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Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
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He probably thought he could blackmail trump into a pardon like Maxwell is doing. I wonder how the video system at her prison is working these days...
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
He probably thought he could blackmail trump into a pardon like Maxwell is doing. I wonder how the video system at her prison is working these days...
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Not Joe Biden’s fault.
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not Joe Biden’s fault.
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Thinking today about this sentence:
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
Inflation is making homelessness worse
Rising housing costs, combined with persistent inflation for basic necessities like gas and food, have left more Americans newly homeless and millions more fearing they’ll soon lose their homes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thinking today about this sentence:
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
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Jack Smith wants to testify in public - Republicans refuse.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Jack Smith wants to testify in public - Republicans refuse.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
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Trump's promise of $1,776 for service members last night -- which was supposed to be a tariff thing -- is in fact theft from increased housing allowances.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump's promise of $1,776 for service members last night -- which was supposed to be a tariff thing -- is in fact theft from increased housing allowances.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
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Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.
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Rick Scott is to public service
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Rick Scott is to public service
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
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I know it shouldn't at this point but it still boggles my mind that trump will get cheers from vets, military families, midshipmen and cadets today at the Army Navy game.
Propaganda works, folks.
Propaganda works, folks.
Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs will abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I know it shouldn't at this point but it still boggles my mind that trump will get cheers from vets, military families, midshipmen and cadets today at the Army Navy game.
Propaganda works, folks.
Propaganda works, folks.
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@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Trump’s Golden Age.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump’s Golden Age.
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He's Making a List — A cartoon by RJ Matson
He's Making a List
A cartoon by RJ Matson
contrarian.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He's Making a List — A cartoon by RJ Matson
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Let’s all be perfectly clear on JD Vance.
JD Vance *is* Peter Theil.
Peter Theil has put JD Vance wherever Peter Theil wanted Vance to be.
Everyone wonders how the guy who said “Trump is America’s Hitler” got to be trumps running mate?
Because Peter Theil said he was trump’s running mate.
JD Vance *is* Peter Theil.
Peter Theil has put JD Vance wherever Peter Theil wanted Vance to be.
Everyone wonders how the guy who said “Trump is America’s Hitler” got to be trumps running mate?
Because Peter Theil said he was trump’s running mate.
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Let’s all be perfectly clear on JD Vance.
JD Vance *is* Peter Theil.
Peter Theil has put JD Vance wherever Peter Theil wanted Vance to be.
Everyone wonders how the guy who said “Trump is America’s Hitler” got to be trumps running mate?
Because Peter Theil said he was trump’s running mate.
JD Vance *is* Peter Theil.
Peter Theil has put JD Vance wherever Peter Theil wanted Vance to be.
Everyone wonders how the guy who said “Trump is America’s Hitler” got to be trumps running mate?
Because Peter Theil said he was trump’s running mate.
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JFC. The weakening of America continues.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
JFC. The weakening of America continues.
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One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
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Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
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This is why Trump's National Security Strategy is a fantasy.
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is why Trump's National Security Strategy is a fantasy.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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RFK Jr. is praising private insurers for removing prior authorization while he is ramping up a pilot program requiring AI-led prior authorization for Medicare patients in 6 states, including WA state, which will delay and deny care for seniors.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
RFK Jr. is praising private insurers for removing prior authorization while he is ramping up a pilot program requiring AI-led prior authorization for Medicare patients in 6 states, including WA state, which will delay and deny care for seniors.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
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I thought he was for draining the swamp?
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I thought he was for draining the swamp?
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aaaaaand the cat is out of the bag
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
aaaaaand the cat is out of the bag