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Justin Rood
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Investigations, national security, music, funk & love. Formerly: ABC News, TPM, Insider, US Senate, CQ. Loves freedom.
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This is happening tomorrow. If folks are around, please come check it out.
September 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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RIP
April 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Politico’s alert was even worse
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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This surprised me, I’ll admit
March 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Diamond hands! Never a good sign
Closeup of photograph showing hands together making an open diamond shape, in the style of a person in power who is trying to show they are capable of restraining themselves from groping strangers and stealing wallets for entire minutes at a time.
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Pithy, timeless
March 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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One of Musk’s ipad babies is/was tied to kiwifarms — literally, racist internet trolls who try very hard to cause injury and death to child targets of their hate in the real world.

Maybe the VP doesn’t worry about trolls getting to his kids. Plenty of others do.
Tweets between JD Vance and Ro Khanna: Jd Vance: For the sake of both of our kids? Grow up. Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don't threaten my kids. You know what does? A culture that denies grace to people who make mistakes. A culture that encourages congressmen to act like whiny children. Ro Khanna: Are you going to tell him to apologize for saying "Normalize Indian hate" before this rehire? Just asking for the sake of both of our kids. x.com/jdvance/status...
February 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Calling all Feds!

Fedwell Restaurant (821 Upshur St NW) is offering half-price meals to federal workers affected by Musk and co. Starting today and running thru Feb.

Please share to your fed friends!

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February 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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THIS. JFC
"You could do anything with these privileges," says one source with knowledge of the system, who adds that they cannot conceive of a reason that anyone would need them for purposes of simply hunting down fraudulent payments or analyzing disbursement flow.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This is the most detailed account I’ve seen of what sensitive OPM data Musk’s people can access. Chilling. Unclear if background investigation info is part of “other private data.”

From @juddlegum.bsky.social ‘s Popular Info:
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Yikes! I forgot: Not only couldn’t Musk get the US security clearance level he wanted, SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS worried he was untrustworthy, not just US officials.

From www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
NYT clip reading, “The Air Force also recently denied Mr. Musk a high-level security access, citing potential security risks associated with the billionaire. Several allied nations, including Israel, have also expressed concerns that he could share sensitive data with others, according to defense officials.”
February 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Markets looking pretty sad about the future
February 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Why is the WaPo giving anonymity here?
January 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I avoid discussing the Washington Post in mixed company
WaPo news alert: “Food now Dining chat: How do you ask fellow diners to cool it with the profanity? Our food critic is answering your questions.”
January 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen, your next chief civil rights enforcer:
“On Yom Kippur in 1989, the paper ran an antisemitic quote from Adolf Hitler as its credo ("I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator: By warding off the Jews, I am fighting for the Lord's work.'") Interviewed at the time, Dhillon was upbeat about the paper and the role of its staff on campus. "We are the anti-establishment now," she told the New York Times.”
December 10, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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Some newly-relevant history:
December 10, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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And more:
“Through the center, Dhillon has represented Andy Ngo, a right-wing provocateur and self-described journalist, in a case against Portland, Oregon-area anti-fascists. Ngo built a large online following as a professed authority on left-wing violence, but Ngo's credibility and objectivity has been questioned, and he's been accused of tagging along with far-right extremist groups. Ngo claims he was assaulted by left-wing protesters in 2019, and the case is ongoing. Ngo did not respond to a request for comment. She also represents the right-wing group Project Veritas, which stages undercover stings. The group is under investigation for paying for a stolen diary belonging to Ashley Biden, the daughter of president Joe Biden. The group claims it was engaging in newsgathering. Project Veritas did not respond to a request for comment. She also represents Chaya Raichik, whose Libs of TikTok social media account that has been criticized for facilitating the harassment of LGBTQ+ people, businesses and even a children's hospital. "We 100 % condemn any acts/threats of violence," she told the Washington Post. Raichik did not respond to a request for comment.”
December 10, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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More:
“Dhillon's firm has also represented Amy Kremer and her daughter Kylie Jane, who run the MAGA group Women for America First. The Kremers were the listed organizers of Trump's rally on Jan. 6 and were reported by Rolling Stone to have coordinated with senior Trump officials.”
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Some choice bits:
“Dhillon's law firm is well-known to the House Jan. 6 panel. It has represented retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn before the panel, as well as onetime Trump White House adviser Sebastian Gorka. It has also represented the listed organizers of Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, rally, which has been a focal point of the committee's investigation.”
December 10, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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This is an absolutely amazing photograph in the NYT by Rachel Wisniewski.
NYT photo of Luigi Mangione by Rachel Wisniewski.
December 10, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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This Ernst tweet gives “leaning” vibes
December 8, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from capitalism’s black heart
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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I find this heartening. From: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"I struggle to find 20 senators who would vote for Matt Gaetz - no way Gaetz gets confirmed," said one Republican Senate adviser. "The Senate is not going to give up its advise and consent role for these guys. There are still a lot of senators who take their jobs seriously."
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Oh wow revolt of the working class! One unlucky oil exec just got FORCED to take a boring stupid government job! Ha-ha!
November 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM