@greenlisa.bsky.social
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Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
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My latest: "It is possible there are more ways to abuse the pardon power than Trump has found so far, but we would be hard pressed to think what they would be."
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-par...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-par...
Trump’s Pardons Cover Every Conceivable Form of Corruption
He is doling them to crooks, cronies, campaign contributors, violent insurrectionists, child sex offenders, convicted drug dealers, and others
www.theunpopulist.net
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
My latest: "It is possible there are more ways to abuse the pardon power than Trump has found so far, but we would be hard pressed to think what they would be."
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-par...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-par...
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hilarious to see Trump aide Steve Witkoff coach Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, on how to butter up the perpetually praise-needy, Donald Trump. They all know he’s a thirsty pushover if given enough false flattery.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hilarious to see Trump aide Steve Witkoff coach Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, on how to butter up the perpetually praise-needy, Donald Trump. They all know he’s a thirsty pushover if given enough false flattery.
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2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
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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.
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REMINDER from 2020: A forensic pathologist who observed the autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein tells 60 Minutes the evidence released so far points more to murder than suicide in his view. Dr. Michael Baden's key reason: the unusual fractures he saw in Epstein's neck. www.cbsnews.com/news/did-jef...
60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender and a wealthy financier with powerful friends. 60 Minutes examines the circumstances surrounding his death in a Manhattan federal jail cell. Warning: This ...
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
REMINDER from 2020: A forensic pathologist who observed the autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein tells 60 Minutes the evidence released so far points more to murder than suicide in his view. Dr. Michael Baden's key reason: the unusual fractures he saw in Epstein's neck. www.cbsnews.com/news/did-jef...
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Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
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Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
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What if the GOP's government shutdown strategy was about the Epstein Files?
In this video I break down the strange behavior of Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP Congress and explain how it all may have all been to protect Trump from the Epstein Files. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
In this video I break down the strange behavior of Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP Congress and explain how it all may have all been to protect Trump from the Epstein Files. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What if the GOP's government shutdown strategy was about the Epstein Files?
In this video I break down the strange behavior of Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP Congress and explain how it all may have all been to protect Trump from the Epstein Files. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
In this video I break down the strange behavior of Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP Congress and explain how it all may have all been to protect Trump from the Epstein Files. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
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Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
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A House Judiciary Committee report shows that pardons issued during President Trump's second term have cost victims and the public at large $1.3 billion in restitution and fines
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A House Judiciary Committee report shows that pardons issued during President Trump's second term have cost victims and the public at large $1.3 billion in restitution and fines
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
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In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
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>> @ddale8.bsky.social counted "at least 18 inaccurate assertions" in Trump's "60 Minutes" sit-down: www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertio...
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
>> @ddale8.bsky.social counted "at least 18 inaccurate assertions" in Trump's "60 Minutes" sit-down: www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
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Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."
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Ed Krassenstein
THIS IS TRUMP’S AMERICA!
A 16-year-old minor from Houston, Texas, who is a U.S. Citizen was beaten, tackled, and choked by ICE as he was heading for school. They used racial slurs against him and his father. The officers did not identify themselves or show any badge.
THIS IS TRUMP’S AMERICA!
A 16-year-old minor from Houston, Texas, who is a U.S. Citizen was beaten, tackled, and choked by ICE as he was heading for school. They used racial slurs against him and his father. The officers did not identify themselves or show any badge.
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ed Krassenstein
THIS IS TRUMP’S AMERICA!
A 16-year-old minor from Houston, Texas, who is a U.S. Citizen was beaten, tackled, and choked by ICE as he was heading for school. They used racial slurs against him and his father. The officers did not identify themselves or show any badge.
THIS IS TRUMP’S AMERICA!
A 16-year-old minor from Houston, Texas, who is a U.S. Citizen was beaten, tackled, and choked by ICE as he was heading for school. They used racial slurs against him and his father. The officers did not identify themselves or show any badge.
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Not all media is racing to move on and forget about the second-largest one-day protest in U.S. history
I hung out at my boisterous No Kings rally in Delco, Pa. and wrote about how the movement got under Trump's skin, the surest sign that it's winning
My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
I hung out at my boisterous No Kings rally in Delco, Pa. and wrote about how the movement got under Trump's skin, the surest sign that it's winning
My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
Then they fight you: How the ‘No Kings’ protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
www.inquirer.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Not all media is racing to move on and forget about the second-largest one-day protest in U.S. history
I hung out at my boisterous No Kings rally in Delco, Pa. and wrote about how the movement got under Trump's skin, the surest sign that it's winning
My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
I hung out at my boisterous No Kings rally in Delco, Pa. and wrote about how the movement got under Trump's skin, the surest sign that it's winning
My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
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In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
April 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
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"It is comforting to think we can just sit back and passively wait for this corruption nightmare to pass when the Trump presidency ends... But conservatives, their oligarch benefactors, and the Supreme Court clearly have a master plan to try to lock in the kleptocratic status quo."
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"It is comforting to think we can just sit back and passively wait for this corruption nightmare to pass when the Trump presidency ends... But conservatives, their oligarch benefactors, and the Supreme Court clearly have a master plan to try to lock in the kleptocratic status quo."
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
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The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism
Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.
www.thebulwark.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
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(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...