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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
~Thomas Jefferson
~Thomas Jefferson
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Trump has reportedly been in conversation with Paramount and his billionaire ally Larry Ellison about a potential takeover of CNN that would include firing journalists he dislikes.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Ahem.
The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ahem.
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Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Elon is about to become a trillionaire.
For context:
A million seconds is about 11.5 days,
a billion seconds is about 31.7 years,
and a trillion seconds is approximately 31,688 years.
Wealth inequality on an absurd scale.
For context:
A million seconds is about 11.5 days,
a billion seconds is about 31.7 years,
and a trillion seconds is approximately 31,688 years.
Wealth inequality on an absurd scale.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Elon is about to become a trillionaire.
For context:
A million seconds is about 11.5 days,
a billion seconds is about 31.7 years,
and a trillion seconds is approximately 31,688 years.
Wealth inequality on an absurd scale.
For context:
A million seconds is about 11.5 days,
a billion seconds is about 31.7 years,
and a trillion seconds is approximately 31,688 years.
Wealth inequality on an absurd scale.
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Per independent experts, layoffs last month were over 153K — the worst October in 22 years.
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Per independent experts, layoffs last month were over 153K — the worst October in 22 years.
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
SNEAK PEEK OF TRUMP'S NEW "BALLROOM"
and don't miss the flea market on Sunday mornings!
and don't miss the flea market on Sunday mornings!
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
SNEAK PEEK OF TRUMP'S NEW "BALLROOM"
and don't miss the flea market on Sunday mornings!
and don't miss the flea market on Sunday mornings!
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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Meanwhile, meat prices continue to rise.
September 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Meanwhile, meat prices continue to rise.
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This is the second day in a row he’s said this. This is an intentional normalization effort.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
August 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is the second day in a row he’s said this. This is an intentional normalization effort.
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
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Don't forget: DOGE is still effectively cutting Social Security. Here's how.
August 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Don't forget: DOGE is still effectively cutting Social Security. Here's how.
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The president’s moves comes as crime and homelessness are both reported at or near decade lows in D.C.
Here is a breakdown of some of the data.
Here is a breakdown of some of the data.
How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data
Trump’s new orders crack down on homelessness in D.C. Here’s a breakdown of the city’s homeless population.
nbcnews.to
August 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The president’s moves comes as crime and homelessness are both reported at or near decade lows in D.C.
Here is a breakdown of some of the data.
Here is a breakdown of some of the data.
Pssst... International Criminal Court. This guy is gonna be in Alaska on Friday. Don't tell anyone I told you.
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court share.google/sjH96KWWvqIY...
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court share.google/sjH96KWWvqIY...
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova
Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladi...
share.google
August 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Pssst... International Criminal Court. This guy is gonna be in Alaska on Friday. Don't tell anyone I told you.
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court share.google/sjH96KWWvqIY...
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court share.google/sjH96KWWvqIY...
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Brilliant responses to the geyser of manure spewing out of the White House every day. She always brings receipts.
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Brilliant responses to the geyser of manure spewing out of the White House every day. She always brings receipts.
Read this.
DHS Declares Abrego ‘Will Never Walk America’s Streets’ Hours After Judges Order His Release
Here's how you know the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case represents something fundamentally broken in government accountability: within hours of two federal judges ordering his release and explicitly warning the…
Here's how you know the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case represents something fundamentally broken in government accountability: within hours of two federal judges ordering his release and explicitly warning the…
DHS Declares Abrego ‘Will Never Walk America’s Streets’ Hours After Judges Order His Release
Here's how you know the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case represents something fundamentally broken in government accountability: within hours of two federal judges ordering his release and explicitly warning the government not to play games with him, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin went on X to repeat laughably false claims about Abrego while declaring that he "will never walk America's streets again" and calling one of the judges “lawless” and "unhinged."
www.techdirt.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Read this.
From @RepAndyHarrisMD
The "woke" horror of Antiques Roadshow, Masterpiece Theater, Nature, Nova, and *gasp* Donkey Hodie!
(clutches pearls)
Please, Dr. Harris, save us from the scourge of All Creatures Great & Small, Sesame Street, & *shudder*, This Old House!
The "woke" horror of Antiques Roadshow, Masterpiece Theater, Nature, Nova, and *gasp* Donkey Hodie!
(clutches pearls)
Please, Dr. Harris, save us from the scourge of All Creatures Great & Small, Sesame Street, & *shudder*, This Old House!
July 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
From @RepAndyHarrisMD
The "woke" horror of Antiques Roadshow, Masterpiece Theater, Nature, Nova, and *gasp* Donkey Hodie!
(clutches pearls)
Please, Dr. Harris, save us from the scourge of All Creatures Great & Small, Sesame Street, & *shudder*, This Old House!
The "woke" horror of Antiques Roadshow, Masterpiece Theater, Nature, Nova, and *gasp* Donkey Hodie!
(clutches pearls)
Please, Dr. Harris, save us from the scourge of All Creatures Great & Small, Sesame Street, & *shudder*, This Old House!
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Every Dem must stay focused on this Wall Street Journal snippet as 2026 approaches:
“GOP legislative reforms will have no chance if Democrats take the House in 2026. If they also take the Senate, forget about confirming another Supreme Court nominee. The Trump Presidency will be dead in the water.”
“GOP legislative reforms will have no chance if Democrats take the House in 2026. If they also take the Senate, forget about confirming another Supreme Court nominee. The Trump Presidency will be dead in the water.”
July 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Every Dem must stay focused on this Wall Street Journal snippet as 2026 approaches:
“GOP legislative reforms will have no chance if Democrats take the House in 2026. If they also take the Senate, forget about confirming another Supreme Court nominee. The Trump Presidency will be dead in the water.”
“GOP legislative reforms will have no chance if Democrats take the House in 2026. If they also take the Senate, forget about confirming another Supreme Court nominee. The Trump Presidency will be dead in the water.”
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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I will take this opportunity to remind people that Andrew Sullivan developed a name for himself by moralizing against gay promiscuity during the AIDS crisis—while he was simultaneously soliciting under a pseudonym to engage in unprotected sex.
This is what the Paper of Record™ chose to publish for the 10th anniversary of Obergefell
archive.ph/AqDLU
archive.ph/AqDLU
June 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I will take this opportunity to remind people that Andrew Sullivan developed a name for himself by moralizing against gay promiscuity during the AIDS crisis—while he was simultaneously soliciting under a pseudonym to engage in unprotected sex.