Jack Pondit
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Jack Pondit
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· Apr 20
In addition to giving the contract to himself and so stealing public money the very concept of this thing is a crazy level boondoggle www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
We are going to spend trillions on military boondoggles while limiting our civil rights all in the name of ‘national security’ while decimating all the things like health care, cancer research, vaccines, and food safety that actually do protect us.
Democrats should start talking about the $2000 payments as the start of a universal basic income if they want to get Republicans to kill it.
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Democrats should start talking about the $2000 payments as the start of a universal basic income if they want to get Republicans to kill it.
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Anyone who is concerned about campaign finance reform, but is not at least as concerned about media reform, should STFU because you have nothing useful to say.
The media is bad and getting much worse because of who owns it. We can and must take steps to support independent media. Listen to Mostly Economics with Milo Vassallo Ex. Dir of the Media and Democracy Project cepr.net/mostly-econo...
Mostly Economics Podcast
Mostly Economics is a weekly podcast hosted by CEPR Senior Economist and co-founder, Dean Baker, about ways US economic policies affect everyday lives—from household budgets to global trade relationsh...
cepr.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Anyone who is concerned about campaign finance reform, but is not at least as concerned about media reform, should STFU because you have nothing useful to say.
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OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
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This is a big deal.
The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships.
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is a big deal.
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Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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It isn’t just infuriating progressives and I wish the press would finally wrap their heads around the reality that the central divide in the Democratic coalition under Trump is fight or don’t fight.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It isn’t just infuriating progressives and I wish the press would finally wrap their heads around the reality that the central divide in the Democratic coalition under Trump is fight or don’t fight.
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Just in case someone doesn’t know this: one reason individual health insurance was so expensive before was that it’s generally a lot cheaper to insure groups. (Not just bulk discounts but the fact that you don’t need to do individual underwriting.) The ACA turned individuals into a big group.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just in case someone doesn’t know this: one reason individual health insurance was so expensive before was that it’s generally a lot cheaper to insure groups. (Not just bulk discounts but the fact that you don’t need to do individual underwriting.) The ACA turned individuals into a big group.
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Trump is *unilaterally* giving massive tax cuts to private equity, crypto, and foreign real estate investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump is *unilaterally* giving massive tax cuts to private equity, crypto, and foreign real estate investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Democrats test out bumper sticker slogans for 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Democrats test out bumper sticker slogans for 2026.
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It’s a masterclass in political malpractice, watching Democrats get utterly played for fools, trading all their leverage for a worthless promise. What a stunning display of strategic incompetence from a party that apparently needs adult supervision.
Caving Dems were 'conned, rooked and pantsed' in shutdown deal: ex-GOP strategist
Former Republican Party strategist and current Donald Trump antagonist Risk Wilson took a very dim view of the shutdown deal cobbled together by seven Democratic members of the Senate with one independent.In a post on his Substack platform early Monday morning after Republicans were handed a 60-40 ...
www.rawstory.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s a masterclass in political malpractice, watching Democrats get utterly played for fools, trading all their leverage for a worthless promise. What a stunning display of strategic incompetence from a party that apparently needs adult supervision.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
The life expectancy of a low income person in the US is 77 years-old. They would have to buy their house at the age of 27 to have a decent chance of paying it off before they die.
Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The life expectancy of a low income person in the US is 77 years-old. They would have to buy their house at the age of 27 to have a decent chance of paying it off before they die.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Senate Democrats are about to sell us out.
Remember that when they text you for money.
Remember that when they text you for money.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Senate Democrats are about to sell us out.
Remember that when they text you for money.
Remember that when they text you for money.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Guess I’ll donate to anyone primaring @schumer.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Guess I’ll donate to anyone primaring @schumer.senate.gov
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The NYT interviewed 40 men who were in CECOT.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The NYT interviewed 40 men who were in CECOT.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
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Under Biden, the IRS launched a program for people to file their taxes FOR FREE (finally!)
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Under Biden, the IRS launched a program for people to file their taxes FOR FREE (finally!)
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Baghdad Bob must feel vindicated.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Baghdad Bob must feel vindicated.
Jake Tapper please answer the red courtesy phone.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Jake Tapper please answer the red courtesy phone.
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The site is literally called the “Dunning-Krueger Times”. Folks, you cannot make this up.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The site is literally called the “Dunning-Krueger Times”. Folks, you cannot make this up.
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Mamdani got 1,036,051 votes and had 108,000 volunteers. One out of ten people who voted for him also built the campaign. Amazing.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Mamdani got 1,036,051 votes and had 108,000 volunteers. One out of ten people who voted for him also built the campaign. Amazing.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.