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Moderately curious, moderately intelligent, dog lover, was at the Battle of Trafalgar. The team fared well there; me not so much.
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If someone tells one group of people that pumpkins are green and another group that they are blue, you don’t need to know what color a pumpkin is to know the person is a liar. But people choose to believe the liar isn’t lying to them as long as he tells them that pumpkins are their favorite color.
This headline is stupid. The article says “The government says the actions are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks.” Training has nothing to do with it. These people are thugs being told to act like thugs. Their actions are not a mistake.
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Aggressive tactics used on Minneapolis protesters raise concerns about federal officer training
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government say...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
This headline is stupid. The article says “The government says the actions are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks.” Training has nothing to do with it. These people are thugs being told to act like thugs. Their actions are not a mistake.
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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People didn't take that Access Hollywood tape seriously and now Trump is doing it globally
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "The United States has demonstrated to the people around the world that we can touch you anywhere at any time or our choosing"
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
People didn't take that Access Hollywood tape seriously and now Trump is doing it globally
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There is a new story daily about a criminal who donated $1 million to a Trump PAC for a pardon or a new business deal with a foreign govt/entity & Trump where that foreigner receives a huge benefit from the US govt. Corruption daily and Republicans turn a blind eye to all of it.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There is a new story daily about a criminal who donated $1 million to a Trump PAC for a pardon or a new business deal with a foreign govt/entity & Trump where that foreigner receives a huge benefit from the US govt. Corruption daily and Republicans turn a blind eye to all of it.
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A day in the life of an ICE Nazi. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A day in the life of an ICE Nazi. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
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Interesting, this piece doesn’t mention how many consumers might lose access to credit entirely.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Interesting, this piece doesn’t mention how many consumers might lose access to credit entirely.
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Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
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That’s a classic.
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
That’s a classic.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
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MAGA's supposed "anti-interventionism" is actually pro-pillage and pro-plunder.
Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
MAGA's supposed "anti-interventionism" is actually pro-pillage and pro-plunder.
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
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January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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Reminder that the American puppet regime has started lifting sanctions against Russian military suppliers, and that media and politicians are burying that development.
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Not a single U. S. cable news station mentioned Trump lifting sanctions on Russian military suppliers last week.
I don't think ANY of the corporate media did.
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I don't think ANY of the corporate media did.
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US Treasury removes six entities, two individuals from anti-Russian sanctions
The sanctions will no longer apply to Russian citizen Dmitry Bugayenko and Finnish citizen Evgenia Dremova
tass.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Reminder that the American puppet regime has started lifting sanctions against Russian military suppliers, and that media and politicians are burying that development.
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I am determined as God is my witness to start the Trump fake hand conspiracy theory. His hand isn't showing signs of an undisclosed illness. It's a fake painted Halloween costume hand because his hand was already removed. It's time.
December 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am determined as God is my witness to start the Trump fake hand conspiracy theory. His hand isn't showing signs of an undisclosed illness. It's a fake painted Halloween costume hand because his hand was already removed. It's time.
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The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
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When I wrote in April that Trump was helping Putin kill Ukrainians by weakening Ukrainian air defense, some people got upset and said I was being too harsh. Guess what happened in 2025? US aid to Ukr withered and at the same time, Ukrainian civilian deaths rose steeply. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Ukrainian civilian casualties rise 27 per cent compared to last year
Civilian casualties in Ukraine were 27 per cent higher from January to October 2025, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UN human rights report on the situation in the easte...
news.un.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
When I wrote in April that Trump was helping Putin kill Ukrainians by weakening Ukrainian air defense, some people got upset and said I was being too harsh. Guess what happened in 2025? US aid to Ukr withered and at the same time, Ukrainian civilian deaths rose steeply. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Putin can tell Trump any old piece of horse-sh&t, and Trump will believe it and react emotionally. He has been conditioned to trust what Putin says and see it as truth.
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Putin can tell Trump any old piece of horse-sh&t, and Trump will believe it and react emotionally. He has been conditioned to trust what Putin says and see it as truth.
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Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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as we watch the ny times rehab marjorie taylor greene, if only we had some kind of template for this kind of behavior in the recent past
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
as we watch the ny times rehab marjorie taylor greene, if only we had some kind of template for this kind of behavior in the recent past