George Happens
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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Whether it’s conservatives complaining about a redesign of Cracker Barrel’s across the country, or liberals complaining about President Trump bulldozing the East Wing of the White House, it’s clear both sides are engaged in a new political battleground over architecture and design
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Whether it’s conservatives complaining about a redesign of Cracker Barrel’s across the country, or liberals complaining about President Trump bulldozing the East Wing of the White House, it’s clear both sides are engaged in a new political battleground over architecture and design
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Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
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DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
September 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
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Math, how does it work?
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Math, how does it work?
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RFK Jr. lies with reckless abandon. The truth is this administration slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid.
September 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
RFK Jr. lies with reckless abandon. The truth is this administration slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid.
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BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.
The same people criticizing Newsom's attacks were shilling for this miserable skin covered parasite infected water sack.
Bennet runs out of patience with RFK Jr and yells at him that "I'm asking the questions on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over the United States of America who deserve so much better than your leadership! That's what this conversation is about."
September 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The same people criticizing Newsom's attacks were shilling for this miserable skin covered parasite infected water sack.
Can't believe linguists killed the Oxford comma but kept "former...latter."
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can't believe linguists killed the Oxford comma but kept "former...latter."
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Trump’s incompetence: forgeda strong India-Russia-China alliance, gave China leg up in Africa, boosted China in clean energy sector, sent trading partners fleeing into China’s open arms, and frittered away our intellectual capital. Beijing could never have dreamed of a more congenial “useful idiot”
Trump is China’s Favorite ‘Useful Idiot’.. Who lost China? Right-wingers asked after Chinese communists secured power in 1949. Fast forward to 2025, when our question should be: who lost American dominance to China? The answer, of course, is Donald Trump. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump is China’s Favorite ‘Useful Idiot’
On every front, Trump is helping China
open.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump’s incompetence: forgeda strong India-Russia-China alliance, gave China leg up in Africa, boosted China in clean energy sector, sent trading partners fleeing into China’s open arms, and frittered away our intellectual capital. Beijing could never have dreamed of a more congenial “useful idiot”
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in my capacity as a YLS alumnus I agree we have to throw in the towel on this
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
in my capacity as a YLS alumnus I agree we have to throw in the towel on this
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No one knows exactly what was on the Venezuelan boat that was struck by the US military, but the fact that the strike was okayed by the president’s son suggests that there was no cocaine aboard.
September 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No one knows exactly what was on the Venezuelan boat that was struck by the US military, but the fact that the strike was okayed by the president’s son suggests that there was no cocaine aboard.
If you're feeling like you can't do much to fight against the never ending wave of crap - here's a fight everyone can contribute to.
We put a lot of muscle—reporting, editing, fact checking, designing, engineering—into this very deep dive on Wikipedia, which is now threatened by Trump, tech billionaires, and AI
The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.
Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you're feeling like you can't do much to fight against the never ending wave of crap - here's a fight everyone can contribute to.
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Stephen Miller declared that RFK, Jr. is "one of the world's foremost experts on public health." Some Democrats see it differently.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Stephen Miller declared that RFK, Jr. is "one of the world's foremost experts on public health." Some Democrats see it differently.
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Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
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I've always believed that the reason the Russians invested so much time pushing anti-vaccine sentiment in the US is that they knew if successful it could tear the country apart.
And here we are.
And here we are.
This is a public health emergency for the whole country.
BREAKING | DeSantis to make Florida first state to end all vaccine mandates for schools
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I've always believed that the reason the Russians invested so much time pushing anti-vaccine sentiment in the US is that they knew if successful it could tear the country apart.
And here we are.
And here we are.
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Missouri Republicans are planning to pass a new gerrymander designed to flip a House seat by cracking Kansas City. Democrats have the power to fight back. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
Morning Digest: How Democrats can fight back against the Missouri GOP's new gerrymander
The new map would eviscerate a blue seat in Kansas City
www.the-downballot.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Missouri Republicans are planning to pass a new gerrymander designed to flip a House seat by cracking Kansas City. Democrats have the power to fight back. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
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If the U.S. military isn't going to release details on the justification for killing 11 civilians in a civilian boat who weren't posing a threat to anyone, then we have to conclude the "justification" is: the U.S. military is willing to kill civilians to give Trump social media content.
Trump confirms U.S. strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat
President Trump says the U.S. military has struck a drug-laden vessel in the southern Caribbean after it left Venezuela. The strike comes a week after Washington deployed warships to the region.
www.npr.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If the U.S. military isn't going to release details on the justification for killing 11 civilians in a civilian boat who weren't posing a threat to anyone, then we have to conclude the "justification" is: the U.S. military is willing to kill civilians to give Trump social media content.
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The FBI was too busy capturing and deporting hard working immigrants to worry about the real killers.
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The FBI was too busy capturing and deporting hard working immigrants to worry about the real killers.
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Here's a ray of sunshine in a very dark world
Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected
Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected
Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany Already Met Its 2028 Goal for Reducing Coal-Fired Power
Germany has already met its 2028 goal for reducing coal-fired power generation, so won’t need to order the shutdown of any plants for a second year running, the country’s regulator said.
www.bloomberg.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here's a ray of sunshine in a very dark world
Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected
Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected
Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnation does not bring back Roe v. Wade.”
Whew
Whew
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnation does not bring back Roe v. Wade.”
Whew
Whew
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On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
September 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
August 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...