Barberio
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What’s next? Searching for the next big thing.
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
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I’d think what you’d want during a highly volatile, politically polarized time marked by violence is a president who can appeal to our common values and humanity and inspire calm and unity, rather than promising revenge.
If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is
If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’d think what you’d want during a highly volatile, politically polarized time marked by violence is a president who can appeal to our common values and humanity and inspire calm and unity, rather than promising revenge.
If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is
If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is
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Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
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A president with a mugshot is releasing troops on citizens without mugshots because they commit too much crime.
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A president with a mugshot is releasing troops on citizens without mugshots because they commit too much crime.
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the main thing you need to know about all these tariffs is that Donny's name is on every page of the Epstein Files
August 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the main thing you need to know about all these tariffs is that Donny's name is on every page of the Epstein Files
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“She wasn’t stolen. She was preyed upon”
She was 16 years old.
She was 16 years old.
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“She wasn’t stolen. She was preyed upon”
She was 16 years old.
She was 16 years old.
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Trump was impeached, twice.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
August 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump was impeached, twice.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
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Aberdeen, Scotland today:
July 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Aberdeen, Scotland today:
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Overheard: I'm surprised the nickname “Pedofuhrer" hasn't caught on yet.
July 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Overheard: I'm surprised the nickname “Pedofuhrer" hasn't caught on yet.
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I keep coming back to all the powerful men who raped girls through Epstein, yet only one woman is in jail, and none of them have faced any consequences.
July 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I keep coming back to all the powerful men who raped girls through Epstein, yet only one woman is in jail, and none of them have faced any consequences.
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An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
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They’re finally using the GOP playbook!!!
Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?
July 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
They’re finally using the GOP playbook!!!
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The Trump regime cut nearly all the jobs in the FEMA call center, so thousands of people in Texas who were trying to call for support were unable to get through. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
July 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Trump regime cut nearly all the jobs in the FEMA call center, so thousands of people in Texas who were trying to call for support were unable to get through. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
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Fox News: "A shocking poll shows Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is leading in the race for incumbent Republican John Cornyn's Senate seat."
July 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fox News: "A shocking poll shows Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is leading in the race for incumbent Republican John Cornyn's Senate seat."
Outstanding conversation between Kara Swisher and Jeffery Goldberg.
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 7/4/25
YouTube video by Washington Week PBS
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July 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Outstanding conversation between Kara Swisher and Jeffery Goldberg.
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Well folks, the path back from this awful defeat starts today. Here in Virginia, we have a bunch of important elections this November and rest assured nobody here is resting on their laurels. The only way to fix this is to win, and winning starts in Virginia, Jersey, and NYCt etc. this Nov. 1/3
July 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well folks, the path back from this awful defeat starts today. Here in Virginia, we have a bunch of important elections this November and rest assured nobody here is resting on their laurels. The only way to fix this is to win, and winning starts in Virginia, Jersey, and NYCt etc. this Nov. 1/3
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Very normal stuff happening in the Trump White House www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
July 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Very normal stuff happening in the Trump White House www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
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Bibi and Trump are morally bankrupt barbarians. But I do at least admire their willingness to drop bombs on people in order to defend America’s God given right to drop bombs on people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
Opinion | I Detest Netanyahu, but on Some Things He’s Actually Right
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Bibi and Trump are morally bankrupt barbarians. But I do at least admire their willingness to drop bombs on people in order to defend America’s God given right to drop bombs on people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
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As a brutal heat wave overtakes much of the country, almost every single state lacks universal air conditioning in their prisons, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees.
This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.
This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.
June 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As a brutal heat wave overtakes much of the country, almost every single state lacks universal air conditioning in their prisons, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees.
This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.
This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.
And now the felon is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for a cease fired that doesn’t exist. 🤦🏻♂️
June 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And now the felon is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for a cease fired that doesn’t exist. 🤦🏻♂️