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“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
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For nearly 15 years, Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein socialized in New York and Florida before a falling out that preceded Epstein’s first arrest. What seemed to draw them together, according to those who knew them at the time, was a common interest in hitting on — and competing for — young women.
Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.
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July 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
For nearly 15 years, Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein socialized in New York and Florida before a falling out that preceded Epstein’s first arrest. What seemed to draw them together, according to those who knew them at the time, was a common interest in hitting on — and competing for — young women.
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Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
The consequences of JCPOA withdrawal in graph form www.ft.com/content/193f...
June 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
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(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..
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June 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..
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In my overly long political career, I have never seen anything as substantively inexplicable or politically suicidal as Trump’s decision to sink the economy and raise prices immediately after being elected to improve the economy and lower prices. www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-is-c...
Trump is Crashing the Economy ... And his Presidency
Raising prices when everyone is mad about high prices is pure political self-destruction
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April 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In my overly long political career, I have never seen anything as substantively inexplicable or politically suicidal as Trump’s decision to sink the economy and raise prices immediately after being elected to improve the economy and lower prices. www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-is-c...
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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They're going to fucking wreck the university with one of the best hospital systems in the goddam world
The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
They're going to fucking wreck the university with one of the best hospital systems in the goddam world
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Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
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I dunno, what else do you call a shadowy group of bureaucrats working to reshape government policy from the inside to serve their own ends? www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
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March 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I dunno, what else do you call a shadowy group of bureaucrats working to reshape government policy from the inside to serve their own ends? www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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There is no word for this other than evil. Ukraine is being bombed daily by a leader who has engaged in war crimes.
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There is no word for this other than evil. Ukraine is being bombed daily by a leader who has engaged in war crimes.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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"Trump may have promised Americans “order” and “stability,” but he and his collaborators will create chaos and disaster on a global scale." @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance
Disturbed and damaged individuals rise to the top, and a truly bizarre Modi-Musk "official encounter" sums things up
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March 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Trump may have promised Americans “order” and “stability,” but he and his collaborators will create chaos and disaster on a global scale." @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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Friday's Oval Office betrayal was to create a pretext for this move. As long as Trump is in office, America will be on Putin's side.
March 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Friday's Oval Office betrayal was to create a pretext for this move. As long as Trump is in office, America will be on Putin's side.
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"Let’s drop the macho act. The position we’re in with Putin isn’t toe to toe. It’s tongue to toe. The toes are his, and the tongues belong to Trump, Hegseth, Waltz, Witkoff, Bessent, JD Vance, and the rest of this bootlicking administration." @saletan.bsky.social:
Republicans Follow Trump in Selling Out Ukraine
Ten distortions from GOP politicians who should know better about Russia, Putin, and NATO.
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March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Let’s drop the macho act. The position we’re in with Putin isn’t toe to toe. It’s tongue to toe. The toes are his, and the tongues belong to Trump, Hegseth, Waltz, Witkoff, Bessent, JD Vance, and the rest of this bootlicking administration." @saletan.bsky.social:
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Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
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The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
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The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.
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What Trump has done for US farmers so far:
-frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot)
-encouraged EU to ban their products
-frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc.
-threatened to deport half their workforce
-suppressed research on bird flu
-frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot)
-encouraged EU to ban their products
-frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc.
-threatened to deport half their workforce
-suppressed research on bird flu
Trump on the EU possibly banning food imports from the US: "I don't mind. Let them do it. Let them do it."
February 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What Trump has done for US farmers so far:
-frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot)
-encouraged EU to ban their products
-frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc.
-threatened to deport half their workforce
-suppressed research on bird flu
-frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot)
-encouraged EU to ban their products
-frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc.
-threatened to deport half their workforce
-suppressed research on bird flu
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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JD Vance's Munich speech met w/shock, bewilderment, & 'almost no applause'
"'Vance admonished Europe for what he described as the 'retreat' of free speech. Vance said these efforts included restrictions on 'misinformation.'" SUCH a hypocrite.
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"'Vance admonished Europe for what he described as the 'retreat' of free speech. Vance said these efforts included restrictions on 'misinformation.'" SUCH a hypocrite.
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JD Vance's Munich speech met with shock, bewilderment, and 'almost no applause'
U.S. Vice President JD Vance stunned those watching on Feb. 14 when his speech at the Munich Security Conference turned into a searing attack on Europe's ideals and a call to embrace far-right politic...
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February 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
JD Vance's Munich speech met w/shock, bewilderment, & 'almost no applause'
"'Vance admonished Europe for what he described as the 'retreat' of free speech. Vance said these efforts included restrictions on 'misinformation.'" SUCH a hypocrite.
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"'Vance admonished Europe for what he described as the 'retreat' of free speech. Vance said these efforts included restrictions on 'misinformation.'" SUCH a hypocrite.
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ABC: “.. Multiple current and former employees described the situation as ‘a national security crisis.’”
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February 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ABC: “.. Multiple current and former employees described the situation as ‘a national security crisis.’”
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USAID isn’t just foreign aid—it’s a powerful tool for America’s security, influence, and values. Cutting it weakens us while empowering our adversaries. I’ve seen its impact firsthand. Watch my video and share with those who care about America’s future. 🇺🇸👇
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Weekend (Monday) Video
USAID, an important soft power benefit.
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February 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
USAID isn’t just foreign aid—it’s a powerful tool for America’s security, influence, and values. Cutting it weakens us while empowering our adversaries. I’ve seen its impact firsthand. Watch my video and share with those who care about America’s future. 🇺🇸👇
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.