Kevin Bell
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Almost surely won't happen, but it should. History will remember that they have done nothing as Trump destroys NATO and Fed independence
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Almost surely won't happen, but it should. History will remember that they have done nothing as Trump destroys NATO and Fed independence
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A tricky moment with a Brad Allen-led crew, what could go wrong?
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
A tricky moment with a Brad Allen-led crew, what could go wrong?
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i'm not saying this as anyone who knows anything about health; i'm saying it as someone who is an alleged expert in interest group politics: the American beef industry is all over MAHA, wellness, and podcast spaces.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.
Beef Tallow Rises to the Top of the U.S. Food Pyramid
The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it.
nyti.ms
January 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
i'm not saying this as anyone who knows anything about health; i'm saying it as someone who is an alleged expert in interest group politics: the American beef industry is all over MAHA, wellness, and podcast spaces.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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This is right, but I'd add that #1 is only unclear because of a pretty perverse line of authority that doesn't need to be that way.
The problem is, there are two key questions here:
1. Was the use of force legally justified?
2. Was Ms. Good a "domestic terrorist" who tried to run him down, as the VP and the entire Trump admin is claiming?
The answer to 1 isn't entirely clear. The answer to 2 is pretty decisively no.
1. Was the use of force legally justified?
2. Was Ms. Good a "domestic terrorist" who tried to run him down, as the VP and the entire Trump admin is claiming?
The answer to 1 isn't entirely clear. The answer to 2 is pretty decisively no.
Sohrab Ahmari thinks that the officer was in danger and had a right to kill Renee Good.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is right, but I'd add that #1 is only unclear because of a pretty perverse line of authority that doesn't need to be that way.
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i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
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I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.
September 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.
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It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
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If a Dem president wants to impound ICE’s funding, under that precedent, in 2029, he can go right ahead. It’s overfunded.
No Dem is going to use ICE like Trump does, and all of them voted against the extra funding.
No Dem is going to use ICE like Trump does, and all of them voted against the extra funding.
I'm genuinely waiting for the good faith response as to why abolish ICE is not a plan. It's been around for 20 years. They just effectively abolished USAID which had been around 3 times as long.
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
If a Dem president wants to impound ICE’s funding, under that precedent, in 2029, he can go right ahead. It’s overfunded.
No Dem is going to use ICE like Trump does, and all of them voted against the extra funding.
No Dem is going to use ICE like Trump does, and all of them voted against the extra funding.
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my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration
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i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
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I guess if you were voting for the Kennedy agenda, you got it, and if you were voting for the Tulsi agenda, boy did you not get that!
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I guess if you were voting for the Kennedy agenda, you got it, and if you were voting for the Tulsi agenda, boy did you not get that!
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They got Kennedy in charge of HHS, rolling back vaccine mandates/attacking preservatives. Some wanted to roll back gender medicine access. Point to Roganverse, he delivered. But they keep being surprised by Trump's interventionism, stuff like the mocking WH placards, renaming Kennedy Center...
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
They got Kennedy in charge of HHS, rolling back vaccine mandates/attacking preservatives. Some wanted to roll back gender medicine access. Point to Roganverse, he delivered. But they keep being surprised by Trump's interventionism, stuff like the mocking WH placards, renaming Kennedy Center...
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Having listened too much to the Marc Maron vs Podcasters Who Had Trump On in 2024 debate, I feel like their comeback - Maron started it w his friendly Obama interview - keeps getting weaker.
Maron knew what he was and wasn't getting with Obama. The Roganverse keeps getting "surprised" by Trump.
Maron knew what he was and wasn't getting with Obama. The Roganverse keeps getting "surprised" by Trump.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Having listened too much to the Marc Maron vs Podcasters Who Had Trump On in 2024 debate, I feel like their comeback - Maron started it w his friendly Obama interview - keeps getting weaker.
Maron knew what he was and wasn't getting with Obama. The Roganverse keeps getting "surprised" by Trump.
Maron knew what he was and wasn't getting with Obama. The Roganverse keeps getting "surprised" by Trump.
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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
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one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
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This is good and spicy. variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed
Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines
variety.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is good and spicy. variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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Nick Shirley, whom conservatives have lionized as the next Bob Woodward, is confused about why so many medical providers are in the same building.
He doesn’t understand the concept of medical plazas.
He doesn’t understand the concept of medical plazas.
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Nick Shirley, whom conservatives have lionized as the next Bob Woodward, is confused about why so many medical providers are in the same building.
He doesn’t understand the concept of medical plazas.
He doesn’t understand the concept of medical plazas.
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“Acquiring”?????
*TRUMP AND TEAM DISCUSSING OPTIONS TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND: REUTERS
Reuters heads:
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ACQUIRING GREENLAND AND 'UTILIZING THE US MILITARY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION'- WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
Reuters heads:
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ACQUIRING GREENLAND AND 'UTILIZING THE US MILITARY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION'- WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“Acquiring”?????
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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
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Trump's mass pardon of J6ers was unpopular, Rs had a terrible set of 2025 elections (especially in VA where this is an especially raw topic) - he just gets to be president til 2029 and Rs are going along with his line on J6.
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trump's mass pardon of J6ers was unpopular, Rs had a terrible set of 2025 elections (especially in VA where this is an especially raw topic) - he just gets to be president til 2029 and Rs are going along with his line on J6.
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No disrespect to Scott (and read his story) but there's a mismatch here. The facts of Jan. 6 aren't contested by most people. They are contested by Republicans/Trump, who run the place, and have decided to enforce a line that one in five Americans agree with. www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-an...
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
No disrespect to Scott (and read his story) but there's a mismatch here. The facts of Jan. 6 aren't contested by most people. They are contested by Republicans/Trump, who run the place, and have decided to enforce a line that one in five Americans agree with. www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-an...