Gertrude Slojinski
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The coin don’t have no say.
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"Reasonable minds could differ as to how to interpret" Trump's call to Raffensperger, writes Skandalakis in his memo dropping the case, without quoting any portion of the call. Here's his assessment at left, and an excerpt from the call, at right.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Reasonable minds could differ as to how to interpret" Trump's call to Raffensperger, writes Skandalakis in his memo dropping the case, without quoting any portion of the call. Here's his assessment at left, and an excerpt from the call, at right.
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Yep. I've been waiting for EU spooks to start reminding Trump that they've got their own capabilities.
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Yep. I've been waiting for EU spooks to start reminding Trump that they've got their own capabilities.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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“The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.”
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"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters
Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.”
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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Inflation isn’t all the same. When prices rise because demand is strong, firms earn more and can raise wages. With tariff-driven inflation, firms face higher costs, not higher revenues—so prices go up but paychecks don’t. Same pain, less gain.
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Inflation isn’t all the same. When prices rise because demand is strong, firms earn more and can raise wages. With tariff-driven inflation, firms face higher costs, not higher revenues—so prices go up but paychecks don’t. Same pain, less gain.
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Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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Important!
Spread the word to everyone!
Spread the word to everyone!
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Important!
Spread the word to everyone!
Spread the word to everyone!
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"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...
Trump pardons another truly disgusting person: Cade Cothren
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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This was $8.99 last year.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This was $8.99 last year.
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The details my colleagues and I uncovered of this money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein between 2007 and 2008 has been shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades.
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The details my colleagues and I uncovered of this money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein between 2007 and 2008 has been shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades.
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NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Congratulations to Tim Mellon, the far right billionaire who just volunteered to become the literal poster child for ads about billionaires whose tax cuts are a primary reason why the govt is shut down.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations to Tim Mellon, the far right billionaire who just volunteered to become the literal poster child for ads about billionaires whose tax cuts are a primary reason why the govt is shut down.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
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The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
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Part of the reason this struck me is that I've had my head in the 1960s DOJ for a while.
The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).
Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.
The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).
Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.
Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.
It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.
It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Part of the reason this struck me is that I've had my head in the 1960s DOJ for a while.
The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).
Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.
The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).
Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.
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Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org
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@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.
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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.