Sam Youngman
@samyoungman.bsky.social
Kentuckian in LA. Reformed campaign reporter/WH correspondent. Basketball fan. Shitty surfer. Cussing newsletter: www.thealtmedia.com
Remember that salsa commercial where those cowboys would yell “NEW YORK CITY?!”
I keep doing that but with Culver City.
I keep doing that but with Culver City.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Remember that salsa commercial where those cowboys would yell “NEW YORK CITY?!”
I keep doing that but with Culver City.
I keep doing that but with Culver City.
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President Trump is threatening primary challenges to Republicans who oppose his tariffs, like Rep Jeff Hurd (R-CO).
Hurd has a longshot primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, best known for holding a state GOP meeting under a bridge as dueling factions hid from one other.
Hurd has a longshot primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, best known for holding a state GOP meeting under a bridge as dueling factions hid from one other.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
President Trump is threatening primary challenges to Republicans who oppose his tariffs, like Rep Jeff Hurd (R-CO).
Hurd has a longshot primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, best known for holding a state GOP meeting under a bridge as dueling factions hid from one other.
Hurd has a longshot primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, best known for holding a state GOP meeting under a bridge as dueling factions hid from one other.
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Imagine if Trump didn’t have a mobster’s aversion to email right now.
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Imagine if Trump didn’t have a mobster’s aversion to email right now.
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Pam Bondi's testimony, summarized:
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Pam Bondi's testimony, summarized:
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February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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This isn't AI but it should be
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This isn't AI but it should be
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I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
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Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
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That the NYT still writes this stuff when everyone knows that Musk is full of horseshit (including the reporters at the NYT!) is honestly shocking at this point. They think you're stupid. They know he never does anything he promises but they write it anyway. Utter trash.
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
That the NYT still writes this stuff when everyone knows that Musk is full of horseshit (including the reporters at the NYT!) is honestly shocking at this point. They think you're stupid. They know he never does anything he promises but they write it anyway. Utter trash.
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AP, ABC and CBS all reported that Wagner was charged with threatening federal agents— which wasn’t reflected in the complaint or even said by DOJ explicitly. AP has now finally changed their headline and added a correction.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
AP, ABC and CBS all reported that Wagner was charged with threatening federal agents— which wasn’t reflected in the complaint or even said by DOJ explicitly. AP has now finally changed their headline and added a correction.
I keep wondering how many big name official Washington types knew about Hastert the whole time and didn’t say shit.
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I keep wondering how many big name official Washington types knew about Hastert the whole time and didn’t say shit.
The Epstein president had his DOJ try to indict elected members of Congress.
Remember when the press wrote 2024 stories about fracking?
They really nailed that one.
Remember when the press wrote 2024 stories about fracking?
They really nailed that one.
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Epstein president had his DOJ try to indict elected members of Congress.
Remember when the press wrote 2024 stories about fracking?
They really nailed that one.
Remember when the press wrote 2024 stories about fracking?
They really nailed that one.
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show reached 128.2M people, down 5.3M viewers from Kendrick Lamar’s performance in 2025, the most watched Super Bowl halftime show ever.
Here's how it compared to the Turning Point USA’s halftime show which was designed as an alternative to Bad Bunny's.
Here's how it compared to the Turning Point USA’s halftime show which was designed as an alternative to Bad Bunny's.
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show reached 128.2M people, down 5.3M viewers from Kendrick Lamar’s performance in 2025, the most watched Super Bowl halftime show ever.
Here's how it compared to the Turning Point USA’s halftime show which was designed as an alternative to Bad Bunny's.
Here's how it compared to the Turning Point USA’s halftime show which was designed as an alternative to Bad Bunny's.
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Again it’s important to remember the context of these chats is that a woman was shot five times in her car as she was attempting to donate clothes at a church.
Here's another screen shot of a text where a fellow agent on the "Posse Chat" asks Charles Exum if the bosses have been supportive.
"Everyone has been including Chief Bovino, Chief Banks, Sec Noem and El Jefe himself...according to Bovino
"Everyone has been including Chief Bovino, Chief Banks, Sec Noem and El Jefe himself...according to Bovino
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Again it’s important to remember the context of these chats is that a woman was shot five times in her car as she was attempting to donate clothes at a church.
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Hey it’s that nice gentleman we interviewed in the diner
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Hey it’s that nice gentleman we interviewed in the diner
Keith mad she’s too old for him to date
On top of the fact that she is an evil, subhuman, nauseating witch anybody notice that effing Ghislaine Maxwell now looks like Mao?
February 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Keith mad she’s too old for him to date
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3/ chicago media holding Bovino accountable: bsky.app/profile/peop...
Bovino sent this email at 3:11 p.m. on Oct. 4.
This is what the scene looked like at 2:48 p.m. when the first group of feds made their exit. They gassed people again at 3:27 p.m.
So during this attack, Bovino congratulated his guy who kicked everything off by shooting a woman five times.
This is what the scene looked like at 2:48 p.m. when the first group of feds made their exit. They gassed people again at 3:27 p.m.
So during this attack, Bovino congratulated his guy who kicked everything off by shooting a woman five times.
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
3/ chicago media holding Bovino accountable: bsky.app/profile/peop...
You know this shit is getting real when neither the NYT nor the WH press can ignore it
SIX STORIES at the top of the NYT homepage are currently Epstein stories.
ALL SIX.
This is not going away.
ALL SIX.
This is not going away.
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
You know this shit is getting real when neither the NYT nor the WH press can ignore it
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Almost 1,000 workers have been laid off as a result of the withheld funding Trump “floated” restoring in exchange for renaming Penn Station and Dulles after him
Q: Can you explain why Trump asked Schumer to help him rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after himself?
LEAVITT: Why not? It was something the president floated
LEAVITT: Why not? It was something the president floated
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Almost 1,000 workers have been laid off as a result of the withheld funding Trump “floated” restoring in exchange for renaming Penn Station and Dulles after him
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This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
Does this mean he left a nanny behind?
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Does this mean he left a nanny behind?
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This story doesn't really support this headline. Blowback from Republicans? Of course. Beyond that? Nope. One expert says bodycams "might not reduce misconduct." Another says ending racial profiling is complicated. Is that blowback or a reality check? Hmm
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Democrats Want to Rein In ICE. Their Ideas Are Facing Blowback.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This story doesn't really support this headline. Blowback from Republicans? Of course. Beyond that? Nope. One expert says bodycams "might not reduce misconduct." Another says ending racial profiling is complicated. Is that blowback or a reality check? Hmm
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Oh so it’s gonna be real bad
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Oh so it’s gonna be real bad