Roger Sollenberger
@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social
Politics reporter, guitar botherer. Luckiest hub and dad to Mr. Bugs aka The Moopus aka Mr. Moops or Mr. Moopus. Former @thedailybeast
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Another Trump appointee tied to Epstein: Bill Pulte. His dad bid against Trump & Epstein on a mansion that Trump sold to a Russian oligarch. Ruined Trump’s friendship with Epstein. Pulte’s dad later developed a mansion on that property, which sold for $122M in 2022
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Another Trump appointee tied to Epstein: Bill Pulte. His dad bid against Trump & Epstein on a mansion that Trump sold to a Russian oligarch. Ruined Trump’s friendship with Epstein. Pulte’s dad later developed a mansion on that property, which sold for $122M in 2022
Oh just a few minor updates, certainly not enough to mention in the editor’s note!
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh just a few minor updates, certainly not enough to mention in the editor’s note!
1. Original version
2. A few minor updates!
3. Current editor’s note
2. A few minor updates!
3. Current editor’s note
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
1. Original version
2. A few minor updates!
3. Current editor’s note
2. A few minor updates!
3. Current editor’s note
From 2001, exact same language
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
From 2001, exact same language
Is it me or have these same grammatically incorrect instructions appeared word for word on every chopstick packet you’ve encountered for decades
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Is it me or have these same grammatically incorrect instructions appeared word for word on every chopstick packet you’ve encountered for decades
The email then asks if Trump should deport every undocumented immigrant in the country
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The email then asks if Trump should deport every undocumented immigrant in the country
Real Trump fundraising email.
Subj: It’s Taco Tuesday!
“I love LEGAL immigrants - especially Mexicans! They are hardworking. They open very delicious restaurants. They’ve got a spectacular work ethic because they’ve craved to achieve the American dream for as long as they’ve known. Total respect.”
Subj: It’s Taco Tuesday!
“I love LEGAL immigrants - especially Mexicans! They are hardworking. They open very delicious restaurants. They’ve got a spectacular work ethic because they’ve craved to achieve the American dream for as long as they’ve known. Total respect.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Real Trump fundraising email.
Subj: It’s Taco Tuesday!
“I love LEGAL immigrants - especially Mexicans! They are hardworking. They open very delicious restaurants. They’ve got a spectacular work ethic because they’ve craved to achieve the American dream for as long as they’ve known. Total respect.”
Subj: It’s Taco Tuesday!
“I love LEGAL immigrants - especially Mexicans! They are hardworking. They open very delicious restaurants. They’ve got a spectacular work ethic because they’ve craved to achieve the American dream for as long as they’ve known. Total respect.”
One small but enraging characteristic of this administration is its pervasive degradation of the English language
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One small but enraging characteristic of this administration is its pervasive degradation of the English language
Cop talk Mt Rushmore right here
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Cop talk Mt Rushmore right here
Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
Mills caused "substantial emotional distress." The court cited his "conduct," "his reasoning" & "his lack of reasoning," and his contacting her after I asked for comment, to find she has "reasonable cause to believe she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence"
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mills caused "substantial emotional distress." The court cited his "conduct," "his reasoning" & "his lack of reasoning," and his contacting her after I asked for comment, to find she has "reasonable cause to believe she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence"
The court found Mills "failed to control himself," sent "harassing communications," and ignored Langston's 11 requests to stop contacting her. As for the sextortion allegation, the court "does not find [Mills's] testimony concerning the intimate videos to be truthful"
October 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The court found Mills "failed to control himself," sent "harassing communications," and ignored Langston's 11 requests to stop contacting her. As for the sextortion allegation, the court "does not find [Mills's] testimony concerning the intimate videos to be truthful"
The court also found Mills's attempts to explain his side of the story "for the most part incomprehensible"
October 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The court also found Mills's attempts to explain his side of the story "for the most part incomprehensible"
In his decision, the judge found that Mills lied a lot — e.g., he "never told the truth" to his ex about another woman "until he was placed under oath in this matter and underwent a vigorous cross-examination." His ex "finally heard the truth," the judge wrote, "at the same time he told this Court."
