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Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.
See the problem here?
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After reading this, a better headline is “Trump and Gabbard Obstruct Whistleblower for 8 Months Citing Executive Privilege and Claiming it’s “Too Classified for Congress.”
WSJ Exclusive: A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
After reading this, a better headline is “Trump and Gabbard Obstruct Whistleblower for 8 Months Citing Executive Privilege and Claiming it’s “Too Classified for Congress.”
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
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My unsolicited recommendation that will be completely ignored:
A lot of terrible people who helped re-elect Trump will jump off the ship. They will be embraced by Democrats and corporate media.
Make them earn it. Make them show their homework.
Or else this cycle repeats itself again and again.
A lot of terrible people who helped re-elect Trump will jump off the ship. They will be embraced by Democrats and corporate media.
Make them earn it. Make them show their homework.
Or else this cycle repeats itself again and again.
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
My unsolicited recommendation that will be completely ignored:
A lot of terrible people who helped re-elect Trump will jump off the ship. They will be embraced by Democrats and corporate media.
Make them earn it. Make them show their homework.
Or else this cycle repeats itself again and again.
A lot of terrible people who helped re-elect Trump will jump off the ship. They will be embraced by Democrats and corporate media.
Make them earn it. Make them show their homework.
Or else this cycle repeats itself again and again.
Chris Cillizza. That’s rich.
Today's newsletter: Chris Cillizza's response to Don Lemon's arrest was to ask whether Lemon is really a journalist. The DOJ is making the exact same argument. Funny how that works. www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-...
The Wrong Question
Two federal judges found no evidence Don Lemon committed a crime. The government arrested him anyway.
www.readtpa.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Chris Cillizza. That’s rich.
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HCR: …the point was [made] more clear: “the president of the United States should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars, and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
HCR: …the point was [made] more clear: “the president of the United States should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars, and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system.”
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If the president cannot be sued while in office, then the president should not be able to file suit while in office. Fair is fair.
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
If the president cannot be sued while in office, then the president should not be able to file suit while in office. Fair is fair.
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you can already write the Trump pardon. "He was very poorly treated, he was a good Trump supporter, just having a little fun."
Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.
This was a disturbing assault on @repilhan.bsky.social, who is frequently the target of vilifying language by fellow elected officials and members of the public.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
you can already write the Trump pardon. "He was very poorly treated, he was a good Trump supporter, just having a little fun."
well said
I prefer to think of hiring Brooks as white smoke from the chimney, signifying that an organization has finally elected to give up the pursuit of real-world relevance.
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 PM
well said
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‘Damn it Bob, think! You can’t let that little Springsteen twerp make you look like a bitch’
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
‘Damn it Bob, think! You can’t let that little Springsteen twerp make you look like a bitch’
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Literally all Congress has to do is change DHS’s authorities by writing it into law. It’s not rocket science!
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Literally all Congress has to do is change DHS’s authorities by writing it into law. It’s not rocket science!
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Every last one of the bastards from fake Fox propaganda news on up r down whichever way you look at it.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Every last one of the bastards from fake Fox propaganda news on up r down whichever way you look at it.
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ICE and Trump have fully lost control of any narrative. Because all anyone saw yesterday was a bunch of insecure incels killing a man for being everything that is seen as what makes a good man.
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
ICE and Trump have fully lost control of any narrative. Because all anyone saw yesterday was a bunch of insecure incels killing a man for being everything that is seen as what makes a good man.
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How about those Epstein files?
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
How about those Epstein files?
pretty sure i read gestapo has disallowed drones
Start using drones to observe. Fill the sky of Minneapolis with them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
pretty sure i read gestapo has disallowed drones
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occupydemocrats
BREAKING: Trump gets nightmare news about his White House ballroom as a federal judge expresses grave skepticism that he has the legal authority to build it at all.
This is absolutely beautiful...
BREAKING: Trump gets nightmare news about his White House ballroom as a federal judge expresses grave skepticism that he has the legal authority to build it at all.
This is absolutely beautiful...
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 AM
occupydemocrats
BREAKING: Trump gets nightmare news about his White House ballroom as a federal judge expresses grave skepticism that he has the legal authority to build it at all.
This is absolutely beautiful...
BREAKING: Trump gets nightmare news about his White House ballroom as a federal judge expresses grave skepticism that he has the legal authority to build it at all.
This is absolutely beautiful...
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The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
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“At the end of the day, it’s just a job”—Nazis
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 AM
“At the end of the day, it’s just a job”—Nazis
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BREAKING: Machado says she 'presented' Trump her Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Committee has already said it's is non-transferrable. They must make an exception and take the additional step of rescinding this Prize.
The Nobel Committee has already said it's is non-transferrable. They must make an exception and take the additional step of rescinding this Prize.
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: Machado says she 'presented' Trump her Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Committee has already said it's is non-transferrable. They must make an exception and take the additional step of rescinding this Prize.
The Nobel Committee has already said it's is non-transferrable. They must make an exception and take the additional step of rescinding this Prize.
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Do NOT let the Nobel Prize be used as positive reinforcement for Trump's invasion of Venezuela – and his threatened invasion of Greenland.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Do NOT let the Nobel Prize be used as positive reinforcement for Trump's invasion of Venezuela – and his threatened invasion of Greenland.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Republican opportunity to be RID OF HIM seems (once again, again) to be a clear choice
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Republican opportunity to be RID OF HIM seems (once again, again) to be a clear choice
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No sign of any American news channel yet letting the public know that the President has publicly mused about cancelling the midterms.
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
No sign of any American news channel yet letting the public know that the President has publicly mused about cancelling the midterms.
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Close to 90 million people did NOT vote in the 2024 election.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Close to 90 million people did NOT vote in the 2024 election.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.