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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
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Republicans: a 30 year old state senator spreading neo-Nazi rhetoric in group chats is “just a kid”
Also Republicans: a 15 year old girl is a grown woman and it’s fine if the President is attracted to her
Also Republicans: a 15 year old girl is a grown woman and it’s fine if the President is attracted to her
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Republicans: a 30 year old state senator spreading neo-Nazi rhetoric in group chats is “just a kid”
Also Republicans: a 15 year old girl is a grown woman and it’s fine if the President is attracted to her
Also Republicans: a 15 year old girl is a grown woman and it’s fine if the President is attracted to her
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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Family Has Strict No Smartphone Rule While Eating Dinner In Front Of TV
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Family Has Strict No Smartphone Rule While Eating Dinner In Front Of TV
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
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Ghislaine Maxwell is a child rapist who assaulted girls as young as 14. And she is getting special favors in federal prison, including room service and use of a private office.
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is a child rapist who assaulted girls as young as 14. And she is getting special favors in federal prison, including room service and use of a private office.
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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One of the core stories of western civilization is about a king that loved gold so much it killed his child and then, because he was a sycophant, was cursed to live out his days with the ears of an ass.
I 100% believe that the name "Trump" will ring through the ages as some kind of warning tale.
I 100% believe that the name "Trump" will ring through the ages as some kind of warning tale.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
One of the core stories of western civilization is about a king that loved gold so much it killed his child and then, because he was a sycophant, was cursed to live out his days with the ears of an ass.
I 100% believe that the name "Trump" will ring through the ages as some kind of warning tale.
I 100% believe that the name "Trump" will ring through the ages as some kind of warning tale.
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Jimmy Carter’s peanut farm says hi.
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies
Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies.
bloom.bg
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jimmy Carter’s peanut farm says hi.
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"Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man’s attorneys said on Tuesday."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man’s attorneys said on Tuesday."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Donald Trump has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina. It could end up being an albatross around the President’s neck, johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
Donald Trump’s Forty-Billion-Dollar Exception to “America First”
After promising to end foreign entanglements, the President has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina.
www.newyorker.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Donald Trump has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina. It could end up being an albatross around the President’s neck, johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Now Sinclair wants a Kirk tribute during the Kimmel time slot on ABC, and is calling on Kimmel to donate to turning point USA
These are not normal times
These are not normal times
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Now Sinclair wants a Kirk tribute during the Kimmel time slot on ABC, and is calling on Kimmel to donate to turning point USA
These are not normal times
These are not normal times
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IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna would require an overhaul of FCC ownership rules - Poynter
The proposed sale would exceed the FCC’s 39% cap, igniting debate among broadcasters, unions and press groups
www.poynter.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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What’s at stake here is free speech.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What’s at stake here is free speech.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
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co-sign.
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
co-sign.
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Perhaps Dems should insist on defunding the FCC as the price for their votes on the spending bill?
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Perhaps Dems should insist on defunding the FCC as the price for their votes on the spending bill?
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A new world where Karl Rove makes sense and Bob Iger is without scruples.
ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/they...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/they...
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A new world where Karl Rove makes sense and Bob Iger is without scruples.
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Franklin uttered the phrase on this very date (September 17), the last day of the Constitutional Convention, in 1787
"A republic, if you can keep it"
-- Benjamin Franklin
-- Benjamin Franklin
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Franklin uttered the phrase on this very date (September 17), the last day of the Constitutional Convention, in 1787
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