Smiling Fatalist
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Seems like it should be a bigger story that a witness swore under penalty of perjury that Donald Trump threatened a young girl, saying she would “disappear like another 12-year-old.”
The media is basically ignoring that and, if the witness is lying, why isn't the DOJ prosecuting them?
The media is basically ignoring that and, if the witness is lying, why isn't the DOJ prosecuting them?
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Seems like it should be a bigger story that a witness swore under penalty of perjury that Donald Trump threatened a young girl, saying she would “disappear like another 12-year-old.”
The media is basically ignoring that and, if the witness is lying, why isn't the DOJ prosecuting them?
The media is basically ignoring that and, if the witness is lying, why isn't the DOJ prosecuting them?
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A major stretch of highway between Los Angeles and San Diego was temporarily closed Saturday due to a live-fire exercise the U.S. Marine Corps is holding, an event that has sparked a row between California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and President Trump.
Newsom closes highway section amid feud with White House over Marine exercise
The announcement came after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) traded jabs with the White House over the live-fire exercise Vice President JD Vance is attending in the area.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A major stretch of highway between Los Angeles and San Diego was temporarily closed Saturday due to a live-fire exercise the U.S. Marine Corps is holding, an event that has sparked a row between California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and President Trump.
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Assume polling is going to be bouncy these next few weeks but in the Economist/YouGov weekly track Trump's job approval with adults went from -13 (41-54) last week to -18 this week (39-57). He's -50 with independents, 19-69.
September 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Assume polling is going to be bouncy these next few weeks but in the Economist/YouGov weekly track Trump's job approval with adults went from -13 (41-54) last week to -18 this week (39-57). He's -50 with independents, 19-69.
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Fellow Dems, higher prices/inflation/tariffs are the most important basket of issues to voters and the place where Trump performs the worst. Opposing them simply must become central to everything we do. A memo to the family 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/some-refle...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/some-refle...
September 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Fellow Dems, higher prices/inflation/tariffs are the most important basket of issues to voters and the place where Trump performs the worst. Opposing them simply must become central to everything we do. A memo to the family 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/some-refle...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/some-refle...
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Lawmakers are getting assassinated and Proud Boys are chatting online about killing protesters. But the important thing is Putin wished Trump happy birthday
June 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lawmakers are getting assassinated and Proud Boys are chatting online about killing protesters. But the important thing is Putin wished Trump happy birthday
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The man believed to have shot two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, one fatally, had papers in his car that indicated he may have been planning to target one of the “No Kings” protests taking place in cities across the U.S. on Saturday.
Minnesota Gunman May Have Planned to Target ‘No Kings’ Protests, Police Say
Organizers of the protests said that all of the planned events in the state were canceled after a recommendation from Gov. Tim Walz.
trib.al
June 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The man believed to have shot two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, one fatally, had papers in his car that indicated he may have been planning to target one of the “No Kings” protests taking place in cities across the U.S. on Saturday.
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A broken media ecosystem is allowing many Americans to embrace a false idea of what's happening in Los Angeles, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
The L.A. Distortion Effect
Yet again, I’m running out of ways to explain how bad this is.
bit.ly
June 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A broken media ecosystem is allowing many Americans to embrace a false idea of what's happening in Los Angeles, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
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President Trump’s disastrous tariffs were never anything more than a power trip:
“They are, they are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything sir!’” Trump said, imitating a desperate foreign leader.
“They are, they are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything sir!’” Trump said, imitating a desperate foreign leader.
Trump Reveals Real Reason He’s Doubling Down on Disastrous Tariffs
Donald Trump exposed his own desperate need for praise in a rambling speech.
newrepublic.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
President Trump’s disastrous tariffs were never anything more than a power trip:
“They are, they are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything sir!’” Trump said, imitating a desperate foreign leader.
“They are, they are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything sir!’” Trump said, imitating a desperate foreign leader.
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From Hopium:
- Madman Trump has pushed US into an economic, geopolitical, Constitutional crisis. He is far more an American saboteur than American President
- We need to rally behind new Kaine Senate resolution to rescind the tariffs, rein in Trump
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-is-f...
- Madman Trump has pushed US into an economic, geopolitical, Constitutional crisis. He is far more an American saboteur than American President
- We need to rally behind new Kaine Senate resolution to rescind the tariffs, rein in Trump
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-is-f...
