Sam J. Calley
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"In less than a year in the White House, Donald Trump has used the power of the presidency to demolish institutions and run roughshod over the rule of law," The Inquirer Editorial Board writes.
The damage done | Editorial
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December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"In less than a year in the White House, Donald Trump has used the power of the presidency to demolish institutions and run roughshod over the rule of law," The Inquirer Editorial Board writes.
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Sleep deprecation is abuse
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sleep deprecation is abuse
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As i wrote back when this story first broke www.readtpa.com/p/same-scrip...
Same Script, Different Target
A trans instructor in Oklahoma gave a bad essay the grade it deserved. What happened next follows a formula the right has perfected.
www.readtpa.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As i wrote back when this story first broke www.readtpa.com/p/same-scrip...
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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From today's new Gallup poll news.gallup.com/poll/700241/...
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
From today's new Gallup poll news.gallup.com/poll/700241/...
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this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
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White supremacy has never apologised in the USA.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
White supremacy has never apologised in the USA.
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"For a minute there, Blanche thought he could get away with lying about it. He forgot that the boss had already spilled the beans." lnk.thebulwark.com/4jbW64f
Trump and Co. Can’t Keep Their Lies Straight
From the Epstein files to the Justice Department, it’s hard for the mooks to remember which lie they’re supposed to tell.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"For a minute there, Blanche thought he could get away with lying about it. He forgot that the boss had already spilled the beans." lnk.thebulwark.com/4jbW64f
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A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
December 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
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Vance: "Do you want more prosecutions?"
TPUSA Crowd: "Yes!"
Vance: "Great! So do we! Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosectors to enact swifter justice. So join us in the fight against the stupid Senate rules that stand in their way."
TPUSA Crowd: "Yes!"
Vance: "Great! So do we! Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosectors to enact swifter justice. So join us in the fight against the stupid Senate rules that stand in their way."
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Vance: "Do you want more prosecutions?"
TPUSA Crowd: "Yes!"
Vance: "Great! So do we! Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosectors to enact swifter justice. So join us in the fight against the stupid Senate rules that stand in their way."
TPUSA Crowd: "Yes!"
Vance: "Great! So do we! Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosectors to enact swifter justice. So join us in the fight against the stupid Senate rules that stand in their way."
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BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
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HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
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Very weird take. The part I transcribed was the relevant part of Kaine’s answer and the rest of it was throat clearing, unless you think as Kaine does that Democrats are doing a good job right now forcing Trump to comply with the law.
Boy, cutting off the transcript at “I think that’s premature” when Kaine goes on to talk about all the other ways Congress has to force compliance in the full quote seems more than a little dishonest
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Very weird take. The part I transcribed was the relevant part of Kaine’s answer and the rest of it was throat clearing, unless you think as Kaine does that Democrats are doing a good job right now forcing Trump to comply with the law.
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The way the Dems are apparently doing zero planning ahead.
Everyone knew this was coming. Why weren't these options reviewed already and a strategy ready to deploy immediately?
Everyone knew this was coming. Why weren't these options reviewed already and a strategy ready to deploy immediately?
The House Oversight Democrats have released a statement that they are reviewing all legal options after Donald Trump and the DOJ have violated federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
Joint Statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration Decision to Defy Epstein Files Transparency Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the f...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The way the Dems are apparently doing zero planning ahead.
Everyone knew this was coming. Why weren't these options reviewed already and a strategy ready to deploy immediately?
Everyone knew this was coming. Why weren't these options reviewed already and a strategy ready to deploy immediately?
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Reup of this public resource we created
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
A comprehensive timeline of the failure of federal law enforcement to address Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reup of this public resource we created
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
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Records from closed-door proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case, as well as that of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, were made public as part of the Department of Justice’s release of material from its investigations. The documents added little to what has already been known.
Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Records from closed-door proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case, as well as that of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, were made public as part of the Department of Justice’s release of material from its investigations. The documents added little to what has already been known.
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He wasn't attacking you. He was explaining why you were wrong.
But yes, I'm going to defer to the politician who has repeatedly won re-election because, at the very least, he understands IL-6 is not a "safe seat" and knows running up the margin is not the actual goal in congressional campaigns.
But yes, I'm going to defer to the politician who has repeatedly won re-election because, at the very least, he understands IL-6 is not a "safe seat" and knows running up the margin is not the actual goal in congressional campaigns.
There’s nothing wrong with @casten.house.gov being an electoral underperformer in a safe seat, but in his thread attacking me he is asking Democrats to defer to his political judgment. I think it’s a smarter bet to defer to folks who overperform in tough races.
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
He wasn't attacking you. He was explaining why you were wrong.
But yes, I'm going to defer to the politician who has repeatedly won re-election because, at the very least, he understands IL-6 is not a "safe seat" and knows running up the margin is not the actual goal in congressional campaigns.
But yes, I'm going to defer to the politician who has repeatedly won re-election because, at the very least, he understands IL-6 is not a "safe seat" and knows running up the margin is not the actual goal in congressional campaigns.
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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That’s why conservatives are pouring millions intro trad-wife bullshit and birth control disinformation. They need young women to believe the erosion of their rights is a good thing, actually!
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
That’s why conservatives are pouring millions intro trad-wife bullshit and birth control disinformation. They need young women to believe the erosion of their rights is a good thing, actually!
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
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Americans are going to experience increasing amounts of economic pain over the next 12 months. Stoves, as it turns out, can be quite hot.
Trump’s Bad Economy Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Winter is coming.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Americans are going to experience increasing amounts of economic pain over the next 12 months. Stoves, as it turns out, can be quite hot.
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Truly a mystery why the daughters have gone no contact.
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Truly a mystery why the daughters have gone no contact.
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These will be the same dudes asking why women are chosing not to have babies from the other side of their mouths.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
These will be the same dudes asking why women are chosing not to have babies from the other side of their mouths.
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After he’s gone. It will be:
“I never agreed with him. It was the political moment and I got caught up in it. I never believed in him. I was just afraid.”
No MF. We will hold you accountable for ALL time. You don’t get out of it. We will remind you every time you talk.
“I never agreed with him. It was the political moment and I got caught up in it. I never believed in him. I was just afraid.”
No MF. We will hold you accountable for ALL time. You don’t get out of it. We will remind you every time you talk.
December 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
After he’s gone. It will be:
“I never agreed with him. It was the political moment and I got caught up in it. I never believed in him. I was just afraid.”
No MF. We will hold you accountable for ALL time. You don’t get out of it. We will remind you every time you talk.
“I never agreed with him. It was the political moment and I got caught up in it. I never believed in him. I was just afraid.”
No MF. We will hold you accountable for ALL time. You don’t get out of it. We will remind you every time you talk.