell.
Today was MSNBC’s last day at 30 Rock, and I guess the beans aren’t making the move.
Today was MSNBC’s last day at 30 Rock, and I guess the beans aren’t making the move.
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This table topped with coffee beans was in the green room at MSNBC for at least 15 years, back to when Morning Joe was sponsored by Starbucks. The beans were fuzzy in places and had lost their smell.
Today was MSNBC’s last day at 30 Rock, and I guess the beans aren’t making the move.
Today was MSNBC’s last day at 30 Rock, and I guess the beans aren’t making the move.
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According to new Reuters poll, only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved. 51% oppose. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
According to new Reuters poll, only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved. 51% oppose. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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So the First Felon not only is demanding Pam Bondi pay him $230 million of our money
He’s also planning on paying upwards of $50 million to Michael Flynn who plead guilty to lying to the FBI
The greed and corruption is off the charts.
He’s also planning on paying upwards of $50 million to Michael Flynn who plead guilty to lying to the FBI
The greed and corruption is off the charts.
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So the First Felon not only is demanding Pam Bondi pay him $230 million of our money
He’s also planning on paying upwards of $50 million to Michael Flynn who plead guilty to lying to the FBI
The greed and corruption is off the charts.
He’s also planning on paying upwards of $50 million to Michael Flynn who plead guilty to lying to the FBI
The greed and corruption is off the charts.
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It’d be nice to have a public health agency that believes in science right about now
A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. https://cnn.it/4oIRswI
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’d be nice to have a public health agency that believes in science right about now
He forgot to mention tearing down the East Wing and hiring Nazis.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
He forgot to mention tearing down the East Wing and hiring Nazis.
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I haven't seen such a turn of events since Grenada became the primary hub of international Communism shortly after Reagan and company got 250 Marines killed in Beirut.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I haven't seen such a turn of events since Grenada became the primary hub of international Communism shortly after Reagan and company got 250 Marines killed in Beirut.
There are obviously zero reasons to attack Venezuela and kill Venezuelans, and no other conceivable president would even consider doing so, but Trump needs a distraction so here we go.
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Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
There are obviously zero reasons to attack Venezuela and kill Venezuelans, and no other conceivable president would even consider doing so, but Trump needs a distraction so here we go.
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If only his name were "Skandalatkes," I'd hold out hope.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If only his name were "Skandalatkes," I'd hold out hope.
Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, will take over Fani Willis' prosecution of the January 6 cases, and he has the name for the job.
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Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case against Trump will carry on for now with new prosecutor | CNN Politics
The sprawling 2023 racketeering indictment case against President Donald Trump and several allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia will continue and is now in the han...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, will take over Fani Willis' prosecution of the January 6 cases, and he has the name for the job.
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Trump has already decided what kind of party the GOP will be.
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Why Is Trump So Insistent that Paul Ingrassia Have Employment In His Administration?
His undying support for a man with a self-described "Nazi streak" should end the appalling debate over whether or not the GOP should embrace racists and antisemites.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump has already decided what kind of party the GOP will be.
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That’s the best they can come up with.
AFTER AN ALL NIGHT PANIC MEETING.
That’s it.
Trump is 39 points underwater on Epstein.
LITERALLY NO ONE is buying this.
Even republicans aren’t.
HILARIOUSLY POOR.
AFTER AN ALL NIGHT PANIC MEETING.
That’s it.
Trump is 39 points underwater on Epstein.
LITERALLY NO ONE is buying this.
Even republicans aren’t.
HILARIOUSLY POOR.
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That’s the best they can come up with.
AFTER AN ALL NIGHT PANIC MEETING.
That’s it.
Trump is 39 points underwater on Epstein.
LITERALLY NO ONE is buying this.
Even republicans aren’t.
HILARIOUSLY POOR.
AFTER AN ALL NIGHT PANIC MEETING.
That’s it.
Trump is 39 points underwater on Epstein.
LITERALLY NO ONE is buying this.
Even republicans aren’t.
HILARIOUSLY POOR.
Bruno, Copernicus and Galileo would like a word.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bruno, Copernicus and Galileo would like a word.
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Trump ignores questions on Epstein as he walks out of the room
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Trump ignores questions on Epstein as he walks out of the room
Kash Patel could get caught planting bugs in a ski mask at the DNC headquarters and the press would be like, "One time a Democrat in Ohio voted for his dead mother."
Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Kash Patel could get caught planting bugs in a ski mask at the DNC headquarters and the press would be like, "One time a Democrat in Ohio voted for his dead mother."