Trump Is Far More A Saboteur Than A President, Senator Kaine/Others Are Introducing A New Resolution To Rescind The Tariffs And Rein In Trump
Hopium Paid Subscribers Gather Tonight at 7pm ET/Founding Members Friday at 1pm ET
www.hopiumchronicles.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
From Hopium:
- Madman Trump has pushed US into an economic, geopolitical, Constitutional crisis. He is far more an American saboteur than American President
- We need to rally behind new Kaine Senate resolution to rescind the tariffs, rein in Trump
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-is-f...
- Madman Trump has pushed US into an economic, geopolitical, Constitutional crisis. He is far more an American saboteur than American President
- We need to rally behind new Kaine Senate resolution to rescind the tariffs, rein in Trump
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-is-f...
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NSF just slashed its graduate research fellowships by 51%.
This prestigious program has trained & nurtured at least 42 scientists who went on to become Nobel laureates.
We're destroying it, at exactly the time we claim to worry about our "sputnik moment" with China
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This prestigious program has trained & nurtured at least 42 scientists who went on to become Nobel laureates.
We're destroying it, at exactly the time we claim to worry about our "sputnik moment" with China
bsky.app/profile/davi...
This 51% cut to graduate fellowships is a bloodbath.
And it's one of the first public indications of just how much NSF thinks its STEM education budget (the EDU directorate funds the GRFP) might be slashed by Congress.
(Prior, we only knew that new EDU awards were being evaluated but not issued)
And it's one of the first public indications of just how much NSF thinks its STEM education budget (the EDU directorate funds the GRFP) might be slashed by Congress.
(Prior, we only knew that new EDU awards were being evaluated but not issued)
April 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NSF just slashed its graduate research fellowships by 51%.
This prestigious program has trained & nurtured at least 42 scientists who went on to become Nobel laureates.
We're destroying it, at exactly the time we claim to worry about our "sputnik moment" with China
bsky.app/profile/davi...
This prestigious program has trained & nurtured at least 42 scientists who went on to become Nobel laureates.
We're destroying it, at exactly the time we claim to worry about our "sputnik moment" with China
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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If anybody is to take the fall for the economic wreckage Trump’s creating, everybody’s rooting for it to be Lutnick.
Everybody Hates Howard Lutnick
Meet the man who’s displaced Elon Musk as the most loathed member of Trump’s inner circle.
newrepublic.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If anybody is to take the fall for the economic wreckage Trump’s creating, everybody’s rooting for it to be Lutnick.
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The lying coming every day from Trump's team about sky is blue kind of data and facts is f--king jawdropping.
The story of the moment is that Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in American history and has trashed it in record speed. Period.
The story of the moment is that Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in American history and has trashed it in record speed. Period.
I've never been a Treasury secretary, so what would I know, but I reckon transparently lying about easily checked facts won't calm fears in the market, or the broader population.
April 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The lying coming every day from Trump's team about sky is blue kind of data and facts is f--king jawdropping.
The story of the moment is that Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in American history and has trashed it in record speed. Period.
The story of the moment is that Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in American history and has trashed it in record speed. Period.
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Friends, due to Trump's reckless, incoherent agenda, prices are already rising here, around the world. Things are costing more. He's spooking global markets. He has *already* betrayed his central campaign promise to lower costs. Need to be far louder about all this.
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From Hopium:
- Trump’s reckless agenda is already causing prices to rise here, globally
- Must keep fighting Trump’s Unacceptable 4 - Gabbard, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel
- CA isn’t just fighting fires, it’s fighting a tornado of disinfo as well
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/battling-f...
- Trump’s reckless agenda is already causing prices to rise here, globally
- Must keep fighting Trump’s Unacceptable 4 - Gabbard, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel
- CA isn’t just fighting fires, it’s fighting a tornado of disinfo as well
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/battling-f...
Battling Fires And Disinfo In California, Fighting The Unacceptable 4, Trump Is Already Raising Prices Here And Around The World
President Biden Addresses The Nation Wednesday Night
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Friends, due to Trump's reckless, incoherent agenda, prices are already rising here, around the world. Things are costing more. He's spooking global markets. He has *already* betrayed his central campaign promise to lower costs. Need to be far louder about all this.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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4 Voting Rights Cases SCOTUS May Hear That Could Reshape Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM