Chris Plourde
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My days are filled with walking dogs, doing dishes, playing guitar, taking pictures, reading books, and making tv shows. Maybe not in that order.
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
👏🏼Watch👏🏼This👏🏼People👏🏼
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
👏🏼Watch👏🏼This👏🏼People👏🏼
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January 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I remember when Trump agreed to Graham’s bipartisan Immigration Bill.
U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATOR GRAHAM: AFTER MEETING WEDNESDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE HAS GREENLIT THE BIPARTISAN RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL -STATEMENT
January 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I remember when Trump agreed to Graham’s bipartisan Immigration Bill.
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U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATOR GRAHAM: AFTER MEETING WEDNESDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE HAS GREENLIT THE BIPARTISAN RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL -STATEMENT
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATOR GRAHAM: AFTER MEETING WEDNESDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE HAS GREENLIT THE BIPARTISAN RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL -STATEMENT
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This is just mafia behavior
JD Vance: "The way that we control Venezuela is we control the purse strings, we control the energy resources. And we tell the regime, 'You're allowed to sell the oil so long as you serve America's national interests.'"
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
This is just mafia behavior
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Intervention in Venezuela epitomizes U.S. way of war since 9/11: stunningly effective at the tactical and operational levels, dangerously divorced from the achievement of strategic and political outcomes that actually make U.S. more secure.
January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Intervention in Venezuela epitomizes U.S. way of war since 9/11: stunningly effective at the tactical and operational levels, dangerously divorced from the achievement of strategic and political outcomes that actually make U.S. more secure.
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
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January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
WSJ offers a tale of two economies:
December 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
WSJ offers a tale of two economies:
Trump's efforts to inflict pain on Canada until it capitulates to him won't end soon.
Canada's PM Carney: We are unlikely to have sectoral deals with the United States, talks are likely to roll over into a broader USMCA review.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Trump's efforts to inflict pain on Canada until it capitulates to him won't end soon.
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Once again, marginal income, capital gains, & wealth tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Once again, marginal income, capital gains, & wealth tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic
SCOTUS ruled this is a momentary inconvenience because it does not happen to wealthy conservative justices.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
SCOTUS ruled this is a momentary inconvenience because it does not happen to wealthy conservative justices.
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
Being featured on Epstein's condoms could happen to any random dude...right?
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Being featured on Epstein's condoms could happen to any random dude...right?
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
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Powell just explained that the FOMC is largely on the same page in terms of the future path for the economy. He said they're *all* worried about inflation being too high, and they're *all* worried about rising unemployment. It's what to do next that they disagree on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Powell just explained that the FOMC is largely on the same page in terms of the future path for the economy. He said they're *all* worried about inflation being too high, and they're *all* worried about rising unemployment. It's what to do next that they disagree on.
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My girlfriend's in Canada...you wouldn't know her
Brooke Rollins: "These deals are real. No one in the history of our country has ever been able to effectuate deals like this. We won't see the effect until next year."
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My girlfriend's in Canada...you wouldn't know her
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
Tech Bros > manufacturing.
U.S. LUTNICK: ONCE EU SETS A DIGITAL FRAMEWORK WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, WE CAN WORK ON RESOLVE OUTSTANDING CASES, SUCH AS STEEL AND ALUMINUM
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Tech Bros > manufacturing.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
"There is a great mass of voters today who don’t care about left vs right (or left vs center), and just want politicians to care about them and improve their lives.
"The party that wins the non-ideological, affordability-minded voters will win the next election."
"The party that wins the non-ideological, affordability-minded voters will win the next election."
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"There is a great mass of voters today who don’t care about left vs right (or left vs center), and just want politicians to care about them and improve their lives.
"The party that wins the non-ideological, affordability-minded voters will win the next election."
"The party that wins the non-ideological, affordability-minded voters will win the next election."
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.