fred
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A below average Joe interested in news/politics, sports, music and whatnot. Life's too short to spend it arguing with randos on the Internet.
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Deciding it’s too dangerous to reveal just how unpopular the current president is seems like the worst poll result ever.
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Deciding it’s too dangerous to reveal just how unpopular the current president is seems like the worst poll result ever.
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49ers player Keion White was shot following an alleged argument with Lil Baby at a Super Bowl afterparty
49ers' Keion White Shot After Alleged Argument With Lil Baby At Super Bowl Afterparty
NFL player Keion White was shot in the ankle after an alleged altercation with Lil Baby at a San Francisco nightclub following the Super Bowl, the San Francisco Standard reports. White, 27, a defensiv...
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February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
49ers player Keion White was shot following an alleged argument with Lil Baby at a Super Bowl afterparty
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Republican lawmakers claim to launch investigation of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
Republicans Investigate Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
On Sunday night, Bad Bunny gave his much-anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, staging an intricate, joyous spectacle almost entirely in Spanish. It was awesome. Now, a couple of bad, bumm...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Republican lawmakers claim to launch investigation of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
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BREAKING: James Van Der Beek, the titular character and star of 'Dawson's Creek,' died at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer, his wife announced on social media reut.rs/4c8wpAn
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: James Van Der Beek, the titular character and star of 'Dawson's Creek,' died at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer, his wife announced on social media reut.rs/4c8wpAn
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Unfolding very alarming story of alleged assault on a reporter + attack on free speech at the Chase Center, a center empowered by the state to operate outside university norms, pushed on Ohio State by the state legislature purportedly to advance intellectual diversity www.wosu.org/politics-gov...
Ohio State Chase Center professor placed on administrative leave after assaulting cameraman
The Ohio political blog, The Rooster, published video showing Chase Center Assistant Professor Luke Perez hitting a cameraman and then throwing him to the ground.
www.wosu.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Unfolding very alarming story of alleged assault on a reporter + attack on free speech at the Chase Center, a center empowered by the state to operate outside university norms, pushed on Ohio State by the state legislature purportedly to advance intellectual diversity www.wosu.org/politics-gov...
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To be clear, we're saying they have no money and no documentation but somehow they're snatching up homes? In this economy?
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "When tens of millions of people come across our borders unchecked and unvetted and they take the homes that the American people are supposed to have, including HUD funded homes, that puts a strain on the housing supply"
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
To be clear, we're saying they have no money and no documentation but somehow they're snatching up homes? In this economy?
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GOLDMAN: Will you commit to providing the unredacted version of this email so the American people can understand the extent of Trump's lies about his relationship w/ Epstein?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
GOLDMAN: Will you commit to providing the unredacted version of this email so the American people can understand the extent of Trump's lies about his relationship w/ Epstein?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
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Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
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February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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This is how CBS Evening News depicted data showing that less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and less than 2% had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions.
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is how CBS Evening News depicted data showing that less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and less than 2% had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions.
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The most blatantly corrupt gangster government in American history. Where are congressional Republicans on this stuff? Nowhere to be found. Vote them ALL out.
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The most blatantly corrupt gangster government in American history. Where are congressional Republicans on this stuff? Nowhere to be found. Vote them ALL out.
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A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
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TRUMP: We can grow at 15 percent. I think more than that!
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
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FWIW, the U.S had one of the worst performing major stock markets in the world last year.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
FWIW, the U.S had one of the worst performing major stock markets in the world last year.
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
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".. The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part to .. Trump’s 2025 tax law and immigration policies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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CBO Boosts US Deficit Call by $1.4 Trillion on Trump Policies
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
".. The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part to .. Trump’s 2025 tax law and immigration policies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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BALINT: We have evidence that three senior officials within the Trump administration have ties to Jeffrey Epstein--
BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?
BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein
BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?
BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
BALINT: We have evidence that three senior officials within the Trump administration have ties to Jeffrey Epstein--
BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?
BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein
BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?
BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein
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No child should be behind bars.
Yet hundreds of kids are being detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—some of them for months. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Yet hundreds of kids are being detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—some of them for months. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
No child should be behind bars.
Yet hundreds of kids are being detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—some of them for months. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Yet hundreds of kids are being detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—some of them for months. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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McBATH: Will you denounce the statements that were made to tarnish the names of Alex Pretti and Renee Good?
BONDI: What I will say is we are looking at everything to shed light on what happened that day
BONDI: What I will say is we are looking at everything to shed light on what happened that day
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
McBATH: Will you denounce the statements that were made to tarnish the names of Alex Pretti and Renee Good?
BONDI: What I will say is we are looking at everything to shed light on what happened that day
BONDI: What I will say is we are looking at everything to shed light on what happened that day
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Rep. Nadler: "How many of Epstein's co-conspirators have you even indicted? How many perpetrators are you even investigating?"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Rep. Nadler: "How many of Epstein's co-conspirators have you even indicted? How many perpetrators are you even investigating?"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
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“.. an exit that would drag the House Republican majority out the door with him.”
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February 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
“.. an exit that would drag the House Republican majority out the door with him.”
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