Nick Rakich
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Even 5 years ago if you had told me CBS News would go this way whereas the WSJ wouldn’t it would have surprised me — ultimately I think purveyors of business news are the only ones insulated from these dynamics because when rich people are paying you for market-moving news you can’t mess around.
December 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Even 5 years ago if you had told me CBS News would go this way whereas the WSJ wouldn’t it would have surprised me — ultimately I think purveyors of business news are the only ones insulated from these dynamics because when rich people are paying you for market-moving news you can’t mess around.
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About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Justice Department releases card mentioning Trump, purportedly sent from Epstein to Nassar
The U.S. Justice Department released an image on Tuesday of a card that makes a crude reference to President Donald Trump, purportedly written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar...
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
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Releasing the Epstein files could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to hide their history of raping children on a private island owned by a convicted sex offender.
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Releasing the Epstein files could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to hide their history of raping children on a private island owned by a convicted sex offender.
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This is not the message the country needs. We need unifying leadership to take down the temperature, not exploitative blame-seeking that falsely pins all political violence on one side of the spectrum to fit Trump’s narratives. Enough. Americans are tired of the divisiveness.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is not the message the country needs. We need unifying leadership to take down the temperature, not exploitative blame-seeking that falsely pins all political violence on one side of the spectrum to fit Trump’s narratives. Enough. Americans are tired of the divisiveness.
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
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The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
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Obergefell v. Hodges made me believe in the whole "arc of history bends towards justice." In the 90s, I didn't think gay marriage would be legalized in my lifetime because homophobia was so deeply ingrained. We would have never gotten here without the decision and now it may be overturned.
August 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Obergefell v. Hodges made me believe in the whole "arc of history bends towards justice." In the 90s, I didn't think gay marriage would be legalized in my lifetime because homophobia was so deeply ingrained. We would have never gotten here without the decision and now it may be overturned.
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I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
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Senior CIA officer Susan Miller says DNI director Gabbard is lying.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard and White House 'lying' about intel on Russian interference in 2016, ex-CIA official says
"We definitely had the intel," Susan Miller, who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment of Russia's efforts in the 2016 election, told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Senior CIA officer Susan Miller says DNI director Gabbard is lying.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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New: One of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social’s debate opponents on Jubilee was Richie Black, who organized the far right “Battle of Berkeley” counterprotests in 2017. The violence at those events elevated alt right celebrities including “Based Stickman” and “Baked Alaska” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: debate opponent of Mehdi Hasan organized violent far-right protests
Richard Black, who appeared on controversial Jubilee video, organized Proud Boys-linked protests in 2017
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New: One of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social’s debate opponents on Jubilee was Richie Black, who organized the far right “Battle of Berkeley” counterprotests in 2017. The violence at those events elevated alt right celebrities including “Based Stickman” and “Baked Alaska” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The real cabal is at Mar-a-Lago.
July 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The real cabal is at Mar-a-Lago.
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Gift version: www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
www.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gift version: www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
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“I demand you show the letter that has a chance of shattering our coalition” is certainly some political acumen by Vance here.
July 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“I demand you show the letter that has a chance of shattering our coalition” is certainly some political acumen by Vance here.
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Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
July 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
Let the ketchup hit the walls
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For anyone wondering "how is QAnon taking it", currently "Epstein" is trending harder on /qresearch/ than the week of his death in 2019
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For anyone wondering "how is QAnon taking it", currently "Epstein" is trending harder on /qresearch/ than the week of his death in 2019
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House Majority Leader Mike Johnson said he could not comment on the letter because he had not read it, and could not read it because his son would receive an accountability alert if he did.
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
House Majority Leader Mike Johnson said he could not comment on the letter because he had not read it, and could not read it because his son would receive an accountability alert if he did.
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Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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Crucially, the mother missed the hearing in 2018 because she was a child at the time, and it was her mother’s failure to bring her to the hearing which led to the deportation order.
This is depressingly common.
This is depressingly common.
ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Crucially, the mother missed the hearing in 2018 because she was a child at the time, and it was her mother’s failure to bring her to the hearing which led to the deportation order.
This is depressingly common.
This is depressingly common.
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“.. Trump, whose presidential approval rating fell to 41%, the lowest level of his current term in office ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
June 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“.. Trump, whose presidential approval rating fell to 41%, the lowest level of his current term in office ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
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Like Nazi-ally Lindbergh, today's "America Firsters" claim to be peaceniks. They are actually pro-dictatorship and pro-international disorder. That is evinced in the incoherent/contradictory responses of Trump and his cronies to the events in the Middle East.
We keep hearing credulous pundits say MAGA is "antiwar." So how many MAGA Republicans will support the new resolution requiring Trump to get congressional authorization for war with Iran?
This resolution is important. People should pay attention to it. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
This resolution is important. People should pay attention to it. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
Trump Is Suddenly Raging at Tucker Carlson—and MAGA Is Deeply Rattled
Is opposition to “forever wars” really a core pillar of MAGA Republicanism? Looks like we’re about to find out.
newrepublic.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Like Nazi-ally Lindbergh, today's "America Firsters" claim to be peaceniks. They are actually pro-dictatorship and pro-international disorder. That is evinced in the incoherent/contradictory responses of Trump and his cronies to the events in the Middle East.
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Internet leftists: Harris lost because she met with Liz Cheney like twice
Me:
Me:
June 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Internet leftists: Harris lost because she met with Liz Cheney like twice
Me:
Me: