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“Hegseth was there, watching live, but didn’t issue any orders, but was extremely happy that the spirit of the orders he never issued were executed anyway, which he then took credit for in real time and hailed as a glorious triumph without revealing it wasn’t.”
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Lies, Coverup, and Videotape
Congress must thoroughly investigate the boat strikes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Hegseth was there, watching live, but didn’t issue any orders, but was extremely happy that the spirit of the orders he never issued were executed anyway, which he then took credit for in real time and hailed as a glorious triumph without revealing it wasn’t.”
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
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"Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States."
They killed them because they could.
They killed them because they could.
Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
"Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States."
They killed them because they could.
They killed them because they could.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Christmas is the time of the year when we celebrate the spirit of sharing by shopping at the stores and there by giving all of our money to the greediest capitalist in the world who are going to use that money to make sure people go hungry.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Christmas is the time of the year when we celebrate the spirit of sharing by shopping at the stores and there by giving all of our money to the greediest capitalist in the world who are going to use that money to make sure people go hungry.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
I am skipping Starbucks in support of strikers, are you?
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I am skipping Starbucks in support of strikers, are you?
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As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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Incredible federal court hearing in Chicago this morning over ICE assaults on the press & protestors. The DOJ lawyers are tying themselves in knots as the video evidence clearly shows ICE intentionally assaulting everyone. Follow @jonseidel.bsky.social for on going updates:
The next witness before U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis is Emily Steelhammer, executive director of the Chicago Newspaper Guild.
Khojasteh challenges Curran on why he didn't say that in a declaration filed with the court.
But their back-and-forth prompts a warning from the judge about talking over people.
But their back-and-forth prompts a warning from the judge about talking over people.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Incredible federal court hearing in Chicago this morning over ICE assaults on the press & protestors. The DOJ lawyers are tying themselves in knots as the video evidence clearly shows ICE intentionally assaulting everyone. Follow @jonseidel.bsky.social for on going updates:
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
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Panem.
Spotted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Halloween bash:
Giant ice sculpture with built-in luge. Pour booze in the top funnel and it chills and shoots out the bottom.
This monster? Likely $5K+ for one-time use.
Giant ice sculpture with built-in luge. Pour booze in the top funnel and it chills and shoots out the bottom.
This monster? Likely $5K+ for one-time use.
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Panem.
? to anyone with experience living in or who studied authoritarian governments do citizens realize it? Do Russians think they have input in their elections? Do people think they have civil rights or are they resigned to their situation? Do those close to power sleep at night or do they live in fear?
Under Construction
input.in
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
? to anyone with experience living in or who studied authoritarian governments do citizens realize it? Do Russians think they have input in their elections? Do people think they have civil rights or are they resigned to their situation? Do those close to power sleep at night or do they live in fear?
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Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡
@financialtimes.com $UMAC
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October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡
@financialtimes.com $UMAC
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
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The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.
This is truly terrifying.
This is truly terrifying.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.
This is truly terrifying.
This is truly terrifying.
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Seventy years ago one brave senator, Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith, put the dagger in Joe McCarthy’s balloon. Pffft! Isn’t there a single GOP man who has the guts to stand up, seize her legacy and put a stop to the madness?
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Seventy years ago one brave senator, Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith, put the dagger in Joe McCarthy’s balloon. Pffft! Isn’t there a single GOP man who has the guts to stand up, seize her legacy and put a stop to the madness?
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1 transgender shooter
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"
47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"
47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
1 transgender shooter
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"
47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"
47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."