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Ohio Rep. Troy Balderson is there laughing along with Trump's unadorned anti-Somali racism. His district runs adjacent to Columbus, the city with the second-largest Somali population in the U.S. Hey @dispatch.com, maybe worth reporting about this?

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Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amongst all the Epstein info, don't forget that the GOP is also the party of Jim Jordan who helped provide cover for Richard Strauss.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This isn't even a good game. It's a game that's held togetehr by a bunch of bad base running plays and errors. Going to bed now.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
He is now my second favorite candidate in the mayoral race.
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not surprised to see @jeffpasan.bsky.social carrying water for the owners and Ron Manfred.
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Speaker Johnson doesn't mind keeping the House in session to cut healthcare for 17 million Americans, but he draws the line at exposing child predators.
July 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Someone in the comments said it should be the imperial march. Here you go
July 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
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.’
on.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Trump's brain is cooked. braised. broasted. Check what he said at the 2020 West Point graduation and the way he rephrased it today.
May 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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SCOOP: The new DOGE official seeking private taxpayer information at the IRS has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch considered part of Putin's inner circle.

Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.
www.rollingstone.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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One tricky question on the table: Are charter schools "state actors"? It sounds boring but it's huge.

The decision might just upend the whole landscape of conservative school activism, as I argued a while back @thenewrepublic.bsky.social (4/end)
newrepublic.com/article/1765...
The Battle Over Church and State Could Take Down the Charter School Movement
The Supreme Court’s rightward tilt has the Christian right dreaming of upending public education. But it could come at the expense of conservatives’ big ideas.
newrepublic.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:

Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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