Mayor of Slot Rocks
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The policy not to prosecute sitting Presidents was and is a policy that Garland and Smith CHOSE to honor.
It isn’t in the Constitution. It isn’t a law.
It isn’t in the Constitution. It isn’t a law.
Erroneous assumptions:
1. That all docs regarding Epstein were implicated in the Maxwell prosecution.
2. That publicly releasing docs would have impacted Maxwell prosecution in any manner.
3. That publicly releasing docs was the only thing that Garland could have done, but didn't.
1. That all docs regarding Epstein were implicated in the Maxwell prosecution.
2. That publicly releasing docs would have impacted Maxwell prosecution in any manner.
3. That publicly releasing docs was the only thing that Garland could have done, but didn't.
1. I'm no apologist for M. Garland. His stint as AG was a catastrophe. But...
2. There was no time during his tenure at which G. Maxwell was not under investigation, under indictment, in trial, or appealing her case. To disclose Epstein investigation then wd have been wildly irresponsible.
2. There was no time during his tenure at which G. Maxwell was not under investigation, under indictment, in trial, or appealing her case. To disclose Epstein investigation then wd have been wildly irresponsible.
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Erroneous assumptions:
1. That all docs regarding Epstein were implicated in the Maxwell prosecution.
2. That publicly releasing docs would have impacted Maxwell prosecution in any manner.
3. That publicly releasing docs was the only thing that Garland could have done, but didn't.
1. That all docs regarding Epstein were implicated in the Maxwell prosecution.
2. That publicly releasing docs would have impacted Maxwell prosecution in any manner.
3. That publicly releasing docs was the only thing that Garland could have done, but didn't.
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new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
If true, the final nail in the coffin of the reputations of Garland and Biden.
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If true, the final nail in the coffin of the reputations of Garland and Biden.
It isn’t that Will Stancil is wrong.
But he is the guy that was screaming to the high heavens that Democrats were losing because of (in his view unfair) perceptions of inflation.
Suddenly he acknowledges other factors?
But he is the guy that was screaming to the high heavens that Democrats were losing because of (in his view unfair) perceptions of inflation.
Suddenly he acknowledges other factors?
Liberals and progressives reassuring themselves that Trump only won again because of that gosh-darned inflation are self-deluding fools
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It isn’t that Will Stancil is wrong.
But he is the guy that was screaming to the high heavens that Democrats were losing because of (in his view unfair) perceptions of inflation.
Suddenly he acknowledges other factors?
But he is the guy that was screaming to the high heavens that Democrats were losing because of (in his view unfair) perceptions of inflation.
Suddenly he acknowledges other factors?
Should be Time Person of the Year.
This is what the U.S. has become.
This is what the U.S. has become.
Cool country
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Should be Time Person of the Year.
This is what the U.S. has become.
This is what the U.S. has become.
Harris did not, in fact, run a great campaign. She lost to a rapist and a twice-impeached convicted felon.
Sorry, but “bad year for incumbents” does not make up for Trump’s liabilities.
Sorry, but “bad year for incumbents” does not make up for Trump’s liabilities.
The difficult truth for everyone to accept is that Harris actually ran a great campaign in a historically bad year for incumbents the world over and that there was very little more that could have been done to get her to a win.
Trump 2024 closing "they/them" ad against Harris was widely credited on the left and right as a huge body blow to her campaign.
Here is Winsome Sears trying to replicate that effect. She spent $2m on such ads in Sept. alone.
Last night, she lost by almost 15 points.
Here is Winsome Sears trying to replicate that effect. She spent $2m on such ads in Sept. alone.
Last night, she lost by almost 15 points.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Harris did not, in fact, run a great campaign. She lost to a rapist and a twice-impeached convicted felon.
Sorry, but “bad year for incumbents” does not make up for Trump’s liabilities.
Sorry, but “bad year for incumbents” does not make up for Trump’s liabilities.
Douthat, out there proving Betteridge's law of headlines, which states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Douthat, out there proving Betteridge's law of headlines, which states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
When are Democrats going to stop hoping that the GOP, or even the press, is going to do their jobs for them?
I can't remember the last time that I heard an elected Democrat sound angry about Trump's corruption. So why on Earth would Johnson care?
I can't remember the last time that I heard an elected Democrat sound angry about Trump's corruption. So why on Earth would Johnson care?
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When are Democrats going to stop hoping that the GOP, or even the press, is going to do their jobs for them?
I can't remember the last time that I heard an elected Democrat sound angry about Trump's corruption. So why on Earth would Johnson care?
I can't remember the last time that I heard an elected Democrat sound angry about Trump's corruption. So why on Earth would Johnson care?
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“Let us not forget that the great seal of the US says E Pluribus Unum. That means Out of many, one
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“Let us not forget that the great seal of the US says E Pluribus Unum. That means Out of many, one
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
Don't threaten us with a good time.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Don't threaten us with a good time.
Another reason why Schumer and Jeffries are the utterly wrong people for the moment. They are pathologically incapable of even attempting to assert dominance over Trump.
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another reason why Schumer and Jeffries are the utterly wrong people for the moment. They are pathologically incapable of even attempting to assert dominance over Trump.
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Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team | TechCrunch
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
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This imagined defense by Cheney ("What I Got Right About the Iraq War") from The Onion in 2023 ought to run as a sidebar to every obit that's published this week: is.gd/mzdB9j
What I Got Right About The Iraq War
On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s important for us as a nation to reflect on that conflict and its consequences. As the vice president of the United States in 2003, I was one ...
is.gd
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This imagined defense by Cheney ("What I Got Right About the Iraq War") from The Onion in 2023 ought to run as a sidebar to every obit that's published this week: is.gd/mzdB9j
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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The thing that is convincing them is not TRUMP HIMSELF, or the repetition of these lines. It’s because they see other people they respect, in their social and parasocial universe, approving of Trump, praising him, laughing at what he says, playing along. They understand they are expected to, as well
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The thing that is convincing them is not TRUMP HIMSELF, or the repetition of these lines. It’s because they see other people they respect, in their social and parasocial universe, approving of Trump, praising him, laughing at what he says, playing along. They understand they are expected to, as well
Just imagine if, instead of focusing his attention on protecting Hunter, Joe Biden had worked to pass legislation to make it easier to sue federal agents for civil rights violations.
And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just imagine if, instead of focusing his attention on protecting Hunter, Joe Biden had worked to pass legislation to make it easier to sue federal agents for civil rights violations.
Since Marcy Wheeler blocked me, can someone please alert me if she ever, for the rest of her life, apologizes for her shameless defense of Garland 2021-2024?
the worst chickenshit in American history www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Biden Justice Department slow-walked key decisions in Trump legal probes
The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.
www.msnbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Since Marcy Wheeler blocked me, can someone please alert me if she ever, for the rest of her life, apologizes for her shameless defense of Garland 2021-2024?
This is exactly what North Korea did to U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier in 2017.
Trump has turned the U.S. into North Korea.
Trump has turned the U.S. into North Korea.
“Authorities detained [Randall Gamboa] in Dec, in TX, where he “entered ICE custody. For months, he spoke daily w/ relatives thru video calls & showed no signs of illness.” Contact abruptly ended in June. In Sept, the US returned him to Costa Rica in a “vegetative” state. He has since died. 1/
Costa Rican Man Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody
A man from Costa Rica, died after returning from U.S. ICE detention in critical condition, prompting family demands for investigation
ticotimes.net
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is exactly what North Korea did to U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier in 2017.
Trump has turned the U.S. into North Korea.
Trump has turned the U.S. into North Korea.
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🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Of course there is an action plan. People are on this site, every single day, screaming at Democrats to get with the program on messaging.
Yes, senior Dems have wasted a year, but if they got it together in the next year they could absolutely bury the GOP by election day.
Yes, senior Dems have wasted a year, but if they got it together in the next year they could absolutely bury the GOP by election day.
there's no realistic action plan from the folks who think that it's all right wing propaganda. you can't build that theoretical counter-infrastructure and win in 18 months. and gaza or [insert cause X] isn't the election swinging issue keeping people at home.
still gotta win elections.
still gotta win elections.
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Of course there is an action plan. People are on this site, every single day, screaming at Democrats to get with the program on messaging.
Yes, senior Dems have wasted a year, but if they got it together in the next year they could absolutely bury the GOP by election day.
Yes, senior Dems have wasted a year, but if they got it together in the next year they could absolutely bury the GOP by election day.
I never felt like the tattoo was inherently discrediting. But it was a basis to look deeper. And, upon further probing, I feel like it is at least 25% probable that Platner is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
That is far, far, far too high of a likelihood to risk electing him.
That is far, far, far too high of a likelihood to risk electing him.
Platner feels more and more like a right wing psyop/plant. Like for later.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I never felt like the tattoo was inherently discrediting. But it was a basis to look deeper. And, upon further probing, I feel like it is at least 25% probable that Platner is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
That is far, far, far too high of a likelihood to risk electing him.
That is far, far, far too high of a likelihood to risk electing him.
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On the second leg of my flight yesterday, I sat next to a lovely Italian woman who has lived in the US for over 20 years. She was like yes, this is fascism, and I was like "I know right." We talked about how bad the current situation is. I mentioned "Europe isn't better either." She agreed.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
On the second leg of my flight yesterday, I sat next to a lovely Italian woman who has lived in the US for over 20 years. She was like yes, this is fascism, and I was like "I know right." We talked about how bad the current situation is. I mentioned "Europe isn't better either." She agreed.
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I am losing my gd mind seeing the number of people on here who are so doompilled that they cannot imagine that telling millions of people, including tons of MAGAs, that they’re out of food money and they also can’t have health insurance anymore might have any effect whatsoever on anything
Since SNAP benefits are gone next month and the new ACA enrollment hikes also start to reveal themselves to consumers... it's wild to think that both programs are tilted towards states AND demographics that favored Trump in '24
The stove beckons
The stove beckons
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I am losing my gd mind seeing the number of people on here who are so doompilled that they cannot imagine that telling millions of people, including tons of MAGAs, that they’re out of food money and they also can’t have health insurance anymore might have any effect whatsoever on anything
Don’t promise me a good time.
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Don’t promise me a good time.
Remember when Richard Mellon Scaife spent a fortune attacking the Clintons over Whitewater and then, when he died, Bill Clinton eulogized him?
Democrats can be such self-sabotaging losers.
Democrats can be such self-sabotaging losers.
Timothy Mellon of the famous Pittsburgh Mellon family is the one who provided $130 million to pay US military personnel.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Remember when Richard Mellon Scaife spent a fortune attacking the Clintons over Whitewater and then, when he died, Bill Clinton eulogized him?
Democrats can be such self-sabotaging losers.
Democrats can be such self-sabotaging losers.