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☑️ Shakespeare, Horace, Machiavelli, Chaucer, Cicero, Homer, Godzilla, ERB, ukuleles, socialism, atheism, pets, liberals, science, bread, tequila.🚫crypto!🚫 MAGA!
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SOURCES: The Epstein files are actually worse than previously thought. Here's my latest episode of The Breakdown in case you missed it yesterday. www.muellershewrote.com/p/sources-th...
SOURCES: The Epstein Files ARE Worse Than Previously Thought
I reached out to sources that reviewed the files after David Shuster reported that republicans in the House are panicking. This is about what I learned.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
SOURCES: The Epstein files are actually worse than previously thought. Here's my latest episode of The Breakdown in case you missed it yesterday. www.muellershewrote.com/p/sources-th...
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
Americans: In Canada I had prostate surgery, radiation treatment, knee replacement, physiotherapy, numerous X-rays, scans, tests, specialist appts, hospital stays, & drugs. Cost to me total: under $1,000, mostly for travel, drugs, & parking. That's what universal not-for-profit healthcare offers.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Americans: In Canada I had prostate surgery, radiation treatment, knee replacement, physiotherapy, numerous X-rays, scans, tests, specialist appts, hospital stays, & drugs. Cost to me total: under $1,000, mostly for travel, drugs, & parking. That's what universal not-for-profit healthcare offers.
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The USA is the only developed country in the world without some form of Universal Healthcare
The current system is based on for profit, not based on taking care of your citizens. The USA has the capability to implement it, but they do not.
The current system is based on for profit, not based on taking care of your citizens. The USA has the capability to implement it, but they do not.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The USA is the only developed country in the world without some form of Universal Healthcare
The current system is based on for profit, not based on taking care of your citizens. The USA has the capability to implement it, but they do not.
The current system is based on for profit, not based on taking care of your citizens. The USA has the capability to implement it, but they do not.
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"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Kim Davis is so angry that the Supreme Court failed to uphold her deeply held religious belief that "marriage is sacred," she's threatening to get three MORE divorces.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Kim Davis is so angry that the Supreme Court failed to uphold her deeply held religious belief that "marriage is sacred," she's threatening to get three MORE divorces.
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🥗 A botulism outbreak linked to infant formula, and there's nobody employed at the CDC to brief policymakers or do anything about it, because Trump fired them all.
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
Fired CDC workers must be reinstated to help in infant formula outbreak policy response
www.cspi.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🥗 A botulism outbreak linked to infant formula, and there's nobody employed at the CDC to brief policymakers or do anything about it, because Trump fired them all.
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
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he Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
he Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
he Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
he Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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“I think he would have,” Danielle Smith told reporters on Friday morning.
Dead wrong.
Imagine what Lougheed would think of this UCP government, in general.
#abpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Dead wrong.
Imagine what Lougheed would think of this UCP government, in general.
#abpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Smith says predecessor Lougheed would also have used notwithstanding clause
Alberta’s premier is defending her government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to end a weeks-long teachers’ strike and says Peter Lougheed would have done the same.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“I think he would have,” Danielle Smith told reporters on Friday morning.
Dead wrong.
Imagine what Lougheed would think of this UCP government, in general.
#abpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Dead wrong.
Imagine what Lougheed would think of this UCP government, in general.
#abpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Pierre Poilievre's Political Origin Story 5 Facts
YouTube video by Trailer Park PhD
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November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The Democratic senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.
https://to.pbs.org/4p4D0yR
https://to.pbs.org/4p4D0yR
8 Democrats voted with Republicans on a shutdown deal. Here's what they've said about why
They faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Democratic senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.
https://to.pbs.org/4p4D0yR
https://to.pbs.org/4p4D0yR
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Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown. n.pr/4nLPxpK
Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown
Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown. n.pr/4nLPxpK
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A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
Jonathan Braun, Felon Freed by Trump, to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
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NEW: Trump grants “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to 77 of his allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The move marks the president’s latest effort to protect those who backed his attempt to remain in power after losing the election.
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: Trump grants “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to 77 of his allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The move marks the president’s latest effort to protect those who backed his attempt to remain in power after losing the election.
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Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
FAA Bans Most Private Jets At 12 Major Airports—But Some Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
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Voters truly hate Trump right now—for failing to lower prices, for terrorizing communities with his masked gestapo, and so much more. trib.al/i7pWtN8
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
Trump Has One Mission: To Make Your Life Hell
Tuesday’s elections should have been a wake-up call for Republicans. Instead, the administration is responding in the only way it knows how: causing more misery for millions of Americans.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Voters truly hate Trump right now—for failing to lower prices, for terrorizing communities with his masked gestapo, and so much more. trib.al/i7pWtN8
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
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The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
Trump issues fake pardons for fake electors
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
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Pretty fitting that Trump's "electors" receive pardons that are just as fake as they are.
Trump claims he "pardoned" his fake electors. He doesn't have that power.
The president executed a half-baked plan cooked up by pardon attorney Ed Martin.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Pretty fitting that Trump's "electors" receive pardons that are just as fake as they are.
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The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
These companies are a cancer on municipalities. They take crucial rental properties from the market. Shed no tears over their collapse.
Short-term rental company Sonder Holdings announces US liquidation and bankruptcy, blaming its failed collaboration with Marriott.
Airbnb rival Sonder Holdings to file for bankruptcy
Short-term rental company Sonder Holdings announces US liquidation and bankruptcy, blaming its failed collaboration with Marriott.
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
These companies are a cancer on municipalities. They take crucial rental properties from the market. Shed no tears over their collapse.
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Started from the bottom now we here
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Started from the bottom now we here
New CPC logo?
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New CPC logo?