Jack Straw
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Pete Hegseth says Trump has asked him to add 500 more National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
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It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Pete Hegseth says Trump has asked him to add 500 more National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
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So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
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I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
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this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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You can read the Lizza stuff without paying for it but it will still come at a terrible cost
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You can read the Lizza stuff without paying for it but it will still come at a terrible cost
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
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If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
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Nuzzi secretly taping Trump as he’s posing for a portrait? And maybe he said something suss about the assassination attempt?
My ¢¢: Treating this as “tune in next time” fodder is more contemptible than the gross sex stuff.
(Thank you to the heroic 🏴☠️ posters.)
My ¢¢: Treating this as “tune in next time” fodder is more contemptible than the gross sex stuff.
(Thank you to the heroic 🏴☠️ posters.)
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Nuzzi secretly taping Trump as he’s posing for a portrait? And maybe he said something suss about the assassination attempt?
My ¢¢: Treating this as “tune in next time” fodder is more contemptible than the gross sex stuff.
(Thank you to the heroic 🏴☠️ posters.)
My ¢¢: Treating this as “tune in next time” fodder is more contemptible than the gross sex stuff.
(Thank you to the heroic 🏴☠️ posters.)
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FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
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Russia won’t make any concessions in a so-called peace deal.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Russia won’t make any concessions in a so-called peace deal.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
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A Heartbreaking Tale of Staggering Mediocrity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A Heartbreaking Tale of Staggering Mediocrity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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oh they definitely hadn't notified families yet
UPDATE: West Virginia governor tweets that there are conflicting reports of the condition of two national guard members, minutes after he posted that they had died
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
oh they definitely hadn't notified families yet
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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"Olivia had essentially become a private political operative for Bobby Kennedy, while publicly posing as a hard-nosed reporter. In other words, what you have been reading about here is not really a scandal about sex, but a scandal about journalistic ethics." www.telos.news/p/part-3-cat...
Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
www.telos.news
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Olivia had essentially become a private political operative for Bobby Kennedy, while publicly posing as a hard-nosed reporter. In other words, what you have been reading about here is not really a scandal about sex, but a scandal about journalistic ethics." www.telos.news/p/part-3-cat...
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
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“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members…”
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members…”
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Video of scene after shooting of National Guard in DC
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Video of scene after shooting of National Guard in DC
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President Trump has declared his intention to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington.
Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours. trib.al/IZNGPjh
Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours. trib.al/IZNGPjh
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
President Trump has declared his intention to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington.
Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours. trib.al/IZNGPjh
Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours. trib.al/IZNGPjh
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I'm not convinced that this is an issue that will win votes. I agree that it's legally and constitutionally an important issue, but I think voters want to see a plan to make their day to day personal lives easier
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm not convinced that this is an issue that will win votes. I agree that it's legally and constitutionally an important issue, but I think voters want to see a plan to make their day to day personal lives easier
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At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...