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Trump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.
May 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Trump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.
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I'm still not clear why the @nytimes.com went along the idea that a presidential library owning a jet for the personal use of the ex-president was anything that real presidential libraries do. Weird.
May 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I'm still not clear why the @nytimes.com went along the idea that a presidential library owning a jet for the personal use of the ex-president was anything that real presidential libraries do. Weird.
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Be prepared to see this a lot.
May 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Be prepared to see this a lot.
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If you needed any further proof that the arrest of Judge Dugan was a propaganda opportunity and a fear tactic, here you go.
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
April 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you needed any further proof that the arrest of Judge Dugan was a propaganda opportunity and a fear tactic, here you go.
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
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Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured
Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
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If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money.
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
Via Barnhart @barchart.com 42% of mortgage refinance applications are being rejected, the highest rate in AT LEAST the last 12 years #EconSky
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money.
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
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I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
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Fiona Hill, a former senior National Security Council official and expert on European and Russian affairs, has revealed new insights into Trump’s previous interactions with Vladimir Putin — and how she believes Putin actually mocked Trump during their exchanges.
Former Aide Reveals How Putin Played Trump Like A Fiddle On Phone Call
And the U.S. president didn't even know it, recalled Russia expert Fiona Hill.
www.huffpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Fiona Hill, a former senior National Security Council official and expert on European and Russian affairs, has revealed new insights into Trump’s previous interactions with Vladimir Putin — and how she believes Putin actually mocked Trump during their exchanges.
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Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
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When people talk about "American Exceptionalism" they now usually mean that Americans are exceptionally bad a running a country.
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When people talk about "American Exceptionalism" they now usually mean that Americans are exceptionally bad a running a country.
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“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
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DO IT
For my Democratic friends in Congress, please wear Zelensky’s Oval Office attire tomorrow night to Trump’s State of Union speech.
March 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DO IT
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DONALD TRUMP: "My tariffs are gonna be great for America!"
STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."
STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."
March 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
DONALD TRUMP: "My tariffs are gonna be great for America!"
STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."
STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."
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Maybe, just maybe, Americans don’t need to be paid money to hold political leaders accountable for bad policy decisions.
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Maybe, just maybe, Americans don’t need to be paid money to hold political leaders accountable for bad policy decisions.
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How much WD40 do you have to drink to believe this shit?
Tuberville: "We're getting to a point now where women and girls sports and getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
March 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
How much WD40 do you have to drink to believe this shit?
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(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
March 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
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A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant Banksy.
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‘Like a horror movie’: ICE is detaining German tourist indefinitely
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 26 yo German Jessica Brösche—a tourist who had a visa waiver & a return ticket to 🇩🇪 in her passport—has been in a detention center for a month+ after being denied entry from 🇲🇽
Adios 🇺🇸 tourism!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 26 yo German Jessica Brösche—a tourist who had a visa waiver & a return ticket to 🇩🇪 in her passport—has been in a detention center for a month+ after being denied entry from 🇲🇽
Adios 🇺🇸 tourism!
‘Like a horror movie’: Ice detaining German tourist in California indefinitely
Jessica Brösche has spent more than a month in detention center after being denied entry at San Diego from Mexico
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
‘Like a horror movie’: ICE is detaining German tourist indefinitely
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 26 yo German Jessica Brösche—a tourist who had a visa waiver & a return ticket to 🇩🇪 in her passport—has been in a detention center for a month+ after being denied entry from 🇲🇽
Adios 🇺🇸 tourism!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 26 yo German Jessica Brösche—a tourist who had a visa waiver & a return ticket to 🇩🇪 in her passport—has been in a detention center for a month+ after being denied entry from 🇲🇽
Adios 🇺🇸 tourism!
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January 29, 2023. It was all there for everyone to see, who cared enough to notice.
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
January 29, 2023. It was all there for everyone to see, who cared enough to notice.