Rose Linden
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I don't hold back on the corrupt Trump bagman Jared Kushner and traitor and spy Steve Witkoff in this week's Elephant In The Room:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZR...
Treason with Benefits: Kushner & Witkoff Play With Putin
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
every fucking word
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An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
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"Ideally the president wouldn’t be someone whose face was featured on novelty condoms at the rape palace of history’s most notorious pedophile"
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December 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Ideally the president wouldn’t be someone whose face was featured on novelty condoms at the rape palace of history’s most notorious pedophile"
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"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake."
Irish proverb
Irish proverb
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake."
Irish proverb
Irish proverb
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov struggled to whitewash the Kremlin's public humiliation in light of Zelensky's frontline visit to Kupyansk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLq...
Vladimir Solovyov talks about Kupyansk
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov struggled to whitewash the Kremlin's public humiliation in light of Zelensky's frontline visit to Kupyansk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLq...
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$LLY $BIIB
This doc explains Trump’s dementia and how he could possibly pass in 3-5 months.
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
$LLY $BIIB
Sexiest man alive
Putin has claimed Ukrainian defenders in Kupiansk were surrounded by russian troops.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sexiest man alive
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Bellingcat, and other outlets, have identified eight countries that have imported grain from occupied Crimea. These recent journeys indicate that Saudi Arabia has joined buyers in Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Venezuela and Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Russia’s Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen.
www.bellingcat.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Bellingcat, and other outlets, have identified eight countries that have imported grain from occupied Crimea. These recent journeys indicate that Saudi Arabia has joined buyers in Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Venezuela and Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Damn good questioning here.
FBI operations director Michael Glasheen says antifa is the government’s “primary concern” as “the most immediate violent threat” domestically. Bennie Thompson asks where antifa exists in the US and how many members it has.
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Damn good questioning here.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Trump and Vance didn’t just lose the majority of the Indiana Senate.
They lost a majority of the Republican Senators!
They lost a majority of the Republican Senators!
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Through threats and shakedowns and pressure from the lawless president and thuggish vice president, Indiana Republicans and Democrats stood up and stood together and said hell no to an absurd gerrymander!!
Huge win for democracy!!!
Through threats and shakedowns and pressure from the lawless president and thuggish vice president, Indiana Republicans and Democrats stood up and stood together and said hell no to an absurd gerrymander!!
Huge win for democracy!!!
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump and Vance didn’t just lose the majority of the Indiana Senate.
They lost a majority of the Republican Senators!
They lost a majority of the Republican Senators!
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Moskowitz: "Perhaps someone should tell the president that every time he says 'affordability is a hoax,' another Democrat sprouts of the ground and lands in the House of Representatives and eventually we'll get a gavel."
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Moskowitz: "Perhaps someone should tell the president that every time he says 'affordability is a hoax,' another Democrat sprouts of the ground and lands in the House of Representatives and eventually we'll get a gavel."
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Not enough people are talking about this:
Today, the Senate has one last chance to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire.
I’ll be voting to prevent health insurance premiums from more than doubling for millions of Americans. Every Republican senator should do the same.
Today, the Senate has one last chance to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire.
I’ll be voting to prevent health insurance premiums from more than doubling for millions of Americans. Every Republican senator should do the same.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not enough people are talking about this:
Today, the Senate has one last chance to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire.
I’ll be voting to prevent health insurance premiums from more than doubling for millions of Americans. Every Republican senator should do the same.
Today, the Senate has one last chance to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire.
I’ll be voting to prevent health insurance premiums from more than doubling for millions of Americans. Every Republican senator should do the same.
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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Trump’s top priorities have included:
-Paving over the Rose Garden
-Putting gold leaf all over the Oval Office
-Demolishing the East Wing for a ballroom
-Building a giant Arch & naming it after himself
Notable exclusions: lowering the cost of housing, health care, or groceries.
-Paving over the Rose Garden
-Putting gold leaf all over the Oval Office
-Demolishing the East Wing for a ballroom
-Building a giant Arch & naming it after himself
Notable exclusions: lowering the cost of housing, health care, or groceries.
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trump’s top priorities have included:
-Paving over the Rose Garden
-Putting gold leaf all over the Oval Office
-Demolishing the East Wing for a ballroom
-Building a giant Arch & naming it after himself
Notable exclusions: lowering the cost of housing, health care, or groceries.
-Paving over the Rose Garden
-Putting gold leaf all over the Oval Office
-Demolishing the East Wing for a ballroom
-Building a giant Arch & naming it after himself
Notable exclusions: lowering the cost of housing, health care, or groceries.
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It's great that the media, Congress is going all Watergate on one of Trump's many crimes, the 'double-tap' murder of 2 Caribbean sailors
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.
www.inquirer.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's great that the media, Congress is going all Watergate on one of Trump's many crimes, the 'double-tap' murder of 2 Caribbean sailors
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Reading around for a pod I'm recording tomorrow I came across this classic episode of @chrislhayes.bsky.social's pod where we dug into America's epistemic crisis. Tons of gems in here. And boy has everything on this front gotten *much* worse since 2018...
David Roberts explains how America's information crisis has impacted conservatism
Chris Hayes speaks with journalist David Roberts about how the erosion of trust and manipulation of information has impacted the conservative movement.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Reading around for a pod I'm recording tomorrow I came across this classic episode of @chrislhayes.bsky.social's pod where we dug into America's epistemic crisis. Tons of gems in here. And boy has everything on this front gotten *much* worse since 2018...
I am struggling with this--trying not to think about it but then realized that probably means I should repost.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I am struggling with this--trying not to think about it but then realized that probably means I should repost.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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my ideal presidential candidate in 2028 could be described, loosely, as "general sherman but for the supreme court"
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
my ideal presidential candidate in 2028 could be described, loosely, as "general sherman but for the supreme court"
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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As Trump Jr says the US will "walk away from Ukraine", let's face up to it: we should have seen this coming; Russia has deeply corrupted our GOP. This account stuck with Jan 6 because the attack was orchestrated - and also the people who promoted it were so tied to Russia. It was an act of war. 1/
Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Donald Trump Jr. says his father’s unpredictability is forcing people to be intellectually honest.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As Trump Jr says the US will "walk away from Ukraine", let's face up to it: we should have seen this coming; Russia has deeply corrupted our GOP. This account stuck with Jan 6 because the attack was orchestrated - and also the people who promoted it were so tied to Russia. It was an act of war. 1/