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Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation
He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
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Lot to unpack—
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon. Now he wants one for another notorious San Diego son of Washington.
Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Lot to unpack—
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
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"Let them eat a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing."
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"Let them eat a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing."
Yup, this pretty much tracks. 💯 Conservatives implode unions, which causes pay/benefits for US workers to implode, immigrants willing to take crappier compensation fill the void (can you blame them?), conservatives make more $$ off of cheaper labor, then blame immigrants and gain power from this.
Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yup, this pretty much tracks. 💯 Conservatives implode unions, which causes pay/benefits for US workers to implode, immigrants willing to take crappier compensation fill the void (can you blame them?), conservatives make more $$ off of cheaper labor, then blame immigrants and gain power from this.
"Because the Trump movement is a cult of personality, with no consistent principles and no concern for truth, many of its boosters don’t care whether the success is real or phony. ... Over Trump’s first year in power, the price of cocaine in the US dropped steeply, the one price Trump has reduced."
Trump’s Critics Are Falling Into an Obvious Trap
The capture of Nicolás Maduro is a show of ambition that calls for an effective response.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
"Because the Trump movement is a cult of personality, with no consistent principles and no concern for truth, many of its boosters don’t care whether the success is real or phony. ... Over Trump’s first year in power, the price of cocaine in the US dropped steeply, the one price Trump has reduced."
"Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021. Recognizing as much is necessary to bring this era to an end before it has many more anniversaries...As dark as this story has become, it is not over. Its next chapters will depend on what Americans do now..."
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021. Recognizing as much is necessary to bring this era to an end before it has many more anniversaries...As dark as this story has become, it is not over. Its next chapters will depend on what Americans do now..."
Old article about an old war game, but still… 🤦
“The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward...the idea that you’re going to be able to slot in a government and everything else will just fall into place, I think is just fantasy,”
“The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward...the idea that you’re going to be able to slot in a government and everything else will just fall into place, I think is just fantasy,”
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Old article about an old war game, but still… 🤦
“The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward...the idea that you’re going to be able to slot in a government and everything else will just fall into place, I think is just fantasy,”
“The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward...the idea that you’re going to be able to slot in a government and everything else will just fall into place, I think is just fantasy,”
Pretty interesting read!
A Rupture Over Israel Is Tearing MAGA Apart
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Pretty interesting read!
"If you’re a U.S. citizen or LPR, such as a green card holder, they’re required to let you enter the country even if you refuse to unlock your device. But agents can still seize your device and hold on to it for five days, or longer at a supervisor’s discretion..." Lots of good tips follow!
Phone Searches at the Border Are Up. How to Protect Your Privacy.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"If you’re a U.S. citizen or LPR, such as a green card holder, they’re required to let you enter the country even if you refuse to unlock your device. But agents can still seize your device and hold on to it for five days, or longer at a supervisor’s discretion..." Lots of good tips follow!
Per my most recent post, not great news about preventing AI from causing mass unemployment...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/t...
From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Per my most recent post, not great news about preventing AI from causing mass unemployment...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/t...
"In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people. Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder. Yet Washington remains fixated on global competition and growth, as if new work will always appear to replace what’s been lost." 🤦🤦
Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people. Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder. Yet Washington remains fixated on global competition and growth, as if new work will always appear to replace what’s been lost." 🤦🤦
“…MAGA was ostensibly a right-leaning response to neoliberalism. Its bugbears were free trade, immigration, postindustrial decline, institutional inertia and the cultural condescension of an elite managerial class. … All could be part of MAGA bc its enemies were external and vaguely defined.” 🍿 😋
Opinion | The Strange Death of Make America Great Again
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“…MAGA was ostensibly a right-leaning response to neoliberalism. Its bugbears were free trade, immigration, postindustrial decline, institutional inertia and the cultural condescension of an elite managerial class. … All could be part of MAGA bc its enemies were external and vaguely defined.” 🍿 😋
Really good think piece: “if you charge the cockpit, incapacitate the pilot, take the controls and realize the plane wasn’t being hijacked; it was only experiencing turbulence? Well, then you’re now flying a plane you don’t know how to fly, and you’ve created your own emergency.” 💯💯💯
Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Really good think piece: “if you charge the cockpit, incapacitate the pilot, take the controls and realize the plane wasn’t being hijacked; it was only experiencing turbulence? Well, then you’re now flying a plane you don’t know how to fly, and you’ve created your own emergency.” 💯💯💯
Almost makes one think that this administration WANTS a terrorist attack to happen here, although with these people, one has to always wonder if this is a case of attributing to maliciousness that which can be easily explained by incompetence...
