Brad Howell
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Just a guy in📍Seattle, respecting Mother Nature 🌱 listening to others, and always learning 🤓
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Layoffs last month hit their highest January total since 2009, according to a report released by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The 'low-hire, low-fire' economy may be starting to shift with more layoffs—but not more hiring
Layoffs last month hit their highest January total since 2009, according to a report released Thursday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
cnb.cx
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Layoffs last month hit their highest January total since 2009, according to a report released by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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President Trump said on Wednesday that his administration had “terminated” a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River, one of the nation’s most critical infrastructure projects. It was not immediately clear what he meant and whether the project had already been stripped of federal funding.
Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’
It was not immediately clear what the president meant and whether the project, known as Gateway, had already been stripped of federal funding.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
President Trump said on Wednesday that his administration had “terminated” a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River, one of the nation’s most critical infrastructure projects. It was not immediately clear what he meant and whether the project had already been stripped of federal funding.
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
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Genuinely embarrassing to be an American right now.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Genuinely embarrassing to be an American right now.
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“Lady Justice is supposed to be blind. Right now, she’s wearing a MAGA hat,” says Ian Bassin on the Trump FBI searching the home and office of top Trump critic John Bolton. George Conway joins Chris Hayes, too.
Lady Justice swaps blindfold for MAGA hat: Experts slam Bolton revenge raid
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Lady Justice is supposed to be blind. Right now, she’s wearing a MAGA hat,” says Ian Bassin on the Trump FBI searching the home and office of top Trump critic John Bolton. George Conway joins Chris Hayes, too.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s signal on Friday that an interest rate cut may be coming as soon as September may have pleased — but certainly didn’t satisfy — his fiercest critic, President Donald Trump
Powell’s Signal on Possible Rate Cut Not Enough for Trump
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, senior US economy reporter Enda Curran looks at Fed Chair Powell’s address and the White House reaction. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here.
bloom.bg
August 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s signal on Friday that an interest rate cut may be coming as soon as September may have pleased — but certainly didn’t satisfy — his fiercest critic, President Donald Trump
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Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
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A federal judge rejected the DOJ's effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Epstein case.
He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.
He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.
DOJ goes 0-3 in requests to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury materials
Two other federal judges already denied DOJ’s requests to publicly release the material.
www.politico.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A federal judge rejected the DOJ's effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Epstein case.
He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.
He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.
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Life comes at you fast
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Life comes at you fast
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World food prices rise to two-year high in July, FAO says reut.rs/4fsQwbN
World food prices rise to two-year high in July, FAO says
World food commodity prices rose in July to their highest in more than two years, driven by rising international prices for meat and vegetable oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
reut.rs
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
World food prices rise to two-year high in July, FAO says reut.rs/4fsQwbN
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You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
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Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
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President Trump's threat of 50% tariffs on Indian exports to the US mark an escalation in a breakdown of the relationship between the two countries that started in the wake of May's India-Pakistan conflict bloom.bg/4muCLf1
📷: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
📷: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
August 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
President Trump's threat of 50% tariffs on Indian exports to the US mark an escalation in a breakdown of the relationship between the two countries that started in the wake of May's India-Pakistan conflict bloom.bg/4muCLf1
📷: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
📷: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
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The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.