Bob
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I coach volleyball and worry about the republic.
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The Supreme Court’s order cites:
“Irreparable harm to a protected national heritage site,”
“Significant unresolved legal questions,” and
“Immediate risk of permanent loss of federally protected historic assets.”
The ruling freezes construction, demolition, and contracting activities.
“Irreparable harm to a protected national heritage site,”
“Significant unresolved legal questions,” and
“Immediate risk of permanent loss of federally protected historic assets.”
The ruling freezes construction, demolition, and contracting activities.
Finally! Too bad the East Wing was torn down before SCOTUS could act. The suit filed by the Nat'l Trust for Historic Preservation accuses the gov't of >$10B in violations of federal environmental, architectural heritage, & historic preservation laws.
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15 Minutes Ago: The President of the United States’ Four-Word Response After Supreme Court Issues Emergency Injunction Halting His White House East Wing Demolition for Lavish Ballroom Following Nation...
Washington, D.C. — In an unprecedented late-night intervention, the United States Supreme Court issued an emergency injunction halting President Trump’s controversial demolition of the White House Eas...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Supreme Court’s order cites:
“Irreparable harm to a protected national heritage site,”
“Significant unresolved legal questions,” and
“Immediate risk of permanent loss of federally protected historic assets.”
The ruling freezes construction, demolition, and contracting activities.
“Irreparable harm to a protected national heritage site,”
“Significant unresolved legal questions,” and
“Immediate risk of permanent loss of federally protected historic assets.”
The ruling freezes construction, demolition, and contracting activities.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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And the majority of Christians voted for this.
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And the majority of Christians voted for this.
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Consumer sentiment among young people (18–34) is near an all-time low—worse than during the pandemic, the Great Recession, and even stagflation.
That’s how bad the job market and inflation are under Trump.
That’s how bad the job market and inflation are under Trump.
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Consumer sentiment among young people (18–34) is near an all-time low—worse than during the pandemic, the Great Recession, and even stagflation.
That’s how bad the job market and inflation are under Trump.
That’s how bad the job market and inflation are under Trump.
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Why aren’t more people (and the media) talking about this? www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/u...
South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge | CNN
A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, CNN affiliates WCSC and WIS reported.
www.cnn.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why aren’t more people (and the media) talking about this? www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/u...
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If Murkowski votes for this she should never be elected to anything. ever. she is going to take healthcare away from her constituents cause she is too scared to stand up to Trump. Maybe she should have left public office before she got to this point.
Alaska’s Republican Senate Majority Leader on the GOP’s Medicaid cuts:“This actually jeopardizes ALL Alaskans, whether they’re the third of our population that receives Medicaid services or not.”
July 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If Murkowski votes for this she should never be elected to anything. ever. she is going to take healthcare away from her constituents cause she is too scared to stand up to Trump. Maybe she should have left public office before she got to this point.
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USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-c...
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USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to rese...
www.yahoo.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-c...
www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-c...
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Lest we forget: this is the ear that was "blown off."
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lest we forget: this is the ear that was "blown off."
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It’s fucking infuriating that the authoritarian regime has troops in the streets and all you hear in coverage is concern about “anarchists and extremists.”
The fascists are fucking extreme.
Corporate media is a curse on this society.
The fascists are fucking extreme.
Corporate media is a curse on this society.
June 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It’s fucking infuriating that the authoritarian regime has troops in the streets and all you hear in coverage is concern about “anarchists and extremists.”
The fascists are fucking extreme.
Corporate media is a curse on this society.
The fascists are fucking extreme.
Corporate media is a curse on this society.
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"Mass deportation" is the excuse and trigger for authoritarianism. As it was always intended to be.
June 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Mass deportation" is the excuse and trigger for authoritarianism. As it was always intended to be.
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As you see Trump defending his decision to deploy the National Guard into LA and potentially elsewhere, just remember that he did *not* order the DC Nat Guard to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6. I debunked that lie, told by some of his prominent surrogates, here:
www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatom...
www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatom...
Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory and a Smear: Still, No Evidence of Trump Order for 10,000 Guard on January 6th
Debunking a new conspiracy theory that Trump ordered the National Guard to be ready on January 6, and that the select committee withheld information.
www.justsecurity.org
June 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As you see Trump defending his decision to deploy the National Guard into LA and potentially elsewhere, just remember that he did *not* order the DC Nat Guard to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6. I debunked that lie, told by some of his prominent surrogates, here:
www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatom...
www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatom...
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"If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to 'reevaluate' longstanding pediatric vaccines."
RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here
Anyone who thinks he’ll stop with COVID shots is deluding themselves. The time to raise hell is now.
www.thebulwark.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to 'reevaluate' longstanding pediatric vaccines."
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The people are in the streets getting brutalized by a fascist regime and the networks are having ex cops and military give “analysis” and focusing “extremists.” No protest voices.
See this thing for what it is.
See this thing for what it is.
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The people are in the streets getting brutalized by a fascist regime and the networks are having ex cops and military give “analysis” and focusing “extremists.” No protest voices.
See this thing for what it is.
See this thing for what it is.
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Earlier I said Yashar had not reported Trump's attack on Biden, after having served as a data mule for his original scripted comment. I was wrong and I apologize for that.
President Trump on former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis:
“If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious ... I really don't feel sorry for him.”
“If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious ... I really don't feel sorry for him.”
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Earlier I said Yashar had not reported Trump's attack on Biden, after having served as a data mule for his original scripted comment. I was wrong and I apologize for that.
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I make a point of not sharing it otherwise amplifying anything from this despicable person. But I’m making an exception to highlight his utter immorality and indecency.
May 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I make a point of not sharing it otherwise amplifying anything from this despicable person. But I’m making an exception to highlight his utter immorality and indecency.
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“Why do colleges have legacy admissions? It started as a way to keep out Jews” and to “ensure their students were predominantly Protestant.” 7/28/23 www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Why do colleges have legacy admissions? It started as a way to keep out Jews.
Standardized tests. Interviews. Extracurricular activities. In the early 20th century, universities used these tactics to ensure their students were predominantly Protestant.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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A Harvard Med researcher is approaching her 3rd month in a crowded (90 women to a room) Louisiana detention center, supposedly because she didn't declare frog embryos as she was re-entering the US.
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
HMS Researcher Denies Lying To Border Patrol Officials | News | The Harvard Crimson
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher detained by Customs and Border Patrol officials in February, denied lying to authorities about the contents of her luggage in a Thursday statement.
www.thecrimson.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A Harvard Med researcher is approaching her 3rd month in a crowded (90 women to a room) Louisiana detention center, supposedly because she didn't declare frog embryos as she was re-entering the US.
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
www.motherjones.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
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Ho are they even gonna know since they've fired the food inspectors?
NEW: The USDA will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella in their products, halting a Biden administration effort to reduce food poisoning from contaminated meat.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
April 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ho are they even gonna know since they've fired the food inspectors?
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The new leader of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ — the section tasked with enforcing voting rights and anti-discrimination laws — has a long history of trying to make it harder to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Fox in the Henhouse: Senate Confirms Anti-Voting Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Top Voting Rights Post
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The new leader of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ — the section tasked with enforcing voting rights and anti-discrimination laws — has a long history of trying to make it harder to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.
The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order
It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.
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As a reminder, we've confirmed the identities and roles of 66 DOGE staffers. Check out our tracker:
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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April 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a reminder, we've confirmed the identities and roles of 66 DOGE staffers. Check out our tracker:
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House Republicans unanimously voted to gut the power of federal courts with the so-called “No Rogue Rulings Act”—a direct assault on the judicial branch. They’ve abandoned the Constitution and their constituents.
This is about unchecked power.
Read it and rage:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
House Republicans unanimously voted to gut the power of federal courts with the so-called “No Rogue Rulings Act”—a direct assault on the judicial branch. They’ve abandoned the Constitution and their constituents.
This is about unchecked power.
Read it and rage:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
House Votes to Curb National Injunctions, Targeting Judges Who Thwart Trump (Gift Article)
The legislation is part of an escalating Republican campaign to take aim at judges who have moved to halt some of President Trump’s executive orders.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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