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Back in the day, we'd call Hegseth a brown-noser. You don't put a man like that in charge of anything. But here we are.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Back in the day, we'd call Hegseth a brown-noser. You don't put a man like that in charge of anything. But here we are.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.
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Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
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Going after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence is core to the fascist project, though.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Going after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence is core to the fascist project, though.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
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A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
I think the damage is done, but also: do farmers in Missouri think it's OK to "ease off ICE raids" in their state, but not do the same in, say, Chicago?
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Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms • Missouri Independent
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S. Imm...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I think the damage is done, but also: do farmers in Missouri think it's OK to "ease off ICE raids" in their state, but not do the same in, say, Chicago?
Librarians embody the best of America. There's no debate.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Librarians embody the best of America. There's no debate.
I think this is a danger. But also: the Democrats, even the squishes, are finding their spines. Gallego used the word "tribunals" yesterday. There is a thirst for law and order -- *real law and order*. If they can create a new consensus, the 2028 GOP candidate will look like Goldwater in 1964.
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think this is a danger. But also: the Democrats, even the squishes, are finding their spines. Gallego used the word "tribunals" yesterday. There is a thirst for law and order -- *real law and order*. If they can create a new consensus, the 2028 GOP candidate will look like Goldwater in 1964.
Centrist Democrats do not have to accept the lies told by the Republicans in order to seem moderate by comparison. They can just point out what's going on and say it's wrong.
It doesn’t involve throwing immigrants or trans folks under the bus; just in pointing out how regressive current life in these United States is, and making efforts to make it better.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Centrist Democrats do not have to accept the lies told by the Republicans in order to seem moderate by comparison. They can just point out what's going on and say it's wrong.
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Sounds like the MAGA bubble is finally bursting! It's about time they question the cult mindset. Let's expose the lies and unite against this madness! #blueresistance
25. However, during the past few months, his most zealous supporters have been increasingly demoralized, unsure of what to believe about “the plan.” Now, with the alienation of a figure with impeccable maga credentials, they have a persuasive confirmation of their suspicions.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sounds like the MAGA bubble is finally bursting! It's about time they question the cult mindset. Let's expose the lies and unite against this madness! #blueresistance
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I reposted John’s column on this a day or so ago; he’s broken it down into poast-sized chunks here.
Anyway, the opportunity is there (has been there) for Democrats to stand up for average Americans instead of billionaires, and to be loud about it.
I reposted John’s column on this a day or so ago; he’s broken it down into poast-sized chunks here.
Anyway, the opportunity is there (has been there) for Democrats to stand up for average Americans instead of billionaires, and to be loud about it.
22. And in saying “there is no plan to save the world,” she came as close as she’ll get to telling supporters they’re right to stop believing in him.
There will be no storm, she suggests.
She isn’t a traitor to maga.
But, by implication, Trump is.
There will be no storm, she suggests.
She isn’t a traitor to maga.
But, by implication, Trump is.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I reposted John’s column on this a day or so ago; he’s broken it down into poast-sized chunks here.
Anyway, the opportunity is there (has been there) for Democrats to stand up for average Americans instead of billionaires, and to be loud about it.
I reposted John’s column on this a day or so ago; he’s broken it down into poast-sized chunks here.
Anyway, the opportunity is there (has been there) for Democrats to stand up for average Americans instead of billionaires, and to be loud about it.
Trump’s breakup with Greene is Trump’s breakup with maga.
A demoralized base is the untold story of politics.
A THREAD.
A demoralized base is the untold story of politics.
A THREAD.
1. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene surprised me Friday by announcing her resignation from the Congress effective January 5. bsky.app/profile/did:...
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump’s breakup with Greene is Trump’s breakup with maga.
A demoralized base is the untold story of politics.
A THREAD.
A demoralized base is the untold story of politics.
A THREAD.
1. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene surprised me Friday by announcing her resignation from the Congress effective January 5. bsky.app/profile/did:...
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene surprised me Friday by announcing her resignation from the Congress effective January 5. bsky.app/profile/did:...
We gotta make room for the idiots.
Gallego on Mamdani: "It's okay to say 'I disagree with this, this, and this, but I agree with that.' But the idea that we're just gonna throw out people that are really bringing in new ideas to the fold, exciting people, just because they're slightly to the right or to the left of us is dumb."
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We gotta make room for the idiots.
Gallego was saying a month ago that any military personnel who knowingly follows an illegal order from Trump can and will be held accountable *by the Democrats.* He says "we."
Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Gallego was saying a month ago that any military personnel who knowingly follows an illegal order from Trump can and will be held accountable *by the Democrats.* He says "we."
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I agree, MTG is MAGA to the core. She’s always been a kook IMO. Here’s the MAGAts being demoralized with their dear leader and staying home the next election.
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Trump’s breakup with Greene is Trump’s breakup with maga
A demoralized base is the untold story of politics.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I agree, MTG is MAGA to the core. She’s always been a kook IMO. Here’s the MAGAts being demoralized with their dear leader and staying home the next election.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
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November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
If you think the Democrats have ditched wokeness in favor of common sense appeals to equality, you have terminal pundit brain disease.
Woke means equality.
Woke means equality.
Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics? | Dustin Guastella
Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics? | Dustin Guastella
Maybe. Let’s hope it is not too late for Democrats to win back the working class and Washington
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November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you think the Democrats have ditched wokeness in favor of common sense appeals to equality, you have terminal pundit brain disease.
Woke means equality.
Woke means equality.
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“.. The Russian input came from Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin envoy with close ties to Putin .. They brought him to Miami .. for what would be three days of intensive discussions and extended conversation at Witkoff’s home ..”
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November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“.. The Russian input came from Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin envoy with close ties to Putin .. They brought him to Miami .. for what would be three days of intensive discussions and extended conversation at Witkoff’s home ..”
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“Why is Putin more evil than Biden? I can’t even conceptualize that.”
To understand how much my former party has changed, it’s important to understand that if Tucker decided to run for president in 2028, he’d have a great shot at getting the GOP nomination. He really would.
To understand how much my former party has changed, it’s important to understand that if Tucker decided to run for president in 2028, he’d have a great shot at getting the GOP nomination. He really would.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Why is Putin more evil than Biden? I can’t even conceptualize that.”
To understand how much my former party has changed, it’s important to understand that if Tucker decided to run for president in 2028, he’d have a great shot at getting the GOP nomination. He really would.
To understand how much my former party has changed, it’s important to understand that if Tucker decided to run for president in 2028, he’d have a great shot at getting the GOP nomination. He really would.
This is the video that Hegseth thinks is worth court martialing Mark Kelly over. You tell me. Is this seditious?
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is the video that Hegseth thinks is worth court martialing Mark Kelly over. You tell me. Is this seditious?