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Opinion | I am a Republican because I believe in traditional family values. Here's why I support a government run by two men who between them have 19 children by 8 different women.
March 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Opinion | I am a Republican because I believe in traditional family values. Here's why I support a government run by two men who between them have 19 children by 8 different women.
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) won reelection by more than *20* percentage points in Nov.
Yet his voters booed & yelled at him during a town hall this week.
Flood saying “ I support Elon Musk & DOGE” prompted boos & thumbs down.
One attendee held a sign that read “LIAR.”
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Yet his voters booed & yelled at him during a town hall this week.
Flood saying “ I support Elon Musk & DOGE” prompted boos & thumbs down.
One attendee held a sign that read “LIAR.”
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) won reelection by more than *20* percentage points in Nov.
Yet his voters booed & yelled at him during a town hall this week.
Flood saying “ I support Elon Musk & DOGE” prompted boos & thumbs down.
One attendee held a sign that read “LIAR.”
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Yet his voters booed & yelled at him during a town hall this week.
Flood saying “ I support Elon Musk & DOGE” prompted boos & thumbs down.
One attendee held a sign that read “LIAR.”
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Elon Musk is everything Republicans accused George Soros of being.
“Elon Musk's political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to ‘activist judges.’”
www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
“Elon Musk's political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to ‘activist judges.’”
www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against "activist judges"
The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump's priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for a crucial seat on the state's Supreme Court.
www.axios.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Elon Musk is everything Republicans accused George Soros of being.
“Elon Musk's political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to ‘activist judges.’”
www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
“Elon Musk's political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to ‘activist judges.’”
www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
“The Trump administration is weighing whether to offer economic aid to farmers that experience hardship as a result of President Trump’s upcoming tariffs, Brooke Rollins, the secretary of agriculture, told reporters on Friday.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump administration weighs economic aid for farmers affected by tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“The Trump administration is weighing whether to offer economic aid to farmers that experience hardship as a result of President Trump’s upcoming tariffs, Brooke Rollins, the secretary of agriculture, told reporters on Friday.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
“Of all the things they could be doing, the places they’re putting their focuses on first are really things that just don’t matter … This was a waste of our time,” a defense official said.
“This does absolutely nothing to make us stronger, more lethal, better prepared.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/p...
“This does absolutely nothing to make us stronger, more lethal, better prepared.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/p...
Military was instructed to search keywords including ‘first’ and ‘history’ during rushed purge of Pentagon websites | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s February memo ordering all diversity, equity and inclusion-related content to be removed from Pentagon websites was so vague that military units were instructed to ...
www.cnn.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Of all the things they could be doing, the places they’re putting their focuses on first are really things that just don’t matter … This was a waste of our time,” a defense official said.
“This does absolutely nothing to make us stronger, more lethal, better prepared.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/p...
“This does absolutely nothing to make us stronger, more lethal, better prepared.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/p...
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Full poll here.
It also shows Trump at -11 job approval (from +3 in January).
He's underwater on immigration (-3), the economy (-13), the federal workforce (-15), Ukraine (-17), and trade with Mexico and Canada (-19 and -22).
Disapproval for Musk/DOGE is at 60% - 68% among independents.
It also shows Trump at -11 job approval (from +3 in January).
He's underwater on immigration (-3), the economy (-13), the federal workforce (-15), Ukraine (-17), and trade with Mexico and Canada (-19 and -22).
Disapproval for Musk/DOGE is at 60% - 68% among independents.
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Full poll here.
It also shows Trump at -11 job approval (from +3 in January).
He's underwater on immigration (-3), the economy (-13), the federal workforce (-15), Ukraine (-17), and trade with Mexico and Canada (-19 and -22).
Disapproval for Musk/DOGE is at 60% - 68% among independents.
It also shows Trump at -11 job approval (from +3 in January).
He's underwater on immigration (-3), the economy (-13), the federal workforce (-15), Ukraine (-17), and trade with Mexico and Canada (-19 and -22).
Disapproval for Musk/DOGE is at 60% - 68% among independents.
“Her argument is fantasy wrapped in historical inaccuracies inside a lousy policy proposal. Manufacturing isn’t dead, real wages arent lower & young ppl dont want to work in manufacturing.“
A must-read on what the nostalgia for 1970s manufacturing gets wrong.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/magas...
A must-read on what the nostalgia for 1970s manufacturing gets wrong.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/magas...
MAGA’s Manufacturing Nostalgia | National Review
The romanticizing of the workplace of 1970s America is a fantasy wrapped in historical inaccuracies inside a lousy policy proposal.
www.nationalreview.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“Her argument is fantasy wrapped in historical inaccuracies inside a lousy policy proposal. Manufacturing isn’t dead, real wages arent lower & young ppl dont want to work in manufacturing.“
A must-read on what the nostalgia for 1970s manufacturing gets wrong.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/magas...
A must-read on what the nostalgia for 1970s manufacturing gets wrong.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/magas...
“The critics declared Meghan Sussex’s Netflix show With Love, Meghan a failure before it even aired…
The media tried to control the public perception, but audiences made their own decision. The real failure was not Meghan’s show. It was the media’s credibility.”
feminegra.com/with-love-me...
The media tried to control the public perception, but audiences made their own decision. The real failure was not Meghan’s show. It was the media’s credibility.”
feminegra.com/with-love-me...
With Love, Meghan Renewal Exposes Failed Smear Campaign
The media declared Meghan Sussex's show a failure before it aired. Now, With Love, Meghan renewal proves their false narratives wrong.
feminegra.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“The critics declared Meghan Sussex’s Netflix show With Love, Meghan a failure before it even aired…
The media tried to control the public perception, but audiences made their own decision. The real failure was not Meghan’s show. It was the media’s credibility.”
feminegra.com/with-love-me...
The media tried to control the public perception, but audiences made their own decision. The real failure was not Meghan’s show. It was the media’s credibility.”
feminegra.com/with-love-me...
“At Social Security, the DOGE team was initially focused on fears that dead people were fraudulently receiving benefits...
[But] none of those deceased people or their relatives were actually receiving benefits.
The DOGE team appeared to drop the matter.”
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[But] none of those deceased people or their relatives were actually receiving benefits.
The DOGE team appeared to drop the matter.”
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Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.
wapo.st
March 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“At Social Security, the DOGE team was initially focused on fears that dead people were fraudulently receiving benefits...
[But] none of those deceased people or their relatives were actually receiving benefits.
The DOGE team appeared to drop the matter.”
wapo.st/3DKAX0I
[But] none of those deceased people or their relatives were actually receiving benefits.
The DOGE team appeared to drop the matter.”
wapo.st/3DKAX0I
Trump “is trying to defenestrate Perkins Coie to intimidate elite law firms from representing his opponents or plaintiffs who challenge his policies. This violates a bedrock principle of American law, which is that even the worst clients deserve representation.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams
The President breaks a bedrock legal principle by targeting the law firm for representing clients he doesn’t like.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump “is trying to defenestrate Perkins Coie to intimidate elite law firms from representing his opponents or plaintiffs who challenge his policies. This violates a bedrock principle of American law, which is that even the worst clients deserve representation.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
“I know why so many lawmakers sit by & watch as the arson unfolds: fear for their jobs...But there must be more who harbor a deeper fear: of what history will make of them if they don’t speak up now about the wanton vandalism to the country they were elected to protect.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/capi...
www.wsj.com/opinion/capi...
Opinion | Capitol Hill’s Republican Sycophant Caucus
‘I don’t mind what Trump does, because I trust Trump,’ says servile Sen. Graham of South Carolina.
www.wsj.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“I know why so many lawmakers sit by & watch as the arson unfolds: fear for their jobs...But there must be more who harbor a deeper fear: of what history will make of them if they don’t speak up now about the wanton vandalism to the country they were elected to protect.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/capi...
www.wsj.com/opinion/capi...
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NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland
State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"
State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"
March 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland
State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"
State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"
From “I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One” to “shut up about egg prices.”
March 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From “I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One” to “shut up about egg prices.”
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It was inevitable.
March 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It was inevitable.
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More than anything else, Trump loves winning. Yet he has already positioned America to lose the 21st century, in three simple steps:
1. Alienate your friends.
2. Destroy your business environment.
3. Slaughter your golden goose (i.e., science and research).
wapo.st/41iUzAW
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Opinion | How to lose the 21st century, in three easy steps
Trump is throwing away what could have been the next great American century.
wapo.st
March 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
More than anything else, Trump loves winning. Yet he has already positioned America to lose the 21st century, in three simple steps:
1. Alienate your friends.
2. Destroy your business environment.
3. Slaughter your golden goose (i.e., science and research).
wapo.st/41iUzAW
wapo.st/41iUzAW
People tend to talk about books like 1984 these days, but C.S. Lewis’ THE LAST BATTLE does not get enough credit.
For me, there was perhaps no better prep for politics today than taking to heart the lessons from THE LAST BATTLE — from Shift, Rishda, and Ginger, to the dwarfs…
For me, there was perhaps no better prep for politics today than taking to heart the lessons from THE LAST BATTLE — from Shift, Rishda, and Ginger, to the dwarfs…
March 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
People tend to talk about books like 1984 these days, but C.S. Lewis’ THE LAST BATTLE does not get enough credit.
For me, there was perhaps no better prep for politics today than taking to heart the lessons from THE LAST BATTLE — from Shift, Rishda, and Ginger, to the dwarfs…
For me, there was perhaps no better prep for politics today than taking to heart the lessons from THE LAST BATTLE — from Shift, Rishda, and Ginger, to the dwarfs…
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It just sucks all the air out of the room.
March 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It just sucks all the air out of the room.
There are too many Americans who have grown bored and spoiled living in a world in which America has influence and power, but they’re going to miss American hegemony when it’s gone.
March 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
There are too many Americans who have grown bored and spoiled living in a world in which America has influence and power, but they’re going to miss American hegemony when it’s gone.
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“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
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Well, it looks like we finally found "the Deep State." So much for all those transparency pledges. Not even the leadership of the CIA is classified.
Reporter: Who is the administrator of DOGE?
White House secretary: “I’m not going to reveal the name of that person from this podium…”
White House secretary: “I’m not going to reveal the name of that person from this podium…”
February 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well, it looks like we finally found "the Deep State." So much for all those transparency pledges. Not even the leadership of the CIA is classified.
Lord give me the patience to listen to Chris Christie speak about the dangers of Donald Trump — when he was one of the very first to endorse Donald Trump in 2016, long after it was obvious who and what Trump was. #PrinciplesFirst
February 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Lord give me the patience to listen to Chris Christie speak about the dangers of Donald Trump — when he was one of the very first to endorse Donald Trump in 2016, long after it was obvious who and what Trump was. #PrinciplesFirst
At the #PrinciplesFirst summit in DC this weekend! @billybinion.bsky.social is one of my favorite reporters so I loved getting to hear from him in the very first panel this morning! 👏
February 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
At the #PrinciplesFirst summit in DC this weekend! @billybinion.bsky.social is one of my favorite reporters so I loved getting to hear from him in the very first panel this morning! 👏
As someone who doesn’t drink coffee or tea, I wish more hotel conferences offered hot chocolate packets as one of the beverage options. 😂
February 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As someone who doesn’t drink coffee or tea, I wish more hotel conferences offered hot chocolate packets as one of the beverage options. 😂