Mark Lush
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· Sep 29
The WSJ says YouTube "has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump
The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.
www.wsj.com
Chickenshit cowards. The lot of ‘em. Never thought you’d be able to figure out the courage of an executive simply by taking the inverse of their wealth. These nerds should have been bullied more when they were kids to learn the truth: you don’t submit to bullies. You stand up to them.
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Q: How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
A: Zero
A: Zero
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Q: How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
A: Zero
A: Zero
Does it, MarketWatch? Does THIS really raise a bigger question? Why not promote Beanie Babies as a responsible investment? Or Garbage Pail Kids cards?
Logan Paul’s $5.3 million Pokémon bet raises a bigger question: Do collectibles belong in your portfolio?
Collectibles may offer eye-catching returns, but not all financial experts are on board.
on.mktw.net
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Does it, MarketWatch? Does THIS really raise a bigger question? Why not promote Beanie Babies as a responsible investment? Or Garbage Pail Kids cards?
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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A smarter model for paying for college: income-based repayment. You start paying your student loans only once you earn enough to comfortably get by. That turns higher ed debt into something more like a tax surcharge on success, not a choke collar on people who are struggling.
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A smarter model for paying for college: income-based repayment. You start paying your student loans only once you earn enough to comfortably get by. That turns higher ed debt into something more like a tax surcharge on success, not a choke collar on people who are struggling.
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This should be the bombshell news that ends his presidency. But we’re living in an alternate reality.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This should be the bombshell news that ends his presidency. But we’re living in an alternate reality.
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When your own DOJ screws you by releasing a memo directly showing you're lying about your relationship with a child sex trafficker.
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
When your own DOJ screws you by releasing a memo directly showing you're lying about your relationship with a child sex trafficker.
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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“A popular government without popular information…is but a prologue to farce or tragedy…Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”
~James Madison, 1788.
Image: White House collection.
~James Madison, 1788.
Image: White House collection.
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“A popular government without popular information…is but a prologue to farce or tragedy…Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”
~James Madison, 1788.
Image: White House collection.
~James Madison, 1788.
Image: White House collection.
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Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
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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.
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 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.
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The president was accused of multiple rapes of 14 year old girls as well as multiple murders of their babies and we’re all just acting like it doesn’t matter because CBS and CNN haven’t weighed in yet.
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The president was accused of multiple rapes of 14 year old girls as well as multiple murders of their babies and we’re all just acting like it doesn’t matter because CBS and CNN haven’t weighed in yet.
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White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
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Ronald Reagan: “We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world, and we continuously renew and enrich our nation.”
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage
On a creepy new classification
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ronald Reagan: “We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world, and we continuously renew and enrich our nation.”
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Welcomed the best member of the family over the weekend. Say hello to Oatmeal.
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Welcomed the best member of the family over the weekend. Say hello to Oatmeal.
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“You can still get them a gift card in time, you piece of shit. You worm” - companies via email today
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“You can still get them a gift card in time, you piece of shit. You worm” - companies via email today
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There's always a Tweet.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There's always a Tweet.
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We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
Met in Michigan: New Epstein files reveal where he met his first victim
The first known victim of Jeffrey Epstein was a 13-year-old girl in Michigan in the 1990s, according to files recently released by the Department of Justice.
www.fox2detroit.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
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🏴 England's resistance extends beyond lunch...
🇦🇺 ... but Australia's pace attack sees them to an 82-run win
📆 Ashes have been won in only 11 days of cricket
🗣️ Does Stokes have the energy to play on? "Absolutely."
Reaction as Australia go 3-0 up in the Ashes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
🇦🇺 ... but Australia's pace attack sees them to an 82-run win
📆 Ashes have been won in only 11 days of cricket
🗣️ Does Stokes have the energy to play on? "Absolutely."
Reaction as Australia go 3-0 up in the Ashes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🏴 England's resistance extends beyond lunch...
🇦🇺 ... but Australia's pace attack sees them to an 82-run win
📆 Ashes have been won in only 11 days of cricket
🗣️ Does Stokes have the energy to play on? "Absolutely."
Reaction as Australia go 3-0 up in the Ashes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
🇦🇺 ... but Australia's pace attack sees them to an 82-run win
📆 Ashes have been won in only 11 days of cricket
🗣️ Does Stokes have the energy to play on? "Absolutely."
Reaction as Australia go 3-0 up in the Ashes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
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How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
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“Any DOJ official who does not comply with this law will be subject to prosecution for obstruction of justice,” Ro Khanna said in a House speech this week. “If Pam Bondi does not comply with the law, she will be held either in inherent contempt of Congress or subject to impeachment.”
Let’s go.
Let’s go.
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Any DOJ official who does not comply with this law will be subject to prosecution for obstruction of justice,” Ro Khanna said in a House speech this week. “If Pam Bondi does not comply with the law, she will be held either in inherent contempt of Congress or subject to impeachment.”
Let’s go.
Let’s go.
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My brain hurts
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My brain hurts