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Robert Kennedy Jr is the same quack he was a year ago. Anyone who listened to him last year could have guessed what he would do as HHS Secretary. Senator Cassidy voted to confirm him. He is directly responsible for what is happening now. He should be working to remove Kennedy.
FOX NEWS: Do you regret voting to confirm RFK Jr?
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Robert Kennedy Jr is the same quack he was a year ago. Anyone who listened to him last year could have guessed what he would do as HHS Secretary. Senator Cassidy voted to confirm him. He is directly responsible for what is happening now. He should be working to remove Kennedy.
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Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of endless tours and marathon jams, has died. https://to.pbs.org/4qzzKgd
Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78
Weir joined the Grateful Dead — originally the Warlocks — in 1965 in San Francisco at just 17 years old. He would spend the next 30 years playing on endless tours with the Grateful Dead alongside fell...
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January 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of endless tours and marathon jams, has died. https://to.pbs.org/4qzzKgd
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We don't spend more time on Vance because Vance is basically irrelevant. He's not going to be president. Not only down to his own lack of talent, but because he lives in a bag of rats. None of them like each other but they don't like him most of all.
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
Shouldn't you be doing government shit?
January 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
We don't spend more time on Vance because Vance is basically irrelevant. He's not going to be president. Not only down to his own lack of talent, but because he lives in a bag of rats. None of them like each other but they don't like him most of all.
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Against my better judgment, I read this article. No idea who David Marcus is, but he's painfully stupid. Apparently what makes these "wine moms" criminal is their "obnoxious smugness" and "disturbing glee." It's so bad, Marcus claims, it might even be "a conspiracy."
Spoiler: It's not.
Spoiler: It's not.
January 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Against my better judgment, I read this article. No idea who David Marcus is, but he's painfully stupid. Apparently what makes these "wine moms" criminal is their "obnoxious smugness" and "disturbing glee." It's so bad, Marcus claims, it might even be "a conspiracy."
Spoiler: It's not.
Spoiler: It's not.
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If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
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Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
#theFeloniousPOTUS thinks he is the law.
TRUMP: CREDIT CARD COMPANIES WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF LAW IF THEY DON’T COMPLY BY JAN 20 ON INTEREST RATE CAP
January 12, 2026 at 11:11 AM
#theFeloniousPOTUS thinks he is the law.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
This takes a lot of courage. Chairman Powell is about to receive threats from MAGA morons by the bucketloads.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
This takes a lot of courage. Chairman Powell is about to receive threats from MAGA morons by the bucketloads.
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Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.
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President Trump posts a fake Wikipedia bio saying he’s the acting President of Venezuela
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
President Trump posts a fake Wikipedia bio saying he’s the acting President of Venezuela
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German finance minister:
LARS KLINGBEIL SEES TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP "IN DISSOLUTION" - DE ZEIT
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 AM
German finance minister:
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“.. ‘Will they stop at nothing to force their way on everything?’ one senior House Republican said. ‘The administration is setting a standard they cannot achieve themselves and will haunt us all for a generation.’”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
“.. ‘Will they stop at nothing to force their way on everything?’ one senior House Republican said. ‘The administration is setting a standard they cannot achieve themselves and will haunt us all for a generation.’”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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“.. Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter.”
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@bloomberg.com
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January 12, 2026 at 10:47 AM
“.. Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter.”
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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“Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.”
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.”
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Myanmar is holding its first elections since the ruling military regime seized power five years ago. With major opposition parties barred from participating, leaders jailed and an ongoing civil war keeping many from voting, the process is being widely criticized as a sham. https://to.pbs.org/3YSCwAZ
Critics call Myanmar’s first elections since military coup a sham as civil war rages on
The second phase of elections is underway in Myanmar this weekend. It’s the first election since the ruling military regime seized power five years ago, but with major opposition parties barred from p...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Myanmar is holding its first elections since the ruling military regime seized power five years ago. With major opposition parties barred from participating, leaders jailed and an ongoing civil war keeping many from voting, the process is being widely criticized as a sham. https://to.pbs.org/3YSCwAZ
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“.. Neither the Smithsonian nor the White House directly responded when asked if the Trump administration had requested the changes.”
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January 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM
“.. Neither the Smithsonian nor the White House directly responded when asked if the Trump administration had requested the changes.”
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NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Thomas Paine, Common Sense: “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
Donald J. Trump believes himself to be the law.
Donald J. Trump believes himself to be the law.
January 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Thomas Paine, Common Sense: “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
Donald J. Trump believes himself to be the law.
Donald J. Trump believes himself to be the law.
A dwindling pool of real news organizations. We should all be concerned.
“PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday”
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“PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday”
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PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday | Video
"PBS News Weekend" will sign off for good on Sunday after federal budget cuts forced the broadcaster to "rework" its staffing and programming.
www.thewrap.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A dwindling pool of real news organizations. We should all be concerned.
“PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday”
www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
“PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday”
www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
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They don't like Vance. They don't want him succeed. Vance is dumb and arrogant enough to think any time on camera for any reason helps him.
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
They don't like Vance. They don't want him succeed. Vance is dumb and arrogant enough to think any time on camera for any reason helps him.