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Don’t buy today. Give the greedheads a taste of their own medicine.
February 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Don’t buy today. Give the greedheads a taste of their own medicine.
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February 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
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The explosive Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance & Zelensky revealed the fracturing U.S.-Ukraine relationship. Trump issued an ultimatum: “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out.” A bad day for U.S. foreign policy. Brian O’Neill explains.
A confrontation in the Oval Office and a fractured wartime alliance
After Trump and Vance berated Zelensky for perceived slights, America's shifting priorities become stark.
contrarian.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The explosive Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance & Zelensky revealed the fracturing U.S.-Ukraine relationship. Trump issued an ultimatum: “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out.” A bad day for U.S. foreign policy. Brian O’Neill explains.
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Yesterday, five former defense secretaries released an open letter calling the dismissals of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress not to confirm their successors. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Jen Rubin discuss the future of the U.S. military, appropriations, and more.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Jen Rubin on the future of the U.S. military
YouTube video by The Contrarian
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February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yesterday, five former defense secretaries released an open letter calling the dismissals of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress not to confirm their successors. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Jen Rubin discuss the future of the U.S. military, appropriations, and more.
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Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
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"Trump doesn’t want the National Archives to be 'nonpartisan.' He wants them to be *his.*" www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
February 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Trump doesn’t want the National Archives to be 'nonpartisan.' He wants them to be *his.*" www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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We are in it. Are we up to it?
We are in it. Are we up to it?
Is It Really a Coup?
Is it really a coup if it doesn’t feel like one?
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February 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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We are in it. Are we up to it?
We are in it. Are we up to it?
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
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"Trump is the master of grievance and animus precisely because he himself is an exposed nerve of status anxiety. No one articulates this sense of injury quite like him because perhaps no one is as covetous, spiteful, and achingly needy as he is."
Trump’s Secret Weapon Has Always Been Status Anxiety
In a phone-powered age of diminishing social capital and growing identitarianism, the president knew just which fears to activate to get him back into the White House.
www.thebulwark.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Trump is the master of grievance and animus precisely because he himself is an exposed nerve of status anxiety. No one articulates this sense of injury quite like him because perhaps no one is as covetous, spiteful, and achingly needy as he is."
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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Elon Musk’s crude intervention in German politics is very unfortunate. But if it can help awaken us to what is at stake at this moment, perhaps it will have inadvertently served a useful purpose.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Ben Parker:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Ben Parker:
No. We Should Not Move Beyond ‘That’
We have a responsibility to remember.
www.thebulwark.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Elon Musk’s crude intervention in German politics is very unfortunate. But if it can help awaken us to what is at stake at this moment, perhaps it will have inadvertently served a useful purpose.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Ben Parker:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Ben Parker:
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How does a political party get comfortable with the use of violence? How does a constitutional democracy drift toward authoritarianism? The answers are right in front of us.
@saletan.bsky.social breaks down how Republicans got comfortable with the January 6 pardons:
@saletan.bsky.social breaks down how Republicans got comfortable with the January 6 pardons:
How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
They used to oppose pardoning the thugs of January 6th. Now they say it’s fine.
www.thebulwark.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
How does a political party get comfortable with the use of violence? How does a constitutional democracy drift toward authoritarianism? The answers are right in front of us.
@saletan.bsky.social breaks down how Republicans got comfortable with the January 6 pardons:
@saletan.bsky.social breaks down how Republicans got comfortable with the January 6 pardons:
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"Trump’s executive order is meant to defund research on disinformation and intimidate anyone looking to protect the truth.”
Read more on Trump's latest censorship decree from American Sunlight CEO, @ninajankowicz.com.
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Read more on Trump's latest censorship decree from American Sunlight CEO, @ninajankowicz.com.
contrarian.substack.com/p/making-cen...
Making Censorship Real Again
The Trump administration is capitalizing on a false conspiracy of censorship to usher in the real kind
contrarian.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Trump’s executive order is meant to defund research on disinformation and intimidate anyone looking to protect the truth.”
Read more on Trump's latest censorship decree from American Sunlight CEO, @ninajankowicz.com.
contrarian.substack.com/p/making-cen...
Read more on Trump's latest censorship decree from American Sunlight CEO, @ninajankowicz.com.
contrarian.substack.com/p/making-cen...
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January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
January 22, 2025
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“During Donald Trump’s first term, it took a while for me to get fired.”
Allison Gill, host of @muellershewrote.bsky.social shares her firsthand experience at the VA—and warns how the new administration's plans could put veterans' benefits at risk.
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Allison Gill, host of @muellershewrote.bsky.social shares her firsthand experience at the VA—and warns how the new administration's plans could put veterans' benefits at risk.
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What to Watch for at The Department of Veterans Affairs
During Donald Trump’s first term, it took a while for me to get fired.
contrarian.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“During Donald Trump’s first term, it took a while for me to get fired.”
Allison Gill, host of @muellershewrote.bsky.social shares her firsthand experience at the VA—and warns how the new administration's plans could put veterans' benefits at risk.
contrarian.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...
Allison Gill, host of @muellershewrote.bsky.social shares her firsthand experience at the VA—and warns how the new administration's plans could put veterans' benefits at risk.
contrarian.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...
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In light of Trump's decree to “end federal censorship”, Nina Jankowicz, CEO of @americansunlight.org shares her personal experience with false accusations of censorship as the leader of the Disinformation Governance Board—which was dismantled amid threats.
Making Censorship Real Again
The Trump administration is capitalizing on a false conspiracy of censorship to usher in the real kind
contrarian.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In light of Trump's decree to “end federal censorship”, Nina Jankowicz, CEO of @americansunlight.org shares her personal experience with false accusations of censorship as the leader of the Disinformation Governance Board—which was dismantled amid threats.
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Don't worry, this will be updated again when necessary
101 MORE Reasons Trump Is Unfit to Be President
An updated timeline of Trump outrages
www.thebulwark.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Don't worry, this will be updated again when necessary
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"Our Constitution assigns political checks to the other branches of government. In the case of Trump, they both failed miserably."
And now we’re left to face the consequences of their inaction. @barbmcquade.bsky.social explains what went wrong.
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And now we’re left to face the consequences of their inaction. @barbmcquade.bsky.social explains what went wrong.
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Blame McConnell
By Barbara McQuade
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January 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Our Constitution assigns political checks to the other branches of government. In the case of Trump, they both failed miserably."
And now we’re left to face the consequences of their inaction. @barbmcquade.bsky.social explains what went wrong.
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And now we’re left to face the consequences of their inaction. @barbmcquade.bsky.social explains what went wrong.
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"The bros’ and theobros’ eerily similar views of women and sex bind them together under the MAGA banner. And in Pete Hegseth, this misogynistic marriage from hell is embodied in one deeply flawed and unqualified person."
NEW from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
NEW from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
Pete Hegseth and the Pornhub–Purity Culture Coalition
What explains today’s political alliance of worldly bros and high-minded theobros? Start with the presumptive SecDef’s views on women and sex.
www.thebulwark.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"The bros’ and theobros’ eerily similar views of women and sex bind them together under the MAGA banner. And in Pete Hegseth, this misogynistic marriage from hell is embodied in one deeply flawed and unqualified person."
NEW from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
NEW from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
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