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So, I had some thoughts about the National Guard Shooting, the right-wing's pathetic spin, and MAGA's hypocrisy.
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
So, I had some thoughts about the National Guard Shooting, the right-wing's pathetic spin, and MAGA's hypocrisy.
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
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CNN: Trump granted the DC shooter asylum in April.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
CNN: Trump granted the DC shooter asylum in April.
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By his own standards and his insistence on scapegoating and blaming, Trump should either explain why he and his administration granted Asylum to the DC shooter suspect SEVEN MONTHS AGO, fire Noem and Homan and apologize - or Trump should resign
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
By his own standards and his insistence on scapegoating and blaming, Trump should either explain why he and his administration granted Asylum to the DC shooter suspect SEVEN MONTHS AGO, fire Noem and Homan and apologize - or Trump should resign
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The National Guard shooting suspect's asylum application was approved this year. (CNN)
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The National Guard shooting suspect's asylum application was approved this year. (CNN)
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UMass finished the 2025 college football season winless at 0–12.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
UMass finished the 2025 college football season winless at 0–12.
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wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...
Sean Duffy Serves Neoliberalism for Thanksgiving
It can’t fly and tastes terrible.
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...
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Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
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million Lemon Heads… unreal. A year and a half ago I never imagined we’d grow this fast. Thank you for backing our mission to bring unfiltered truth to the media—let’s keep building together 🫶🏾
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
million Lemon Heads… unreal. A year and a half ago I never imagined we’d grow this fast. Thank you for backing our mission to bring unfiltered truth to the media—let’s keep building together 🫶🏾
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Florida man is Alabama’s “Turkey of the Year” www.al.com/politics/202...
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Florida man is Alabama’s “Turkey of the Year” www.al.com/politics/202...
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It’s Thanksgiving week and people in Mississippi be like:
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s Thanksgiving week and people in Mississippi be like:
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"It honors our country."
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"It honors our country."
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
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No one took an oath to the Commander and Chief.
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
No one took an oath to the Commander and Chief.
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It’s crazy to have SIX dedicated security lines at LaGuardia airport just for Clear & give them priority at the THREE general boarding lanes. This is a tax-payer funded airport that seems to be trying to force people to give their biometric info over to a private company or get squeezed & squeezed.
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s crazy to have SIX dedicated security lines at LaGuardia airport just for Clear & give them priority at the THREE general boarding lanes. This is a tax-payer funded airport that seems to be trying to force people to give their biometric info over to a private company or get squeezed & squeezed.
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The Birmingham Water Works Board voted Wednesday evening to sell the utility’s assets to the city of Birmingham, just hours after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that dissolved the current slate of leaders.
Legal showdown looms as Birmingham Water Works Board votes to sell assets to city
The move to sell the water works comes hours after Gov. Ivey signs law dissolving current board leadership.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Birmingham Water Works Board voted Wednesday evening to sell the utility’s assets to the city of Birmingham, just hours after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that dissolved the current slate of leaders.
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The Voice of Alabama Politics and the Alabama Political Reporter can now confirm that Doug Jones is expected to file paperwork this week to run for Alabama governor. The decision will likely pit him against Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.
youtu.be/fWlMcC-nm7c
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November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Voice of Alabama Politics and the Alabama Political Reporter can now confirm that Doug Jones is expected to file paperwork this week to run for Alabama governor. The decision will likely pit him against Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.
youtu.be/fWlMcC-nm7c
youtu.be/fWlMcC-nm7c
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More employee payouts appear in store at the water works. The newly hired regional water works CEO has placed all senior executives on leave while bringing in his own leadership team, triggering more than $3.5 million in contract buyout provisions.
www.al.com/news/birming...
www.al.com/news/birming...
Birmingham water shakeup could top $3 million in payouts as top executives get paid to stay home
New water works CEO Jeffrey Thompson placed all senior executives on leave while bringing in his own leadership team, triggering expensive contract buyout provisions.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
More employee payouts appear in store at the water works. The newly hired regional water works CEO has placed all senior executives on leave while bringing in his own leadership team, triggering more than $3.5 million in contract buyout provisions.
www.al.com/news/birming...
www.al.com/news/birming...
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Central Alabama Water in turmoil: The new CEO of Birmingham's regional water utility places all executives on leave while two members of the board sue to block his appointment.
www.al.com/news/birming...
www.al.com/news/birming...
Water in turmoil: New CEO benches executives as board members sue to block his hiring
Two board members claim they were excluded from the selection process as the new CEO places all senior managers on administrative leave.
www.al.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Central Alabama Water in turmoil: The new CEO of Birmingham's regional water utility places all executives on leave while two members of the board sue to block his appointment.
www.al.com/news/birming...
www.al.com/news/birming...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
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....why is it CNN's sole responsibility to ensure the government isn't violating international law
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
....why is it CNN's sole responsibility to ensure the government isn't violating international law
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Borders Czar Tom Homan just announced he’s ramping up ICE operations in NYC.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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New at Media Nation: “Things happen” — and for one brief moment, The Washington Post rediscovers its soul. dankennedy.net/2025/11/19/t...
‘Things happen’ — and for one brief moment, The Washington Post rediscovers its soul
The Washington Post’s increasingly Trump-friendly editorial page has rediscovered its soul, however briefly. In a piece published Tuesday afternoon, the Post tears into Donald Trump for his f…
dankennedy.net
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New at Media Nation: “Things happen” — and for one brief moment, The Washington Post rediscovers its soul. dankennedy.net/2025/11/19/t...
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Someone please explain to me how every single major media report about Trump and MBS does not start with an explicit statement that the two men are now officially business associates in multiple Trump Organization developments in Saudi Arabia, making any meeting about profit as much as anything else
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the m...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Someone please explain to me how every single major media report about Trump and MBS does not start with an explicit statement that the two men are now officially business associates in multiple Trump Organization developments in Saudi Arabia, making any meeting about profit as much as anything else
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Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.
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Watch this week's show: youtu.be/dto6_PAfpeA?...
November 16, 2025 - Jones vs Tuberville?
This week on The Voice of Alabama Politics:
– Tuberville’s growing residency crisis
– Could Doug Jones jump into the governor’s race?
– Another wave of dark money hits the AG race
All this and…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Watch this week's show: youtu.be/dto6_PAfpeA?...