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In his decision, the judge found that Mills lied a lot — e.g., he "never told the truth" to his ex about another woman "until he was placed under oath in this matter and underwent a vigorous cross-examination." His ex "finally heard the truth," the judge wrote, "at the same time he told this Court."
SCOOP: After two public court hearings, a Florida judge has issued a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills for "protection against dating violence." Mills's ex-girlfriend filed for the injunction in August, alleging sextortion & violent threats. I'll post more clips from the decision below.
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
SCOOP: After two public court hearings, a Florida judge has issued a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills for "protection against dating violence." Mills's ex-girlfriend filed for the injunction in August, alleging sextortion & violent threats. I'll post more clips from the decision below.
Here's the second-home rider (a $137,000 purchase) at issue in the Letitia James indictment. First, it allows renting. It also requires secondary residence for a year, unless:
-the lender agrees otherwise in writing
-or "extenuating circumstances" exist "beyond the Borrower's control"
-the lender agrees otherwise in writing
-or "extenuating circumstances" exist "beyond the Borrower's control"
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Here's the second-home rider (a $137,000 purchase) at issue in the Letitia James indictment. First, it allows renting. It also requires secondary residence for a year, unless:
-the lender agrees otherwise in writing
-or "extenuating circumstances" exist "beyond the Borrower's control"
-the lender agrees otherwise in writing
-or "extenuating circumstances" exist "beyond the Borrower's control"
Not a guest writer, not an opinion columnist, but the Washington Post editorial board. Canceled my subscription.
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Not a guest writer, not an opinion columnist, but the Washington Post editorial board. Canceled my subscription.
Here’s a recent statement from that mother about the fight Walker is still putting up in the child support case
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here’s a recent statement from that mother about the fight Walker is still putting up in the child support case
Jeez. Trump’s first-term El Salvador ambassador, in 2020, fired a U.S. embassy contractor at the request of the president of El Salvador because the contractor was investigating his ties to MS-13. This term, the ambassador — Ronald Johnson — is Trump’s ambassador to Mexico.
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Jeez. Trump’s first-term El Salvador ambassador, in 2020, fired a U.S. embassy contractor at the request of the president of El Salvador because the contractor was investigating his ties to MS-13. This term, the ambassador — Ronald Johnson — is Trump’s ambassador to Mexico.
Trump is releasing Amelia Earhart records for no reaso….. oh of course
September 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Trump is releasing Amelia Earhart records for no reaso….. oh of course
Donald Trump has directed DOJ to investigate George Soros's philanthropy & political funding — donations that stretch back decades, when Soros and his young protege named Scott Bessent built that empire, with Bessent becoming a billionaire political funder himself
September 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Donald Trump has directed DOJ to investigate George Soros's philanthropy & political funding — donations that stretch back decades, when Soros and his young protege named Scott Bessent built that empire, with Bessent becoming a billionaire political funder himself
Last month, Rep. Cory Mills—facing a restraining order—planted an email saying DC police closed their probe into his girlfriend’s assault allegation (later recanted). Headlines said “DC police closed the case.” Turns out the police presented the case to DC US Attorney—Jeanine Pirro—who made the call
September 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Last month, Rep. Cory Mills—facing a restraining order—planted an email saying DC police closed their probe into his girlfriend’s assault allegation (later recanted). Headlines said “DC police closed the case.” Turns out the police presented the case to DC US Attorney—Jeanine Pirro—who made the call
The chief legal officer of Mills's weapons company was middleman on a recent foreign agent registration for a new Mideast nonprofit called: The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria! efile.fara.gov/docs/7629-Ex...
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The chief legal officer of Mills's weapons company was middleman on a recent foreign agent registration for a new Mideast nonprofit called: The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria! efile.fara.gov/docs/7629-Ex...
GOP Rep. Cory Mills—who is supposed to get cross-examined in his restraining order case on Friday—just popped up again on an unannounced solo trip to Syria for some reason. He met with the Finance Minister yesterday, according to the ministry's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/almaliaassou...
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
GOP Rep. Cory Mills—who is supposed to get cross-examined in his restraining order case on Friday—just popped up again on an unannounced solo trip to Syria for some reason. He met with the Finance Minister yesterday, according to the ministry's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/almaliaassou...
