John Lewis-Dickerson
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BS Ga. Tech, JD Mercer U. ■ ''Here is a place of disaffection... Not here the darkness, in this twittering world. Descend lower...'' ~ Burnt Norton, by T. S. Eliot
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The blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo secretly co-wrote the screenplay for the 1950 film "Gun Crazy".
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■ Trump Says Miriam Adelson Offered Him ‘Another $250 Million’ to Run for a Third Term
by Charlie Nash | MEDIAite | Dec 17th, 2025
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by Charlie Nash | MEDIAite | Dec 17th, 2025
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Trump Says Miriam Adelson Offered Him ‘Another $250 Million’ to Run for a Third Term
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Israeli-American donor Miriam Adelson offered him "another $250 million" to run for a third term in the White House.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
■ Trump Says Miriam Adelson Offered Him ‘Another $250 Million’ to Run for a Third Term
by Charlie Nash | MEDIAite | Dec 17th, 2025
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by Charlie Nash | MEDIAite | Dec 17th, 2025
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In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.
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Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro
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December 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.
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For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
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This feels like a new one.
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
COLLINS: Do you disagree with Trump's pardon of the former Honduran leader who was also indicted and convicted?
RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it
COLLINS: But do you approve of that pardon?
SCOTT: I don't know much about it
COLLINS: Ok
RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it
COLLINS: But do you approve of that pardon?
SCOTT: I don't know much about it
COLLINS: Ok
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This feels like a new one.
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
You expect me to have an opinion on someone I haven’t personally met?!?!?
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Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
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It's very cool that the Supreme Court invented a political system that gives these lunatics unlimited influence.
Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's very cool that the Supreme Court invented a political system that gives these lunatics unlimited influence.
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Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
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The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
Fetterman expresses support for Trump's bonkers Truth Social post and aggression toward Venezuela: "It makes it that Iran is involved on that, and Russia is involved on that, and China as well too. That's sanctioned oil right now ... it makes a lot of sense."
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
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MAGA wants to remove studies of colonialism from universities because it might complicate the Trump line that Venezuela is a colonial power that subjugated the United States, stealing our Oil, Land, and Other Assets.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
MAGA wants to remove studies of colonialism from universities because it might complicate the Trump line that Venezuela is a colonial power that subjugated the United States, stealing our Oil, Land, and Other Assets.
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Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
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Not for nothing but federal law contains several statutory provisions that restrict, if not outright prohibit, this unilateral action by the senile dementia patient in the Oval.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Not for nothing but federal law contains several statutory provisions that restrict, if not outright prohibit, this unilateral action by the senile dementia patient in the Oval.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides.
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
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December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides.
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
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Analysis: New supersized data centers sprouting across the country are starting to transform landscapes and communities, sparking debates about what our energy systems and environment can sustain.
Analysis | Supersized data centers are coming. See how they will transform America.
These AI campuses consume more power than major U.S. cities. Their footprints are measured in miles, not feet.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Analysis: New supersized data centers sprouting across the country are starting to transform landscapes and communities, sparking debates about what our energy systems and environment can sustain.
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” . . .
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Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
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December 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” . . .
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Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
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"Tariffs are 'national security!'"
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
Bessent claims that if SCOTUS rules against Trump on tariffs "they will be ruling against national security"
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Tariffs are 'national security!'"
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
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New in PN: The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
For now, Silicon Valley is getting everything it wants. But a backlash is on its way.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New in PN: The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
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Americans do not want to go to war in Venezuela.
Congress votes this week on measures to block one.
Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121:
Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64
Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98
Congress votes this week on measures to block one.
Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121:
Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64
Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Americans do not want to go to war in Venezuela.
Congress votes this week on measures to block one.
Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121:
Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64
Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98
Congress votes this week on measures to block one.
Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121:
Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64
Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98
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The president is using this apparent family tragedy, which as far as we know had absolutely nothing to do with him, to convey the message that if his fans brutally murder his critics, they will receive his support and approval.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The president is using this apparent family tragedy, which as far as we know had absolutely nothing to do with him, to convey the message that if his fans brutally murder his critics, they will receive his support and approval.
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Here's Trump saying Rob Reiner is dead because he made people mad with his "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Absolutely insane.
It's a real post by the president of the United States, who has the nuclear codes.
Absolutely insane.
It's a real post by the president of the United States, who has the nuclear codes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Here's Trump saying Rob Reiner is dead because he made people mad with his "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Absolutely insane.
It's a real post by the president of the United States, who has the nuclear codes.
Absolutely insane.
It's a real post by the president of the United States, who has the nuclear codes.
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Trump expresses his deep enjoyment of news of the violent death of one of his critics. This is the conduct of a dangerous psychopath.
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump expresses his deep enjoyment of news of the violent death of one of his critics. This is the conduct of a dangerous psychopath.
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New in PN: The Indiana GOP's defiance shows how Trump is losing juice
"This was a remarkable setback for Trump, who orchestrated a barrage of physical and political threats against Republican lawmakers in the state, and it underlines his weakening influence."
"This was a remarkable setback for Trump, who orchestrated a barrage of physical and political threats against Republican lawmakers in the state, and it underlines his weakening influence."
The Indiana GOP's defiance shows how Trump is losing juice
His unpopularity is increasing and his threats are starting to ring hollow.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New in PN: The Indiana GOP's defiance shows how Trump is losing juice
"This was a remarkable setback for Trump, who orchestrated a barrage of physical and political threats against Republican lawmakers in the state, and it underlines his weakening influence."
"This was a remarkable setback for Trump, who orchestrated a barrage of physical and political threats against Republican lawmakers in the state, and it underlines his weakening influence."
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
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We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.