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My promise to everybody: I will absolutely NEVER vote for the political party that Klansmen, Nazis and Flat-Earthers vote for. Period.
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American voters behaved like American consumers—expecting to return what they bought if they didn’t like it. Problem is, with Trump 2024 all sales are FINAL. Exchanges will take a lot of effort.
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
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BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
Japan #sumo newest Ozeki (champion) is #Aonishiki from #Ukraine ! Here he is at the swearing-in ceremony. It’s not that rare for a foreigner to rise to Ozeki or Yokozuna rank, but most so far have been from Mongolia. Aonishiki is the first Ukrainian. #SlavaUkraini
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Japan #sumo newest Ozeki (champion) is #Aonishiki from #Ukraine ! Here he is at the swearing-in ceremony. It’s not that rare for a foreigner to rise to Ozeki or Yokozuna rank, but most so far have been from Mongolia. Aonishiki is the first Ukrainian. #SlavaUkraini
Ukrainian #sumo wrestler #Aonishiki has won this year’s Kyushu Basho tournament, ensuring promotion from Sekiwake to Ozeki. So, #SlavaUkraini !
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ukrainian #sumo wrestler #Aonishiki has won this year’s Kyushu Basho tournament, ensuring promotion from Sekiwake to Ozeki. So, #SlavaUkraini !
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The donors to Trump's White House ballroom include many companies with federal contracts.
That's an enormous ethics issue that can't be ignored.
That's an enormous ethics issue that can't be ignored.
These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom
The White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longti...
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The donors to Trump's White House ballroom include many companies with federal contracts.
That's an enormous ethics issue that can't be ignored.
That's an enormous ethics issue that can't be ignored.
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The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
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GEIST: Do you believe affordability is 'a con job'?
BESSENT: Today you had 2 people come on & say 'I look at the price at the pump & I know costs are up.' Well, gasoline is down. So that is a con job
G: You think people are misperceiving what's happening?
B: We inherited an affordability crisis
BESSENT: Today you had 2 people come on & say 'I look at the price at the pump & I know costs are up.' Well, gasoline is down. So that is a con job
G: You think people are misperceiving what's happening?
B: We inherited an affordability crisis
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
GEIST: Do you believe affordability is 'a con job'?
BESSENT: Today you had 2 people come on & say 'I look at the price at the pump & I know costs are up.' Well, gasoline is down. So that is a con job
G: You think people are misperceiving what's happening?
B: We inherited an affordability crisis
BESSENT: Today you had 2 people come on & say 'I look at the price at the pump & I know costs are up.' Well, gasoline is down. So that is a con job
G: You think people are misperceiving what's happening?
B: We inherited an affordability crisis
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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I know it's hard to tell anymore, but the Sean Duffy quote about how pilots should just rely on their gut is not only fake but lifted without acknowledgment from The Onion.
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I know it's hard to tell anymore, but the Sean Duffy quote about how pilots should just rely on their gut is not only fake but lifted without acknowledgment from The Onion.
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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For various reasons, dems have long refused to have the appropriate contempt for our horrible news outlets. More like this
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For various reasons, dems have long refused to have the appropriate contempt for our horrible news outlets. More like this
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I feel like this is a microcosm for our current situation.
November 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I feel like this is a microcosm for our current situation.
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Tsk Tsk - a typo in a story on “education.”
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tsk Tsk - a typo in a story on “education.”
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Radical idea: The next Dem nominee should run on making bribery actually illegal. In every way.
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Radical idea: The next Dem nominee should run on making bribery actually illegal. In every way.
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If you’re going to troll me, at least use good grammar.
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you’re going to troll me, at least use good grammar.
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Did anyone spot moving vans outside the White House recently that could have been used to remove precious, historic furniture, mantel pieces, fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, and portraits from the East Wing to safety?
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Did anyone spot moving vans outside the White House recently that could have been used to remove precious, historic furniture, mantel pieces, fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, and portraits from the East Wing to safety?
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.