Herd Mendacity
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Democracy lover. What’s the opposite of Ultra-MAGA? Long-suffering MN Sports Fan.
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Seems like every new Epstein files event results in the US bombing or invading someone.
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Seems like every new Epstein files event results in the US bombing or invading someone.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Kelly, a multimillionaire, certainly doesn’t need the money, but this ought to be a First Amendment slam dunk if he decides to fight it.
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Kelly, a multimillionaire, certainly doesn’t need the money, but this ought to be a First Amendment slam dunk if he decides to fight it.
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And he absolutely OUGHT to fight it, not for his own sake, but for the sake of all the other vets Hegseth hopes to bully out of criticizing Trump for fear the benefits they earned by serving will be yanked away.
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
And he absolutely OUGHT to fight it, not for his own sake, but for the sake of all the other vets Hegseth hopes to bully out of criticizing Trump for fear the benefits they earned by serving will be yanked away.
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I remember these felony crimes either.
January 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I remember these felony crimes either.
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Jan 3 was the deadline for Trump's DOJ to inform Congress why they had made redactions in the Epstein Files, including the names of all 10 co-conspirators.
The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Jan 3 was the deadline for Trump's DOJ to inform Congress why they had made redactions in the Epstein Files, including the names of all 10 co-conspirators.
The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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The oil robbery at the expense of our troops isn't the distraction. But the timing is.
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The oil robbery at the expense of our troops isn't the distraction. But the timing is.
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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Despite a statutory deadline requiring all of the files to be released by Dec. 19, 5.2 million documents remain to be reviewed and disclosed. It’s likely that the final public release will not occur until the end of February — one full year after Pam Bondi ordered the release of the records.
For Trump, the Epstein Cover-Up Beats the Truth
As one of her first acts as Attorney General, Pam Bondi wrote a letter to the new head of the FBI, Kash Patel, demanding that the “full and complete Epstein files” be delivered to her office by the ne...
www.democracydocket.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Despite a statutory deadline requiring all of the files to be released by Dec. 19, 5.2 million documents remain to be reviewed and disclosed. It’s likely that the final public release will not occur until the end of February — one full year after Pam Bondi ordered the release of the records.
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BASH: There's no question that Maduro was a destabilizing force in the region. People are celebrating in the streets all over. Is it fair to say there's some benefit in him not being in power?
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
BASH: There's no question that Maduro was a destabilizing force in the region. People are celebrating in the streets all over. Is it fair to say there's some benefit in him not being in power?
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
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Remember a few weeks ago when Mark Kelly & a few others released a video reminding troops, “Our laws are clear — you can refuse illegal orders,” & Trump/Republicans melted down & called him a traitor
Turns out we didn’t have to wait long for another preview of future courts martial
Turns out we didn’t have to wait long for another preview of future courts martial
January 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Remember a few weeks ago when Mark Kelly & a few others released a video reminding troops, “Our laws are clear — you can refuse illegal orders,” & Trump/Republicans melted down & called him a traitor
Turns out we didn’t have to wait long for another preview of future courts martial
Turns out we didn’t have to wait long for another preview of future courts martial
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Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
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How do MAGA and the NRA feel about Maduro being charged for possession of machine guns by this GOP administration?
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
How do MAGA and the NRA feel about Maduro being charged for possession of machine guns by this GOP administration?
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
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As a friend points out: Turns out Nicholas Maduro’s biggest crime was being more newsworthy than the Epstein Files
January 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
As a friend points out: Turns out Nicholas Maduro’s biggest crime was being more newsworthy than the Epstein Files
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We should probably stop letting people bet on world events for the most obvious reasons ever.
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
We should probably stop letting people bet on world events for the most obvious reasons ever.
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We should be all extremely concerned that Gaza and the West Bank has fallen off the news agenda.
Since the so called ceasefire Israel has killed 1000 Palestinians and banned over 30 well respected humanitarian orgs. Gaza is also grappling with flooding, high winds & extreme cold.
Since the so called ceasefire Israel has killed 1000 Palestinians and banned over 30 well respected humanitarian orgs. Gaza is also grappling with flooding, high winds & extreme cold.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 AM
We should be all extremely concerned that Gaza and the West Bank has fallen off the news agenda.
Since the so called ceasefire Israel has killed 1000 Palestinians and banned over 30 well respected humanitarian orgs. Gaza is also grappling with flooding, high winds & extreme cold.
Since the so called ceasefire Israel has killed 1000 Palestinians and banned over 30 well respected humanitarian orgs. Gaza is also grappling with flooding, high winds & extreme cold.
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Trump now literally plagiarizing from the neocon playbook on Iraq:
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Trump now literally plagiarizing from the neocon playbook on Iraq:
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January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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The US has fallen to 57th in the annual rankings of Global Press freedom. Why ?
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The US has fallen to 57th in the annual rankings of Global Press freedom. Why ?
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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He literally said the opposite of this.
Rep. Darrell Issa: "I'm sure President Trump having learned the lesson of Afghanistan and Iraq has no intention to tell them how to run their country. He has simply liberated them from a strongman."
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
He literally said the opposite of this.
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
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For perspective, I took the SAT when I was 17 and was hired at UAlbany at 35.
Like, not even GRE scores. SAT scores.
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
For perspective, I took the SAT when I was 17 and was hired at UAlbany at 35.
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"If it wasn’t Shirley’s video, it would have been something else. If it wasn’t MN, it would have been somewhere else. If it wasn’t about daycare fraud, it would have been something else. Everything this administration does is about creating a fig leaf to justify its violent dismantling of democracy"
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
Privatization and a lack of oversight creates a vicious cycle.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"If it wasn’t Shirley’s video, it would have been something else. If it wasn’t MN, it would have been somewhere else. If it wasn’t about daycare fraud, it would have been something else. Everything this administration does is about creating a fig leaf to justify its violent dismantling of democracy"