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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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"The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD Vance" because the ordnance "detonated overhead prematurely"

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www.latimes.com/california/s...
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD V...
www.latimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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OPINION: Super Bowl halftime show threats usually involve volunteering someone to go get more guac. Leave it to Trump’s America to make it more serious yet ridiculous over Bad Bunny.
Give peace a chance for Bad Bunny and Donald Trump over the Super Bowl halftime show
OPINION: Super Bowl halftime show threats usually involve volunteering someone to go get more guac. Leave it to Trump’s America to make it more serious yet ridiculous over Bad Bunny.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Wurman is a hack. Hacks gonna hack. You can’t take that too personally. I do, however, take personally the professors who lectured us that we have to treat him as a good-faith actor.
Wurman has a very principled position: courts have no power to stop the President doing things he likes, but plenary power to stop the President doing things he doesn't like.

Hence courts having the power to enjoin all student debt relief, even in cases where no one with standing brought suit.
October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Falcons….have a pass rush???
a cat with its mouth open is sitting on a couch .
ALT: a cat with its mouth open is sitting on a couch .
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Truth
Sunday: Vikings vs. Falcons

Loser has to take Kirk Cousins back
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic. The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region,... 🧵 1/2

🏺 #archaeology
August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Smithsonian removed references to Trump’s impeachments from its presidency exhibit, months after he targeted the museum in an executive order.

Why is he attacking a museum?

It’s part of a larger plan to control not just what we do, but what we know. https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?feature=shared
Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The state minimum wage will increase again in the new year. Here’s what we know.
The minimum wage is set to rise in California on Jan. 1
The state minimum wage will increase again in the new year. Here’s what we know.
bit.ly
August 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Oh puh-leez
Hassett says Trump's vibes are bringing prices down: "Americans bc of President Trump's leadership have recognized that when they buy an American product, they not only get a better product most of the time, but they're also making their communities stronger. There's a lot of patriotism in the data"
July 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Coward
Asked if he would vote to suspend habeas corpus, Sen. Barasso said the president will “follow the law.”
Asked a third time if he'd suspend habeas corpus, explicitly asking for a yes or no answer; he replied that he didn’t believe the suggestion would make it to Congress
thehill.com/homenews/sun...
Barrasso: ‘I don’t believe’ suggested habeas corpus suspension will ‘come to Congress’
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he doesn’t believe that the White House’s suggested habeas corpus suspension will reach Congress. During an appearance on NBC’s &#…
thehill.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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TRUMP: Accepts bribe worth millions of dollars

NYT: It's an ethical issue
May 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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This is a lie
May 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Hegseth has instructed the Pentagon to refit a room near the building’s press briefing room as a makeup studio to prepare for televised appearances and press conferences. 💄
Pete Hegseth Is Reportedly Building A Makeup Studio in the Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed the Pentagon to build a makeup studio near its press room, according to a report from CBS News.
www.rollingstone.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.
Scientists find possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet
Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.
bit.ly
April 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.
The health and human services secretary on Wednesday suggested that autistic children would never play baseball or pay taxes, enraging those in the community.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.

This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.

Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Donald Trump said he wants ICE to detain and deport US citizens, and is taking active steps to defy the constitution and the courts to make that possible. Anyone saying “oh that could never happen” is naive or lying. The threat is real.
I’m at the Leon County Jail with the mom of the 20 year old U.S. citizens arrested for illegally entering Florida after a traffic stop. She showed his birth certificate in court. He’s still in jail waiting for ICE officials to pick him up.
April 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Selma. The Trump administration pulled funding meant for Selma’s schools, along with $5 million in additional funding for a statewide reading program. www.al.com/educationlab...
Feds pull $9 million for tornado-stricken Alabama school district, reading program: ‘Panic’
The move is the latest in a series of efforts to minimize what the Trump administration has called “wasteful” government spending.
www.al.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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AOC: Only 2% of people on Medicaid are able-bodied.. I saw Mike Johnson saying we have to stop all the able-bodied men from being on Medicaid — as if it’s a crime for someone to have healthcare in America. Healthcare is a human right, and everyone should have it.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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i just have to assume that both china and russia have all our intel at this point www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Amazing
The timeless beauty of ancient glass!

Roman glass scent bottle in the form of a shell. Mould-blown. AD 25-100.

British Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
March 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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This is one of the earliest depictions of the Colosseum, a bronze sestertius issued by the emperor Titus to commemorate the amphitheater's completion. Only ten are known to exist. You can see the spectators, the statues in the arches, even the quadriga over the entrance. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/

📸 me
March 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM