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Seattlediamonds
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Blue state Dem, thru and thru. Dog lover, and unabashed Never Trumper. Twitter escapee
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How Trump Media collapsed
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How Trump Media collapsed
Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, has an unrivaled free source of publicity.
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February 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Are we great again yet?
The Long Goodbye: A California Couple Self-Deports to Mexico (Gift Article)
Enrique Castillejos and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, raised a family in California. But they were undocumented immigrants, and after President Trump’s crackdown began, they decided to return to Me...
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February 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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CBS censors Colbert, bowing to pressure from Trump’s FCC
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CBS censors Colbert, bowing to pressure from Trump’s FCC
CBS forbade Late Show host Stephen Colbert from interviewing Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat running to unseat Republican Senator John Cornyn.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Billionaires Gone Wild
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Billionaires Gone Wild
Understanding the oligarchs’ power grab and the dire threat to American democracy
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February 18, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
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How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
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February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
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Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Turning Our Back on Clean Energy
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Turning Our Back on Clean Energy
Why does MAGA hate the planet?
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February 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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the Black Panthers were right
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Crypto Is a Victim of Its Own Success
Bitcoin, which has been plummeting in value, has come to feel less like a rebel upstart, more like an eccentric uncle.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Blue Sky, we need to be able to put longer posts. More words are needed, PLEASE.
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding
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The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding
Americans aren’t buying Trumpist gaslighting about the economy
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February 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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The Conservative Movement Was Ready For Antonin Scalia’s Death
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The Conservative Legal Movement Was Ready For Antonin Scalia’s Death
The sequence of events kicked off by Scalia’s death a decade ago might feel improbable. But the right was waiting for its chance to capture the Court, and didn’t let it go to waste.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Making America Stagnate Again
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Making America Stagnate Again
Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?
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February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!
Why stop with BLS data and jobs reports?
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February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Bad Bunny’s dancers, Kalshi, and the insider trading problem
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Bad Bunny’s dancers, Kalshi, and the insider trading problem
Prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, are exploding in popularity.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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The Banality of MAGA Evil
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The Banality of MAGA Evil
Instead of criminal masterminds we got amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick
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February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
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Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal
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Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said his relationship with Epstein was "absolutely done" after a single meeting in 2005. The Epstein files tell a much different story.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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No, AI Doesn’t Justify Lower Interest Rates
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No, AI Doesn’t Justify Lower Interest Rates
Debunking the latest Trump-minion talking point
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February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
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How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
During a December 2 cabinet meeting, President Trump unleashed a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment
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Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment
What JD Vance and his entourage in Milan teach us about Epstein’s magnetism
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February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Finally, a Halftime Show That Represents Real America!
Isn’t Bad Bunny an American artist? Don’t millions of people love his music? At the Turning Point USA alternative show, we forget about all that.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM