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Van Firth
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· Oct 12
I’ve always said we live in an age when anyone can have a little box in their pocket that gives instant access to all the world’s experts and knowledge repositories. And yet people turn to pajama-wearing conspiracy theorists and rumor mongers for their news.
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"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..."
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November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Posted by Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Posted by Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
They won’t agree obvs. But he is making a point that he has nothing to hide.
BREAKING:
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They won’t agree obvs. But he is making a point that he has nothing to hide.
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
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20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I don't know how you did this, Merriam-Webster, but I tip my hat.
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don't know how you did this, Merriam-Webster, but I tip my hat.
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Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"
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October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Remember, Posobiec co-wrote a book that declared progressives were "unhumans" and that praised Franco and Pinochet for their murderous war on leftists. That is, the guy who promoted Pizzagate essentially endorsed political violence. I wrote about that here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Remember, Posobiec co-wrote a book that declared progressives were "unhumans" and that praised Franco and Pinochet for their murderous war on leftists. That is, the guy who promoted Pizzagate essentially endorsed political violence. I wrote about that here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I'm not sure "We want umaccountable armed thugs snatching people off the street in Britain too" is the vote-winner the Tories think.
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm not sure "We want umaccountable armed thugs snatching people off the street in Britain too" is the vote-winner the Tories think.
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has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?
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Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.
The government “shutdown” isn’t really a traditional shutdown because the administration has decided to spend and/or withhold money however they please regardless of appropriations or budgets. Why are we paying Congress if they’re going to be an irrelevant debating society?
“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The government “shutdown” isn’t really a traditional shutdown because the administration has decided to spend and/or withhold money however they please regardless of appropriations or budgets. Why are we paying Congress if they’re going to be an irrelevant debating society?
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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it's actually not two Nobels for Josephson junctions, just one that tunnelled over a gap of 52 years
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
it's actually not two Nobels for Josephson junctions, just one that tunnelled over a gap of 52 years
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square
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They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!
DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!
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“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Truthout.org.
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Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants
ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.
truthout.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Truthout.org.
truthout.org/articles/tr...
truthout.org/articles/tr...
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.