Neil McLaughlin
@neilmclaughlin.bsky.social
Former journalist, editor. Observer of human comedy, tragedy. Chicago.
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The entire world has figured out that Trump is nuts.
Why do people here still bother pretending otherwise?
Why do people here still bother pretending otherwise?
Toyota says it did not explicitly promise Trump new $10 billion investment in US reut.rs/4qyCASU
Toyota says it did not explicitly promise Trump new $10 billion investment in US
Japan's Toyota Motor did not explicitly promise a new $10 billion investment in the United States, a senior executive from the Japanese automaker said on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump mentioned a potential investment of that size.
reut.rs
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The entire world has figured out that Trump is nuts.
Why do people here still bother pretending otherwise?
Why do people here still bother pretending otherwise?
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Good try, Trump, but we can worry about you causing a nuclear war without forgetting that you're still hiding the Epstein files.
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good try, Trump, but we can worry about you causing a nuclear war without forgetting that you're still hiding the Epstein files.
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YO! #TruthWarriors #MirthWarriors #NoKings #FBR #resist #resistance
Russiagate was anything but a hoax & #SteeleDossierIsTrue
WE R HERE: #TrumpStoleElection #2024ElectionWasRigged #RussiaInvadedUS #TrumpRapingAmerica
WHY: #TrumpPedoFiles
WE MUST: #STRIKE #StrongerTogether
#ProudBlue #BlueCrew
Russiagate was anything but a hoax & #SteeleDossierIsTrue
WE R HERE: #TrumpStoleElection #2024ElectionWasRigged #RussiaInvadedUS #TrumpRapingAmerica
WHY: #TrumpPedoFiles
WE MUST: #STRIKE #StrongerTogether
#ProudBlue #BlueCrew
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
YO! #TruthWarriors #MirthWarriors #NoKings #FBR #resist #resistance
Russiagate was anything but a hoax & #SteeleDossierIsTrue
WE R HERE: #TrumpStoleElection #2024ElectionWasRigged #RussiaInvadedUS #TrumpRapingAmerica
WHY: #TrumpPedoFiles
WE MUST: #STRIKE #StrongerTogether
#ProudBlue #BlueCrew
Russiagate was anything but a hoax & #SteeleDossierIsTrue
WE R HERE: #TrumpStoleElection #2024ElectionWasRigged #RussiaInvadedUS #TrumpRapingAmerica
WHY: #TrumpPedoFiles
WE MUST: #STRIKE #StrongerTogether
#ProudBlue #BlueCrew
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A majority of Americans are seriously underreacting to what is happening in this country.
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A majority of Americans are seriously underreacting to what is happening in this country.
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The United States, once a haven for people from all over the world seeking a better life, will only admit 7,500 refugees next year, and most of them will be white South Africans. trib.al/ZXzm95Q
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The United States, once a haven for people from all over the world seeking a better life, will only admit 7,500 refugees next year, and most of them will be white South Africans. trib.al/ZXzm95Q
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When this bubble inevitably pops a lot of people are going to say it was obvious. Here I am, saying it was obvious beforehand!
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When this bubble inevitably pops a lot of people are going to say it was obvious. Here I am, saying it was obvious beforehand!
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It still boggles my mind that so many people couldn't grasp last year how significantly more morally depraved a second Trump term would be in comparison to the first. And how so many people still can't comprehend that our national crisis isn't about politics, but simple morality.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It still boggles my mind that so many people couldn't grasp last year how significantly more morally depraved a second Trump term would be in comparison to the first. And how so many people still can't comprehend that our national crisis isn't about politics, but simple morality.
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Your daily reminder that Trump absolutely can fund SNAP through contingency funds.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Your daily reminder that Trump absolutely can fund SNAP through contingency funds.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
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All I want for Christmas is for ICE to disappear, a balanced Supreme Court, a majority Democrat Congress, a new cabinet, and a sane, well-mannered, caring president.
Santa, I've been a good boy. Well, sorta. Mouthy, but patriotic.
Hook a country up. We've been through a lot.
Santa, I've been a good boy. Well, sorta. Mouthy, but patriotic.
Hook a country up. We've been through a lot.
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
All I want for Christmas is for ICE to disappear, a balanced Supreme Court, a majority Democrat Congress, a new cabinet, and a sane, well-mannered, caring president.
Santa, I've been a good boy. Well, sorta. Mouthy, but patriotic.
Hook a country up. We've been through a lot.
Santa, I've been a good boy. Well, sorta. Mouthy, but patriotic.
Hook a country up. We've been through a lot.
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Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
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Wired reports Customs and Border Protection searched a record number of phones and electronic devices at U.S. border ports of entry over the past fiscal year. Through the end of September, border agents conducted over 55,000 searches of electronic devices without a warrant, a spike of 17%.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wired reports Customs and Border Protection searched a record number of phones and electronic devices at U.S. border ports of entry over the past fiscal year. Through the end of September, border agents conducted over 55,000 searches of electronic devices without a warrant, a spike of 17%.
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Too many Americans were in denial about how bad a second Trump term would be. Which is astonishing because 400K people died of covid on his watch.
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Too many Americans were in denial about how bad a second Trump term would be. Which is astonishing because 400K people died of covid on his watch.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Make Anchorage a nice west-coast city where professionals can find jobs & live pleasant lives & voi la, you turn the state blue. (The population isn't that big!)
There is no state in the union where Dems don't have some power to densify, to Make More City. They can do this everywhere.
There is no state in the union where Dems don't have some power to densify, to Make More City. They can do this everywhere.
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Make Anchorage a nice west-coast city where professionals can find jobs & live pleasant lives & voi la, you turn the state blue. (The population isn't that big!)
There is no state in the union where Dems don't have some power to densify, to Make More City. They can do this everywhere.
There is no state in the union where Dems don't have some power to densify, to Make More City. They can do this everywhere.
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When they scrawl the names of who destroyed America in the bombed out rubble, Merrick Garland will be right at the top www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Biden Justice Department slow-walked key decisions in Trump legal probes
The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.
www.msnbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
When they scrawl the names of who destroyed America in the bombed out rubble, Merrick Garland will be right at the top www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Bari Weiss’ inexperience, her embrace of the right-wing assault on the media, and her eagerness to boost her political opinions over her network’s reporting are all reasons to worry about her tenure at CBS News.
Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bari Weiss’ inexperience, her embrace of the right-wing assault on the media, and her eagerness to boost her political opinions over her network’s reporting are all reasons to worry about her tenure at CBS News.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Destroying America.....
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Destroying America.....
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Think about this for a minute
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Think about this for a minute
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I almost never write on the 'What should the Dems do???' front. Involving strategy, tactics, 'messaging.'
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I almost never write on the 'What should the Dems do???' front. Involving strategy, tactics, 'messaging.'
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
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Bibi and donOLD are two butt-ughLY leaders who lead their countries into war, trurmoil and much hatred. They both need to go!
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bibi and donOLD are two butt-ughLY leaders who lead their countries into war, trurmoil and much hatred. They both need to go!