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Kara Swisher on Jimmy Kimmel: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes."

Anderson Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The lead prosecutor in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, Maurene Comey, was fired 8 days before her interview with Deputy AG Todd Blanche on July 24-25, 2025.
There was no official announcement or explanation.

It's funny how careers end right before the questions begin.
August 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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WATCH: “Like we saw with the Iraq War, You can’t declare this successful now. You have to see what happens next.”

The Holler’s Justin Kanew says it’s important to remember what happened in Iraq — and remain skeptical of the reasons Trump attacked Iran.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLNYncZ...
June 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.

They’re scared.
Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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There are exactly 500 days until the midterm elections on November 3, 2026. Assuming we can prevent their cancellation by a lawless president invoking the Insurrection Act . . .
June 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This is the second time ProPublica has sued the FDA in recent years.

Along with @post-gazette.com‬, we filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the agency for withholding records related to the massive recall of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics. The FDA ultimately provided the documents.
ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs
The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the…
www.propublica.org
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate.

US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
June 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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going to keep saying: a society that would like to maintain its basic functions has really got to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by people in positions of authority
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
wapo.st
June 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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What in the ever living fuck are we doing?
June 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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SCOOP: CFBP just cancelled plans to implement new rules that would have tightened restrictions on what sensitive personal info data brokers are allowed to sell. The rule was proposed after data about US servicemembers was repeatedly exposed in which experts term a national security nightmare.
CFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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May the memory of the remarkable Ida Pearl Green be a blessing to her family and friends and to all Montgomery County. www.mymcmedia.org/living-legen...
Living Legend Ida Pearl Green Passes Away at Age 106
Ida Pearl Green was honored as a Montgomery County Living Legend during the Juneteenth Celebration in 2022. She was recognized for her life of service to her community. Ida Pearl… Read More
www.mymcmedia.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.
May 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Imagine if the NYT covered trans healthcare this way
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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SCOOP: A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts, by @jakepearson.bsky.social
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potentia...
www.propublica.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally created body through which NPR and PBS get federal funding.

Watch @amnanawaz.bsky.social's interview with PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding
The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally-created body through which NPR and PBS...
www.pbs.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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The Milwaukee schools where they found lead- some kids with detectable levels- are shut down and they’re getting no government help because all the experts in that department were fired by Trump - DOGE regime.
April 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio believes it is “too late” to combat the economic fallout of Trump’s tariffs and says the world economic order, with the US at the center, is breaking down.
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says it’s ‘too late’ to escape damage from Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio believes it is “too late” to combat the economic fallout of Trump’s tariffs and says the world economic order, with the US at the center, is breaking down.
www.cnn.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Q: “Everyone gets due process. Right?”

TRUMP: “They get a process where we have to get them out.”

This President yet again shows he has zero concern for the constitution. 🇺🇸
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Everyone needs to watch this segment!!!
🤥 WATCH: Trump insists repeatedly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia LITERALLY had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles

All the people who said he was just implying the tattoos stood for MS-13 and didn’t mean for the photoshop to be taken literally have gobs of egg on your faces 🥚

Liar-in-chief strikes again
April 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries started a sit-in protest on Capitol steps 4 hours ago just the two of them streaming at t.co/0AW2Jy3HmK and now looking like this….if you’re in DC go down there to help them out….way better than a "strong letter" from Chuck Schumer that Trump will toss in the trash
April 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Despite staggering evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare Advantage, Donald Trump gave these for-profit insurers another $25 billion after they cozied up to him.

He gave them more money to keep ripping you off.
Health Insurer Stocks Soar on Medicare Rate Boost
Medicare Advantage plans will get a 5.06% rate increase, well above the 2.23% bump that the Biden administration proposed.
www.wsj.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM