@elanschnitzer.bsky.social
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Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
MTG spent years bullying and berating, punching down at marginalized and less powerful people, and actively defending the worst of the worst while yelling snowflake at everyone else. Found herself on the receiving end of it for 5 minutes and called it quits. Perfect embodiment of MAGA.
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
MTG spent years bullying and berating, punching down at marginalized and less powerful people, and actively defending the worst of the worst while yelling snowflake at everyone else. Found herself on the receiving end of it for 5 minutes and called it quits. Perfect embodiment of MAGA.
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She just, like...said it? Out loud?
Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
She just, like...said it? Out loud?
Leave it to @Axios to finally nail the shutdown in three bullets:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Leave it to @Axios to finally nail the shutdown in three bullets:
Want to make sure I’ve got them right. The party of states rights is now ordering states not to use state funds to help hungry people not be hungry? Got it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Want to make sure I’ve got them right. The party of states rights is now ordering states not to use state funds to help hungry people not be hungry? Got it.
Does Bart Simpson still eat Butterfingers?
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Does Bart Simpson still eat Butterfingers?
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Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.
Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?
MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.
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Trump is threatening to withhold back pay for federal workers furloughed during the shutdown — which goes against a law he signed in 2019, by the way.
This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.
This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Trump is threatening to withhold back pay for federal workers furloughed during the shutdown — which goes against a law he signed in 2019, by the way.
This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.
This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.
Been using iOS 26 for a few days now and honestly, the only new feature I really care about is being able to filter texts for unread messages.
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Been using iOS 26 for a few days now and honestly, the only new feature I really care about is being able to filter texts for unread messages.
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this is insane
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
this is insane
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@gelliottmorris.com: "many people fundamentally underestimate how unpopular Trump is."
Trump is currently underwater on all key issues, something our corporate elites should consider before capitulating to him.
Trump is currently underwater on all key issues, something our corporate elites should consider before capitulating to him.
September 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@gelliottmorris.com: "many people fundamentally underestimate how unpopular Trump is."
Trump is currently underwater on all key issues, something our corporate elites should consider before capitulating to him.
Trump is currently underwater on all key issues, something our corporate elites should consider before capitulating to him.
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Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is actually part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is actually part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
September 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is actually part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is actually part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
Now that’s a headline
Some of New York City’s richest landlords convened on Tuesday morning to support former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race.
Wealthy New York Developers Hold Meeting to Plot Mamdani’s Defeat
Some of New York’s biggest business leaders convened on Tuesday morning for an urgent gathering to support former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, saying the “time to act is now.”
nyti.ms
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Now that’s a headline
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Trump’s Pentagon is reinstalling a 20-foot portrait of Robert E. Lee — with a slave guiding his horse in the background — at West Point.
Trump and Hegseth are honoring traitors who fought against America to keep people enslaved. There’s nothing “patriotic” about this.
Trump and Hegseth are honoring traitors who fought against America to keep people enslaved. There’s nothing “patriotic” about this.
August 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump’s Pentagon is reinstalling a 20-foot portrait of Robert E. Lee — with a slave guiding his horse in the background — at West Point.
Trump and Hegseth are honoring traitors who fought against America to keep people enslaved. There’s nothing “patriotic” about this.
Trump and Hegseth are honoring traitors who fought against America to keep people enslaved. There’s nothing “patriotic” about this.
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No one voted for this.
Medicare will start requiring prior approval for certain procedures — and will hire private AI companies to determine if patients are covered.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
No one voted for this.
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What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
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Yeah it's really insane how the right switched from "we have to ban masks everywhere because N95s are scary" to "actually, what if we made terrorist-style face masks the de facto uniform of armed federal thugs? wouldn't that be awesome and scary?" in like four days
Guess who likes masks now
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
August 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yeah it's really insane how the right switched from "we have to ban masks everywhere because N95s are scary" to "actually, what if we made terrorist-style face masks the de facto uniform of armed federal thugs? wouldn't that be awesome and scary?" in like four days
But her emails?
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
n.pr
August 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
But her emails?
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Trump‘s sluggish performance at today’s summit raises new questions about Joe Biden’s energy level
August 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump‘s sluggish performance at today’s summit raises new questions about Joe Biden’s energy level
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As a reminder: Trump’s first act was to pardon HUNDREDS of J6 rioters who assaulted and beat DC police officers. Trump’s been responsible for a large percentage of the total assaults (and many of the worst/most brutal) on DC police in the last decade.
Trump: "You know, they love to spit in the face of the police ... They’re standing and they’re screaming at them an inch away from their face, and then they start spitting in their face. And I said, ‘you tell them you spit, and we hit’, and they get hit real hard."
Trump places Washington DC police under federal control and will deploy National Guard – live updates
Trump declares ‘public safety emergency’ despite record crime low; DC mayor says ‘any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false’
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As a reminder: Trump’s first act was to pardon HUNDREDS of J6 rioters who assaulted and beat DC police officers. Trump’s been responsible for a large percentage of the total assaults (and many of the worst/most brutal) on DC police in the last decade.
It’s 2025. How do we still not have legit cup holders on planes? Those little cup-sized indents on the tray table just aren’t cutting it.
August 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It’s 2025. How do we still not have legit cup holders on planes? Those little cup-sized indents on the tray table just aren’t cutting it.
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Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump sending a drawing of a naked woman to a pedophile, both presidents made shocking sartorial choices.
July 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump sending a drawing of a naked woman to a pedophile, both presidents made shocking sartorial choices.
What are we even doing anymore?
July 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What are we even doing anymore?
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“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...