Robert Swartwood
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USA Today bestselling and ITW Thriller Award-winning author. Dog dad. Professional napper. Bottled at the source.
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A topical line from Confederacy of Dunces.
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A topical line from Confederacy of Dunces.
To be fair, Miss Piggy is the Muppet’s White House correspondent
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
To be fair, Miss Piggy is the Muppet’s White House correspondent
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
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November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This Wednesday, at 6 pm EST, I'll be chatting with bestselling author Alex Finlay about his books, his writing, and more. Join us!
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Watched again and the highlight may actually be her saying if Kat was nicer, she'd have called Trump to ask for lenience. Not great imo how fast people have learned "the president will pardon you if you suck up to him."
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Watched again and the highlight may actually be her saying if Kat was nicer, she'd have called Trump to ask for lenience. Not great imo how fast people have learned "the president will pardon you if you suck up to him."
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Oh they’re cooked
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oh they’re cooked
Sure, it might sound bad that Trump plans to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia at which point China would try to steal the planes’ advanced technology, but you're not thinking like a totally uncorrupt businessman.
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sure, it might sound bad that Trump plans to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia at which point China would try to steal the planes’ advanced technology, but you're not thinking like a totally uncorrupt businessman.
Working overtime to get that Nobel Peace Prize
Breaking news: President Trump said he will not rule out the possibility of sending U.S. troops into Venezuela, as a buildup of U.S. forces in the region — and his increasingly combustible rhetoric — raises the prospect of military action there.
Trump says he won’t rule out sending troops into Venezuela
President Trump saying he’s not ruling out sending troops into Venezuela appeared at odds with his claim that his administration may be open to talks with Nicolás Maduro.
wapo.st
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Working overtime to get that Nobel Peace Prize
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I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
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So the American Nazis are finishing the work of the German Nazis now
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So the American Nazis are finishing the work of the German Nazis now
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
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Elon Musk is so bad at posting that he gets second-degree burns from guys who go out of their way to flatter him.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Elon Musk is so bad at posting that he gets second-degree burns from guys who go out of their way to flatter him.
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Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
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"[...] Paramount and its subsidiaries have spent 2025 blacklisting and silencing the opposition from within and without, pissing all over free speech, attempting to shape the news to their favor, and paying off the government—all in service of gaining more control over more of the media landscape."
Now that people have seen The Running Man, we can talk about how it's pretty goddamn ironic that it's being put out by Paramount www.avclub.com/the-running-...
It's pretty damn ironic that Paramount is behind The Running Man
The anti-monopoly message of The Running Man, aimed at a blacklist-happy Network, makes it hard not to see its own studio as its villain.
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"[...] Paramount and its subsidiaries have spent 2025 blacklisting and silencing the opposition from within and without, pissing all over free speech, attempting to shape the news to their favor, and paying off the government—all in service of gaining more control over more of the media landscape."
Just added “Donald Trump convicted of crimes against humanity” to my vision board
BREAKING: A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year reut.rs/3LJP9L8
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just added “Donald Trump convicted of crimes against humanity” to my vision board
Git him, Katie!
Katie Couric on Instagram: "Since his stroke in 2022, Senator John Fetterman has been battling—battling clinical depression, his own party, frustrated constituents, and even the political culture itse...
8,172 likes, 0 comments - katiecouric on November 13, 2025: "Since his stroke in 2022, Senator John Fetterman has been battling—battling clinical depression, his own party, frustrated constituents, an...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Git him, Katie!
Depending on the historical accuracy of DEATH BY LIGHTNING, it seems the doctor who treated President Garfield after he was shot had about as much medical training and smarts as Dr. Leo Spaceman.
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Depending on the historical accuracy of DEATH BY LIGHTNING, it seems the doctor who treated President Garfield after he was shot had about as much medical training and smarts as Dr. Leo Spaceman.
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I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
I’m starting to think the email I got from Thomas Pynchon asking for my social security number might not have been legit
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’m starting to think the email I got from Thomas Pynchon asking for my social security number might not have been legit
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I was there this lady (I guess also running in this district) really thought she was doing something and everyone in the room was like “uhhhh…”
She handed Kat a bottle of Trump cologne (???) to wear in jail (?????).
She didn’t think the bit through. Mandatory improv class for all Republicans. 2/10
She handed Kat a bottle of Trump cologne (???) to wear in jail (?????).
She didn’t think the bit through. Mandatory improv class for all Republicans. 2/10
An unhinged Republican just tried to ambush me with holy water?? Bc I am “demonic” and “possessed”?????
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
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November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was there this lady (I guess also running in this district) really thought she was doing something and everyone in the room was like “uhhhh…”
She handed Kat a bottle of Trump cologne (???) to wear in jail (?????).
She didn’t think the bit through. Mandatory improv class for all Republicans. 2/10
She handed Kat a bottle of Trump cologne (???) to wear in jail (?????).
She didn’t think the bit through. Mandatory improv class for all Republicans. 2/10
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In which the Vice President lashes out at a critic by subtly underlining her Jewishness, marking her as external to the community of the good.
The critic was pointing out that Tucker Carlson's son is on his staff; in response, he seamlessly adopts Carlson's antisemitic tactics
The critic was pointing out that Tucker Carlson's son is on his staff; in response, he seamlessly adopts Carlson's antisemitic tactics
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In which the Vice President lashes out at a critic by subtly underlining her Jewishness, marking her as external to the community of the good.
The critic was pointing out that Tucker Carlson's son is on his staff; in response, he seamlessly adopts Carlson's antisemitic tactics
The critic was pointing out that Tucker Carlson's son is on his staff; in response, he seamlessly adopts Carlson's antisemitic tactics
“I continue to support the man who is trying to protect pedophiles” is quite a political and moral position
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed support for President Trump and his agenda on Sunday, just days the Georgia Republican had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump
The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“I continue to support the man who is trying to protect pedophiles” is quite a political and moral position