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Trying to find the bright spots in all this ... anyone?
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Back on social media again. What's next? Will I go back to playing #WoW now too?
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The level of pettiness here is almost unbelievable. According to sources close to The White House who spoke to WaPo, Donald Trump reportedly soured on supporting Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado after she accepted a Nobel Peace Prize instead of insisting it be awarded to him.
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The level of pettiness here is almost unbelievable. According to sources close to The White House who spoke to WaPo, Donald Trump reportedly soured on supporting Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado after she accepted a Nobel Peace Prize instead of insisting it be awarded to him.
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After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
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Really dark stuff. Surely all the people who expressed horror at those who lacked empathy for Charlie Kirk’s murder will show come consistency and condemn this also, right?
Saying they were killed “due to” their feelings about Trump is demented.
Saying they were killed “due to” their feelings about Trump is demented.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Really dark stuff. Surely all the people who expressed horror at those who lacked empathy for Charlie Kirk’s murder will show come consistency and condemn this also, right?
Saying they were killed “due to” their feelings about Trump is demented.
Saying they were killed “due to” their feelings about Trump is demented.
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This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Farmers are celebrating the bailout as “Christmas coming early.” Meanwhile, many of the same voices insisted students didn’t deserve loan relief because they should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Farmers are celebrating the bailout as “Christmas coming early.” Meanwhile, many of the same voices insisted students didn’t deserve loan relief because they should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.”
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home
Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it "determined the individual in question was not the target."
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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This is messing with my brain.
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is messing with my brain.
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“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
Of the last 7 companies I’ve worked for, 5 of them were started by immigrants.
For the spouse, 3 of the last 6 jobs were started by immigrants.
For the spouse, 3 of the last 6 jobs were started by immigrants.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Of the last 7 companies I’ve worked for, 5 of them were started by immigrants.
For the spouse, 3 of the last 6 jobs were started by immigrants.
For the spouse, 3 of the last 6 jobs were started by immigrants.
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And yes, I wrote a full book about Jamal Khashoggi and his murder. Delivered edits, everything.
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins Halts Work on Book About Jamal Khashoggi
Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia, was murdered at the country’s consulate in Turkey.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And yes, I wrote a full book about Jamal Khashoggi and his murder. Delivered edits, everything.
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
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Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
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She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.
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Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.
These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.
More needless cruelty on display.
These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.
More needless cruelty on display.
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.
These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.
More needless cruelty on display.
These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.
More needless cruelty on display.
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Things just keep getting more bizarre. The propaganda machine is in full swing the Transportation Security Administration has asked airports to display a video message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Things just keep getting more bizarre. The propaganda machine is in full swing the Transportation Security Administration has asked airports to display a video message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
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Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.
October 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.
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The Trump Admin is using government websites and the emails of civil servants to promote blatantly partisan propaganda about the government shutdown.
This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.
This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.
Raskin Statement on Trump Administration’s Politicization of Federal Civil Service; Possible Violations of the Hatch Act
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement:
raskin.house.gov
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Trump Admin is using government websites and the emails of civil servants to promote blatantly partisan propaganda about the government shutdown.
This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.
This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.
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Trump’s former “spiritual advisor.”
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Trump’s former “spiritual advisor.”