Opinion | Trump is losing sight of America’s real terrorist threat
ISIS and al-Qaeda thrive as Trump recklessly reallocates scarce security resources.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Almost makes one think that this administration WANTS a terrorist attack to happen here, although with these people, one has to always wonder if this is a case of attributing to maliciousness that which can be easily explained by incompetence...
So crazy, who cares if we run the Western Hemisphere? 🤦🤦 "The US refused to shoulder its burden and the intl system collapsed, leading to WW2. ...A US that looks mainly after its backyard will leave the world rudderless, unstable and chaotic. Let’s hope we will not have to learn that lesson again.
Opinion | Trump’s doctrine is ‘Make America Small Again’
A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So crazy, who cares if we run the Western Hemisphere? 🤦🤦 "The US refused to shoulder its burden and the intl system collapsed, leading to WW2. ...A US that looks mainly after its backyard will leave the world rudderless, unstable and chaotic. Let’s hope we will not have to learn that lesson again.
The SEC's "pullback from these cases illustrated a wide-ranging transformation in the federal government’s treatment of the crypto industry during Trump’s second term...[it] had eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when Trump returned to the White House." 🤑🤑
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The SEC's "pullback from these cases illustrated a wide-ranging transformation in the federal government’s treatment of the crypto industry during Trump’s second term...[it] had eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when Trump returned to the White House." 🤑🤑
What what what?!? Fox commentators LIE for $$??? 🤯🤯🤯😱😱
‘I Was Paid’: Bongino’s Confession About His January 6 Claims
The deputy director of the FBI admitted to lying during his days as a pundit.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What what what?!? Fox commentators LIE for $$??? 🤯🤯🤯😱😱
"It is unwise to start a trade war with the main supplier of your most critical imports until you have mitigated vulnerabilities. ... Building and wielding national power is deadly serious business... It takes patience, endurance, planning and the discipline to know when to fight and when not to." 🤦
Opinion | The Moment China Proved It Was America’s Equal
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"It is unwise to start a trade war with the main supplier of your most critical imports until you have mitigated vulnerabilities. ... Building and wielding national power is deadly serious business... It takes patience, endurance, planning and the discipline to know when to fight and when not to." 🤦
So how is this going to MAHA?? I guess if you can afford organic... "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists."
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So how is this going to MAHA?? I guess if you can afford organic... "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists."
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"A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Some on the right have exploited the fear of...lurid sex crimes as a...pretext for persecuting LGBTQ people. ... [but] the moment that documentation emerged of Trump’s associations with Epstein, his defenders started drawing fine distinctions between different kinds of child sexual abuse..." 💯💯
The President Who Cried Hoax
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Some on the right have exploited the fear of...lurid sex crimes as a...pretext for persecuting LGBTQ people. ... [but] the moment that documentation emerged of Trump’s associations with Epstein, his defenders started drawing fine distinctions between different kinds of child sexual abuse..." 💯💯
Timothy Snyder: the "end of the US is possible, in part, bc [Trump + Vance] think [it] impossible. Bc they are inside a grift bubble, they push for authoritarianism...without reckoning with the possibility that their actions can wreck the country. For them, America is a limitless passive resource."
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Timothy Snyder: the "end of the US is possible, in part, bc [Trump + Vance] think [it] impossible. Bc they are inside a grift bubble, they push for authoritarianism...without reckoning with the possibility that their actions can wreck the country. For them, America is a limitless passive resource."
A pretty gross listing of Trump's most reprehensible pardons 🤮🤮, as well as ALL of the serious reservations that the founders had about this power. 🤦🤦 For starters, George Mason: “[POTUS] ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself”
Opinion | One of the Founders’ Worst Fears Has Been Realized
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A pretty gross listing of Trump's most reprehensible pardons 🤮🤮, as well as ALL of the serious reservations that the founders had about this power. 🤦🤦 For starters, George Mason: “[POTUS] ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself”