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While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.
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There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
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In his own words: the President is responsible for the shutdown.
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In his own words: the President is responsible for the shutdown.
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Well this didn’t age well did it?
October 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well this didn’t age well did it?
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“The price of political failure has been the arrival of the most immense constitutional crisis since the American Civil War where masked men have license to shoot a priest in the head with a pepper ball — simply for praying.”
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/character-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/character-...
Character counts
PLUS: I'll be joining today's edition of "The Jim Acosta Show" at 4:20 pm
steveschmidt.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“The price of political failure has been the arrival of the most immense constitutional crisis since the American Civil War where masked men have license to shoot a priest in the head with a pepper ball — simply for praying.”
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/character-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/character-...
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Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
www.beltway.news
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
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Deluded or lying?
Portland has plenty of stores. And boutiques. Lots of boutiques.
Portland has plenty of stores. And boutiques. Lots of boutiques.
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Deluded or lying?
Portland has plenty of stores. And boutiques. Lots of boutiques.
Portland has plenty of stores. And boutiques. Lots of boutiques.
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The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.
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"Blatant defiance, a coverup”: @blumenthal.senate.gov joins The Weeknight to break down an explosive hearing where Democrats pressed AG Pam Bondi on Trump’s retribution targets.
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Blatant defiance, a coverup”: @blumenthal.senate.gov joins The Weeknight to break down an explosive hearing where Democrats pressed AG Pam Bondi on Trump’s retribution targets.
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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
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“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
The Emerging Shape of American Politics
Dynamism v. Reaction / Open v. Closed
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October 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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An ICE officer was “relieved of his duties” and is under investigation after he shoved an Ecuadorean woman whose husband had been arrested and pushed her to the floor at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. nyti.ms/46EMKYP
September 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An ICE officer was “relieved of his duties” and is under investigation after he shoved an Ecuadorean woman whose husband had been arrested and pushed her to the floor at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. nyti.ms/46EMKYP
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“Tennessee hospitals could see a 29% increase in uncompensated care costs if Congress allows (ACA) subsidies to expire this month… 500,000+ low- and moderate-income Tennesseans rely on the enhanced tax credits…”
Spoiler: @MarshaBlackburn does not care.
tennesseelookout.com/briefs/repor...
Spoiler: @MarshaBlackburn does not care.
tennesseelookout.com/briefs/repor...
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Tennessee hospitals could see a 29% increase in uncompensated care costs if Congress allows (ACA) subsidies to expire this month… 500,000+ low- and moderate-income Tennesseans rely on the enhanced tax credits…”
Spoiler: @MarshaBlackburn does not care.
tennesseelookout.com/briefs/repor...
Spoiler: @MarshaBlackburn does not care.
tennesseelookout.com/briefs/repor...
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The Comey indictment "is an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt" the Justice Department, Quinta Jurecic writes. "In any other political moment, this would be obviously impeachable conduct": https://theatln.tc/dlP4mhCt
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Comey indictment "is an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt" the Justice Department, Quinta Jurecic writes. "In any other political moment, this would be obviously impeachable conduct": https://theatln.tc/dlP4mhCt
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"It’s a dark, highly pessimistic scenario. The possibility of invoking the Federal Contested Elections Act makes gerrymandering seem quaint. But one lesson of this year is that whatever isn’t nailed down in advance is apt to be seized at the earliest opportunity."
www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...
The Dirty Move Republicans Could Pull to Keep the House
Election-denying Trump allies could use a rare procedural maneuver to overturn a Democratic midterm win in 2026.
www.thebulwark.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"It’s a dark, highly pessimistic scenario. The possibility of invoking the Federal Contested Elections Act makes gerrymandering seem quaint. But one lesson of this year is that whatever isn’t nailed down in advance is apt to be seized at the earliest opportunity."
www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...
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Charlie Sykes: “Not since Uganda’s Idi Amin, festooned in a gold embroidered dark green uniform, ranted from the podium has the United Nations seen anything quite as weird and embarrassing as Wednesday’s performance by the American president.”
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Charlie Sykes: “Not since Uganda’s Idi Amin, festooned in a gold embroidered dark green uniform, ranted from the podium has the United Nations seen anything quite as weird and embarrassing as Wednesday’s performance by the American president.”
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The president is offering wealthy foreigners a fast-track to residency through the new Trump Gold Card—suggesting that "this administration thinks personal riches are a superpower of their own," Will Gottsegen argues in The Atlantic Daily.
Trump Offers a Golden Ticket
The president is rebranding the immigration process as a MAGA rewards program.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The president is offering wealthy foreigners a fast-track to residency through the new Trump Gold Card—suggesting that "this administration thinks personal riches are a superpower of their own," Will Gottsegen argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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The SAVE Act would be the most restrictive voting law passed by Congress in generations, all to solve a problem we know doesn't exist.
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Advocates for Strict Voting Requirements Can’t Find Evidence of Noncitizen Voting
Not surprisingly, a state investigation found that it's American citizens who vote in Louisiana.
www.brennancenter.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The SAVE Act would be the most restrictive voting law passed by Congress in generations, all to solve a problem we know doesn't exist.
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Just your reminder that THIS is how the MAGA Republicans reacted to the attack on Paul Pelosi. The president’s own son posted this.
I don’t ever want to hear how it’s the Democrats who need to tone down the violent rhetoric. We aren’t the ones stoking division, it’s Trump and his vile MAGA cult.
I don’t ever want to hear how it’s the Democrats who need to tone down the violent rhetoric. We aren’t the ones stoking division, it’s Trump and his vile MAGA cult.
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just your reminder that THIS is how the MAGA Republicans reacted to the attack on Paul Pelosi. The president’s own son posted this.
I don’t ever want to hear how it’s the Democrats who need to tone down the violent rhetoric. We aren’t the ones stoking division, it’s Trump and his vile MAGA cult.
I don’t ever want to hear how it’s the Democrats who need to tone down the violent rhetoric. We aren’t the ones stoking division, it’s Trump and his vile MAGA cult.
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ILLINOIS — Trump’s Gestapo violently throws female congressional candidate @KatAbughazaleh to the ground to the ground
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ILLINOIS — Trump’s Gestapo violently throws female congressional candidate @KatAbughazaleh to the ground to the ground