Mark Lush
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Mark Lush
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The WSJ says YouTube "has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump
The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.
www.wsj.com
Chickenshit cowards. The lot of ‘em. Never thought you’d be able to figure out the courage of an executive simply by taking the inverse of their wealth. These nerds should have been bullied more when they were kids to learn the truth: you don’t submit to bullies. You stand up to them.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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We are becoming numb to the delusional thinking that defines this administration and its policies.
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
We are becoming numb to the delusional thinking that defines this administration and its policies.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s planning to channel Elon Musk’s failed DOGE experiment to overhaul the Pentagon—“preferably with a chainsaw.”
Pentagon Pete Admits He’ll Follow Musk’s Totally Failed Cuts Plan
But the defense secretary has picked an awkward time to recruit Musk’s problematic AI bot.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s planning to channel Elon Musk’s failed DOGE experiment to overhaul the Pentagon—“preferably with a chainsaw.”
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that’s how you thread the affordability + ICE needle
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
that’s how you thread the affordability + ICE needle
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“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
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this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
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If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
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Terrorizing American citizens.
Threatening American allies.
Covering up for American sex criminals.
Welcome to the Trump administration, 2026!
Threatening American allies.
Covering up for American sex criminals.
Welcome to the Trump administration, 2026!
January 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Terrorizing American citizens.
Threatening American allies.
Covering up for American sex criminals.
Welcome to the Trump administration, 2026!
Threatening American allies.
Covering up for American sex criminals.
Welcome to the Trump administration, 2026!
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I mean, I think the most hateful rhetoric I’ve seen lately is an ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered on camera a “fucking bitch”
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I mean, I think the most hateful rhetoric I’ve seen lately is an ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered on camera a “fucking bitch”
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My economic outlook for 2026: "If someone is super confident on TV, telling you they know exactly what's going to happen, the only thing you're learning is about their disposition... their overconfidence."
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My economic outlook for 2026: "If someone is super confident on TV, telling you they know exactly what's going to happen, the only thing you're learning is about their disposition... their overconfidence."
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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They all think they’re immensely clever - “We’ll flatter him and his supporters, we’ll pretend they have a point, we’ll allow for the possibility that maybe we are wrong and they are right. Maybe war over Greenland is a good idea” - what in god’s name is wrong you? This pretending will get us killed
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
They all think they’re immensely clever - “We’ll flatter him and his supporters, we’ll pretend they have a point, we’ll allow for the possibility that maybe we are wrong and they are right. Maybe war over Greenland is a good idea” - what in god’s name is wrong you? This pretending will get us killed
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"I would love to go shopping tomorrow with my DOGE dividends. I'm going shopping with my tariff dividend... I love this new health care plan, which costs nothing."
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
January 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"I would love to go shopping tomorrow with my DOGE dividends. I'm going shopping with my tariff dividend... I love this new health care plan, which costs nothing."
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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BREAKING: Trump says it would be an honor to accept Lee Greenwood's 1985 Grammy award for Top Male Vocal Performance.
January 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
BREAKING: Trump says it would be an honor to accept Lee Greenwood's 1985 Grammy award for Top Male Vocal Performance.
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Yes because if oil companies in a ballroom isn't what America is all about, then what are we even doing?
REPORTER: The Capital Planning Commission is concerned the 89,000 square foot ballroom is going to dwarf the rest of the rest of the WH. Do you worry about that?
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
January 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Yes because if oil companies in a ballroom isn't what America is all about, then what are we even doing?
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This is big.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
The storied Washington National Opera decides to leave the Kennedy Center where it has played since 1971, perhaps the most significant artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the facility in his image and attach his name to it. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
This is big.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
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Yeesh, Bloomberg compares Trump’s administration to BlackBerry, Nokia and Eastman Kodak.
“.. In each case, leaders insulated themselves from learning. .. Dissent was seen as disloyalty .. while advisors who played to leaders’ illusions were promoted.” 👀
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
“.. In each case, leaders insulated themselves from learning. .. Dissent was seen as disloyalty .. while advisors who played to leaders’ illusions were promoted.” 👀
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Yeesh, Bloomberg compares Trump’s administration to BlackBerry, Nokia and Eastman Kodak.
“.. In each case, leaders insulated themselves from learning. .. Dissent was seen as disloyalty .. while advisors who played to leaders’ illusions were promoted.” 👀
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
“.. In each case, leaders insulated themselves from learning. .. Dissent was seen as disloyalty .. while advisors who played to leaders’ illusions were promoted.” 👀
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Alfred Nobel specifically stated in his will that once the prize has been awarded it can’t be changed. But if Trump is so pathetic that he wants to take Machado’s medal, and she’s so desperate and weak that she will give it to him, let the world watch that disgraceful charade.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Alfred Nobel specifically stated in his will that once the prize has been awarded it can’t be changed. But if Trump is so pathetic that he wants to take Machado’s medal, and she’s so desperate and weak that she will give it to him, let the world watch that disgraceful charade.
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