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"One of the big reasons why a lot of us grew up as conservatives is we were afraid that if you give too much power to the government, someone bad could come in and use it for their own personal gratification and empowerment," George Conway says. "And here we are. This is exactly it."

December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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"Reunion"

I didn’t cry at my mother’s funeral. I was fifteen at the time, and the ordeal of seeing her suffer for the last year of her life had left me emotionally paralyzed.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM

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November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM

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November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM

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Even when he's not reading a script, he sounds like he's reading a script. He's like one of those dolls where you pull a string and out comes a talking point. He's a walking powerpoint slide.

When we win back the House @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social must NOT be speaker.

#msnbc #msnow

December 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM

Fred Bubbers

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Holy Shit!

I mean...

Holy Shit!

Looks like Senior has been dipping into Junior's stash.

December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM

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Marc Elias

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The only people missing from this are Jonathan Turley, Mike Lindell and the rest of the characters from the the Mos Eisley Cantina.

December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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Craig Calcaterra

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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

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Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Molly Jong-Fast

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This is so smart

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Opinion | Olivia Nuzzi, Karine Jean-Pierre and Eric Trump Have All Written the Same Book

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December 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM

Fred Bubbers

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The Banality of Evil:
If Stephen Miller is Joseph Goebbels then
Susie Wiles must be Adolph Eichmann.

Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 4d

“Most senior White House officials parse their words and speak only on background,” reports Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple. “But over many on-the-record conversations, [Susie] Wiles answered almost every question I put to her.”

Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)

Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.

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December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM

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Bill Kristol

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Wiles lies to try to duck blame.
"In the interview, Wiles took issue with the quote about [Musk's] drug use. 'That’s ridiculous, I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.' But Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

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December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Fred Bubbers

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No Such Thing as Worst
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No Such Thing as Worst

The off-the-rails rants of a jealous demagogue diminish all of us

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December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM

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Doug Jones on Tommy Tuberville: "He was just a mediocre football coach...and he hid from view....This is a different world now. He has a record that he’s got to try to defend, a record that is actually hurting Alabama."

If Any Dem Can Be Governor of Alabama, It’s This Guy. It Still May Take a Miracle.

Running against Tommy Tuberville may not seem like a major challenge. But it is in the deep-red South.

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December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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Fred Bubbers

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Utopia, American Style
The history of American utopian experiments. Each generation imagines a better way to live, withdraws into a self-contained community, and struggles against the stubborn realities of human nature and the environment.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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Microplastics Sommelier

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all i'm saying is that there were better options

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December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM

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"It's not that we have a unitary executive, but we have a wayward executive. We have a corrupt executive," George Conway says. "We have an executive who defies the law, who fails to execute the laws properly because he doesn't consider himself bound by the laws." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rRCpCE?utm_...

December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM

Fred Bubbers

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Captain Dementia

December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Fred Bubbers

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The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow

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December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM

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Philip Bump

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Here is a true story.

During Trump’s first term, The Post got a tip that his doctor — the guy with the long hair who signed that first “healthiest guy ever” letter — wanted to spill the beans. He lived in Westchester, up near where I lived at the time. So I was tasked with talking to him. 1/

December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM

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Philip Bump

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I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.

Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10d

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact,

most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM

Fred Bubbers

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Utopia, American Style
The history of American utopian experiments. Each generation imagines a better way to live, withdraws into a self-contained community, and struggles against the stubborn realities of human nature and the environment.
fredbubbers.com/2025/12/06/u...

December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM