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Everyone should say it:
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
June 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Everyone should say it:
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
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I wondered for a while why Trump was so excited by Brexit, even to the point of getting Farage to fluff him. It was simple, really: proof that, with the support of enough bent media, bad people selling bigotry & lies really could persuade people to vote to punch themselves in the face forever.
April 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wondered for a while why Trump was so excited by Brexit, even to the point of getting Farage to fluff him. It was simple, really: proof that, with the support of enough bent media, bad people selling bigotry & lies really could persuade people to vote to punch themselves in the face forever.
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This explanation seems horrific but sound. 10%tariffs if your balance of trade is roughly equal. It’s a shakedown & a protection racket. He’ll lift them by domestic sector and even maybe individual companies, as well as perhaps the occasional nation, as a reward for pledges of blind allegiance.
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This explanation seems horrific but sound. 10%tariffs if your balance of trade is roughly equal. It’s a shakedown & a protection racket. He’ll lift them by domestic sector and even maybe individual companies, as well as perhaps the occasional nation, as a reward for pledges of blind allegiance.
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In 72 days, Donold has taken 14 days off and spent $26 million of taxpayer money at his golf clubs.
April 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In 72 days, Donold has taken 14 days off and spent $26 million of taxpayer money at his golf clubs.
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they should invent transcripts for audiobooks
March 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
they should invent transcripts for audiobooks
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Naturally…
Trump is asked who his favourite Irish person is and names Conor McGregor, who was found by the Irish High Court to have assaulted and raped a woman in December 2018.
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Naturally…
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As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
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The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
March 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
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Pretty much sums it up
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pretty much sums it up
As a European, watching the leaders of Europe fret about the actions of the Trump govt. is infuriating. Understand that the US and Russia align perfectly in their need to keep Europe weak and destabilised.
February 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As a European, watching the leaders of Europe fret about the actions of the Trump govt. is infuriating. Understand that the US and Russia align perfectly in their need to keep Europe weak and destabilised.
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So tired of this idea that billionaires are our "betters" whose opinion is super important because they have a lot of money. It's bullshit. They're mostly greedy sociopaths who have no problem destroying people who get in their way. That doesn't make your opinion one to be valued, in my opinion.
February 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So tired of this idea that billionaires are our "betters" whose opinion is super important because they have a lot of money. It's bullshit. They're mostly greedy sociopaths who have no problem destroying people who get in their way. That doesn't make your opinion one to be valued, in my opinion.
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Mexico denied a US military plane from landing with deported immigrants today, foiling Donold’s plans.
January 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Mexico denied a US military plane from landing with deported immigrants today, foiling Donold’s plans.
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I TOOK A PICTURE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS TO SHOW WHAT THE GAS PRICES WERE BEFORE TRUMPNOMICS.
January 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I TOOK A PICTURE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS TO SHOW WHAT THE GAS PRICES WERE BEFORE TRUMPNOMICS.
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Airbus chief urges closer ties between Europe’s rival fighter jet projects
https://www.ft.com/content/fc50fe7d-4e4f-427c-b1b3-ec9e81e62f10
https://www.ft.com/content/fc50fe7d-4e4f-427c-b1b3-ec9e81e62f10
Airbus chief urges closer ties between Europe’s rival fighter jet projects
Guillaume Faury says potential areas of synergies amid budgetary constraints include development of drones and sensors
www.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Airbus chief urges closer ties between Europe’s rival fighter jet projects
https://www.ft.com/content/fc50fe7d-4e4f-427c-b1b3-ec9e81e62f10
https://www.ft.com/content/fc50fe7d-4e4f-427c-b1b3-ec9e81e62f10
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Has everyone forgot the story about Trump telling Netanyahu not to make a peace deal until he could claim it was down to him? Because it’s like broadcasters have collective amnesia.
January 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Has everyone forgot the story about Trump telling Netanyahu not to make a peace deal until he could claim it was down to him? Because it’s like broadcasters have collective amnesia.
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How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded today when I asked which of the communities living in the UK she was referring to when she described them as "peasants"
January 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded today when I asked which of the communities living in the UK she was referring to when she described them as "peasants"
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I wonder if the Douglas Carswell who supports "remigration" is related to "Douglas Carswell" who is an immigrant "by choice" and who lives in Jackson, Mississipi.
January 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wonder if the Douglas Carswell who supports "remigration" is related to "Douglas Carswell" who is an immigrant "by choice" and who lives in Jackson, Mississipi.
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Trump 1.0:
Alternative facts.
Trump 2.0:
The end of fact checking.
Alternative facts.
Trump 2.0:
The end of fact checking.
January 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump 1.0:
Alternative facts.
Trump 2.0:
The end of fact checking.
Alternative facts.
Trump 2.0:
The end of fact checking.
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