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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
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This is how religious radicals take over in the United States.
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We’d like to share a remembrance for Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, who has passed away. Her life and work helped preserve history, expand whose stories are told, and inspire generations to come.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We’d like to share a remembrance for Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, who has passed away. Her life and work helped preserve history, expand whose stories are told, and inspire generations to come.
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The problem is Barr drew the line at doing a coup for him and that's now a disqualifier. Thins out the pool quite a bit, which is how you get an attorney general with zero prior federal experience.
I forgot where I first heard or saw it but someone pointed out: look at the way this coverup is being conducted compared to how a different Trump attorney general completely ratfucked the mueller report
Next time, hire the Iran Contra coverup man
Next time, hire the Iran Contra coverup man
I think the only way this wasn’t going to be a big thing is if Trump were smart enough to not hire people (like Bondi) who were loudly promising to expose Epstein collaborators (like him!)
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The problem is Barr drew the line at doing a coup for him and that's now a disqualifier. Thins out the pool quite a bit, which is how you get an attorney general with zero prior federal experience.
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Energy bills across the U.S. have increased 13% since Trump took office at the beginning of this year.
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Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report finds
The amount of money Americans are paying toward their energy bills has increased since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, according to a new report.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Energy bills across the U.S. have increased 13% since Trump took office at the beginning of this year.
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The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
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Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Trump & family sure have a lot of friends who are sex offenders, drug dealers, & swindlers. While the Christian Right & Republicans look the other way. Selling their souls to the devil to dis the libs?
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
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December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump & family sure have a lot of friends who are sex offenders, drug dealers, & swindlers. While the Christian Right & Republicans look the other way. Selling their souls to the devil to dis the libs?
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
One of the dirtiest men to live thought Trump was dirty! I mean how dirty do you have to be to have Epstein think you're dirty?
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Here's what the Epstein emails say about Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and others
The newly released Epstein documents show the late sex offender called Trump's business practices "dirty" and exchanged emails with Andrew about the allegations against him.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the dirtiest men to live thought Trump was dirty! I mean how dirty do you have to be to have Epstein think you're dirty?
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President Trump is...using pardons to inoculate criminals he happens to like, downplaying corruption and fraud as crimes, and seeking to stigmatize political opponents by labeling them criminals.
Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime
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December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
President Trump is...using pardons to inoculate criminals he happens to like, downplaying corruption and fraud as crimes, and seeking to stigmatize political opponents by labeling them criminals.
Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Trump loves men that con regular people out of their money. That's his whole game.
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
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December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trump loves men that con regular people out of their money. That's his whole game.
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Trump purposefully releasing more criminals despite the toll on the victims. Trump ever caring about law and order is a joke. Trump only cares about Trump.
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Trump purposefully releasing more criminals despite the toll on the victims. Trump ever caring about law and order is a joke. Trump only cares about Trump.
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
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Putin fears Ukrainian democracy because it shows a different future is possible for the Russian people, too. A free, democratic Ukraine exposes the lie at the heart of his worldview
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Putin fears Ukrainian democracy because it shows a different future is possible for the Russian people, too. A free, democratic Ukraine exposes the lie at the heart of his worldview
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During the latest US–Russia talks, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev joined Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin. Their presence underscores how Moscow is leveraging business channels to draw the Trump administration toward its stance, as I told The World.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
During the latest US–Russia talks, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev joined Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin. Their presence underscores how Moscow is leveraging business channels to draw the Trump administration toward its stance, as I told The World.
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The strategy of trying to change Putins mind has not worked. Time to shift to a new strategy focused on changing Putins capabilities. That means more and better weapons for Ukraine and more and better sanctions for Russia.
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The strategy of trying to change Putins mind has not worked. Time to shift to a new strategy focused on changing Putins capabilities. That means more and better weapons for Ukraine and more and better sanctions for Russia.
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Scaling back U.S. instruments of soft power, like USAID, is unilateral disarmament. It reduces our ability to compete for influence globally and creates vacuums for Russia and China to fill.
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Scaling back U.S. instruments of soft power, like USAID, is unilateral disarmament. It reduces our ability to compete for influence globally and creates vacuums for Russia and China to fill.
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America’s strength isn’t rooted in power alone, but in our allies across Europe and around the world. Weakening those ties weakens us. In a world of rising authoritarianism, partnerships remain one of our greatest strategic advantages.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
America’s strength isn’t rooted in power alone, but in our allies across Europe and around the world. Weakening those ties weakens us. In a world of rising authoritarianism, partnerships remain one of our greatest strategic advantages.
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The bald hypocrisy of the Trump administration shouting about free speech violations in democratic Europe without saying so word about massive violations of free speech in autocratic Russia (or Belarus) is striking and tragic.
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The bald hypocrisy of the Trump administration shouting about free speech violations in democratic Europe without saying so word about massive violations of free speech in autocratic Russia (or Belarus) is striking and tragic.
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
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The Trump Administration’s policies are raising prices and making life more expensive for families across Pennsylvania.
I hear that from folks across the Commonwealth every day.
I hear that from folks across the Commonwealth every day.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Trump Administration’s policies are raising prices and making life more expensive for families across Pennsylvania.
I hear that from folks across the Commonwealth every day.
I hear that from folks across the Commonwealth every day.
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The people who know Trump best - the people who worked with him closest during his first term - know how dangerous he is to our country.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The people who know Trump best - the people who worked with him closest during his first term - know how dangerous he is to our country.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
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In case you missed it, Friday witnessed a moment of high absurdity, layered with farce, as Trump was awarded a made-up Peace Prize, a sort of participation trophy kept around to placate sulky-eight-years who threaten tantrums if they don’t get a ribbon.
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The Fog of Spin
Our weekend podcast and commentary.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In case you missed it, Friday witnessed a moment of high absurdity, layered with farce, as Trump was awarded a made-up Peace Prize, a sort of participation trophy kept around to placate sulky-eight-years who threaten tantrums if they don’t get a ribbon.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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CNN: “Trump issued 1,500 pardons in his first month—compared to 212 for Obama over two terms, 189 for Bush over two terms… Has he possibly had enough time in the day to look long and hard at each? He is abusing the presidential pardon."
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
CNN: “Trump issued 1,500 pardons in his first month—compared to 212 for Obama over two terms, 189 for Bush over two terms… Has he possibly had enough time in the day to look long and hard at each? He is abusing the presidential pardon."
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Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
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Should it side with the president, the Supreme Court could supercharge Trump’s effort to assert absolute control over agencies that regulate the economy, the stock market, federal campaign finance and communications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Should it side with the president, the Supreme Court could supercharge Trump’s effort to assert absolute control over agencies that regulate the economy, the stock market, federal campaign finance and communications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...