Rich Swinton
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Here for the politics. Staying for the nicer vibes.
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Even if SOCOM has been literally calling and taking the shots, Holsey knows all the dirty little secrets. Get him on record, stat.
Holsey’s last day at SOUTHCOM is a week from Friday. He should be called to testify the following Monday
Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Even if SOCOM has been literally calling and taking the shots, Holsey knows all the dirty little secrets. Get him on record, stat.
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Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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It's a sign of the debasement of political dialogue in he United States today that a cabinet secretary can tell insane lies of this sort on public television without being challenged or corrected. The total number of US deaths attributable to cocaine use in the US was put at roughly 22,000 in 2024,
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It's a sign of the debasement of political dialogue in he United States today that a cabinet secretary can tell insane lies of this sort on public television without being challenged or corrected. The total number of US deaths attributable to cocaine use in the US was put at roughly 22,000 in 2024,
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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If this guy is saying what I think he is saying, then he should be banished from the land
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
If this guy is saying what I think he is saying, then he should be banished from the land
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It is a very big deal that a sitting member of congress is going to move to impeach one of the most powerful people in the world for murder.
@thanedar.house.gov, thank you for being willing to stand up for human rights, even if some of your party isn’t willing to stand beside you.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It is a very big deal that a sitting member of congress is going to move to impeach one of the most powerful people in the world for murder.
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Hakeem Jeffries will never lead the Dems where they need to go in order to help the people.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hakeem Jeffries will never lead the Dems where they need to go in order to help the people.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
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If an elderly cancer survivor didn’t want to spend 9 years in prison, because that would terrible and not worth the risk, she shouldn’t have committed four felony counts of election fraud…
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If an elderly cancer survivor didn’t want to spend 9 years in prison, because that would terrible and not worth the risk, she shouldn’t have committed four felony counts of election fraud…
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How is this issue, of all things, the one Trump gets right?
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
How is this issue, of all things, the one Trump gets right?
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Two things:
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
A top admiral is expected to tell lawmakers tomorrow that he and his legal adviser concluded that the two survivors of a boat strike in September were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Two things:
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
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US Slashes Pay Incentives at Already Weakened Cyber Agency
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US Cyber Agency Cuts Incentive Pay Program for Diminished Staff
The Trump administration is ending a pay incentive program intended to hire and retain experts in the federal government’s primary civilian cybersecurity agency, which has already been depleted by fir...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
US Slashes Pay Incentives at Already Weakened Cyber Agency
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“Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations.
It found that the information could have imperiled American troops had it been intercepted by a foreign adversary, the two people who have read the report said.”
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It found that the information could have imperiled American troops had it been intercepted by a foreign adversary, the two people who have read the report said.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations
The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations.
It found that the information could have imperiled American troops had it been intercepted by a foreign adversary, the two people who have read the report said.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
It found that the information could have imperiled American troops had it been intercepted by a foreign adversary, the two people who have read the report said.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Idk but I feel like folks might remember an extra $1000/mo expense they didn’t have before
“.. Some GOP strategists .. voiced confidence that by the time the midterms roll around, health insurance won’t be voters’ top concern, especially if the Trump administration can meaningfully lower the cost of food, gas and housing.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Idk but I feel like folks might remember an extra $1000/mo expense they didn’t have before
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This is a lie. Just completely made up numbers.
TRANSPORTATION DEPT SAYS NEW FUEL-EFFICIENCY PLAN WOULD CUT UP-FRONT VEHICLE COSTS BY $900
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a lie. Just completely made up numbers.
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SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
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We don't have to speculate about the identity of at least one of the boat strike victims, who was a fisherman. This was first reported yesterday by The Guardian and now ABC.
Hoping this story is picked up by more outlets soon.
Hoping this story is picked up by more outlets soon.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We don't have to speculate about the identity of at least one of the boat strike victims, who was a fisherman. This was first reported yesterday by The Guardian and now ABC.
Hoping this story is picked up by more outlets soon.
Hoping this story is picked up by more outlets soon.
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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Just today, Jeffries has praised Trump on his signature issue, and excused a pardon Trump handed to a corrupt Democrat.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just today, Jeffries has praised Trump on his signature issue, and excused a pardon Trump handed to a corrupt Democrat.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
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NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
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“.. An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The classified report was sent to Congress on Tuesday night.”
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“.. An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The classified report was sent to Congress on Tuesday night.”
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Jeffries signaling he's fine with corruption, as long as it benefits his caucus.
Not something you want to see from the opposition leader, but even more damning because it removes any sort of moral high ground held.
He sucks. Worthless trash.
Not something you want to see from the opposition leader, but even more damning because it removes any sort of moral high ground held.
He sucks. Worthless trash.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Jeffries signaling he's fine with corruption, as long as it benefits his caucus.
Not something you want to see from the opposition leader, but even more damning because it removes any sort of moral high ground held.
He sucks. Worthless trash.
Not something you want to see from the opposition leader, but even more damning because it removes any sort of moral high ground held.
He sucks. Worthless trash.
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Musk told a gathering of former DOGE employees at his facilities at Bastrop, Texas, that he now believed he was one of the top assassination targets in the US behind only Trump and Vance.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Musk told a gathering of former DOGE employees at his facilities at Bastrop, Texas, that he now believed he was one of the top assassination targets in the US behind only Trump and Vance.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.
Bizarrely he said he should start working out more to reduce the risk of assassination.