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Charlie Munger interviewed from 2011. The word “vainglory” is rarely heard nowadays, but sums up Trump perfectly.

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"He can either give us a license... or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.”

That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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July 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of of the the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Jewish Women Council, my law firm has sued Louisiana to block SB 436, the state's new voter registration proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater New Orleans v. Landry
Learn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on.
www.democracydocket.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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WATCH: Maxwell was ineligible to be transferred to a minimum security prison because she is a convicted sex offender. The Bureau of Prisons had to reach in and waive the rule specifically for Maxwell to allow a sex trafficker—a sexual abuser of girls—to be moved to her current facility.
August 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Merrick Garland, FUCK YOU!! This is all your fault! You REFUSED TO INDICT A PRESIDENT FOR CAUSING A GOD DAMN INSURRECTION!! So… again FUCK YOU!! Sorry for the language but… there is nothing else to say!
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Russia bombed Kyiv overnight, killing at least 8, including a 6-year-old boy, and injuring 82. Among the wounded were 10 children, the youngest just 5 months old.

Putin keeps bombing Ukraine because Trump lets him.
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Tapper: yawn
This past week, the 79-year-old president announced he’s ended six wars (some that have been going on for centuries), asserted that windmills drive whales insane, called for Beyoncé to be prosecuted, claimed Obama committed treason and complained a convicted pedophile “stole” teenage girls from him.
July 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I remember when this happened.
July 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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What 20 years of investigations tell us about the Epstein files
What 20 years of investigations tell us about the Epstein files
www.csmonitor.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Other nations had a pandemic reckoning. Why hasn’t the US?
Other nations had a pandemic reckoning. Why hasn’t the US?
www.csmonitor.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Disintermediating PBMs could save Americans $100b per yr

academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
The cost of misaligned incentives in the pharmaceutical supply chain
Abstract. Recent concerns over rising drug prices have focused on the role of pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs. While multiple players make up the pharmac
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July 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.
July 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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NEW: Minnesota just ranked in the top 5 states for quality of life.

No matter what happens in Washington, we’re still focused on making Minnesota the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
July 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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BREAKING: An Ohio police officer has been placed on leave after using force to remove protesters blocking a bridge during an anti-ICE demonstration.

Sickening!
July 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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"Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book is one of the most cursed documents ever compiled in this miserable, dying country." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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“We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”

The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I’m out Paramount+
F*ck you.
July 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Could you imagine a president of the United States tanking the bond market to distract from a sex scandal?

Not possible, right? Like some kind of crazy movie script too absurd even for Hollywood?
July 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office.
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor
Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
U.S. Navy Rushes to Fuel USS Abraham Lincoln for Urgent Pacific Deployment

www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
U.S. Navy Rushes to Fuel USS Abraham Lincoln for Urgent Pacific Deployment - Naval News
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego awarded an urgent contract to fuel the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to move up the carrier's deployment date.
www.navalnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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DACA recipient detained at Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says. ‘We don’t know why’
DACA recipient detained at Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says. ‘We don’t know why’
“The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz,” attorney Phillip Arroyo said. “We don’t know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status.”
www.miamiherald.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Thousands of research projects—some years in, with taxpayer money already spent—were wiped out by Trump’s budget cuts.

At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress.

zurl.co/1KB6I

#standupforscience
‘Science Fair’ of Lost Research Protests Trump Cuts
A protest at a congressional office building highlighted future research findings that vast cuts to science will erase
zurl.co
July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM