Frumious Bandersnatch
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So foreign countries aren't paying and that was a lie all along. Got it.
Also, Bessent was saying a few months ago that tariffs would cause the dollar to appreciate, which would make imports cheaper and pay for the tariffs. The opposite has happened.
Also, Bessent was saying a few months ago that tariffs would cause the dollar to appreciate, which would make imports cheaper and pay for the tariffs. The opposite has happened.
May 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
So foreign countries aren't paying and that was a lie all along. Got it.
Also, Bessent was saying a few months ago that tariffs would cause the dollar to appreciate, which would make imports cheaper and pay for the tariffs. The opposite has happened.
Also, Bessent was saying a few months ago that tariffs would cause the dollar to appreciate, which would make imports cheaper and pay for the tariffs. The opposite has happened.
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Speaker Mike Johnson on the US credit downgrade: "Moody's is not incorrect, but that emphasizes the very need for the legislation we're talking about -- historic spending cuts."
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson on the US credit downgrade: "Moody's is not incorrect, but that emphasizes the very need for the legislation we're talking about -- historic spending cuts."
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
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the French didn't "give" us the Statue of Liberty. It was built with $250,000 of funds raised privately in France and $300,000 of funds raised privately in the United States.
TAPPER: Even if Qatar isn't asking for anything in return now for the jet, that's a bill that could come do. Nobody in the world just gives a $400m jet to be nice.
BESSENT: Well, I don't know Jake. The French gave us the Statue of Liberty.
BESSENT: Well, I don't know Jake. The French gave us the Statue of Liberty.
May 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
the French didn't "give" us the Statue of Liberty. It was built with $250,000 of funds raised privately in France and $300,000 of funds raised privately in the United States.
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Matthew GERTZ has a good thread reminding us that Pirro is actually a bigoted nightmare so it’s actually not as funny as you might think that she’ll be the U.S. Attorney
Pirro is the 23rd former Fox employee Trump has named to his administration.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
Trump just appointed Fox host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Yes, Jeanine Pirro.
May 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Matthew GERTZ has a good thread reminding us that Pirro is actually a bigoted nightmare so it’s actually not as funny as you might think that she’ll be the U.S. Attorney
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MORAN: Even some people who voted for you are saying, 'I didn't sign up for this.' So how do you answer those concerns?
TRUMP: Well, they did sign up for it actually
TRUMP: Well, they did sign up for it actually
April 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
MORAN: Even some people who voted for you are saying, 'I didn't sign up for this.' So how do you answer those concerns?
TRUMP: Well, they did sign up for it actually
TRUMP: Well, they did sign up for it actually
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"Hegseth is a clown."
"What the hell is wrong with Nixon. Anyone he doesn't like is a clown."
"Hegseth is a drunk."
"Nixon is no better than a Democrat."
"Hegseth is unprepared."
"The Pentagon runs itself."
"Hegseth is honey for spies."
"Go to hell."
"What the hell is wrong with Nixon. Anyone he doesn't like is a clown."
"Hegseth is a drunk."
"Nixon is no better than a Democrat."
"Hegseth is unprepared."
"The Pentagon runs itself."
"Hegseth is honey for spies."
"Go to hell."
April 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Hegseth is a clown."
"What the hell is wrong with Nixon. Anyone he doesn't like is a clown."
"Hegseth is a drunk."
"Nixon is no better than a Democrat."
"Hegseth is unprepared."
"The Pentagon runs itself."
"Hegseth is honey for spies."
"Go to hell."
"What the hell is wrong with Nixon. Anyone he doesn't like is a clown."
"Hegseth is a drunk."
"Nixon is no better than a Democrat."
"Hegseth is unprepared."
"The Pentagon runs itself."
"Hegseth is honey for spies."
"Go to hell."
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Tesla's entire profits for Q1 are back to selling carbon offset credits to other car manufacturers. Without selling indulgences allowing more ICE vehicles to be built, Tesla would have had a $170m loss.
Buy a Tesla EV if you want, but don't pretend you're saving the environment.
Buy a Tesla EV if you want, but don't pretend you're saving the environment.
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Tesla's entire profits for Q1 are back to selling carbon offset credits to other car manufacturers. Without selling indulgences allowing more ICE vehicles to be built, Tesla would have had a $170m loss.
Buy a Tesla EV if you want, but don't pretend you're saving the environment.
Buy a Tesla EV if you want, but don't pretend you're saving the environment.
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A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
April 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
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Elon Musk’s grand DOGE project was billed as fiscal genius, yet it shaved mere crumbs off the debt while gutting public infrastructure. A billionaire’s vanity crusade disguised as reform—spectacular failure dressed in technocratic cosplay.
April 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Elon Musk’s grand DOGE project was billed as fiscal genius, yet it shaved mere crumbs off the debt while gutting public infrastructure. A billionaire’s vanity crusade disguised as reform—spectacular failure dressed in technocratic cosplay.
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Speaking of a gang member who’d be better off expatriated to a penitentiary in El Salvador.
April 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Speaking of a gang member who’d be better off expatriated to a penitentiary in El Salvador.
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"'radicalized' divorced moms"--a category of dangerous person for the cops to surveil
Something about women not being owned and "tagged" like livestock by men really bothers fascists.
Something about women not being owned and "tagged" like livestock by men really bothers fascists.
NEW: A secretive surveillance company is building "AI persona" bots for cops intended to gather evidence on people. Personas include "college protesters," "radicalized" divorced moms, children. We have docs that shows how it works and what cops can do with it:
www.404media.co/this-college...
www.404media.co/this-college...
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"'radicalized' divorced moms"--a category of dangerous person for the cops to surveil
Something about women not being owned and "tagged" like livestock by men really bothers fascists.
Something about women not being owned and "tagged" like livestock by men really bothers fascists.
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MLB is celebrating Jackie Robinson on the field. Off the field, it’s placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for.
@tribecalledlex.bsky.social on the Dodgers’ White House visit, DEI and Trumpism, and Jackie’s legacy:
www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
@tribecalledlex.bsky.social on the Dodgers’ White House visit, DEI and Trumpism, and Jackie’s legacy:
www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
Jackie Robinson Would Be Appalled
As baseball gets set to celebrate the trailblazer’s legacy, it’s also placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for
www.theringer.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MLB is celebrating Jackie Robinson on the field. Off the field, it’s placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for.
@tribecalledlex.bsky.social on the Dodgers’ White House visit, DEI and Trumpism, and Jackie’s legacy:
www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
@tribecalledlex.bsky.social on the Dodgers’ White House visit, DEI and Trumpism, and Jackie’s legacy:
www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
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1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
North Carolina Supreme Court throws out hundreds of ballots based on flawed data
This is a special collaboration between Popular Information and Anderson Alerts, a newsletter about North Carolina politics.
popular.info
April 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
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The Trump administration’s coercive tactics to defund Harvard unless it adopts ideologically driven reforms reveal a broader strategy: transforming education into a tool of state propaganda, at the expense of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
April 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Trump administration’s coercive tactics to defund Harvard unless it adopts ideologically driven reforms reveal a broader strategy: transforming education into a tool of state propaganda, at the expense of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
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Casar: At the end of the day, they believe you pay taxes to make them and their friends richer. They believe you should work longer hours for less pay—again, to make them and their friends richer. And maybe they can even squeeze in a little insider stock trading on the side.
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Casar: At the end of the day, they believe you pay taxes to make them and their friends richer. They believe you should work longer hours for less pay—again, to make them and their friends richer. And maybe they can even squeeze in a little insider stock trading on the side.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Narrator: "It did not make them rich."
April 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Narrator: "It did not make them rich."
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A global recession, which I do not support, will be worth it if it gets all the M$DNC shitlibs thoroughly owned by Donald Trump, who I do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
April 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A global recession, which I do not support, will be worth it if it gets all the M$DNC shitlibs thoroughly owned by Donald Trump, who I do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
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Here's how it works:
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here's how it works:
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
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The FCC is investigating Disney for checks notes…
DEI programs.
The same people screaming about “big government overreach” are now using the government to punish companies for hiring diverse talent.
Totally normal
not hypocritical at all.
#MakeItMakeSense #DEI #Disney
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The FCC is investigating Disney for checks notes…
DEI programs.
The same people screaming about “big government overreach” are now using the government to punish companies for hiring diverse talent.
Totally normal
not hypocritical at all.
#MakeItMakeSense #DEI #Disney
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March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The FCC is investigating Disney for checks notes…
DEI programs.
The same people screaming about “big government overreach” are now using the government to punish companies for hiring diverse talent.
Totally normal
not hypocritical at all.
#MakeItMakeSense #DEI #Disney
.
The FCC is investigating Disney for checks notes…
DEI programs.
The same people screaming about “big government overreach” are now using the government to punish companies for hiring diverse talent.
Totally normal
not hypocritical at all.
#MakeItMakeSense #DEI #Disney
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“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,’ Dr. Peter Marks wrote in a resignation letter referring to HHS Secretary RFK Jr.”
Exclusive | FDA’s Top Vaccine Official Forced Out
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited “misinformation and lies” from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,’ Dr. Peter Marks wrote in a resignation letter referring to HHS Secretary RFK Jr.”
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Relatedly, did we ever get an explanation as to how russian state media was accidentally (???) in the oval office when trump and vance attacked zelensky?
Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
March 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Relatedly, did we ever get an explanation as to how russian state media was accidentally (???) in the oval office when trump and vance attacked zelensky?
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“The administration is playing a dirty game of chicken here. They are betting that Goldberg and the Atlantic’s staff are sufficiently responsible that [the administration] can lie with impunity…But that’s not how classified information works…The Atlantic should thus release the full text thread.”
March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“The administration is playing a dirty game of chicken here. They are betting that Goldberg and the Atlantic’s staff are sufficiently responsible that [the administration] can lie with impunity…But that’s not how classified information works…The Atlantic should thus release the full text thread.”
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Just last month, the NSA warned against using Signal for sensitive government discussions because Russian hackers have access to it.
So Steve Witkoff uses Signal for sensitive discussion *while in* Russia?
So Steve Witkoff uses Signal for sensitive discussion *while in* Russia?
March 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just last month, the NSA warned against using Signal for sensitive government discussions because Russian hackers have access to it.
So Steve Witkoff uses Signal for sensitive discussion *while in* Russia?
So Steve Witkoff uses Signal for sensitive discussion *while in* Russia?