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“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
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The GOP is the most shameful, hypocritical movement in world politics.
September 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The GOP is the most shameful, hypocritical movement in world politics.
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"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."
Justice Robert Jackson, 1943
Justice Robert Jackson, 1943
126. The "Fixed Star in Our Constitutional Constellation"
It's worth spending time with Justice Robert Jackson's 1943 majority opinion holding that the First Amendment bars compulsory flag salutes and compelled recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance.
www.stevevladeck.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."
Justice Robert Jackson, 1943
Justice Robert Jackson, 1943
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The Candidate, All the President's Men, and The Sting are all movies that could have been made whenever but because of when they were actually made they were so much better than they could have/should have been.
people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics
September 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Candidate, All the President's Men, and The Sting are all movies that could have been made whenever but because of when they were actually made they were so much better than they could have/should have been.
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More regime consolidation of the media. Orbanism.
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ
$ORCL
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September 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
More regime consolidation of the media. Orbanism.
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FOR THE RECORD: It was the Bush administration that gave Epstein that soft deal in 2008. Obama wasn't president until January 2009.
WOW -- a screaming Patel crashes out in response to Schiff's questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and calls him "the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate" and "an utter coward" and "political buffoon"
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
FOR THE RECORD: It was the Bush administration that gave Epstein that soft deal in 2008. Obama wasn't president until January 2009.
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Robert Redford will be remembered as much for the vast universe of American independent film he supported as for the movies he made.
Here are our favorite Redford movies, from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to “All the Presidents Men” (of course):
Here are our favorite Redford movies, from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to “All the Presidents Men” (of course):
Analysis | Robert Redford’s greatest roles, from ‘Sundance Kid’ to ‘All the President’s Men’
Plus Robert Redford’s directorial efforts, including “Quiz Show” and “A River Runs Through It.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robert Redford will be remembered as much for the vast universe of American independent film he supported as for the movies he made.
Here are our favorite Redford movies, from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to “All the Presidents Men” (of course):
Here are our favorite Redford movies, from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to “All the Presidents Men” (of course):
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PROGRAMMING ALERT! 2 shows today. At 4p ET / 1p PT I’ll be joined by @thegoodliars.bsky.social Liars plus House Democrat, @repmcgovern.bsky.social on Trump’s latest attacks on free speech. *Then at 7p ET Congressman @rokhanna.bsky.social on Trump’s Epstein cover-up. Busy day! See you soon.
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
PROGRAMMING ALERT! 2 shows today. At 4p ET / 1p PT I’ll be joined by @thegoodliars.bsky.social Liars plus House Democrat, @repmcgovern.bsky.social on Trump’s latest attacks on free speech. *Then at 7p ET Congressman @rokhanna.bsky.social on Trump’s Epstein cover-up. Busy day! See you soon.
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LimeWire, the filing sharing service turned NFT brand revived by crypto bros, bought Fyre Festival. And Ryan Reynolds is involved, somehow.
What Does Ryan Reynolds Want With Fyre Festival?
LimeWire, the filing sharing service turned NFT brand revived by crypto bros, bought Fyre Festival. And Ryan Reynolds is involved, somehow.
www.vulture.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
LimeWire, the filing sharing service turned NFT brand revived by crypto bros, bought Fyre Festival. And Ryan Reynolds is involved, somehow.
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“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”
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All hail the new McCarthyism! Adherence to groupthink will now be mandatory! All deviants will be identified and pilloried!
Those who refuse to genuflect before the sanitized memory of our fascist propagandist will be punished! White victimhood will prevail! Sieg Heil! Practice your goosestepping!
Those who refuse to genuflect before the sanitized memory of our fascist propagandist will be punished! White victimhood will prevail! Sieg Heil! Practice your goosestepping!
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
All hail the new McCarthyism! Adherence to groupthink will now be mandatory! All deviants will be identified and pilloried!
Those who refuse to genuflect before the sanitized memory of our fascist propagandist will be punished! White victimhood will prevail! Sieg Heil! Practice your goosestepping!
Those who refuse to genuflect before the sanitized memory of our fascist propagandist will be punished! White victimhood will prevail! Sieg Heil! Practice your goosestepping!
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Thought of the day: Freedom of speech doesn't mean you are free from responsibility for that speech.
August 5, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Thought of the day: Freedom of speech doesn't mean you are free from responsibility for that speech.
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Since Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, social media accounts associated with him, Turning Point USA, and his wife Erika Kirk have seen an astonishing rise in followers and subscribers.
Over the past four days, these accounts have gained at least 23,333,769 followers.
Over the past four days, these accounts have gained at least 23,333,769 followers.
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Since Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, social media accounts associated with him, Turning Point USA, and his wife Erika Kirk have seen an astonishing rise in followers and subscribers.
Over the past four days, these accounts have gained at least 23,333,769 followers.
Over the past four days, these accounts have gained at least 23,333,769 followers.
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I want everyone who watches this to ask themselves why is he being lionized?
His tragic death doesn’t absolve him of his vile track record.
His tragic death doesn’t absolve him of his vile track record.
September 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I want everyone who watches this to ask themselves why is he being lionized?
His tragic death doesn’t absolve him of his vile track record.
His tragic death doesn’t absolve him of his vile track record.
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@normornstein.bsky.social:
"OK, let's see. Hitler was the product of a democratic election. Erdogan was the product of a democratic election. Duterte, Orban, a long list of autocrats. After gaining power, they subverted elections and created dictatorships."
"OK, let's see. Hitler was the product of a democratic election. Erdogan was the product of a democratic election. Duterte, Orban, a long list of autocrats. After gaining power, they subverted elections and created dictatorships."
via @mkraju.bsky.social
Fetterman: “If you actually compare [Trump] to an actual autocrat, it is not just that… This is not an autocrat. This is a product of a democratic election.”
Fetterman: “If you actually compare [Trump] to an actual autocrat, it is not just that… This is not an autocrat. This is a product of a democratic election.”
September 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@normornstein.bsky.social:
"OK, let's see. Hitler was the product of a democratic election. Erdogan was the product of a democratic election. Duterte, Orban, a long list of autocrats. After gaining power, they subverted elections and created dictatorships."
"OK, let's see. Hitler was the product of a democratic election. Erdogan was the product of a democratic election. Duterte, Orban, a long list of autocrats. After gaining power, they subverted elections and created dictatorships."
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1/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here
April 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
1/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here