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Are Bill Pulte's claims that Lisa Cook and other Democrats perpetrated mortgage fraud by claiming two primary residences themselves fraudulent? Yes/ “The entire affair is exactly as preposterously trumped up as you thought it was,” says Chris Hayes. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
Fraud claims backfire on ‘nepo baby’ targeting Trump foes
“The entire affair is exactly as preposterously trumped up as you thought it was,” says Chris Hayes on Trump appointee Bill Pulte's crusade against Trump's political enemies going south.
www.msnbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Are Bill Pulte's claims that Lisa Cook and other Democrats perpetrated mortgage fraud by claiming two primary residences themselves fraudulent? Yes/ “The entire affair is exactly as preposterously trumped up as you thought it was,” says Chris Hayes. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
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Of course. It's fascist.
September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Of course. It's fascist.
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From Sykes' column.
September 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
From Sykes' column.
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The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
September 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Four years ago Jair Bolsonaro, then Brazil’s president, made a vow. He said his re-election campaign could end only in jail, death or victory. “And you can be sure the first option doesn’t exist,” he said. He was wrong econ.st/4piw95J
Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted for plotting a coup
Brazil’s former president faces up to four decades in prison
econ.st
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Four years ago Jair Bolsonaro, then Brazil’s president, made a vow. He said his re-election campaign could end only in jail, death or victory. “And you can be sure the first option doesn’t exist,” he said. He was wrong econ.st/4piw95J
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Lesson for the Day: Some democracies investigate, prosecute and imprison powerful coup plotters. Others do nothing. Those that do nothing aren't likely to survive as democracies. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Lesson for the Day: Some democracies investigate, prosecute and imprison powerful coup plotters. Others do nothing. Those that do nothing aren't likely to survive as democracies. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I I review Tim Weiner’s new bestseller about the CIA for The Washington Post. He is devastating about George W. Bush and Iraq, definitive about Trump and Russia (Yes they collaborated to elect him), and limp on the tortue committed by the CIA.
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Review | ‘The Mission’ recounts decades of fumbling at the CIA
In his sequel to the award-winning “Legacy of Ashes,” Tim Weiner writes about the CIA from the aftermath of 9/11 to Trump’s second term.
wapo.st
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I I review Tim Weiner’s new bestseller about the CIA for The Washington Post. He is devastating about George W. Bush and Iraq, definitive about Trump and Russia (Yes they collaborated to elect him), and limp on the tortue committed by the CIA.
wapo.st/3VwlwP4
wapo.st/3VwlwP4
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Steve Vladeck takes a blowtorch to Neil Gorsuch, and it's well warranted:
August 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Steve Vladeck takes a blowtorch to Neil Gorsuch, and it's well warranted:
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Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
Fallout Over Handling of Epstein Case Erupts Into the Open www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Fallout Over Handling of Epstein Case Erupts Into the Open
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Fallout Over Handling of Epstein Case Erupts Into the Open www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
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For Donald Trump, the principal use of presidential power is to extort secret private payments from business owners, individuals and foreign sovereigns. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Welcome to the Mafia Presidency
That’s a nice business you’ve got there.
www.theatlantic.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For Donald Trump, the principal use of presidential power is to extort secret private payments from business owners, individuals and foreign sovereigns. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It is very telling that NYT editors thought the story here was "it is suspicious that Mamdani said he was African American on his Columbia application" and not "noted right wing troll Chris Rufo wants you to think it's suspicious that Mandani said he was African American on his Columbia application"
The only newsworthy items from the NYT hit on Mamdani are:
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
July 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It is very telling that NYT editors thought the story here was "it is suspicious that Mamdani said he was African American on his Columbia application" and not "noted right wing troll Chris Rufo wants you to think it's suspicious that Mandani said he was African American on his Columbia application"
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For the Texas GOP, burning books in school libraries and persecuting trans children and their parents were far higher priorities that updating the local flood warning system.
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...
www.texastribune.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For the Texas GOP, burning books in school libraries and persecuting trans children and their parents were far higher priorities that updating the local flood warning system.
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NYT is continuing to soil itself publicly by failing to recognize and atone for gross errors in editorial judgment. This sort of response is not only utterly unpersuasive, it reeks of arrogance and a sense that the Gray Lady is somehow above it all. It isn't. And it's betraying its readers.
July 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NYT is continuing to soil itself publicly by failing to recognize and atone for gross errors in editorial judgment. This sort of response is not only utterly unpersuasive, it reeks of arrogance and a sense that the Gray Lady is somehow above it all. It isn't. And it's betraying its readers.
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Elie Mystal: My LGBTQ friends knew I wasn't going to miss the most bigoted decision from this court. Sam Alito's opinion in the "bigots are afriad of picture books" case is one of the most homophobic screeds ever from the SCOTUS. This is the man who says he gets sick at the sight of a rainbow.
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
www.thenation.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Elie Mystal: My LGBTQ friends knew I wasn't going to miss the most bigoted decision from this court. Sam Alito's opinion in the "bigots are afriad of picture books" case is one of the most homophobic screeds ever from the SCOTUS. This is the man who says he gets sick at the sight of a rainbow.
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Next up for Rubio: breast patches with yellow stars or pink triangles.
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Next up for Rubio: breast patches with yellow stars or pink triangles.
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Trump demands that a news organization fire a reporter who did nothing professionally incorrect, but who reported something Trump doesn't like. This is now a routine thing. And the corporate parent of the news organization is usually perfectly content to fire the reporter.
Trump demands CNN fire reporter for Iran intel report White House confirmed is real
The president also used one of his favorite insults on Natasha Bertrand, ranting that CNN should throw her out ‘like a dog.’
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump demands that a news organization fire a reporter who did nothing professionally incorrect, but who reported something Trump doesn't like. This is now a routine thing. And the corporate parent of the news organization is usually perfectly content to fire the reporter.
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Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
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This is what's going on. NYT, WaPo, WSJ have essentially decided not to report it.
June 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is what's going on. NYT, WaPo, WSJ have essentially decided not to report it.
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Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the Conquerer of Death (Bengal, c 1150 CE). This is an extremely rare representation of Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the destroyer of death and disease. He is shown deep in meditation in yogic form, as indicated by his interlocked legs and resting hands.
May 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the Conquerer of Death (Bengal, c 1150 CE). This is an extremely rare representation of Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the destroyer of death and disease. He is shown deep in meditation in yogic form, as indicated by his interlocked legs and resting hands.
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On Thursday, we issued a second report finding that Israel has also engaged in acts of apartheid against the Palestinian population. The definition of apartheid–considered a crime against humanity–encompasses inhuman acts of racial subjugation and systematic oppression.
We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro
We conclude that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, including mass killing, arbitrary detention and torture, meets the legal threshold for the term
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
On Thursday, we issued a second report finding that Israel has also engaged in acts of apartheid against the Palestinian population. The definition of apartheid–considered a crime against humanity–encompasses inhuman acts of racial subjugation and systematic oppression.
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Trump’s WH Directly Fires Two Prosecutors In Stunning Escalation Of War On DOJ Independence. They brought corruption charges against a Fatboy CEO, who bought a pardon—and their firing—in a twofer deal with Trump.
Trump’s WH Directly Fires Two Prosecutors In Stunning Escalation Of War On DOJ Independence
In another brazen step to weed out President Donald Trump’s perceived political...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump’s WH Directly Fires Two Prosecutors In Stunning Escalation Of War On DOJ Independence. They brought corruption charges against a Fatboy CEO, who bought a pardon—and their firing—in a twofer deal with Trump.