ArchPundit
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Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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this is honestly beyond parody
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this is honestly beyond parody
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
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Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
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With ALT. This is legitimately terrifying. This is a MASSIVE escalation of violent anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
With ALT. This is legitimately terrifying. This is a MASSIVE escalation of violent anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
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Trump take tourists.🧵
The US is facing a significant loss in international tourism in 2025, with the World Travel & Tourism Council(WTTC) projecting a $12.5 billion drop in international visitor spending.
This makes the US the only country out of 184 studied to be projected to see a decline, driven
This makes the US the only country out of 184 studied to be projected to see a decline, driven
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Trump take tourists.🧵
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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someone’s having a nice safe thanksgiving in his military housing while the service members who he dragged to DC are getting shot for his fascist bullshit
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
someone’s having a nice safe thanksgiving in his military housing while the service members who he dragged to DC are getting shot for his fascist bullshit
Be awesome if she could learn to speak English properly. Insurrectionist jagoff. Islam is a faith, Muslims are the followers of that faith dipshit McGee
Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
Republicans seek severe immigration crackdown over D.C. shooting: "Deport them all. Now."
"We must IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist," said one Republican senator.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Be awesome if she could learn to speak English properly. Insurrectionist jagoff. Islam is a faith, Muslims are the followers of that faith dipshit McGee
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“Ban all immigrants seeking refuge from persecution” is just a perfectly spot-on GOP Thanksgiving message
Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
Republicans seek severe immigration crackdown over D.C. shooting: "Deport them all. Now."
"We must IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist," said one Republican senator.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Ban all immigrants seeking refuge from persecution” is just a perfectly spot-on GOP Thanksgiving message
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Ex-National Guard Major General William Enyart: “This deployment of the National Guard into the cities of America is a misuse of a vital national resource. We are not trained to be law enforcement agencies.”
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November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ex-National Guard Major General William Enyart: “This deployment of the National Guard into the cities of America is a misuse of a vital national resource. We are not trained to be law enforcement agencies.”
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This @pwsullivan.bsky.social column on the Super Bowl Shuffle is so much more interesting than the HBO/NFL Films snow job that ignored the part where charities were going to be short-changed.
Column: ‘The Shuffle’ is one more documentary on the 1985 Chicago Bears, the team that keeps on giving
HBO’s “The Shuffle,” a documentary on the 1985 Chicago Bears’ “Super Bowl Shuffle” video, is the latest ode to a team that just keeps on giving.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This @pwsullivan.bsky.social column on the Super Bowl Shuffle is so much more interesting than the HBO/NFL Films snow job that ignored the part where charities were going to be short-changed.
Large Karen population in Minnesota that makes our state better and I’m thankful for that today.
This makes me very worried for many of my Burmese- American friends (or green card holders from the various nations within Burma that hold a Burmese passport) www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Trump administration will reexamine green cards issued to people from 19 countries "of concern"
President Donald Trump has asked for 500 more National Guard troops to be deployed to Washington, DC, following the shooting of two guardsmen. The suspect is in custody and the investigation continues...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Large Karen population in Minnesota that makes our state better and I’m thankful for that today.
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it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
A Thanksgiving Miracle - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 AM
it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
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The Alt text is A+
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Alt text is A+
Shocking she has fundie baby voice
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shocking she has fundie baby voice
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UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
‘In cold blood’: Israeli troops kill unarmed men during West Bank assault
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
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“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
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My thoughts and prayers to all those who are missing loved ones because of America's ICE raids this holiday season. #HappyThanksgiving #justmillennialthings #BustaRhymes #tmnt #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles #only90skidswillremember
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My thoughts and prayers to all those who are missing loved ones because of America's ICE raids this holiday season. #HappyThanksgiving #justmillennialthings #BustaRhymes #tmnt #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles #only90skidswillremember
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And on 4), this included negotiating his endorsement of Trump, from which you can draw a pretty direct path to him becoming the Secretary of Child Murder
To summarize. According to Lizza, Nuzzi, in addition to fucking multiple subjects without disclosure:
1) outed a confidential source
2) fed source information to RFK
3) damaged other people’s reputation through anonymous posts on Reddit
4) advised RFK and repeatedly acted on his behalf
1) outed a confidential source
2) fed source information to RFK
3) damaged other people’s reputation through anonymous posts on Reddit
4) advised RFK and repeatedly acted on his behalf
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
And on 4), this included negotiating his endorsement of Trump, from which you can draw a pretty direct path to him becoming the Secretary of Child Murder