Obama’s Newports
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They hollow out the people who keep things working—claims, inspections, disaster response, oversight. We steelman the case for cuts, then show the receipts and a better design: targets, timers, offsets, scoreboard. Evidence, not vibes.
Read the full piece → rjrustin.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
Read the full piece → rjrustin.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
They hollow out the people who keep things working—claims, inspections, disaster response, oversight. We steelman the case for cuts, then show the receipts and a better design: targets, timers, offsets, scoreboard. Evidence, not vibes.
Read the full piece → rjrustin.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
Read the full piece → rjrustin.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
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Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?
Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
www.newyorker.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
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🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!
🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!
This is everything 😆
August 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is everything 😆
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Wow!
August 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wow!
Traitors all the way down
NEWS: Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, was spotted in the crowd at the Capitol during the January 6th insurrection.
The White House says he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing news coverage. (NBC News)
The White House says he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing news coverage. (NBC News)
August 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Traitors all the way down
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So hang on…. Trump is going to offer to open up FUKKIN ALASKA TO THE RUSSIANS??
Wow. Let’s see republicans defend this
Wow. Let’s see republicans defend this
August 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So hang on…. Trump is going to offer to open up FUKKIN ALASKA TO THE RUSSIANS??
Wow. Let’s see republicans defend this
Wow. Let’s see republicans defend this
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David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal. nyer.cm/zB0NNxq
August 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal. nyer.cm/zB0NNxq
Hope everyone brings snacks, this could take awhile
🚨 Undisclosed stock trades. Dark money deals. DOGE staffers tied to Elon Musk's businesses.
🗓️ Tomorrow, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists as they review their reporting on the Trump administration’s conflicts of interest.
🗓️ Tomorrow, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists as they review their reporting on the Trump administration’s conflicts of interest.
ProPublica Event - The Trump Administration’s Apparent Conflicts of Interest
A look at the ethical and legal questions facing top Trump officials amid Musk-linked roles, stock sales and dark money deals.
events.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hope everyone brings snacks, this could take awhile
Head Taco in Chief
Trump: “I’m going to Russia on Friday to meet with Putin.”
Where?
Where?
August 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Head Taco in Chief
Absolutely unreal
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Absolutely unreal
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Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Anas al-Sharif was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City
A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had raised concerns about being killed has died in an Israeli airstrike.
Anas al-Sharif, known for documenting the release of hostages and for removing his body armour after a ceasefire, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City along with three colleagues. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
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@crockett.house.gov: "They pledge their fealty to some idiot who's obviously struggling mentally. Whether it's mental decline or whether he's ever had the capacity, they decided they're going to do whatever he wants them to do.. I never thought I'd see the day that a Texan would bow down to a NYer."
August 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
@crockett.house.gov: "They pledge their fealty to some idiot who's obviously struggling mentally. Whether it's mental decline or whether he's ever had the capacity, they decided they're going to do whatever he wants them to do.. I never thought I'd see the day that a Texan would bow down to a NYer."
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“The quid pro quo arrangement is unprecedented.”
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government
Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration
www.ft.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“The quid pro quo arrangement is unprecedented.”
Any Dems in those files should be prosecuted and shamed along with the Cheeto Pedo
The official White House line is now that those dirty Democrats must’ve been hiding some serious dirt about dirty Democrats in the Epstein Files and that’s why the much more transparent Republicans won’t release them now and uh Trump might pardon Maxwell too?
JD Vance: "We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires ... Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did."
August 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Any Dems in those files should be prosecuted and shamed along with the Cheeto Pedo
This is fine, right?
August 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is fine, right?
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Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
August 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
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"A rushed process to boost staffing levels by any means necessary is likely to lead to relaxed hiring standards and improper practices. Already, American citizens have been detained and deported, numerous human rights violations have been alleged, and several detainees have died in custody."
Trump is declaring fake "emergencies" while reducing our ability to deal with real ones.
FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE
Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It co
prospect.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"A rushed process to boost staffing levels by any means necessary is likely to lead to relaxed hiring standards and improper practices. Already, American citizens have been detained and deported, numerous human rights violations have been alleged, and several detainees have died in custody."
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Early voting starts today in Wisconsin! Let's stop Elon Musk from buying another election and ending the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Help us elect Susan Crawford and secure a major win for workers' rights and reproductive freedom: www.mobilize.us/indi...
March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Early voting starts today in Wisconsin! Let's stop Elon Musk from buying another election and ending the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Help us elect Susan Crawford and secure a major win for workers' rights and reproductive freedom: www.mobilize.us/indi...
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Please don't over look the single most important story of the last few days. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Senate Confirmed Biden's 235th Judge, Surpassing Trump's First-Term Total
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Not a mandate, crybullies
December 17, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Not a mandate, crybullies
Why is there never any videos of these smooth brained, warm toilets seats eating this shit? Prove it Worm Boy
December 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Why is there never any videos of these smooth brained, warm toilets seats eating this shit? Prove it Worm Boy