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One defense of Trump you'll never hear-- not from his most fervent supporters, not over any scandal-- is "he's not the type of person who would do that."
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His tariffs cost the average U.S. household about $1,000 last year and pushed effective rates to their highest level since 1946.

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Trump Has Served Up the Largest U.S. Tax Increase Since 1993
His tariffs cost the average U.S. household about $1,000 last year and pushed effective rates to their highest level since 1946.
www.lincolnsquare.media
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti

www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
FBI formally refuses to share evidence in Alex Pretti killing, Minnesota investigators say
Minnesota's top investigative agency said Monday the federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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You are one member of a larger coalition. That coalition has a process through which it decides who will lead it. “If you don’t decide to support my guy, I will leave the coalition” is behavior that will destroy the coalition, weaken yourself, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes than participating
Hey maybe the dems should learn a lesson and not run "moderate" Dems who are actually just republicans
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!

I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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We live in an autocratic oligarchic hellhole.

The Pentagon is basically saying that if Anthropic doesn't drop its demands over restricting the use of AI in autonomous drone targeting and surveillance of Americans, it will essentially destroy the company.
Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
The Pentagon may label Anthropic a "supply chain risk," forcing all its vendors to sever ties.
www.axios.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Fed. judge holds that it likely violated the law for the Trump administration to remove displays and exhibits about enslaved people at President Washington's first official residence in Philadelphia.

PI issued to stop Trump from trashing President's House.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Trump’s Golden Age for Billionaires
February 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov in 2014:

"Instead of focusing on building up Russia, instead of making sure Russia doesn’t die out, instead of investing in roads, education.., the regime focuses on the worst traits in humans- meanness,hatred,lies,wars"

Nemtsov was killed by the Kremlin in 2015
February 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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DOJ justified the Fulton County election raid with an FBI affidavit sourced to a Trump-aligned election denier who pushed to overturn 2020, spoke with Trump on Jan 6, and now runs “Election Security.” That is what DOJ presented as felony election fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Q7_s57jjE
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Remember when most of these dudes signed a pledge to give their money away?
pretty stunning chart
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Allison Gill referring to Corey Lewandowski, on this morning's @dailybeanspod.com, as "puppy killer side piece" was especially well phrased.
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Elon Musk is incessantly promoting vile white supremacy. Why is anyone - and certainly any company - still on X?

My column:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Wow, Elon Musk sure does like White people | Opinion
Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a guy whose social media platform most companies still use, is a BIG fan of White people. Problematically so.
www.usatoday.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Destroy the ability of public equity firms to destroy companies and communities. This seems like a good start: www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Warren, Lawmakers Renew Legislative Push to Stop Private Equity Looting | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.

She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.

Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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The gang’s all there
Oh haaayyyyy Ken Starr, been a minute

"After famously serving as the independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton, the Texas lawyer...[later joined] Epstein's legal team in 2007. Epstein, living in Palm Beach at the time, was accused of trafficking and sexually abusing high school girls."
Meet the elite Texans who enabled and associated with Jeffrey Epstein www.chron.com/culture/arti...
February 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Well well well
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Swear to god, so many of these uber rich guys who keep trying to intellectualize and sanitize white supremacy really are the dumbest motherfuckers alive. They constantly say word salad-y nonsense like this that would cause them to fail a fourth grade US history test.
This odious white supremacist needs to learn some history.

Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…

And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation

electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM