Frank Richard
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this is why I always push back against nihilists who say things like “everyone in DC is corrupt”
not only does it give cover to people who are actually corrupt…
but also the average congressperson could quit their job tomorrow and make at least 2x as much as a TV commentator, board member, etc.
not only does it give cover to people who are actually corrupt…
but also the average congressperson could quit their job tomorrow and make at least 2x as much as a TV commentator, board member, etc.
Sen. John Kennedy defends Emil Bove: "If everyone is corrupt, nobody is corrupt."
(Not the flex he thinks it is ... )
(Not the flex he thinks it is ... )
July 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
this is why I always push back against nihilists who say things like “everyone in DC is corrupt”
not only does it give cover to people who are actually corrupt…
but also the average congressperson could quit their job tomorrow and make at least 2x as much as a TV commentator, board member, etc.
not only does it give cover to people who are actually corrupt…
but also the average congressperson could quit their job tomorrow and make at least 2x as much as a TV commentator, board member, etc.
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Analysis | Democrats preach tolerance. But their opposition to Stephen Miller and Emil Bove shows a pattern of prejudice against morally vacuous ghouls.
July 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Analysis | Democrats preach tolerance. But their opposition to Stephen Miller and Emil Bove shows a pattern of prejudice against morally vacuous ghouls.
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it's fucked up how this is an enormous relief
Dem mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani returned to the U.S. on Wednesday from a week-and-a-half-long trip to his home country of Uganda and was allowed through Customs without any incident.
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani returns from Uganda trip without incident, immediately rejoins the campaign trail | amNewYork
Zohran Mamdani has returned to New York and has resumed his campaign after spending time with family in Uganda.
www.amny.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
it's fucked up how this is an enormous relief
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Man, like, I still on balance think he killed himself (though I suppose should I have any confidence in an autopsy that showed no defensive wounds if this is the level of evidence analysis we’re working with?), but this sloppiness could not be better designed to raise questions.
Late in the day but this is really phenomenal work by CBS. I didn't think the story could surprise me anymore, but I exclaimed out loud several times reading this.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies
A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.
www.cbsnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Man, like, I still on balance think he killed himself (though I suppose should I have any confidence in an autopsy that showed no defensive wounds if this is the level of evidence analysis we’re working with?), but this sloppiness could not be better designed to raise questions.
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Democrats and liberals at all levels really need to ditch the whole "My opponent SAYS he believes in [evil thing], but he has actually done [maybe good thing]. How hypocritical!" messaging strategy
July 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Democrats and liberals at all levels really need to ditch the whole "My opponent SAYS he believes in [evil thing], but he has actually done [maybe good thing]. How hypocritical!" messaging strategy
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "Democrats can't live by the old rules... We've got to put everything on the table... Governors across the country who have the ability (maybe it's the ones where we've got trifectas) we've got to do everything we can to stand up to what Trump and Abbott are trying to do."
July 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "Democrats can't live by the old rules... We've got to put everything on the table... Governors across the country who have the ability (maybe it's the ones where we've got trifectas) we've got to do everything we can to stand up to what Trump and Abbott are trying to do."
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The gerrymander in Wisconsin is outrageous.
Of their 8 congressional districts, 2 of them are Democratic. That means 25 percent of their delegation is Democratic when Democrats regularly win 50 percent of the vote in that state.
How can this possibly be allowed?
Of their 8 congressional districts, 2 of them are Democratic. That means 25 percent of their delegation is Democratic when Democrats regularly win 50 percent of the vote in that state.
How can this possibly be allowed?
JD Vance is suddenly opposed to gerrymandering. Someone tell Greg Abbott.
July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The gerrymander in Wisconsin is outrageous.
Of their 8 congressional districts, 2 of them are Democratic. That means 25 percent of their delegation is Democratic when Democrats regularly win 50 percent of the vote in that state.
How can this possibly be allowed?
Of their 8 congressional districts, 2 of them are Democratic. That means 25 percent of their delegation is Democratic when Democrats regularly win 50 percent of the vote in that state.
How can this possibly be allowed?
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hey there's also some homophobia in there
The flippant "Sorry for interrupting your brunch" thing as a go-to response from a certain kind of too-online leftist is fascinating to me, because it's JUST rank sexism with nothing behind it.
And once you see it, it's hard to unsee.
And once you see it, it's hard to unsee.
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
hey there's also some homophobia in there
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Breaking: Children Starving To Death In Gaza Were Actually Already Pretty Hungry Before This Started. Exclusive To The New York Times
July 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Breaking: Children Starving To Death In Gaza Were Actually Already Pretty Hungry Before This Started. Exclusive To The New York Times
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I finally finished watching ANDOR! (It’s brilliant, give everyone all the awards, etc.)
Some thoughts!
1) Prequels are very hard to do. (See: the Prequels.) Doing it for a character whose ending the audience knows is triply hard. We know how it all ends, so why care about the beginning?
Some thoughts!
1) Prequels are very hard to do. (See: the Prequels.) Doing it for a character whose ending the audience knows is triply hard. We know how it all ends, so why care about the beginning?
July 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I finally finished watching ANDOR! (It’s brilliant, give everyone all the awards, etc.)
Some thoughts!
1) Prequels are very hard to do. (See: the Prequels.) Doing it for a character whose ending the audience knows is triply hard. We know how it all ends, so why care about the beginning?
Some thoughts!
1) Prequels are very hard to do. (See: the Prequels.) Doing it for a character whose ending the audience knows is triply hard. We know how it all ends, so why care about the beginning?
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The GOP-controlled Senate just confirmed the worst judicial nominee ever. And that includes Thomas and Kavanaugh. We must record who Emil Bove is and what he has done to undermine the rule of law in his short stint at the Justice Department. My write-up in the replies.
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The GOP-controlled Senate just confirmed the worst judicial nominee ever. And that includes Thomas and Kavanaugh. We must record who Emil Bove is and what he has done to undermine the rule of law in his short stint at the Justice Department. My write-up in the replies.
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Let's not forget that this seat was vacant because Islamaphobic Democrats wouldn't let Biden's appointee be confirmed. And Schumer let the clock run out.
Bove himself is a literal criminal. A man whose short time in the public eye is defined by his open contempt for the law and those responsible for enforcing it. And the only reason he was nominated is because of his slavish devotion to the president’s most lawless impulses.
July 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Let's not forget that this seat was vacant because Islamaphobic Democrats wouldn't let Biden's appointee be confirmed. And Schumer let the clock run out.
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This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
www.newyorker.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
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If you've been skeptical about the possibility of a Epstein conspiracy, as I have, I encourage you to read this incredible piece of reporting from CBS.
They present fairly compelling evidence that someone doctored the Epstein jail footage and Trump AGs Bondi and Barr and FBI lied about it.
They present fairly compelling evidence that someone doctored the Epstein jail footage and Trump AGs Bondi and Barr and FBI lied about it.
CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies
A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.
www.cbsnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you've been skeptical about the possibility of a Epstein conspiracy, as I have, I encourage you to read this incredible piece of reporting from CBS.
They present fairly compelling evidence that someone doctored the Epstein jail footage and Trump AGs Bondi and Barr and FBI lied about it.
They present fairly compelling evidence that someone doctored the Epstein jail footage and Trump AGs Bondi and Barr and FBI lied about it.
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I would have had no problem with anti-wokeness if their argument was merely "the left has some bad policy ideas and discourse norms." I actually agree with that!
Instead, they fabricated a left-wing threat to free speech and the survival of liberalism — ironically enabling a right-wing one in Trump
Instead, they fabricated a left-wing threat to free speech and the survival of liberalism — ironically enabling a right-wing one in Trump
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I would have had no problem with anti-wokeness if their argument was merely "the left has some bad policy ideas and discourse norms." I actually agree with that!
Instead, they fabricated a left-wing threat to free speech and the survival of liberalism — ironically enabling a right-wing one in Trump
Instead, they fabricated a left-wing threat to free speech and the survival of liberalism — ironically enabling a right-wing one in Trump
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Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
stopkosa.com
stopkosa.com
Stop KOSA
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
stopkosa.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
stopkosa.com
stopkosa.com
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So CBS is cancelling the Late Show, which regularly skewered Donald Trump just a week or so after its parent company agreed to pay a bribe to Donald Trump to get its merger approved with a company run by the son of one of Trump's biggest donors/supporters.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
CBS to cancel "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" after the next TV season, citing a “financial decision"
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
variety.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So CBS is cancelling the Late Show, which regularly skewered Donald Trump just a week or so after its parent company agreed to pay a bribe to Donald Trump to get its merger approved with a company run by the son of one of Trump's biggest donors/supporters.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
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The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.
What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
variety.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.
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If you’d told me a decade ago that the NYT and WaPo would roll over for a Republican president going full fascist while the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal went on the attack — and that Bill Kristol was pressing the attack harder than Nancy Pelosi — well, I’d have had you committed.
July 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you’d told me a decade ago that the NYT and WaPo would roll over for a Republican president going full fascist while the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal went on the attack — and that Bill Kristol was pressing the attack harder than Nancy Pelosi — well, I’d have had you committed.
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Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
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She mentioned the bisque.
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
She mentioned the bisque.
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everyone will see the initial images of them trying to project force, but they got chased out by a bunch of normal americans bearing fruit and foul language
After Bass spoke with what I assume is a DHS rep, they packed shit up and headed out. The whole neighborhood turned out to chase them out of the park. Some fruit was thrown, alot of yelling
July 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
everyone will see the initial images of them trying to project force, but they got chased out by a bunch of normal americans bearing fruit and foul language
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I point out the blatant unconstitutionality and lawbreaking not because me doing so will stop the abuse, but because it’s true. And because Constitutional governance was better.
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I point out the blatant unconstitutionality and lawbreaking not because me doing so will stop the abuse, but because it’s true. And because Constitutional governance was better.