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Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
Rob Reiner reminded us that lawless authoritarians are bad
The unconventional but needed message of "A Few Good Men"
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December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
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So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
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Members of the President’s own family mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi by posting pics of underwear and a hammer.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Members of the President’s own family mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi by posting pics of underwear and a hammer.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Revokes Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Trump's DOJ just cleared the way for healthcare monopoly UnitedHealth to buy the second-largest provider of home healthcare in America.
The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.
"Drain the swamp."
The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.
"Drain the swamp."
August 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Trump's DOJ just cleared the way for healthcare monopoly UnitedHealth to buy the second-largest provider of home healthcare in America.
The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.
"Drain the swamp."
The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.
"Drain the swamp."
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Musk is an immigrant.
Melania is an immigrant.
Trump’s first wife—an immigrant.
All his kids except Tiffany are 1st generation kids.
Bezos’s wife—an immigrant.
Zuckerberg’s in-laws—immigrants.
JD Vance’s in-law immigrants.
Remind the public every day!
Melania is an immigrant.
Trump’s first wife—an immigrant.
All his kids except Tiffany are 1st generation kids.
Bezos’s wife—an immigrant.
Zuckerberg’s in-laws—immigrants.
JD Vance’s in-law immigrants.
Remind the public every day!
June 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Musk is an immigrant.
Melania is an immigrant.
Trump’s first wife—an immigrant.
All his kids except Tiffany are 1st generation kids.
Bezos’s wife—an immigrant.
Zuckerberg’s in-laws—immigrants.
JD Vance’s in-law immigrants.
Remind the public every day!
Melania is an immigrant.
Trump’s first wife—an immigrant.
All his kids except Tiffany are 1st generation kids.
Bezos’s wife—an immigrant.
Zuckerberg’s in-laws—immigrants.
JD Vance’s in-law immigrants.
Remind the public every day!
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He has to pay $2.3M.
BREAKING: Jury finds MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company.
Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company
A federal jury in Colorado has found MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company.
bit.ly
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
He has to pay $2.3M.
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‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit
A constellation of companies and groups paid President Trump’s supporters before they took jobs in his White House, according to new disclosure statements.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
A constellation of companies and groups paid President Trump’s supporters before they took jobs in his White House, according to new disclosure statements.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit
A constellation of companies and groups paid President Trump’s supporters before they took jobs in his White House, according to new disclosure statements.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
A constellation of companies and groups paid President Trump’s supporters before they took jobs in his White House, according to new disclosure statements.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
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Terrific 🧵
via @douglandry.bsky.social
"I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve ever seen
One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics?
Many more thoughts..."
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"I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve ever seen
One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics?
Many more thoughts..."
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June 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Terrific 🧵
More happiness.
June 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
More happiness.
That's a happy looking bunch.
Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
June 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
That's a happy looking bunch.
In just the past 3 days:
CA US Senator Alex Padilla, forcibly removed from a news conference wrestled to the ground & handcuffed.
MN state Senator John Hoffman & his wife shot in their own home.
MN Rep Melissa Hortman & her husband assassinated in their own home. 2 children lost their parents.
CA US Senator Alex Padilla, forcibly removed from a news conference wrestled to the ground & handcuffed.
MN state Senator John Hoffman & his wife shot in their own home.
MN Rep Melissa Hortman & her husband assassinated in their own home. 2 children lost their parents.
June 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In just the past 3 days:
CA US Senator Alex Padilla, forcibly removed from a news conference wrestled to the ground & handcuffed.
MN state Senator John Hoffman & his wife shot in their own home.
MN Rep Melissa Hortman & her husband assassinated in their own home. 2 children lost their parents.
CA US Senator Alex Padilla, forcibly removed from a news conference wrestled to the ground & handcuffed.
MN state Senator John Hoffman & his wife shot in their own home.
MN Rep Melissa Hortman & her husband assassinated in their own home. 2 children lost their parents.
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Out of an abundance of caution my Department of Public Safety is recommending that people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Out of an abundance of caution my Department of Public Safety is recommending that people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.
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Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The National Guard arrived in LA.
NOTE: If Trump can override California’s governor, he can override yours too.
This is a trial run…
NOTE: If Trump can override California’s governor, he can override yours too.
This is a trial run…
June 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The National Guard arrived in LA.
NOTE: If Trump can override California’s governor, he can override yours too.
This is a trial run…
NOTE: If Trump can override California’s governor, he can override yours too.
This is a trial run…
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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNN
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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Here is an up to date list of Big Law collaborators along with how much in free legal services they have pledged to Trump's causes.
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here is an up to date list of Big Law collaborators along with how much in free legal services they have pledged to Trump's causes.
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
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1 in 4 coal miners in Appalachia get black lung disease, caused by exposure to silica dust in mines.
Once again, Trump is throwing workers under the bus for the sake of corporate profits.
Once again, Trump is throwing workers under the bus for the sake of corporate profits.
April 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1 in 4 coal miners in Appalachia get black lung disease, caused by exposure to silica dust in mines.
Once again, Trump is throwing workers under the bus for the sake of corporate profits.
Once again, Trump is throwing workers under the bus for the sake of corporate profits.
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if ever there was a time to throw your (much vaunted!) weight around, this is it...
www.aarp.org/politics-soc...
www.aarp.org/politics-soc...
5 Ways AARP Is Fighting for Social Security
We're mobilizing our members, calling for answers and opposing harmful customer-service cuts
www.aarp.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
if ever there was a time to throw your (much vaunted!) weight around, this is it...
www.aarp.org/politics-soc...
www.aarp.org/politics-soc...
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They not only shared highly classified information on a private messaging app, but they also presumably did so on private unsecured phones--phones that are highly likely to be of interest to our adversaries. People have spent years in jail for far less.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They not only shared highly classified information on a private messaging app, but they also presumably did so on private unsecured phones--phones that are highly likely to be of interest to our adversaries. People have spent years in jail for far less.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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People are livid.
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
People are livid.
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Millions of seniors who rely on Social Security as a lifeline could see their benefits disrupted once DOGE cuts crucial phone services.
Why the cuts?
To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year.
Hello?
Why the cuts?
To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year.
Hello?
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Millions of seniors who rely on Social Security as a lifeline could see their benefits disrupted once DOGE cuts crucial phone services.
Why the cuts?
To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year.
Hello?
Why the cuts?
To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year.
Hello?
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Hours after Donald Trump did a free commercial for Tesla on the White House lawn, Elon Musk reportedly announced plans to donate $100 million to a MAGA super PAC.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
March 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hours after Donald Trump did a free commercial for Tesla on the White House lawn, Elon Musk reportedly announced plans to donate $100 million to a MAGA super PAC.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.