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Once again Trump appears to have been played by Putin. No ceasefire. No imminent meeting between Putin and Zelensky. No near term prospect of Trump applying threatened sanctions.
Putin got a meeting on U.S. soil, Trump got flattered by Putin. Advantage Putin. Shameful.
Putin got a meeting on U.S. soil, Trump got flattered by Putin. Advantage Putin. Shameful.
Trump, Putin break off summit with no Ukraine deal as talks end early
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin took no questions after they broke off talks earlier than planned.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Once again Trump appears to have been played by Putin. No ceasefire. No imminent meeting between Putin and Zelensky. No near term prospect of Trump applying threatened sanctions.
Putin got a meeting on U.S. soil, Trump got flattered by Putin. Advantage Putin. Shameful.
Putin got a meeting on U.S. soil, Trump got flattered by Putin. Advantage Putin. Shameful.
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2/ tariffs. Even for someone not quite as big an egomaniac as Trump that's going to affect you. This looks like Anthony from cornfield Twilight Zone episode started demanding someone be nice to him and that person just smacked him upside the head and gave him a bloody nose. Stops ya cold.
August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
2/ tariffs. Even for someone not quite as big an egomaniac as Trump that's going to affect you. This looks like Anthony from cornfield Twilight Zone episode started demanding someone be nice to him and that person just smacked him upside the head and gave him a bloody nose. Stops ya cold.
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We don't know what happened, if the summit went badly. But we know Trump thinks it went VERY badly. I think to make sense of the body language we have to remember that all year DC has been a universal fluff farm for Trump. Same w a lot of academia, business, foreign leaders wanting to deal with ...
August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We don't know what happened, if the summit went badly. But we know Trump thinks it went VERY badly. I think to make sense of the body language we have to remember that all year DC has been a universal fluff farm for Trump. Same w a lot of academia, business, foreign leaders wanting to deal with ...
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Stand with Ukraine.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Stand with Ukraine.
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Just to clarify, that blie line running west to east from just above Vilne to just east of Sofiivka is the 1st Corps, AZOV smacking into the Russian line and cutting it from west to east. Now we have to wait ans see if they can roll up each end.
Interesting development around that russian "breakthrough" they wouldn't shut up about.
Never underestimate Ukraine!
Never underestimate Ukraine!
August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just to clarify, that blie line running west to east from just above Vilne to just east of Sofiivka is the 1st Corps, AZOV smacking into the Russian line and cutting it from west to east. Now we have to wait ans see if they can roll up each end.
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But when Harris an avowed and well-known home cook bought a Le Creuset dish….
J. D. Vance built his political brand on bashing élites. Why does he vacation like one?
The Curious Symbolism of J. D. Vance’s English Getaway
The Vice-President built his political brand on bashing élites. Why does he vacation like one?
www.newyorker.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
But when Harris an avowed and well-known home cook bought a Le Creuset dish….
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The same Texas judge who tried to ban abortion pills thinks hotels that don't intervene when they see a woman with "sexually explicit clothing" and condoms in her room can be legally liable for sex trafficking reason.com/2025/08/11/h...
Hotel sex trafficking suit can proceed, inviting hotels to profile and harass guests
Can a hotel be guilty of sex trafficking just because it didn't surveil its customers enough?
reason.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The same Texas judge who tried to ban abortion pills thinks hotels that don't intervene when they see a woman with "sexually explicit clothing" and condoms in her room can be legally liable for sex trafficking reason.com/2025/08/11/h...
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Judge Katsas, useful idiot, this morning on left.
AG Bondi this afternoon on right.
AG Bondi this afternoon on right.
August 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Judge Katsas, useful idiot, this morning on left.
AG Bondi this afternoon on right.
AG Bondi this afternoon on right.
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Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
August 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
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❗️Journalists were expelled after they started asking Putin about shelling of peaceful cities and killings of civilians.
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
❗️Journalists were expelled after they started asking Putin about shelling of peaceful cities and killings of civilians.
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All of the optics from this Alaska meeting put Putin on — at least! — equal standing with the president of the United States. An incredible gift to him at no cost.
August 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
All of the optics from this Alaska meeting put Putin on — at least! — equal standing with the president of the United States. An incredible gift to him at no cost.
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Are you a business owner in #Philly? Are President Trump’s costly, unpredictable tariffs affecting you, your business, or your employees?
If so, I want to hear from you! Share your story here:
If so, I want to hear from you! Share your story here:
Address Lookup | Representative Dwight Evans
evans.house.gov
August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Are you a business owner in #Philly? Are President Trump’s costly, unpredictable tariffs affecting you, your business, or your employees?
If so, I want to hear from you! Share your story here:
If so, I want to hear from you! Share your story here:
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Polluters fund and direct Republicans so completely that they’re outraged when they’re asked to clean up their own mess. Corruption.
E&E News: Lawsuits over Louisiana’s decaying oil infrastructure split GOP
An alliance between Republican officials and trial lawyers faces its biggest test at the U.S. Supreme Court as criticism from the right increases.
subscriber.politicopro.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Polluters fund and direct Republicans so completely that they’re outraged when they’re asked to clean up their own mess. Corruption.
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Both @seamushughes.bsky.social and I had been thinking that SEC would dismiss the fraud case against Patrick Orlando, the guy who packaged up Truth Social as a SPAC.
But SEC just filed an opposition to dismissing the case, w/500 page appendix documenting his alleged fraud.
But SEC just filed an opposition to dismissing the case, w/500 page appendix documenting his alleged fraud.
250815 Opposition Orlando
www.documentcloud.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Both @seamushughes.bsky.social and I had been thinking that SEC would dismiss the fraud case against Patrick Orlando, the guy who packaged up Truth Social as a SPAC.
But SEC just filed an opposition to dismissing the case, w/500 page appendix documenting his alleged fraud.
But SEC just filed an opposition to dismissing the case, w/500 page appendix documenting his alleged fraud.
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I had missed this excellent discussion between @pkrugman.bsky.social & @adamposen.bsky.social, two of the very best on monetary and macroeconomic policy and bringing it to the public square. Very much worth your time.
Talking With Adam Posen
A monetary policy maven about a Fed unde pressure
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I had missed this excellent discussion between @pkrugman.bsky.social & @adamposen.bsky.social, two of the very best on monetary and macroeconomic policy and bringing it to the public square. Very much worth your time.
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WATCH: Katherine Clark, a Democrat who is featured on AIPAC’s website, just called it a “Genocide”
Full: zeteo.com/p/second-mos...
Full: zeteo.com/p/second-mos...
August 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WATCH: Katherine Clark, a Democrat who is featured on AIPAC’s website, just called it a “Genocide”
Full: zeteo.com/p/second-mos...
Full: zeteo.com/p/second-mos...
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Thanks for writing in, Katie.
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SmartBuy Illinois has allowed her and others to be able to afford owning a home here in our state, all while helping pay off their student loan debt.
We're bridging the financial gap and lowering costs for thousands of families.
August 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thanks for writing in, Katie.
SmartBuy Illinois has allowed her and others to be able to afford owning a home here in our state, all while helping pay off their student loan debt.
We're bridging the financial gap and lowering costs for thousands of families.
SmartBuy Illinois has allowed her and others to be able to afford owning a home here in our state, all while helping pay off their student loan debt.
We're bridging the financial gap and lowering costs for thousands of families.
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DC Police Chief: "In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive."
Smith says feds put the public and officers at grave risk
www.courthousenews.com/dc-sues-trum...
Smith says feds put the public and officers at grave risk
www.courthousenews.com/dc-sues-trum...
August 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
DC Police Chief: "In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive."
Smith says feds put the public and officers at grave risk
www.courthousenews.com/dc-sues-trum...
Smith says feds put the public and officers at grave risk
www.courthousenews.com/dc-sues-trum...
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Every accusation is a confession with them.
MAGA Lawmaker Who Vowed To 'Protect' Kids From LGBTQ+ People Resigns After Arrest For Child Pornography
I'm sensing a pattern...
www.comicsands.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Every accusation is a confession with them.
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Federal immigration officials intend to triple Colorado’s immigrant detention capacity by opening as many as three new facilities in the state in the coming months, according to recent planning documents obtained by the Washington Post.
ICE plans to open as many as three new detention centers in rural Colorado, report says
Federal immigration officials intend to triple Colorado’s immigrant detention capacity by opening as many as three new facilities, according to planning documents obtained by the Washington P…
trib.al
August 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Federal immigration officials intend to triple Colorado’s immigrant detention capacity by opening as many as three new facilities in the state in the coming months, according to recent planning documents obtained by the Washington Post.