Dowling
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Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
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The IRS is effectively unable to audit private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firms.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Push to Audit Private Equity and Venture Capital Falters Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The IRS is effectively unable to audit private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firms.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
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BREAKING: Republicans are trying to abolish the estate tax, as part of a bill they call "Making the American Dream Affordable Again."
The reality is this would let the super-rich transfer their wealth to the children, and cost the government $281 billion over the next decade.
The reality is this would let the super-rich transfer their wealth to the children, and cost the government $281 billion over the next decade.
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING: Republicans are trying to abolish the estate tax, as part of a bill they call "Making the American Dream Affordable Again."
The reality is this would let the super-rich transfer their wealth to the children, and cost the government $281 billion over the next decade.
The reality is this would let the super-rich transfer their wealth to the children, and cost the government $281 billion over the next decade.
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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Emmer: "There is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about. That is a direct quote from Commie Mamdani! And it should terrify every single freedom-loving American."
Emmer: "Pro-terrorist, Marxist radicals are now the left's mainstream."
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Emmer: "There is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about. That is a direct quote from Commie Mamdani! And it should terrify every single freedom-loving American."
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Everyone’s a libertarian until it affects them.
A principle that never costs you anything is instead a privilege.
A principle that never costs you anything is instead a privilege.
Rand Paul: "People say, 'Oh, people have a right to say things.' Well, actually they don't necessarily have a right to say things. Many people have in their contract what we call a morals clause ... I think it is time for this to be a crackdown on people."
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Everyone’s a libertarian until it affects them.
A principle that never costs you anything is instead a privilege.
A principle that never costs you anything is instead a privilege.
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Research indicates that older people have a more difficult time than younger people at discerning fact from opinion, but the real correlation isn't age, it's exposure to TV news www.splinter.com/fake-news-is...
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Research indicates that older people have a more difficult time than younger people at discerning fact from opinion, but the real correlation isn't age, it's exposure to TV news www.splinter.com/fake-news-is...
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
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Universal healthcare is the only way to go.
August 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Universal healthcare is the only way to go.
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It's a bizarre and frankly alienating feeling realizing that if you know the basic fact that the murder rate has gone down significantly since 1990 you're in the ~90th+ percentile of fact-knowers
Once again, Gen X is super wrong, but they're confidently wrong.
July 31, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It's a bizarre and frankly alienating feeling realizing that if you know the basic fact that the murder rate has gone down significantly since 1990 you're in the ~90th+ percentile of fact-knowers
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Imagine what you would think of a neighbor who spent as much on their home security system as on their kids' food, education, daycare, and healthcare put together.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Imagine what you would think of a neighbor who spent as much on their home security system as on their kids' food, education, daycare, and healthcare put together.
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it has never been clearer that undocumentedness is the outcome of processes of ILLEGALIZATION. it's not something a person does, it's something the state does to a person. The state is doing this to hundreds of thousands overnight, so it's especially shocking, but it's part of broader illegalization
🚨NEW: The Trump admin moves to terminate Temporary Protected Status for HALF A MILLION Haitians, claiming despite all reality that Haiti is a safe country to return to — even though large portions of the country are ruled by vicious gangs and civil governance has collapsed.
June 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
it has never been clearer that undocumentedness is the outcome of processes of ILLEGALIZATION. it's not something a person does, it's something the state does to a person. The state is doing this to hundreds of thousands overnight, so it's especially shocking, but it's part of broader illegalization
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An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US. www.wired.com/story/a-poli...
A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US. www.wired.com/story/a-poli...
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His mom: “He’s never done anything to anybody.”
So why is he being detained? Because this immigration policy is chaotic and cruel. It’s also been a total failure.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
So why is he being detained? Because this immigration policy is chaotic and cruel. It’s also been a total failure.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
'Can't imagine what I'm feeling': Mom, coach speak out after 19-year-old detained by ICE
Colindres, a 19-year-old Honduran immigrant, graduated from high school last month and was a standout on the school's soccer team.
www.cincinnati.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
His mom: “He’s never done anything to anybody.”
So why is he being detained? Because this immigration policy is chaotic and cruel. It’s also been a total failure.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
So why is he being detained? Because this immigration policy is chaotic and cruel. It’s also been a total failure.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Just a thought.
White men in suits have suppressed my wages, priced me out of material and raided my paid for pension three times in my lifetime.
Immigrants have saved my life, cared for relatives, fed me and served communities in their stores.
White men in suits have suppressed my wages, priced me out of material and raided my paid for pension three times in my lifetime.
Immigrants have saved my life, cared for relatives, fed me and served communities in their stores.
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Just a thought.
White men in suits have suppressed my wages, priced me out of material and raided my paid for pension three times in my lifetime.
Immigrants have saved my life, cared for relatives, fed me and served communities in their stores.
White men in suits have suppressed my wages, priced me out of material and raided my paid for pension three times in my lifetime.
Immigrants have saved my life, cared for relatives, fed me and served communities in their stores.
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Poverty is a policy choice.
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Poverty is a policy choice.
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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UNIONS are stepping up for their immigrant brothers and sisters.
Maximo Londonio, a father, longtime green card holder, and union member was arrested after returning home from the Philippines and has been unjustly detained.
Machinists + aerospace workers’ union demands his release.
@psl.seattle
Maximo Londonio, a father, longtime green card holder, and union member was arrested after returning home from the Philippines and has been unjustly detained.
Machinists + aerospace workers’ union demands his release.
@psl.seattle
June 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
UNIONS are stepping up for their immigrant brothers and sisters.
Maximo Londonio, a father, longtime green card holder, and union member was arrested after returning home from the Philippines and has been unjustly detained.
Machinists + aerospace workers’ union demands his release.
@psl.seattle
Maximo Londonio, a father, longtime green card holder, and union member was arrested after returning home from the Philippines and has been unjustly detained.
Machinists + aerospace workers’ union demands his release.
@psl.seattle
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Again I'm asking anyone with a spine to make this a bigger headline so we can stop with the fake histrionics about deporting criminals
May 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Again I'm asking anyone with a spine to make this a bigger headline so we can stop with the fake histrionics about deporting criminals
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So many great lines/observations. (Not least the reminder that the very serious bizguys didn't think Harris was serious.)
"The 2024 election wasn’t a restaurant where you could order cheaper eggs but politely ask for the server to hold the fascism. You’re still getting the fascism, and your eggs aren’t just overpriced now, they’re broken and rotten." -- @playtyperguy.com
Yes, they voted for this
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you brought me in."
www.publicnotice.co
April 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So many great lines/observations. (Not least the reminder that the very serious bizguys didn't think Harris was serious.)
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1. Could we get a US citizen mistakenly sent to El Salvador's labor gulag back?
2. If there's no recourse, seems reasonable to ask courts to order administration to stop sending people there, period.
2. If there's no recourse, seems reasonable to ask courts to order administration to stop sending people there, period.
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
1. Could we get a US citizen mistakenly sent to El Salvador's labor gulag back?
2. If there's no recourse, seems reasonable to ask courts to order administration to stop sending people there, period.
2. If there's no recourse, seems reasonable to ask courts to order administration to stop sending people there, period.