Matt Mogensen
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
She has the audacity to chide a reporter for being a "left wing hack" then highlights America's best 5th place grifter.
Leavitt: "In our new media seat today, we have a familiar face -- Riley Gaines ..."
January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
She has the audacity to chide a reporter for being a "left wing hack" then highlights America's best 5th place grifter.
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Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
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Nebraska is 11-0 for the first time in school history!
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Nebraska is 11-0 for the first time in school history!
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I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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Happy Cerveza Cristal day to all who celebrate
May 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy Cerveza Cristal day to all who celebrate
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The traditional press corps will take shit forever for not asking more Biden age Qs, but 1) it asked a ton and 2) was never 1/1000th as sycophantic as this. It's embarassing.
April 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The traditional press corps will take shit forever for not asking more Biden age Qs, but 1) it asked a ton and 2) was never 1/1000th as sycophantic as this. It's embarassing.
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This is, I'm sorry, a barely literate question. Hillary "Road-ham" Clinton?
Dom Lucre asks Leavitt if the administration might investigate Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Leavitt says she finds the question "refreshing"
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is, I'm sorry, a barely literate question. Hillary "Road-ham" Clinton?
To say nothing of the veracity of the claims/question in the clip, the fact that he is even allowed in thus room is yet another example of this administration's disdain for anything that could resemble criticism.
April 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
To say nothing of the veracity of the claims/question in the clip, the fact that he is even allowed in thus room is yet another example of this administration's disdain for anything that could resemble criticism.
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The shift from Lee Corso to Pat McAfee on College GameDay is a symbol of a society in decline
April 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The shift from Lee Corso to Pat McAfee on College GameDay is a symbol of a society in decline
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First, they said they’ll send undocumented immigrants with no due process to a foreign prison camp.
Next, they said any immigrant — documented or not.
Now, they say it’s citizens. And that once they send you even on accident, they can’t bring you back.
Next, they said any immigrant — documented or not.
Now, they say it’s citizens. And that once they send you even on accident, they can’t bring you back.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
First, they said they’ll send undocumented immigrants with no due process to a foreign prison camp.
Next, they said any immigrant — documented or not.
Now, they say it’s citizens. And that once they send you even on accident, they can’t bring you back.
Next, they said any immigrant — documented or not.
Now, they say it’s citizens. And that once they send you even on accident, they can’t bring you back.
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going to need to start hearing from governors what they intend to do to protect residents of their states from the federal government
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
going to need to start hearing from governors what they intend to do to protect residents of their states from the federal government
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The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
…U.S. soldiers were honored by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausada, as well as other dignitaries, during a dignified departure ceremony from Lithuania.
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
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Is it inefficient to design a bridge to hold more weight than it's rated for? Is it inefficient to design your plumbing to withstand unexpected abuses? People who insist that government be maximally "efficient" do not appreciate why we have government at all
Nobody likes waste. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, in many ways, government is *designed* to be inefficient. It’s structured with redundancy and complexity both for audit and control purposes and because it tries to satisfy multiple competing societal goals. 1/2
btw i dont think anybody is arguing that we should cut waste what is being argued by sane ppl is that what elon trump and the gop are doing isnt that they are cutting things they dont like arbitrarily without any oversight or ya know legally
March 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Is it inefficient to design a bridge to hold more weight than it's rated for? Is it inefficient to design your plumbing to withstand unexpected abuses? People who insist that government be maximally "efficient" do not appreciate why we have government at all
Liverpool eliminated in the Champions League?
a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
media.tenor.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Liverpool eliminated in the Champions League?
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they made Tom Haverford sell his ownership stake in the Snakehole Lounge to continue working at the parks department
"They have one for $35,000, which is pretty low" -- Trump during his Tesla promotional event with Elon Musk at the White House says he bought a cybertruck for his granddaughter Kai
March 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
they made Tom Haverford sell his ownership stake in the Snakehole Lounge to continue working at the parks department