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"Your the reason this country is going to a Socialistic nation"—Some dumb right-winger
Sleepy Don catching some shut-eye during pressers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... #cspan #cspanwj
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sleepy Don catching some shut-eye during pressers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... #cspan #cspanwj
PBS news hour breaks down Trump's dumdum math on Tariff revenue (which is a "net negative" for the US economy as it places a tax burden on US citizens): www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZW... #cspan #cspanwj
Trump floats tariff 'dividends' for Americans, but experts question the math
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
PBS news hour breaks down Trump's dumdum math on Tariff revenue (which is a "net negative" for the US economy as it places a tax burden on US citizens): www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZW... #cspan #cspanwj
The righ-wing Tory and Putin endorsed "Brexit" working out exactly as planned. Which is to say, weakening a major European country. #cspan #cspanwj
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Since around 1970 the USA's workers have been trading declining wages and purchasing power in exchange for "EZ" credit options. #cspan #cspanwj
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Since around 1970 the USA's workers have been trading declining wages and purchasing power in exchange for "EZ" credit options. #cspan #cspanwj
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Legendary musician & activist Peter Gabriel celebrates the Internet Archive hitting 1 trillion pages & reflects on its role in preserving humanity’s memory.
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#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
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#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
POtus silver alert: The same guy who thought Portland was burning based some old footage he saw on teevee also duped by satirical site claiming Obama got kickbacks from ACA. #cspan #cspanwj
The claim originated on a satirical news site called the “Dunning-Kruger Times.”
Trump Posts Claim About Obamacare ‘Royalties’ That Originated On Satirical News Site
The claim originated on a satirical news site called the “Dunning-Kruger Times.”
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A neat summarization of the Democrats' disfunction, allowing the Republican shut-down to end in just two posts:
1.) Schumer cuts deal & GOP pinky promises bsky.app/profile/schu...
2.) Bernie Sanders: "We didn't stand up to Trumnpism which hurts Americans." bsky.app/profile/sand... #cspan #cspanwj
1.) Schumer cuts deal & GOP pinky promises bsky.app/profile/schu...
2.) Bernie Sanders: "We didn't stand up to Trumnpism which hurts Americans." bsky.app/profile/sand... #cspan #cspanwj
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A neat summarization of the Democrats' disfunction, allowing the Republican shut-down to end in just two posts:
1.) Schumer cuts deal & GOP pinky promises bsky.app/profile/schu...
2.) Bernie Sanders: "We didn't stand up to Trumnpism which hurts Americans." bsky.app/profile/sand... #cspan #cspanwj
1.) Schumer cuts deal & GOP pinky promises bsky.app/profile/schu...
2.) Bernie Sanders: "We didn't stand up to Trumnpism which hurts Americans." bsky.app/profile/sand... #cspan #cspanwj
"Trump has an alternate factual & legal universe” said Brian Finucane, former State Dept lawyer, specialist in counterterrorism and laws of war. “By fiat, saying US is in conflict with groups without congress. A secret unauthorized make-believe war.” theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t... #cspan #cspanwj
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Trump has an alternate factual & legal universe” said Brian Finucane, former State Dept lawyer, specialist in counterterrorism and laws of war. “By fiat, saying US is in conflict with groups without congress. A secret unauthorized make-believe war.” theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t... #cspan #cspanwj
Getty Images releases photos of Douche bag Drumpf falling asleep during yesterday's Oval Office meeting.
Imagine if President Biden had done this. The media narrative for years was that Biden was too old to do the job & now Trump is literally passing out behind its desk, all we hear is crickets.
Imagine if President Biden had done this. The media narrative for years was that Biden was too old to do the job & now Trump is literally passing out behind its desk, all we hear is crickets.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
When the shakedowns just start happening in public.
$NVO
$NVO
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Let us together contemplate the stages of pundit grief
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance benefits for the poor will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, again blaming opposition Democrats for the stalemate in Congress.
@reuters.com #SNAP
@reuters.com #SNAP
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The guy that said "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney!!"
YouTube video by file83
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A large majority of U.S. adults now get news digitally, but nondigital news consumers are less likely to say they extremely often or often encounter inaccurate news.
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
www.pewresearch.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Gene Nichol, a professor of constitutional law UNC, said Newby had essentially turned the court into an arm of the Republican Party. “Newby,” he said, “has become the chief justice who destroyed the North Carolina Supreme Court as an impartial institution.” #cspan #cspanwj
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Trump presidency is a grift: "In the first half of year, Trump Org’s income soared 17x to $864M from $51M a year earlier(!), according to Reuters. More than 90% of increases came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens. #cspan #cspanwj
The Trump family’s crypto income is now approaching and could even exceed $1 billion. A big piece of that business came via crypto wallets likely held by foreign investors, a Reuters investigation finds.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"If the president can ignore every part of authorization and appropriations law and simply fund whatever he likes and defund whatever he doesn’t like, that makes him the functional equivalent of an appropriations king." #cspan #cspanwj
Read the analysis that made Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s head lawyer at OMB mad enough to yell at me on a Saturday
How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military
The president spent research and development money to pay the troops, violating appropriations law and a slew of other statutes.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM