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The head of the pentagon doesn't know how to use a group chat even when he's sober, our Commander-in-Chief is either sleeping or fighting Seth Meyers, and a grocery clerk is fighting terrorism when he's not at a keg party.
If our enemies attack us now, we're in very big trouble.
#ProudBlue
If our enemies attack us now, we're in very big trouble.
#ProudBlue
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The head of the pentagon doesn't know how to use a group chat even when he's sober, our Commander-in-Chief is either sleeping or fighting Seth Meyers, and a grocery clerk is fighting terrorism when he's not at a keg party.
If our enemies attack us now, we're in very big trouble.
#ProudBlue
If our enemies attack us now, we're in very big trouble.
#ProudBlue
Liz Oyer on the planned pardon of former Honduras president Hernandez. youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
Trump pardons Honduran drug boss Juan Orlando Hernandez
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Liz Oyer on the planned pardon of former Honduras president Hernandez. youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Yes, indeed, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
wapo.st/4pHsHRM
wapo.st/4pHsHRM
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for running a “narco-state” that helped send cocaine to the United States.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yes, indeed, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
wapo.st/4pHsHRM
wapo.st/4pHsHRM
Once again Liz Oyer shows how to construct an argument: youtube.com/shorts/hQeKb...
Todd Blanche’s Big Betrayal
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Once again Liz Oyer shows how to construct an argument: youtube.com/shorts/hQeKb...
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"Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health...[A] staffer worried that keeping quiet...would be akin to the tobacco industry...'knowing cigs were bad & then keeping that info to themselves.'"
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health...[A] staffer worried that keeping quiet...would be akin to the tobacco industry...'knowing cigs were bad & then keeping that info to themselves.'"
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These are the threats Rep. Jason Crow is facing after Trump's posts
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
These are the threats Rep. Jason Crow is facing after Trump's posts
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I pray for a Dem president who gets accused by the GOP of corruption for some concocted bullshit and simply responds "Seriously? Go fuck yourselves."
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I pray for a Dem president who gets accused by the GOP of corruption for some concocted bullshit and simply responds "Seriously? Go fuck yourselves."
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Well that wasn’t even close. Must be all kinds of illegal aliens (maybe even some actual aliens?) voting in New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York!
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Well that wasn’t even close. Must be all kinds of illegal aliens (maybe even some actual aliens?) voting in New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York!
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
The treasured gift from France to the United States was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886.
Happy 139th birthday, Lady Liberty! 🗽🇺🇸
The treasured gift from France to the United States was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886.
Happy 139th birthday, Lady Liberty! 🗽🇺🇸
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
The treasured gift from France to the United States was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886.
Happy 139th birthday, Lady Liberty! 🗽🇺🇸
The treasured gift from France to the United States was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886.
Happy 139th birthday, Lady Liberty! 🗽🇺🇸
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Reagan goes 2-0 against Trump's vision of America's greatness.
October 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reagan goes 2-0 against Trump's vision of America's greatness.
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If Congress has not appropriated these funds (it hasn't) the Anti-Deficiency Act makes it illegal to accept private donations to offset a funding lapse. ONLY Congress has the power of the purse. Not POTUS. Not Anonymous LLC. Every story here too should put "illegal" in the headline. Every one.
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If Congress has not appropriated these funds (it hasn't) the Anti-Deficiency Act makes it illegal to accept private donations to offset a funding lapse. ONLY Congress has the power of the purse. Not POTUS. Not Anonymous LLC. Every story here too should put "illegal" in the headline. Every one.
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I don't understand how anyone can make the case that we still have constitutional government at this point. The president is collecting revenue *AND* spending money without Congressional authorization, refusing to spend money that Congress appropriated, disobeying whatever laws he feels like.
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don't understand how anyone can make the case that we still have constitutional government at this point. The president is collecting revenue *AND* spending money without Congressional authorization, refusing to spend money that Congress appropriated, disobeying whatever laws he feels like.
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The complete demolition of the East Wing has occurred in days.
Hundreds of thousands are without work and pay, millions are threatened to have food assistance cut off—and the President is bulldozing the White House to build a $300 million ballroom for himself.
Americans will not forget.
Hundreds of thousands are without work and pay, millions are threatened to have food assistance cut off—and the President is bulldozing the White House to build a $300 million ballroom for himself.
Americans will not forget.
thehill.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The complete demolition of the East Wing has occurred in days.
Hundreds of thousands are without work and pay, millions are threatened to have food assistance cut off—and the President is bulldozing the White House to build a $300 million ballroom for himself.
Americans will not forget.
Hundreds of thousands are without work and pay, millions are threatened to have food assistance cut off—and the President is bulldozing the White House to build a $300 million ballroom for himself.
Americans will not forget.
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
Oyer on the Santos pardon: youtube.com/shorts/dve8e...
George Santos pardon 🤯🤯🤯
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Oyer on the Santos pardon: youtube.com/shorts/dve8e...
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"Again and again, Smith emphasized that the current administration has diverged from all previous administrations." And Smith does so without invective or partisanship.
Jack Smith’s Not-So-Subtle Message
In two recent appearances, the former special counsel explained his view of what it means to say ‘No Kings.’
www.thebulwark.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Again and again, Smith emphasized that the current administration has diverged from all previous administrations." And Smith does so without invective or partisanship.
This news is a few weeks old, beautifully explained by Liz Oyer: Trump pardons are costing taxpayers billions and enriching his friends.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ktyjH...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ktyjH...
Trump erases hundreds of millions in debts owed to fraud victims
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This news is a few weeks old, beautifully explained by Liz Oyer: Trump pardons are costing taxpayers billions and enriching his friends.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ktyjH...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ktyjH...
Obv a good way to spend $40B... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Bessent says US considers doubling aid to Argentina to $40B
The assistance is aimed at bolstering the country's collapsing currency and calming economic unrest before Oct. 26 midterm elections.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Obv a good way to spend $40B... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...