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It is a crime to lie to Congress if you are not already a member of Congress
MARKEY: Under oath you claimed that when you went to Samoa 'it had nothing to do with vaccines'
RFK Jr: Yes
MARKEY: Well, I have in my hands a blog post in which you say that an anti-vax group you ran offered to fund the trip and that the trip was ultimately arranged by an anti-vaccine activist
RFK Jr: Yes
MARKEY: Well, I have in my hands a blog post in which you say that an anti-vax group you ran offered to fund the trip and that the trip was ultimately arranged by an anti-vaccine activist
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It is a crime to lie to Congress if you are not already a member of Congress
Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
In Praise of California
It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness
open.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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It’s interesting that the corporate media didn’t call this a Biden assassination attempt.
It’s so clear where their bread is buttered.
It’s so clear where their bread is buttered.
1/Earlier this month, and largely unnoticed by the national media, a man from southern Virginia was arrested with what has been called the largest cache of explosives ever, perhaps 150 devices. And it's a very curious case. www.smithfieldtimes.com/2024/12/30/f...
Foursquare Road suspect in largest-ever FBI seizure of homemade explosives granted $25,000 bond - Smithfield Times
A federal judge set a $25,000 bond for an Isle of Wight County man facing a federal weapons charge in connection with a Dec. 18 FBI raid at his Foursquare Road home that the case prosecutor called the...
www.smithfieldtimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s interesting that the corporate media didn’t call this a Biden assassination attempt.
It’s so clear where their bread is buttered.
It’s so clear where their bread is buttered.
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MAGA disinformation already in high gear from Trump down.
The mass murderer in New Orleans was a U.S. Citizen who served in the United States Army. He was born and raised in Texas.
Trump will use this atrocity as an excuse to demonize immigrants because facts and reality don't matter to him.
The mass murderer in New Orleans was a U.S. Citizen who served in the United States Army. He was born and raised in Texas.
Trump will use this atrocity as an excuse to demonize immigrants because facts and reality don't matter to him.
January 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MAGA disinformation already in high gear from Trump down.
The mass murderer in New Orleans was a U.S. Citizen who served in the United States Army. He was born and raised in Texas.
Trump will use this atrocity as an excuse to demonize immigrants because facts and reality don't matter to him.
The mass murderer in New Orleans was a U.S. Citizen who served in the United States Army. He was born and raised in Texas.
Trump will use this atrocity as an excuse to demonize immigrants because facts and reality don't matter to him.