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Pam Bondi is cheering a U.S. tanker seizure, but the legal and policy risks are huge. The move raises serious domestic and international law questions, escalates tensions with Venezuela, and threatens global shipping and energy stability.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Sinclair is demanding that Kimmel apologize to the family (?) and also "make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk Family and Turning Point USA"

Are you fucking kidding me? It's not enough they got him fired, they want him to grovel and send money to these anti-free speech grifters?
#BREAKING: Sinclair says it will air a one-hour tribute to Charlie Kirk on its ABC-affiliated stations in the time slot that is usually occupied for "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The special will air on Friday, per a Sinclair spokesperson.
September 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I'm a single issue voter, and my issue is "the government shouldn't be fascist."
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A day in the life recap - started out bright and early with friends at the Fox Valley Building strafes golf outing, followed by collecting signatures in Geneva with Michele Clark, then a stop by the Elgin Dems meeting (always a great time) #letsgo #voterickyrivard #il65 #dayinlife #ourmovement
September 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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In the last week of the 1936 campaign, FDR reminded a massive crowd in Madison Square Garden that "organized money" was "unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred!"

And then the country rewarded him with a 523-8 landslide in the electoral college.

This is, in fact, good politics.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Trump admin is considering a strike on Venezuela if its government doesn't adopt certain policies re drug cartels, military sources tell me.

Leaked ICE memo sheds light on the buildup to war: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/war-with-v...
War With Venezuela?
Leaked ICE memo reveals path to war
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Killing this
The bag of chips at the start …
August 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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‘Back To Dock’ Voted Most Popular Destination Among Current Rowboat Passengers theonion.com/back-to...
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
July 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"
July 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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1.9m Illinoisans — families, kids, and people with disabilities — rely on SNAP to put food on the table.

Trump ripped that food away with just a signature.

Food pantries in Central IL worry they can’t keep up with the need.

The GOP made their choice: starve working families to feed billionaires.
www.wcia.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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ZOHRAN AND BERNIE WERE IN THE CLOSET MAKING SOCIALISM AND I SAW ONE OF THE SOCIALISMS AND THE SOCIALISM PUSHED ME INTO THE EAST RIVER WHICH WAS ICED OVER SOMEHOW
WATCH: “What about the rich? Do they get shot? It’s like they’re making Wall Streeters walk out onto the ice in the East River… class warfare… eat the rich.”

@cnbc.com hosts Joe Kernen & jim cramer hilariously struggle to process Zohran’s win — made inevitable by the greed they exalt.
June 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The path for Democrats is very clear: have good ideas, believe in them, state them clearly, stick to them, act decisively in support of these ideas, speak to the young half of the electorate, support other democrats who do these things. Follow Mamdani and Lander's example or fade into nothingness.
June 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Excited to hit the ground running with all of you to build a movement that brings real representation to our district. Let's go! VoteRicky.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Ouch
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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In Illinois, Democrats are building classrooms, workplaces, and libraries where everyone belongs.

ILGOP? Working overtime to tear that down.

Let’s break it down ⬇️
June 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM