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Screenshot of a skeet where The New York Times is accused of keeping emails about Donald Trump's knowledge of a pedophile ring he may have participated in secret from the public during the 2016 election.
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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In France, it's nefarious thieves who meticulously planned their theft which illegally and brazenly destroyed national patrimony.

Here in the US, it's the President doing his illegal and brazen destruction of national patrimony completely on the fly with no plans or permits in place.
Screenshot from the New York Times: "Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House's East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. THE PROJECT IS FAR MORE EXTENSIVE THAN HE INITIALLY LET ON." (my emphasis)
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Antifa, Soros and Hamas truly outdid themselves today.
Tweet from NYPD underscoring that a huge 100,000+ strong crowd exercised its first amendment rights with zero arrests.
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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To the Wall Street journal editors and all of its ultra-sophisticated business followers who swear allegiance to THE FREE MARKET, maybe it wasn't a good idea to elect a guy who bankrupted a casino.
Headline from today's Wall Street Journal: Tariffs Are Way Up. Interest on Debt Tops $1 Trillion. And DOGE Didn’t Do Much. As the books closed on U.S. government’s fiscal 2025, here’s what has changed about federal budget—and what hasn’t
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Obedesco pero no cumplo
Photograph of US general sitting patiently while listening to Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump telling them that sectors of the US public are now considered "the enemy within" to which they should aim their attention and, ostensibly, their weapons and violence.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Regarding the federal judge ordering a temporary halt to ICE immigration Gestapo tactics in LA, Trump admin literally defended its dictatorial rights. Implicit in the statement: "Only WE have the authority to be the dictator of immigration policy."
Excerpt from AP story: “No federal judge has the authority to dictate immigration policy — that authority rests with Congress and the President,” spokesperson Abigail Jackson said. “Enforcement operations require careful planning and execution; skills far beyond the purview (or) jurisdiction of any judge. We expect this gross overstep of judicial authority to be corrected on appeal.”
July 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Kill Bill is one of my favorites.
Screenshot of a tweet from Elon Musk: "Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL"
June 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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How do you say Pearl Harbor in Russian?
Screenshot of a statement from the Ukrainian SBU which reads: "After processing additional information from various sources and verifying it ... we report that the total (Russian) losses amounted to 41 military aircraft, including strategic bombers and other types of combat aircraft," it added in a later update. There was no immediate public response from Moscow to the SBU statement.
June 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The guy who handed the arsonist gasoline and a pack of matches now upset his building is on fire.
Screenshot from Politico with a photo of Chief Justice John Roberts with the headline: Rule of law is 'endangered,' chief justice says.
May 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I'm old enough to remember when Hunter Biden's paintings were an obsession with the GOP, led by Trump, claiming that buyers were getting access to Joe and that he deserved to be impeached for such corruption.
A photo of a Hunter Biden painting that semi-abstractly depicts black flowers on an orange wash background.
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Screenshot from The Hill: While Republicans have been largely in lockstep behind the administration’s actions, the latest messaging has become a turn off. Many GOP lawmakers view it as counterproductive and fear Trump comes off as out of touch. “Everything that we need to do needs to be instructed by people who experienced scarcity, and that’s clearly the words of somebody that’s never experienced scarcity,” one Senate Republican said. “It’s not really sensitive to the circumstances of people that are struggling every day.” “It would be helpful to be more relatable,” the GOP member added.
May 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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"Let them have two dolls only"
Portrait of Donald Trump as Marie Antoinette
May 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Lady Gaga set the night on fire on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
May 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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On day 100 of Trump 2.0, it's gotten so bad for small businesses who depend on Chinese imports that one guy just called it quits and is making his way to.....Brazil.
Screenshot of article from today's New Republic: "A New York Times reporter noted last week that the paper had heard from “hundreds” of businesses across the country “who said they have been stunned into paralysis by Trump’s barrage of tariffs.” An airplane parts manufacturer in Alaska was shocked at how “quickly and chaotically,” in the Times’ words, the tariffs have been applied. The company has no choice but to import some parts because they’re made only overseas. It has raised prices 17 percent, the owner has moved to Brazil where the living is cheaper, and he’s consulting a bankruptcy lawyer."
April 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The market is starting to price in its ability to get Trump to walk back, at least partially, his stupidity.
Screenshot of story from the Wall Street Journal about how Trump's aggressive trade and economic moves have been blunted by assertive market reactions facilitating "climb-downs and accommodations" on firing Fed Chair Powell and reducing tariffs on China.
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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How it started and how's it going
Screenshot headline from The Hill: "Trump says he would 'solve' the war in Ukraine in 24 hours if reelected." Screenshot of headline from Politico: "US could abandon Ukraine ceasefire talks in 'days' if progress stalls, Rubio warns "
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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It's all cruel cosplay with human rights violations everywhere.
Screenshot of Bloomberg headline reading: "About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record."
April 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Perplexity, did the now-indicted-for-fomenting-a-coup former president of Brazil give a public speech recently?
Screenshot Question to Perplexity: "Did bolsono recently give a public speech in Brazil that was well attended?" Answer: "Yes, Jair Bolsonaro recently gave a public speech in Brazil that was well-attended. On Sunday, April 6, 2025, he led a rally in São Paulo, drawing an estimated 45,000 supporters. The event focused on advocating for an amnesty law to absolve Bolsonaro and his supporters of charges related to the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil’s democratic institutions. Bolsonaro used the platform to criticize ongoing investigations against him and hinted at a potential political comeback in 2026, despite being barred from running for office until 2030."
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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It's only a matter of time before somebody "accidentally" falls out of a window.
Screens from an article in today's Wall Street Journal. Ackman singled out commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, another Trump trade advisor, saying he has a conflict of interest because of his investment strategy." He profits when our economy implodes," Ackman wrote on social media. A Lutnik spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"Let them screw iPhones!"
Howard Lutnick, full-time American billionaire businessman, part-time US Secretary of Commerce
Screenshot of Skeet (from Aaron Rupar) of CBS program Face the Nation with caption that reads: "Lutnick: 'The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhone -- that kid of thing is going to come to America.'"
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Don't worry. Be happy!
Screenshot of an email from Vanguard securities firm which reads: "Stay the course. We'll be right there with you. With the White House announcing new tariffs, the markets have become volatile, testing the resolve of even the most disciplined investor."
April 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Trump's obsession with annexing Canada explained.
Screenshot from New Republic which reads: We’ve been here before. In the spring of 1941, as Hitler’s armies swept across Europe, American conservative James Burnham published a book outlining his vision for a new global order: a post-democratic world centered around a few powerful blocs he called “super-states.” These great powers would exercise complete dominion over their designated regions while locked in perpetual rivalry with each other. The United States, Burnham thought, should “draw a ring” around the Western hemisphere, securing the Panama Canal and reducing Canada to “a satellite.” This new order would be governed not by international law but by personal dealings among the great powers, who would control the sovereignty of weaker states and suspend it as they wished.
March 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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How it's going
Screenshot of Guardian article from March 30, 2025, where Trump complained that he is "very angry" with Putin and his uncooperative reaction to Trump's attempts to broker a cease fire.
March 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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How it started
Screenshot of AP story from July 2, 2024, where Trump claims he can end Ukraine war "on day one."
March 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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When the only language you speak is MAGA
Ross Douthat in an editorial in today's New York Times: "The Trump White House’s reflexive attempt to attack the messenger, on the other hand, is an illustration of the new administration’s biggest political problem: its difficulty in speaking to anyone who isn’t already invested in its cause."
March 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM