Sarah Rand
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Mayor Johnson is cooking
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Mayor Johnson is cooking
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NEW: A flash poll by The Washington Post finds that 47% of Americans blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the partial government shutdown, compared with 30 percent who blame Democrats in Congress.
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NEW: A flash poll by The Washington Post finds that 47% of Americans blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the partial government shutdown, compared with 30 percent who blame Democrats in Congress.
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”
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Republicans want to price you out of your health care
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Republicans want to price you out of your health care
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Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
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“The demise of independent journalism in the United States will be less spectacular than the notorious examples of other times and places—as much voluntary as coerced, less like a murder than a death of despair,” writes George Packer.
The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair
The demise of an independent press in the United States might not look much like what readers expect.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The demise of independent journalism in the United States will be less spectacular than the notorious examples of other times and places—as much voluntary as coerced, less like a murder than a death of despair,” writes George Packer.
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"More distasteful than President Donald Trump’s incessant lying is what the lies indicate: After years of yelling that the 'Russia hoax' was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin." ICYMI @ninajankowicz.com on Trump's Russia disinformation:
A Fool and a Tool: Trump Is Spreading Russian Disinformation
Three years after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Trump is not just siding with Putin, he’s circulating Putin’s lies.
www.thebulwark.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"More distasteful than President Donald Trump’s incessant lying is what the lies indicate: After years of yelling that the 'Russia hoax' was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin." ICYMI @ninajankowicz.com on Trump's Russia disinformation:
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"The spectacle of the president and vice president of the United States tag-teaming to bully the leader of a U.S.-allied democracy fighting for its life against an autocratic aggressor has appalled observers around the world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vanc...
A Shameful, Appalling Spectacle
In an Oval Office shitshow for the ages, Trump and Vance try to humiliate Ukraine’s wartime leader Zelensky.
www.thebulwark.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"The spectacle of the president and vice president of the United States tag-teaming to bully the leader of a U.S.-allied democracy fighting for its life against an autocratic aggressor has appalled observers around the world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vanc...
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Column: Jeff Bezos threw the Washington Post under the MAGA bus. His decision to revamp its opinion section threatens not just independent journalism, but the Post's business future, writes our senior editor Michael Schaffer.
Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Post’s Opinion Section
The tech mogul’s decision to revamp the editorial pages around his own views threatens not only independent journalism, but the Post’s business future.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Column: Jeff Bezos threw the Washington Post under the MAGA bus. His decision to revamp its opinion section threatens not just independent journalism, but the Post's business future, writes our senior editor Michael Schaffer.
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Everyone holding up okay out there?
February 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Everyone holding up okay out there?
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Big protests today in Raleigh! North Carolinians speak out against Project 2025 and anti-democracy actions by the Trump administration: bit.ly/40E9ghG
February 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Big protests today in Raleigh! North Carolinians speak out against Project 2025 and anti-democracy actions by the Trump administration: bit.ly/40E9ghG
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This is pure insanity
Fired Jan. 6 prosecutors were told they were terminated "based upon your actions in the prosecution of persons relating to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021," and cited Trump calling it a "grave national injustice."
February 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is pure insanity
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As a casual non-white observer, it’s so bizarre to see folks work so hard to try to prove their superiority over someone like me when they could spend that time actually bettering their own lives and…I don’t know, be happy instead of miserable fucks.
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As a casual non-white observer, it’s so bizarre to see folks work so hard to try to prove their superiority over someone like me when they could spend that time actually bettering their own lives and…I don’t know, be happy instead of miserable fucks.
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Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024
Tesla reported $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 but paid zero federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current fede...
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January 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I asked RFK Jr. a simple question:
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I asked RFK Jr. a simple question:
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Watch Sen. Bennet grill RFK Jr. about the outrageous conspiracy theories and baseless claims he's made about personal health.
It couldn't be more obvious that he isn't qualified to oversee HHS.
It couldn't be more obvious that he isn't qualified to oversee HHS.
BENNET: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon?
RFK Jr: I probably did say that
BENNET: Did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender
RFK Jr: No
BENNET: I have the record
RFK Jr: I probably did say that
BENNET: Did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender
RFK Jr: No
BENNET: I have the record
January 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Watch Sen. Bennet grill RFK Jr. about the outrageous conspiracy theories and baseless claims he's made about personal health.
It couldn't be more obvious that he isn't qualified to oversee HHS.
It couldn't be more obvious that he isn't qualified to oversee HHS.
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Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
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For future reference. Also, eggs are an average $4.15 per dozen.
January 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For future reference. Also, eggs are an average $4.15 per dozen.