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I'd really love a graphic that combined Amazon layoffs, WaPo gutting, and Melania spending, with all the empty seats.
Not least bc Bezos should be shamed as a failure. Maybe blame his marriage.
Not least bc Bezos should be shamed as a failure. Maybe blame his marriage.
January 29, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I'd really love a graphic that combined Amazon layoffs, WaPo gutting, and Melania spending, with all the empty seats.
Not least bc Bezos should be shamed as a failure. Maybe blame his marriage.
Not least bc Bezos should be shamed as a failure. Maybe blame his marriage.
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If they've decided not to charge Homan, so the investigation is complete, and he's now been dispatched to run the show in Minnesota, shouldn't Dems or public be able to demand release of the sting tape where he takes the $50k in a CAVA bag to determine if he's an appropriate new sheriff in town?
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
If they've decided not to charge Homan, so the investigation is complete, and he's now been dispatched to run the show in Minnesota, shouldn't Dems or public be able to demand release of the sting tape where he takes the $50k in a CAVA bag to determine if he's an appropriate new sheriff in town?
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SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
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Best as I understand, Pam Bondi did not intervene in the case of a Jan6er, Christopher Moynihan, who threatened Hakeem Jeffries.
She has not intervened in case of Christian Joel Young, who assaulted Maxwell Frost.
But is intervening in the case Trump weighed in on, the Ilhan Omar attack.
She has not intervened in case of Christian Joel Young, who assaulted Maxwell Frost.
But is intervening in the case Trump weighed in on, the Ilhan Omar attack.
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Best as I understand, Pam Bondi did not intervene in the case of a Jan6er, Christopher Moynihan, who threatened Hakeem Jeffries.
She has not intervened in case of Christian Joel Young, who assaulted Maxwell Frost.
But is intervening in the case Trump weighed in on, the Ilhan Omar attack.
She has not intervened in case of Christian Joel Young, who assaulted Maxwell Frost.
But is intervening in the case Trump weighed in on, the Ilhan Omar attack.
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The worst politicians in America are about to quote Martin Luther King Jr.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The worst politicians in America are about to quote Martin Luther King Jr.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
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Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
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The Missouri secretary of state is stepping into full-on lawlessness: missouriindependent.com/2025/12/09/m...
Missouri set to enact gerrymandered map despite 300K signatures for repeal referendum • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
missouriindependent.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Missouri secretary of state is stepping into full-on lawlessness: missouriindependent.com/2025/12/09/m...
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I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
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One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.
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The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
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Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.
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Let us translate Mike Johnson's comments about Obamacare for you www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Let us translate Mike Johnson's comments about Obamacare for you www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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Paul Simon, born today in 1941.
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Paul Simon, born today in 1941.
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
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"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"
“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”
Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog
Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog
More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation
By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.
www.floridabulldog.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"
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The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.
Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.
www.msnbc.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.
Welker: They say the house is not in session because you don't want to swear in the newly elected democratic congresswoman who would be a critical vote to releasing the Epstein files.
Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.
Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.
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When he was elected, Trump promised he wouldn’t cut Social Security, or make it harder for seniors and working families to get the benefits they’ve earned. This is yet another broken promise, and a slap in the face to voters. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans
Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When he was elected, Trump promised he wouldn’t cut Social Security, or make it harder for seniors and working families to get the benefits they’ve earned. This is yet another broken promise, and a slap in the face to voters. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This text is buried in a larger bill. Don’t want Marco Rubio to be personally responsible for revoking people’s passports based on thought crimes? Call your reps about it!
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This text is buried in a larger bill. Don’t want Marco Rubio to be personally responsible for revoking people’s passports based on thought crimes? Call your reps about it!
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New in PN: Kash's FBI is a mess
"Patel and Bongino have carried out a purge partly in fear of being fired by Trump, & under the influence — and sometimes direction — of their social media followings. In fact, they're so focused on clout that it could be affecting the FBI’s ability to solve crimes."
"Patel and Bongino have carried out a purge partly in fear of being fired by Trump, & under the influence — and sometimes direction — of their social media followings. In fact, they're so focused on clout that it could be affecting the FBI’s ability to solve crimes."
Kash Patel's FBI is a total mess
A new lawsuit indicates he's too busy chasing online clout to notice.
www.publicnotice.co
September 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New in PN: Kash's FBI is a mess
"Patel and Bongino have carried out a purge partly in fear of being fired by Trump, & under the influence — and sometimes direction — of their social media followings. In fact, they're so focused on clout that it could be affecting the FBI’s ability to solve crimes."
"Patel and Bongino have carried out a purge partly in fear of being fired by Trump, & under the influence — and sometimes direction — of their social media followings. In fact, they're so focused on clout that it could be affecting the FBI’s ability to solve crimes."
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Must be nice to not have oligarchs on your Supreme Court.
JUST IN: Brazil’s top court sentences former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison over his attempted coup
September 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Must be nice to not have oligarchs on your Supreme Court.
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It is BATSHIT insane today to blame Merrick Garland for what John Roberts did.
Worse, it guarantees you won't fix what is wrong now bc you've made Garland your villain instead of the guy still fucking things up.
Worse, it guarantees you won't fix what is wrong now bc you've made Garland your villain instead of the guy still fucking things up.
Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
September 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is BATSHIT insane today to blame Merrick Garland for what John Roberts did.
Worse, it guarantees you won't fix what is wrong now bc you've made Garland your villain instead of the guy still fucking things up.
Worse, it guarantees you won't fix what is wrong now bc you've made Garland your villain instead of the guy still fucking things up.
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
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Oh, you can do that?!
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh, you can do that?!
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The most damning element of Donald's birthday tribute to Jeffrey Epstein is the size of the breasts. Donald wasn't drawing the breasts of an adult; he drew the breasts of a young girl. What a creep.
They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The most damning element of Donald's birthday tribute to Jeffrey Epstein is the size of the breasts. Donald wasn't drawing the breasts of an adult; he drew the breasts of a young girl. What a creep.