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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.

He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.

Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The bottom quintile did better than break even, they saw 10% wealth gains from 2019 to 2023, out-performing every other quintile.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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It's important for prominent Democrats, especially those running for president, to loudly promise they'll throw the full weight of the DOJ into prosecuting illegal acts committed by Trump officials during his administration. If people fear a prison cell, they're more likely to abandon the GOP.
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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It has happened numerous times now that I come across a Charlie Kirk quote that is so extreme I'm convinced it's fake, then I check and it's real.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6.

Who have been/are being fired.
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Note import of what Geidner is saying. Alito dissent may simply say, "this appeal isn't before us, even on rocket docket."

But some majority (not clear it's 7) thought they had to stay up late on most important Catholic weekend to intervene to protect due process for people being loaded on planes.
This is an unusual order for several reasons, suggesting the majority thought it necessary. This was issued:
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.
April 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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"We have instances now in western countries where people are being arrested [...] the cop comes knocking on their door, you're going to go to jail for 60 days for posting something online. You know, this is crazy stuff that's happening all over."

Marco Rubio on April 16, 2025, if you can believe it
April 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Shot, chaser: Not only is government spending up $150+ billion (the opposite of what the Administration touts), tax revenue is projected to drop $500 billion for lack of enforcement.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.

Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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This is true: The Trump administration said it has imposed a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the U.S. and U.K. service members at the military base on Diego Garcia.
Incredibly, this appears to be true. We tariffed our own (jointly operated with the UK) military base.
We tariffed BIOT, Mike.

BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.

We tarrifed our own military base.
April 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Pretty much sums it up
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM