Polly Sigh
@dcpoll.bsky.social
Loudmouth writer.
“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.” –Albert Einstein
“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.” –Albert Einstein
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“.. Mr. Xi’s message seemed to be: Beijing had proven its capacity to hit back and Washington would do well to remember it.”
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October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“.. Mr. Xi’s message seemed to be: Beijing had proven its capacity to hit back and Washington would do well to remember it.”
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Absolutely psychopathic.
Miller: The power of law enforcement under President Trump's leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power and if you have broken the law, take away your freedom
September 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolutely psychopathic.
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Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else reut.rs/3JYLkkp
Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else
After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else reut.rs/3JYLkkp
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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook declared in financial forms that her Atlanta property would be used as a "vacation home" and NOT her primary residence, according to documents obtained by NBC News that undercut allegations of mortgage fraud by the Trump admin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Lisa Cook's bank documents appear to contradict Trump administration's mortgage fraud allegations
President Donald Trump is seeking to remove Cook, a board member at the Federal Reserve, over claims that she falsified financial forms regarding a secondary home.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook declared in financial forms that her Atlanta property would be used as a "vacation home" and NOT her primary residence, according to documents obtained by NBC News that undercut allegations of mortgage fraud by the Trump admin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Bill Maher calls out Ben Shapiro for saying Charlie Kirk's shooter was "of the left" — then admitting he wasn’t sure because of reports that he may be a Groyper. "The internet is undefeated in getting it wrong."
Total nut job.
Total nut job.
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Bill Maher calls out Ben Shapiro for saying Charlie Kirk's shooter was "of the left" — then admitting he wasn’t sure because of reports that he may be a Groyper. "The internet is undefeated in getting it wrong."
Total nut job.
Total nut job.
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“I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”
Elected officials seem to be targeting private citizens exercising their First Amendment rights to speak about Kirk’s exceedingly polarizing career.
Elected officials seem to be targeting private citizens exercising their First Amendment rights to speak about Kirk’s exceedingly polarizing career.
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk
And to punish those who speak ill of him.
www.motherjones.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”
Elected officials seem to be targeting private citizens exercising their First Amendment rights to speak about Kirk’s exceedingly polarizing career.
Elected officials seem to be targeting private citizens exercising their First Amendment rights to speak about Kirk’s exceedingly polarizing career.
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Trump thinks Obama and Clinton should “pay a price” for … the ridiculous allegation he and his allies have contrived.
I wrote about why the allegation makes no sense and why it exists despite that. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...
I wrote about why the allegation makes no sense and why it exists despite that. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...
Allow me to explain the ‘Russia hoax’ hoax
Military trucks parading in formation through Red Square, Moscow. (National Archives) Let's start deep in the weeds and then walk out. On Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel — chosen for that role in la...
www.pbump.net
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump thinks Obama and Clinton should “pay a price” for … the ridiculous allegation he and his allies have contrived.
I wrote about why the allegation makes no sense and why it exists despite that. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...
I wrote about why the allegation makes no sense and why it exists despite that. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...
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A football field is 57,600 square feet.
Trump announces that he’s having a 90,000 sq ft event space added to the White House
July 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A football field is 57,600 square feet.
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I’ve had nothing to do with that pedophile since he stole all of my teenage masseuses.
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’ve had nothing to do with that pedophile since he stole all of my teenage masseuses.
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... But more important than Harvard’s loss would be the victory for autocracy and extortion and lawlessness that a settlement would represent. It would be a colossal and grievous and historic mistake, no matter what’s in the fine print.
July 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
... But more important than Harvard’s loss would be the victory for autocracy and extortion and lawlessness that a settlement would represent. It would be a colossal and grievous and historic mistake, no matter what’s in the fine print.
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No. Giving Trump a “win” here would indelibly stain @harvard.edu, and damage it deeply in the eyes of its myriad constituencies (particularly its alumni, myself included, who would revolt), not to mention the nation and the world. ...
July 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
No. Giving Trump a “win” here would indelibly stain @harvard.edu, and damage it deeply in the eyes of its myriad constituencies (particularly its alumni, myself included, who would revolt), not to mention the nation and the world. ...
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JUST IN: Ghislaine Maxwell now seeking a pardon from Trump after second DOJ meeting
Ghislaine Maxwell Attorney: We haven't spoken to the president or anybody about a pardon just yet. The president this morning said he had the power to do so and we hope he exercises that power in a right and just way.
July 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
JUST IN: Ghislaine Maxwell now seeking a pardon from Trump after second DOJ meeting
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Emil Bove has refused to say what he knows about the Epstein cover up.
Senate Republicans just advanced his nomination anyway.
Senate Republicans just advanced his nomination anyway.
July 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Emil Bove has refused to say what he knows about the Epstein cover up.
Senate Republicans just advanced his nomination anyway.
Senate Republicans just advanced his nomination anyway.
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Sounds about right…for a narcissistic autocrat.
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Sounds about right…for a narcissistic autocrat.
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
www.propublica.org
July 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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Honest to God I would have never thought I would live to see the words “hitting on” not in quotes in the New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
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July 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Honest to God I would have never thought I would live to see the words “hitting on” not in quotes in the New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
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An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
July 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
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NEW AND WOW: Epstein Accuser Says She Told the FBI Twice That They Should Investigate Trump — NYT Reports www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
Maria Farmer Says She Wanted FBI to Look Into Epstein, Trump
A Jeffrey Epstein accuser is speaking out — telling the NYT that she, on two separate occasions, recommended to the FBI that they should look into Trump.
www.mediaite.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW AND WOW: Epstein Accuser Says She Told the FBI Twice That They Should Investigate Trump — NYT Reports www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
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Tommy Tuberville believes it’s radical leftists, not age, Big Macs, or a lack of exercise, that are making Trump ill. “The pressure on Trump right now, not just from outside entities all over the world, but also fighting the radicals in this country.”
www.thedailybeast.com//gop-senator...
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GOP Senator Blames ‘Radical’ Leftists for Trump’s Cankles
Tommy Tuberville says even at the ripe old age of 79, the president’s only ailing because every day’s “almost like a fistfight” with pesky liberals.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Tommy Tuberville believes it’s radical leftists, not age, Big Macs, or a lack of exercise, that are making Trump ill. “The pressure on Trump right now, not just from outside entities all over the world, but also fighting the radicals in this country.”
www.thedailybeast.com//gop-senator...
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Trump is now posting private mortgage documents from Adam Schiff, and I URGE people who have less self-control than Pavlov's dogs to EMPHASIZE that it is likely a crime for him to have accessed these docs, if you do post them.
July 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump is now posting private mortgage documents from Adam Schiff, and I URGE people who have less self-control than Pavlov's dogs to EMPHASIZE that it is likely a crime for him to have accessed these docs, if you do post them.
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A federal judge has granted an Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the provision to defund Planned Parenthood in the Trump "Big, Beautiful, Bill." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A federal judge has granted an Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the provision to defund Planned Parenthood in the Trump "Big, Beautiful, Bill." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
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ICE is soon to become the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in US history, with more money than the federal prison system, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration combined.
Here's what that will logistically look like.
Here's what that will logistically look like.
We asked Trump’s former prisons chief how $45 billion will reshape immigrant detention
We also asked an ACLU attorney, a private prisons expert, and the ex-commissioner of New York City's jails.
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
ICE is soon to become the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in US history, with more money than the federal prison system, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration combined.
Here's what that will logistically look like.
Here's what that will logistically look like.