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Rep. Jim Himes: "Of course they're not dismantling these networks — that's insane…Until you figure out how to stop Americans from being willing to put their hard earned money down for cocaine or for fentanyl, these networks will exist to service that demand."
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Rep. Jim Himes: "Of course they're not dismantling these networks — that's insane…Until you figure out how to stop Americans from being willing to put their hard earned money down for cocaine or for fentanyl, these networks will exist to service that demand."
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The atrophied chamber is moving legislation without GOP leadership’s blessing. And Mike Johnson is irrelevant.
Read the details in @cheetah.bsky.social's latest Press Pass only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...
Read the details in @cheetah.bsky.social's latest Press Pass only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...
Mike Johnson, Speaker Irrelevant
The atrophied chamber is moving legislation without GOP leadership’s blessing.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The atrophied chamber is moving legislation without GOP leadership’s blessing. And Mike Johnson is irrelevant.
Read the details in @cheetah.bsky.social's latest Press Pass only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...
Read the details in @cheetah.bsky.social's latest Press Pass only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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Shapiro: I think it’s insulting to the people of Pennsylvania that this guy shows up and tries to convince them to unsee what they’ve seen with their own eyes—rising prices. I guess JD was afraid to upset his boss, and this is what you get.
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Shapiro: I think it’s insulting to the people of Pennsylvania that this guy shows up and tries to convince them to unsee what they’ve seen with their own eyes—rising prices. I guess JD was afraid to upset his boss, and this is what you get.
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When I was in MAGA, I trademarked a phrase to describe non-MAGA media: the Democrat Media Industrial Complex.
But what I came to realize, after leaving MAGA, was that, despite rhetoric about the “liberal media,” Republicans desperately desire coverage in legacy media.
But what I came to realize, after leaving MAGA, was that, despite rhetoric about the “liberal media,” Republicans desperately desire coverage in legacy media.
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When I was in MAGA, I trademarked a phrase to describe non-MAGA media: the Democrat Media Industrial Complex.
But what I came to realize, after leaving MAGA, was that, despite rhetoric about the “liberal media,” Republicans desperately desire coverage in legacy media.
But what I came to realize, after leaving MAGA, was that, despite rhetoric about the “liberal media,” Republicans desperately desire coverage in legacy media.
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Global Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Global Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
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I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
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When you get interviewed multiple times over the course of a year and the interviews are recorded and you sit for formal photographs with a well known national magazine you definitely know it’s on the record.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
When you get interviewed multiple times over the course of a year and the interviews are recorded and you sit for formal photographs with a well known national magazine you definitely know it’s on the record.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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McGovern: If by “concepts of a plan” you meant screwing millions of people over—including millions who voted Republican in the last election—I think you’ve accomplished your goal.
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
McGovern: If by “concepts of a plan” you meant screwing millions of people over—including millions who voted Republican in the last election—I think you’ve accomplished your goal.
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Putin has allowed the recognition of unoccupied property and the seizure of housing in illegally occupied regions until 2030.
The law applies to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions,
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The law applies to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions,
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December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Putin has allowed the recognition of unoccupied property and the seizure of housing in illegally occupied regions until 2030.
The law applies to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions,
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The law applies to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions,
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Bcuz Donald Trump is a completely immoral person lacking in ANY shred of goodness, he’s forcing the American people to decide once & for all if character matters. Does the character of a person still matter? I hope we decide it does. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Personal Character MUST Matter. If It Doesn’t, Then We’re F****d
Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 12/16/2025 · 41m
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December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Bcuz Donald Trump is a completely immoral person lacking in ANY shred of goodness, he’s forcing the American people to decide once & for all if character matters. Does the character of a person still matter? I hope we decide it does. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Susie Wiles asked “who would blame" Trump for seeking retribution against his political opponents? Well, I do. In fact, I blame him and all his enablers.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Susie Wiles asked “who would blame" Trump for seeking retribution against his political opponents? Well, I do. In fact, I blame him and all his enablers.
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U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December reut.rs/4p9pBW0
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December
U.S. business activity growth slowed in December to the weakest pace since June, with new orders sliding for both manufacturers and service providers to cap a year of volatility and uncertainty for the American economy, survey data showed on Tuesday.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December reut.rs/4p9pBW0
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Despite the fact that a significant number of swing-district Republicans want to join Dems to vote for a clean bill to extend ACA subsidies which would easily pass the House, Mike Johnson refuses to bring it to the floor. NBC:
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Despite the fact that a significant number of swing-district Republicans want to join Dems to vote for a clean bill to extend ACA subsidies which would easily pass the House, Mike Johnson refuses to bring it to the floor. NBC:
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Good. Other big states should follow suit since Congress under the GOP won't protect our rights here.
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Good. Other big states should follow suit since Congress under the GOP won't protect our rights here.
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Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
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That’s pretty literal.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
That’s pretty literal.
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When you feel the need to put out this statement about the Chief of Staff, you aren’t winning.
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you feel the need to put out this statement about the Chief of Staff, you aren’t winning.
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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Wiles, the daughter of an alcoholic, also describes Trump as having “an alcoholic’s personality.”
Elon Musk was an “avowed” ketamine user, Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair. She also labeled JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist,” budget head Russ Vought a “right-wing absolute zealot” and criticized Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wiles, the daughter of an alcoholic, also describes Trump as having “an alcoholic’s personality.”
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The timing of this post and the reference to the murders being "due to the anger ... caused others through … TDS" suggests strongly that Trump believed that **one or more of his supporters** had committed the murders—and that they had committed the atrocity **justifiably**.
December 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The timing of this post and the reference to the murders being "due to the anger ... caused others through … TDS" suggests strongly that Trump believed that **one or more of his supporters** had committed the murders—and that they had committed the atrocity **justifiably**.
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Trump is selling out the public to Big Tech and Silicon Valley donors in the name of AI.
The Great AI Sellout
Trump’s White House is handing our future to the highest bidder
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December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump is selling out the public to Big Tech and Silicon Valley donors in the name of AI.
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I just want to once again congratulate every business and media outlet who tripped over their own dicks to take right-wing outrage in uncritical good faith and ruin peoples’ careers over extremely tame internet comments about Charlie Kirk 48 hours before immediately forgetting he ever existed.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I just want to once again congratulate every business and media outlet who tripped over their own dicks to take right-wing outrage in uncritical good faith and ruin peoples’ careers over extremely tame internet comments about Charlie Kirk 48 hours before immediately forgetting he ever existed.
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"When we look back on 2025, this Rob Reiner tweet won’t make the top hundred worst things he did or said." Which is why we are an unserious country.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"When we look back on 2025, this Rob Reiner tweet won’t make the top hundred worst things he did or said." Which is why we are an unserious country.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye