EX PAT JO
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Left the US over 20 years ago due to mass shootings and expensive health care, to the far safer UK.
Zero mass shootings and free health care.
Zero mass shootings and free health care.
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Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana will do little to enable research or reduce legal penalties—but it will hand a tax break to an industry that extracts enormous profit from addiction, Charles Fain Lehman argues:
Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake
Trump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana will do little to enable research or reduce legal penalties—but it will hand a tax break to an industry that extracts enormous profit from addiction, Charles Fain Lehman argues:
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My kids voted to add my name to the name of their school, so I’m out putting “BUMP” in front of “Ford Elementary” on all the signs. Congratulations to me and congratulations to Gerald Ford!
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My kids voted to add my name to the name of their school, so I’m out putting “BUMP” in front of “Ford Elementary” on all the signs. Congratulations to me and congratulations to Gerald Ford!
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Le premier ministre Ford et moi sommes d’accord : un projet, un examen. Nous venons de signer une entente qui simplifiera les processus d’approbation et accélérera la réalisation de grands projets d’infrastructure en Ontario.
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Le premier ministre Ford et moi sommes d’accord : un projet, un examen. Nous venons de signer une entente qui simplifiera les processus d’approbation et accélérera la réalisation de grands projets d’infrastructure en Ontario.
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While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
December 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
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The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
Inflation, Wages, and Recession Risks: Justin Wolfers' Truthful Takes on Trump’s Talking Points
YouTube video by Justin Wolfers
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
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He gets a ballroom, a performing arts center, and a private jet from Qatar… but when people ask for health care he won't lift a finger.
Grift.
Grift.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump's hand-picked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says.
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
He gets a ballroom, a performing arts center, and a private jet from Qatar… but when people ask for health care he won't lift a finger.
Grift.
Grift.
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After urging for weeks, I was informed by the Coast Guard today that this vicious and antisemitic policy will be reversed.
That’s the right decision and it’s shameful that this happened in the first place. When it comes to neo-Nazism and antisemitism, there is no room for ambiguity.
That’s the right decision and it’s shameful that this happened in the first place. When it comes to neo-Nazism and antisemitism, there is no room for ambiguity.
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
After urging for weeks, I was informed by the Coast Guard today that this vicious and antisemitic policy will be reversed.
That’s the right decision and it’s shameful that this happened in the first place. When it comes to neo-Nazism and antisemitism, there is no room for ambiguity.
That’s the right decision and it’s shameful that this happened in the first place. When it comes to neo-Nazism and antisemitism, there is no room for ambiguity.
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HOLY SHIT -- Fox News's John Roberts pushes Lutnick on the fact that Trump's claims about cutting drug prices by 600% are literally mathematically impossible.
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
HOLY SHIT -- Fox News's John Roberts pushes Lutnick on the fact that Trump's claims about cutting drug prices by 600% are literally mathematically impossible.
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
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AOC jokingly claimed she would “stomp” JD Vance if the two ever squared off in a presidential election.
AOC Says She Would ‘Stomp’ JD Vance in a Presidential Race
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ready to take on the vice president.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
AOC jokingly claimed she would “stomp” JD Vance if the two ever squared off in a presidential election.
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I just wrote about how Trump's speech last night was a farce. Worse, the fact that all the major networks gave him time to delivery is a tragedy for a free press and democracy.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I just wrote about how Trump's speech last night was a farce. Worse, the fact that all the major networks gave him time to delivery is a tragedy for a free press and democracy.
Support pro-democracy independent media by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Support pro-democracy independent media by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
It does, when you realize that they are lying.
Lutnick: "He's going to pick a new Fed governor, a new Fed chairman, and they're gonna bring rates down. Why does the strongest country in the world have the 34th highest interest rate in the world? It makes no sense."
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It does, when you realize that they are lying.
Bullshit.
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bullshit.
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Fox News chyron:
“Tapper Covers Trump’s Age After Overlooking Biden”
Jesse Watters is so weird.
He doesn’t like Jake Tapper covering Trump’s age after hounding him for not covering Biden’s age while Biden was in office.
So he pivots and starts talking about Jake not wearing glasses?
“Tapper Covers Trump’s Age After Overlooking Biden”
Jesse Watters is so weird.
He doesn’t like Jake Tapper covering Trump’s age after hounding him for not covering Biden’s age while Biden was in office.
So he pivots and starts talking about Jake not wearing glasses?
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Fox News chyron:
“Tapper Covers Trump’s Age After Overlooking Biden”
Jesse Watters is so weird.
He doesn’t like Jake Tapper covering Trump’s age after hounding him for not covering Biden’s age while Biden was in office.
So he pivots and starts talking about Jake not wearing glasses?
“Tapper Covers Trump’s Age After Overlooking Biden”
Jesse Watters is so weird.
He doesn’t like Jake Tapper covering Trump’s age after hounding him for not covering Biden’s age while Biden was in office.
So he pivots and starts talking about Jake not wearing glasses?
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The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
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(this was three years after Epstein's conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor)
“As a journalist, David Brooks regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns, which is exactly what happened at this 2011 event," a NY Times spox said, adding "Brooks had no contact with" Epstein after that
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
NY Times columnist behind ‘count me out’ Epstein story featured in latest photo dump
‘Mr. Brooks had no contact with him before or after this single attendance at a widely-attended dinner,’ the New York Times said in a statement on Thursday.
www.independent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
(this was three years after Epstein's conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor)
WTF is wrong with them?
NEW: The Kennedy Center's board votes to rename it as the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says.
Trump's hand-picked Kennedy Center board votes to rename it as the 'Trump-Kennedy Center'
The board's decision to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center could face legal hurdles, as the law creating the center prohibits renaming the building.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
WTF is wrong with them?
About time, they've skated for far too long.
NEW: The families of two teenage boys who died by suicide filed a lawsuit today against Meta, alleging that for years the tech company ignored the danger of sexual blackmail schemes targeting teens on Instagram. www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
I interviewed one of the parents.
I interviewed one of the parents.
Two families sue Meta over teens' deaths by suicide, citing ‘sextortion’ scams
One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon. His mother says the app is to blame.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
About time, they've skated for far too long.
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The DNC is burying its 2024 autopsy.
"DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after assuming his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
"DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after assuming his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
DNC will not release its report on what went wrong for Democrats in 2024
DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after assuming his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The DNC is burying its 2024 autopsy.
"DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after assuming his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
"DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after assuming his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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The Kennedy Center is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy” Center according to MS NOW.
As my late friend and owner of a funeral home and cemetery once told me, “Human fragility and fear of insignificance is why men spend millions on a granite mausoleum they’ll never be aware of resting in.”
As my late friend and owner of a funeral home and cemetery once told me, “Human fragility and fear of insignificance is why men spend millions on a granite mausoleum they’ll never be aware of resting in.”
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Kennedy Center is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy” Center according to MS NOW.
As my late friend and owner of a funeral home and cemetery once told me, “Human fragility and fear of insignificance is why men spend millions on a granite mausoleum they’ll never be aware of resting in.”
As my late friend and owner of a funeral home and cemetery once told me, “Human fragility and fear of insignificance is why men spend millions on a granite mausoleum they’ll never be aware of resting in.”
This is like a bully stealing your lunch money and then saying "you owe me for all the money you have just let me steal from you".
'We want it back': Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US assets
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'We want it back': Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US assets
twp.ai
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is like a bully stealing your lunch money and then saying "you owe me for all the money you have just let me steal from you".
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Judges quiz California and GOP attorneys in Prop. 50 redistricting case
Judges quiz California and GOP attorneys in Prop. 50 redistricting case
Three federal judges questioned attorneys as they weigh whether to grant the GOP’s request to block congressional redistricting under Proposition 50.
www.latimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Judges quiz California and GOP attorneys in Prop. 50 redistricting case
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“He wants to go back to his show”: Bongino announces exit from FBI
www.salon.com
"He wants to go back to his show": Bongino announces exit from FBI - Salon.com
twp.ai
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“He wants to go back to his show”: Bongino announces exit from FBI
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'We want it back': Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US assets
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'We want it back': Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US assets
twp.ai
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
'We want it back': Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US assets
What a fucking moron.
Shutting down research centers like the National Center for Oceanic Research robs Americans of critical weather data we need to stay safe. Climate change is fueling extreme weather events and natural disasters.
Trump’s refusal to accept that and his relentless attacks on science will cost lives.
Trump’s refusal to accept that and his relentless attacks on science will cost lives.
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What a fucking moron.
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Trump administration advances solar energy project for first time in months reut.rs/4pJSTvr
Trump administration advances solar energy project for first time in months
President Donald Trump's administration has approved changes to a Nevada solar energy project, according to permitting documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday, its first advancement of a solar facility on federal lands in months.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Trump administration advances solar energy project for first time in months reut.rs/4pJSTvr