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CNN Panelist Goes Nuclear On Scott Jennings In Viral Post: ‘I’m Probably About To Be Banned’

January 19, 2026 at 11:35 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Everything about Scott Jennings is performative nonsense that degrades and diminishes CNN credibility, standards and stature. He’s an utter embarrassment.

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"I’m fairly confident that this column will get me banned from CNN’s airwaves," admitted Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky.

Economist corrects Trump and issues ominous prediction: 'Collapse will follow'

January 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Don't believe your pocketbook. Don't believe the grocery store prices. Don't believe your own eyes and ears. Just believe tRump and his sycophants who are making money hand over fist. What a joke.

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Donald Trump's recent economic claims are "backwards," according to an economist who also unleashed a grim prediction about the future for the United States.Peter Schiff, a financial commentator and r...

Nobel Foundation weighs in after Machado presents Peace Prize to Trump

January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

The laughing stock of the world.

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The Nobel Foundation firmly rejected Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado's symbolic transfer of her Peace Prize to Trump, stating prizes cannot be passed on.

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January 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

ICE didn’t exist before 2003. ICE can be razed to the ground and legitimate enforcement duties performed by US Customs and Border patrol and other agencies.

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‘Abolish ICE’ hits record-high support

Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Abolish ICE, ...

'It Will Be Done!!!': Trump Issues Ominous New Greenland Warning In Late-Night Rant

January 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

TACO doesn’t know the difference between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. And we’re supposed to trust him with the nuclear launch codes?

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The president also reportedly said that since he did not win a Nobel Peace Prize, "I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace."

Kennedy Center like a 'funeral parlor' as Trump protests continue: insider

January 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Everything Trump touches dies.

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The atmosphere of the Kennedy Center after Donald Trump added his name to the building is like a "funeral parlor" according to an insider. The president's name was added to the building after the Kenn...

EU mulling 'trade bazooka' as Trump's Greenland threats continue

January 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

The EU is our largest trading partner. The EU would turn to China (like Canada has), and the US would turn to who?

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The European Union has put its 'trade bazooka' on the table in the wake of President Donald Trump's continued threats to size Greenland.

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January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

I once got a hole-in-one at Putt-putt...but he can't have my trophy.

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The major awards keep pouring in for Trump

Hot off his receipt of the Nobel and FIFA peace prizes, other award winners are lining up to give Trump their medals. Of course his new toy is his new Nobel — given to him by actual winner Maria Corin...

Trump Gives Himself A New Royal Nickname, Then Doubles Down In Late-Night Post

January 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

“I’m the tariff king and the tariff king has done a great job”

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He also immediately began talking about himself in the third person.

'Trump could be hauled off to jail': MAGA allies issue panicked plea to GOP lawmakers

January 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Can golf be played at Guantanamo?

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MAGA allies sounded the alarm over the weekend, with one Trump-associated attorney issuing a panicked plea to Senate Republicans.It started when Curtis Houck of Newsbusters, which purports to "expose ...

Why conservatives hate civil rights

January 18, 2026 at 11:37 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Because they are generally white, racist, misogynistic, Christon Nationalist, fascist, nihilistic assholes. There, I fixed it for you.

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Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. In December, the Trump administration ...

Trump Announces Tariffs On 8 Countries Until U.S. Controls Greenland

January 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

TACO is right. "World peace is at stake"...and he is the cause.

"This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

'This is against the law': Trump labeled 'unstable dictator' after new attack on ally

January 18, 2026 at 11:23 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Greenland is under the protection of Denmark. Denmark is part of NATO. The United States is part of NATO. The means the The US is ALREADY protecting Greenland as part of NATO.

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Political analysts and observers alike were shocked on Saturday after Donald Trump launched a new economic attack on an ally.The president over the weekend took to Truth Social to declare an attack on...

No, Trump can’t cancel the midterms. He’s doing this instead

January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Once people allow a dictator to take away their right to vote, they truly have nothing left.

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Worried about losing unified Republican power in Washington and mystified at his lack of support among the public, President Donald Trump keeps talking about not holding the November midterm elections...

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January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Who knew Nosferatu was a Trekkie? Shatner was the first white dude to kiss a black woman on TV. Must have blown his mind.

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Stephen Miller boldly goes where no racist has gone before

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff and the architect of some of his most racist initiatives, is very mad that “Star Trek”—one of television’s first bastions of ...

Judge Rules Feds In Minneapolis Immigration Operation Can’t Detain Or Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters

January 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Is this where we are now? We need a judge to step in to keep our own president from attacking peaceful protesters?

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A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in the Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.

'Profound breach' with Trump has Republicans in a frenzy behind the scenes: report

January 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

Nah, I'm not buying it. Republicans are cowardly ass kissers and Epstein clients one and all.

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Behind the scenes, Republican lawmakers are pressuring Donald Trump to abandon his ambitions regarding Greenland, whether through military occupation or purchase.According to Politico reporter Jordain...

Trump Pardons Convicted Fraudster After Earlier Clemency Grant

January 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

You gotta pay to play. I'm wondering, does the amount of the theft affect the amount they pay Stinky for the pardon, or is it a flat rate?

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The pardon involves Adriana Camberos, 55, convicted by jurors in 2024 of making tens of millions of dollars by selling wholesale groceries after lying to manufacturers about where the products would b...

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January 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

She has no legitimate future after this. She’s as much of a liar as TACO is and is unashamed to do it.

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Trump's propaganda princess melts down over ICE shooting question

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her Christian cool during a press conference on Thursday, when a reporter asked how Renee Good being “shot in the head and killed by an ICE ...

Workers At Family-Run Mexican Restaurant Were Arrested After Serving A Meal To Ice Agents

January 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

ICE's version of "chew and screw" aka "dine and dash". Hey fellas, if you didn't want to pay for your meal, you could have just left.

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The incident reported by The Minnesota Star Tribune has been slammed on social media as "depraved."

'Significant problems': Expert warns Trump facing a 'mortal threat' that he can't outrun

January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM

Salty Snowbird

@belliled.bsky.social

He's not only a pedophile protector, but he himself in a pedophile, he can't outrun that fact.

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A journalist who has written about Donald Trump for decades warned on Thursday that the president knows he is facing a "mortal threat" to his presidency, and he doesn't appear to have what it takes to...