Christine V
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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Well, if the tariffs aren't going to encourage a drop in prices, then why are they lifting the tariffs?
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Well, if the tariffs aren't going to encourage a drop in prices, then why are they lifting the tariffs?
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Kindness costs nothing, but means everything. 😊
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Kindness costs nothing, but means everything. 😊
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I don’t think women’s professional ambitions should be limited by how tactfully or gamely they respond to men’s sexual entitlement.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I don’t think women’s professional ambitions should be limited by how tactfully or gamely they respond to men’s sexual entitlement.
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I’ve now aged out of this but navigating the pestering attention of older men in my field—which varied from manipulative flattery when they were trying to sleep with you to contemptuous retaliation when they realized they couldn’t—was an exhausting and demoralizing tax of my early professional life.
Keep coming back to Summers’ annoyance that this female mentee he’s trying to sleep with “takes her presentation very seriously.” To men like this—to a lot of men—women’s intellectual or professional ambition is an irritating presumption that they condescend to tolerate.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’ve now aged out of this but navigating the pestering attention of older men in my field—which varied from manipulative flattery when they were trying to sleep with you to contemptuous retaliation when they realized they couldn’t—was an exhausting and demoralizing tax of my early professional life.
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Real estate deals with the Saudis while meeting over foreign arms deals, Gold bars from Switzerland while lowering tariffs, Directing DOJ to investigate political opponents after being named in Epstein emails. All of this is corruption, personal gain, destroying economy, foreign policy, rule-of-law.
Trump/Musk is flooding the zone, here is how you keep up: Trump taking cash bribes from oligarchs in exchange for power, Oligarchs steal from US gutting safety & opportunity for working families, Trump/Oligarchs doing horrible things to innocent people to distract US from their crimes against US.
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Real estate deals with the Saudis while meeting over foreign arms deals, Gold bars from Switzerland while lowering tariffs, Directing DOJ to investigate political opponents after being named in Epstein emails. All of this is corruption, personal gain, destroying economy, foreign policy, rule-of-law.
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Any New York Times staffer who wants to explain to me why NYT headlines are so godawful in normalizing Trump should contact me. I'd prefer for you to go on the record, but I would consider granting anonymity. You can contact me through my book authorship website. www.markjacobbooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Any New York Times staffer who wants to explain to me why NYT headlines are so godawful in normalizing Trump should contact me. I'd prefer for you to go on the record, but I would consider granting anonymity. You can contact me through my book authorship website. www.markjacobbooks.com
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Well, in the insane man’s defense we do know for certain January 6 was orchestrated by public officials….
Donald Trump
Mike Flynn
Mark Meadows
Rudy Giuliani
Steve Bannon
Ginny Thomas
Andy Biggs
MTG
Gym Jordan
Paul Gosar
Lauren Boebert
Doug Mastriano
Louie Gohmert
Scott Perry…..
Donald Trump
Mike Flynn
Mark Meadows
Rudy Giuliani
Steve Bannon
Ginny Thomas
Andy Biggs
MTG
Gym Jordan
Paul Gosar
Lauren Boebert
Doug Mastriano
Louie Gohmert
Scott Perry…..
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Well, in the insane man’s defense we do know for certain January 6 was orchestrated by public officials….
Donald Trump
Mike Flynn
Mark Meadows
Rudy Giuliani
Steve Bannon
Ginny Thomas
Andy Biggs
MTG
Gym Jordan
Paul Gosar
Lauren Boebert
Doug Mastriano
Louie Gohmert
Scott Perry…..
Donald Trump
Mike Flynn
Mark Meadows
Rudy Giuliani
Steve Bannon
Ginny Thomas
Andy Biggs
MTG
Gym Jordan
Paul Gosar
Lauren Boebert
Doug Mastriano
Louie Gohmert
Scott Perry…..
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No One Made Them Monsters. Trump gave them a mic, not a makeover. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/no-one-mad...
No One Made Them Monsters
Trump gave them a mic, not a makeover.
jojofromjerz.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No One Made Them Monsters. Trump gave them a mic, not a makeover. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/no-one-mad...
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Trump made UNLIMITED HATE seem normal and required.
Many Americans have accepted this premise.
#usdemocracy
Many Americans have accepted this premise.
#usdemocracy
No One Made Them Monsters. Trump gave them a mic, not a makeover. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/no-one-mad...
No One Made Them Monsters
Trump gave them a mic, not a makeover.
jojofromjerz.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump made UNLIMITED HATE seem normal and required.
Many Americans have accepted this premise.
#usdemocracy
Many Americans have accepted this premise.
#usdemocracy
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I don’t know a single parent who believes there is a difference between a 50yo Republican raping their 5yo and a 50yo Republican raping their 15yo.
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I don’t know a single parent who believes there is a difference between a 50yo Republican raping their 5yo and a 50yo Republican raping their 15yo.
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In case you missed the red flags. 🚩 🚩 🚩
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In case you missed the red flags. 🚩 🚩 🚩
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One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
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New in PN: The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
Trump's abuse of the pardon power makes everything else look like child's play.
www.publicnotice.co
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New in PN: The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
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Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
Republicans, your dishonor will remain.
Republicans, your dishonor will remain.
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
Republicans, your dishonor will remain.
Republicans, your dishonor will remain.
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Shit.
Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
👀
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Shit.
Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
👀
Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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