Richard Johnson
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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He sounds exactly like what he is: a madman.
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
He sounds exactly like what he is: a madman.
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National Review: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
Trump’s Appalling Reiner Reaction Is a Sign of Something Deeply Wrong | National Review
Yes, we must talk about what President Trump posted on Truth Social about the brutal murders of the Reiners.
www.nationalreview.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
National Review: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
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Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Brilliant & insightful thread!
This isn't the first time she's done it, but I just can't get over Susie Wiles making a talking point of how she can run Trump because she's had to mollify an alcoholic father.
There is so much going on there very much including dramatic irony at a level you rarely see outside of Greek tragedy.
There is so much going on there very much including dramatic irony at a level you rarely see outside of Greek tragedy.
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Brilliant & insightful thread!
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I hope that kid whose name was smeared all over X tonight sues the shit out of the clout-chasing hacks who profited off putting him in very real danger.
It’s time for more defamation lawsuits. This isn’t “free speech” and there should be accountability. Funders should step up.
It’s time for more defamation lawsuits. This isn’t “free speech” and there should be accountability. Funders should step up.
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I hope that kid whose name was smeared all over X tonight sues the shit out of the clout-chasing hacks who profited off putting him in very real danger.
It’s time for more defamation lawsuits. This isn’t “free speech” and there should be accountability. Funders should step up.
It’s time for more defamation lawsuits. This isn’t “free speech” and there should be accountability. Funders should step up.
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In an open letter to President Donald Trump, Ukrainian-American Vlad Skots asks for extension or automatic renewal of work authorization for the more than 280,000 Ukrainians who came to America legally through the temporary Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program.
Open letter to President Trump: Protect legal Ukrainian workers in US
Editor’s note: This is an open letter by Vlad Skots, a Ukrainian American businessman and public activist, which was sent to U.S. President Donald Trump. A petition linked to the letter is available f...
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
In an open letter to President Donald Trump, Ukrainian-American Vlad Skots asks for extension or automatic renewal of work authorization for the more than 280,000 Ukrainians who came to America legally through the temporary Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program.
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Serbia staying away from tonight's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels, which even before Vučić's move promised to be a non-event
Vucic says Serbia will not attend EU-Western Balkans Summit
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday that he will not attend the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels and that Serbia will not send any representati
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December 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Serbia staying away from tonight's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels, which even before Vučić's move promised to be a non-event
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December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
December 16, 2025
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
www.cbsnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
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Total dead now stands at 95 starting from the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Total dead now stands at 95 starting from the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025.
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AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
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The administration is entirely post-truth.
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The administration is entirely post-truth.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
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This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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⚡️Ukraine war latest live: Russia ramping up pressure on Myrnohrad as fight inside Pokrovsk outskirts continues
Ukraine war latest updates: Russia ramping up pressure on Myrnohrad as fight inside Pokrovsk outskirts continues (3)
The Ukrainian military said on Dec. 16 that Russian troops are launching their fiercest attacks on the western outskirts of Pokrovsk while also ramping up pressure on Myrnohrad, its sister city nearby...
kyivindependent.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
⚡️Ukraine war latest live: Russia ramping up pressure on Myrnohrad as fight inside Pokrovsk outskirts continues
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Punchbowl reporting today that Senate is now "considering" a 2 yr ACA extension w/income caps & other 'reforms'
For JANUARY
Amazing they think it's politically okay to cost people thousands in healthcare premiums DURING the holidays and just fix it later
Stunning ..
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For JANUARY
Amazing they think it's politically okay to cost people thousands in healthcare premiums DURING the holidays and just fix it later
Stunning ..
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House GOP’s health care week goes awry
This week was designed to give the House GOP a way to push back on attacks over health care costs. Instead, leadership has facilitated an intraparty brawl.
punchbowl.news
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Punchbowl reporting today that Senate is now "considering" a 2 yr ACA extension w/income caps & other 'reforms'
For JANUARY
Amazing they think it's politically okay to cost people thousands in healthcare premiums DURING the holidays and just fix it later
Stunning ..
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
For JANUARY
Amazing they think it's politically okay to cost people thousands in healthcare premiums DURING the holidays and just fix it later
Stunning ..
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
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For anyone who thinks resistance is futile, I would like to bring your attention to just how much less ambitious the administration’s domestic crackdown goals have become in recent months. They’re unpopular, fighting on all fronts, and on the retreat.
Today, for the first time in six months, Angelenos are living without the National Guard unlawfully deployed in their city.
Our team fought tirelessly against President Trump’s unlawful attempts to militarize American cities, and while the fight is not over, this is a step in the right direction.
Our team fought tirelessly against President Trump’s unlawful attempts to militarize American cities, and while the fight is not over, this is a step in the right direction.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For anyone who thinks resistance is futile, I would like to bring your attention to just how much less ambitious the administration’s domestic crackdown goals have become in recent months. They’re unpopular, fighting on all fronts, and on the retreat.
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In fact, Merrick Garland said he was going to appeal the short sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers but never did. And no one has asked him why.
The VF profile notes Wiles was incorrect about violent Jan. 6 defendants receiving greater-than-recommended sentences, but it doesn’t capture how wildly off base she was. I don’t think there was a single above-guidelines sentence given in a J6 felony case. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In fact, Merrick Garland said he was going to appeal the short sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers but never did. And no one has asked him why.
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If allowed to stand, this unlawful policy would only undermine our economic stability and weaken the industries that families across our state rely on.
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Michigan AG joins states in lawsuit against Trump administration's H-1B visa fee hike
LANSING, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is joining a coalition including 19 other states in suing the Trump Administration over it
upnorthlive.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If allowed to stand, this unlawful policy would only undermine our economic stability and weaken the industries that families across our state rely on.
upnorthlive.com/news/local/m...
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They really don't hide their hate for Americans, do they?
U.S. Republican politicians getting creative, bless their heart
"Sure, we spent ALL YEAR DOING NOTHING except drafting one large stupid Big Bad Bill that only gave money to a select few wealthy individuals and corporations from everyone's public welfare ...
but NOW we care. um, how about $80/mo.?"
"Sure, we spent ALL YEAR DOING NOTHING except drafting one large stupid Big Bad Bill that only gave money to a select few wealthy individuals and corporations from everyone's public welfare ...
but NOW we care. um, how about $80/mo.?"
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
They really don't hide their hate for Americans, do they?