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Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
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So far, Donald Trump’s efforts at prosecuting his perceived enemies have largely floundered—but his favorite judge may soon be in a position to change that, Marilyn W. Thompson reports. theatln.tc/7aRHITeX
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So far, Donald Trump’s efforts at prosecuting his perceived enemies have largely floundered—but his favorite judge may soon be in a position to change that, Marilyn W. Thompson reports. theatln.tc/7aRHITeX
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I find it deeply ironic that Mark Kelly is getting charged for saying the same message that the oathkeepers (pardoned for sedition after 6JAN) used to have, "remember your oath."
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I find it deeply ironic that Mark Kelly is getting charged for saying the same message that the oathkeepers (pardoned for sedition after 6JAN) used to have, "remember your oath."
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Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
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(also, not to be a downer but … this)
This ruling is a big deal; the deployment of the guard was awful, harmful, and autocratic.
But SCOTUS isn’t all good now!!
This ruling is a big deal; the deployment of the guard was awful, harmful, and autocratic.
But SCOTUS isn’t all good now!!
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the Supreme Court
December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
(also, not to be a downer but … this)
This ruling is a big deal; the deployment of the guard was awful, harmful, and autocratic.
But SCOTUS isn’t all good now!!
This ruling is a big deal; the deployment of the guard was awful, harmful, and autocratic.
But SCOTUS isn’t all good now!!
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"It's genuinely a very bad thing. Think about how you would feel if whatever type of person you are or religion you practice, were the ones being targeted."
@cheetah.bsky.social on the open anti-Muslim bigotry in Congress, in the latest edition of Press Pass: lnk.thebulwark.com/3N1wawd
@cheetah.bsky.social on the open anti-Muslim bigotry in Congress, in the latest edition of Press Pass: lnk.thebulwark.com/3N1wawd
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"It's genuinely a very bad thing. Think about how you would feel if whatever type of person you are or religion you practice, were the ones being targeted."
@cheetah.bsky.social on the open anti-Muslim bigotry in Congress, in the latest edition of Press Pass: lnk.thebulwark.com/3N1wawd
@cheetah.bsky.social on the open anti-Muslim bigotry in Congress, in the latest edition of Press Pass: lnk.thebulwark.com/3N1wawd
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Release the prosecution memoranda. That will explain why DOJ chose not to pursue additional indictments against third parties that it appeared Epstein was coordinating with to traffic the victims.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Release the prosecution memoranda. That will explain why DOJ chose not to pursue additional indictments against third parties that it appeared Epstein was coordinating with to traffic the victims.
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I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
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It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
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We revealed the existence of Mobile Fortfy, ICE's new facial recognition app that turns the system used to vet travelers at the border inwards to U.S. streets: www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We revealed the existence of Mobile Fortfy, ICE's new facial recognition app that turns the system used to vet travelers at the border inwards to U.S. streets: www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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I find it more than ironic that at a time when almost the entire conservative moment is trying to defend their Dear Leader's relationship with the world's most notorious child sex trafficker, their new celeb of choice is the wife of a registered sex offender.
Rapper Nicki Minaj joined Erica Kirk onstage to reveal her "utmost respect" for President Donald Trump at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.
Nicki Minaj proclaims 'love' for Trump, Vance at Turning Point event
Rapper Nicki Minaj joined Erica Kirk onstage to reveal her "utmost respect" for President Donald Trump at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I find it more than ironic that at a time when almost the entire conservative moment is trying to defend their Dear Leader's relationship with the world's most notorious child sex trafficker, their new celeb of choice is the wife of a registered sex offender.
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Everything about the “Trump-class battleship” screams VAPORWARE. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-clas...
Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
www.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Everything about the “Trump-class battleship” screams VAPORWARE. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-clas...
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
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Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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“The United States of America had boats in Greenland in 1725,” said President Goodbrain
Trump: We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has no military protection. They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago with a boat—well, we were there with boats too I’m sure.
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“The United States of America had boats in Greenland in 1725,” said President Goodbrain
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The group did not do what Mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up…. Many of the largest savings that DOGE claimed turned out to be wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The group did not do what Mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up…. Many of the largest savings that DOGE claimed turned out to be wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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When he's right, he's right.
December 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When he's right, he's right.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Squirrels are NOT on Tork’s Christmas list 🐿️
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Squirrels are NOT on Tork’s Christmas list 🐿️