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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Johnson could swear Grijalva in today, but he won't, leaving this AZ district of 813K people with no member of Congress.
Why?
Because Grijalva will provide the final, 218th signature on a House petition to force a vote on the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Why?
Because Grijalva will provide the final, 218th signature on a House petition to force a vote on the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Johnson could swear Grijalva in today, but he won't, leaving this AZ district of 813K people with no member of Congress.
Why?
Because Grijalva will provide the final, 218th signature on a House petition to force a vote on the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Why?
Because Grijalva will provide the final, 218th signature on a House petition to force a vote on the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.
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After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.
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FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
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American media have utterly failed to convey how degraded and corrupted the office of the presidency has become under Trump.
I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
American media have utterly failed to convey how degraded and corrupted the office of the presidency has become under Trump.
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in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller
my @zeteo_news column
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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History
Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.
zeteo.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller
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please read, share and subscribe
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Nonsense, MAGA and the numerous adjacencies are fundamentally easy to monetize by relatively low quality grifters across an array of conspiracies and life style niches that underserved elsewhere
Hustle culture is fundamentally reactionary
just an observation but it does seem like the entertainment class of tiktok lifestyle influencers and reality stars is going to be way more right wing than actors, directors, and tv/movie writers.
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nonsense, MAGA and the numerous adjacencies are fundamentally easy to monetize by relatively low quality grifters across an array of conspiracies and life style niches that underserved elsewhere
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In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.
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I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.
Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.
THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.
THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.
Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.
THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.
THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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Why should Bessent be treated with any more respect than Bondi or Patel or Hegseth. Bessent is using the same demagoguery about No Kings, and at Treasury is a participant in the Trumpist authoritarian project. The fact that he's a rich Wall Street guy makes his complicity less, not more, excusable.
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Why should Bessent be treated with any more respect than Bondi or Patel or Hegseth. Bessent is using the same demagoguery about No Kings, and at Treasury is a participant in the Trumpist authoritarian project. The fact that he's a rich Wall Street guy makes his complicity less, not more, excusable.
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A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics
For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...
www.cnn.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
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Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
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Here’s Trump calling for the jailing of the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois.
Totally normal. Just an ordinary day in the Trump regime.
Totally normal. Just an ordinary day in the Trump regime.
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Here’s Trump calling for the jailing of the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois.
Totally normal. Just an ordinary day in the Trump regime.
Totally normal. Just an ordinary day in the Trump regime.
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this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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As a kid, I got into politics partly to do my bit fighting the Soviet Union.
Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin
The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.
www.politico.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As a kid, I got into politics partly to do my bit fighting the Soviet Union.
Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
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How does this standard apply to Justices Alito and Thomas and their spouses?
JUST IN: DOJ suggests Judge Simon recuse from the Oregon National Guard case because he's married to @RepBonamici, who has vocally opposed the deployment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How does this standard apply to Justices Alito and Thomas and their spouses?
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“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
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Yes. I mean, Hegseth *has his job* because of preferential treatment by identity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Literally the whole address was about identity
Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yes. I mean, Hegseth *has his job* because of preferential treatment by identity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well.
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youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...
Pritzker calls for Trump to be removed from office
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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October 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well.
youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...
youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...