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Evidence, logic, and reason before partisanship. Also, puns and dirty jokes. You’ll never find the right answers if you don’t ask the right questions. Interests include: ⚖️⚾️🥁🍣🏀✡️🐟🪴
Just because you’re telling the truth doesn’t mean you’ll be believed.
I often think about Paul Ryan’s economic proposals, as part of the Romney campaign, being tested in a focus group who refused to believe it was real.
I often think about Paul Ryan’s economic proposals, as part of the Romney campaign, being tested in a focus group who refused to believe it was real.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Just because you’re telling the truth doesn’t mean you’ll be believed.
I often think about Paul Ryan’s economic proposals, as part of the Romney campaign, being tested in a focus group who refused to believe it was real.
I often think about Paul Ryan’s economic proposals, as part of the Romney campaign, being tested in a focus group who refused to believe it was real.
Is this a good time to remind everyone that the literal Nazis modeled their initial actions towards Jews on our treatment of our Black citizens?
How about the part where LITERAL NAZIS were like "Nah, that's too far" about some of what happened here?
How about the part where LITERAL NAZIS were like "Nah, that's too far" about some of what happened here?
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Is this a good time to remind everyone that the literal Nazis modeled their initial actions towards Jews on our treatment of our Black citizens?
How about the part where LITERAL NAZIS were like "Nah, that's too far" about some of what happened here?
How about the part where LITERAL NAZIS were like "Nah, that's too far" about some of what happened here?
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Look I don't want to say you're a rube if you fell for the "Biden's incompetent" trope but it was clearly a con coming almost exclusively from bad faith actors and had almost zero solid evidentiary basis.
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Look I don't want to say you're a rube if you fell for the "Biden's incompetent" trope but it was clearly a con coming almost exclusively from bad faith actors and had almost zero solid evidentiary basis.
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We’re so grateful for the readers and members who make our reporting possible — thank you for standing with us.
You fuel investigations that lead to real change, like these 🧵
You fuel investigations that lead to real change, like these 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We’re so grateful for the readers and members who make our reporting possible — thank you for standing with us.
You fuel investigations that lead to real change, like these 🧵
You fuel investigations that lead to real change, like these 🧵
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Let’s Make Sure No One Wants to Visit America
Let's Make Sure No One Wants to Visit America - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump continues to show his amazing business genius, doubling down on trying to end international tourism in America through drastically hiking entrance fees into national parks for tourists. Foreign tourists visiting popular US national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite will need to pay an extra fee, the Trump administration says. The Department […]
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Let’s Make Sure No One Wants to Visit America
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Our economy is being driven by the Underpants Gnomes
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our economy is being driven by the Underpants Gnomes
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Elon believes the US doesn't have enough mass incarceration. His awfulness is boundless.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Elon believes the US doesn't have enough mass incarceration. His awfulness is boundless.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
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I mean, it’s not like RFK. Jr. used his vanity campaign to propel himself into a position of great authority or something. Nothing to see here
Ben Smith in a couple of days, “We all burn our sources. This is a nothingburger.”
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I mean, it’s not like RFK. Jr. used his vanity campaign to propel himself into a position of great authority or something. Nothing to see here
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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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Grassley
Grassley - Lawyers, Guns & Money
You know really deserves a hit piece? Charles Grassley, who has slipped under the radar for years, with his horrors being largely ignored even as he embraced Trump like almost no other senior Republican (though Bob Dole loved him some Trump before he died). Here’s a good rundown of how much he sucks. So what […]
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November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Grassley
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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So you're saying dozens of sworn law enforcement officers have detailed knowledge of crimes and have actively engaged in a systematic cover up?
Cool. Cool.
Cool. Cool.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So you're saying dozens of sworn law enforcement officers have detailed knowledge of crimes and have actively engaged in a systematic cover up?
Cool. Cool.
Cool. Cool.
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Another Cassidy Kid dead of a preventable disease in Kentucky
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/maki...
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Making whooping cough great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Here’s a story that The Atlantic, publisher of the latest cover sanewashing profile of RFK Jr., isn’t currently covering: Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third chil...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Another Cassidy Kid dead of a preventable disease in Kentucky
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/maki...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/maki...
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Really hope I’m wrong, but my sense is that expectations are too high in the Tennessee race. This state is really, really Trumpy, and hasn’t soured on him nearly as much as the rest of the country.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really hope I’m wrong, but my sense is that expectations are too high in the Tennessee race. This state is really, really Trumpy, and hasn’t soured on him nearly as much as the rest of the country.
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A Thanksgiving Reckoning
A Thanksgiving Reckoning - Lawyers, Guns & Money
For the holiday weekend, let’s raise our eyes up from the murk that Donald Trump and his minions spew. Let’s think about what we need to do to make this a better country. That’s not just one thing. There will be many. But I think this is foundational. The United States has unfinished business that […]
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November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A Thanksgiving Reckoning
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Are straight women ok
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Are straight women ok
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This race is close and, given how much Democrats outperformed the polls a few weeks ago, a win is actually possible.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
Emerson poll | 11/22-11/24 LV
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This race is close and, given how much Democrats outperformed the polls a few weeks ago, a win is actually possible.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
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The recent sharp rise in Black women's unemployment is striking, even as it has largely escaped notice.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The recent sharp rise in Black women's unemployment is striking, even as it has largely escaped notice.
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Donations of money, rather than food, help food banks to feed more people and help to keep them resourced through the summer months, when kids are out of school and need for food assistance is greatest.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Donations of money, rather than food, help food banks to feed more people and help to keep them resourced through the summer months, when kids are out of school and need for food assistance is greatest.
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Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
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Reminder: Salmonella — even the most dangerous strains — perishes at 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and a meat thermometer is the only surefire way to tell if your turkey has reached that temperature.
🦃 Stay safe this Thanksgiving:
🦃 Stay safe this Thanksgiving:
Protect Yourself From Salmonella Over the Holidays
Because talking politics with your family is the only thing that should ruin your festivities.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reminder: Salmonella — even the most dangerous strains — perishes at 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and a meat thermometer is the only surefire way to tell if your turkey has reached that temperature.
🦃 Stay safe this Thanksgiving:
🦃 Stay safe this Thanksgiving: