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Younger folks around here might shocked to learn that once upon a time Bill Clinton let a few campaign donors have a sleepover at the White House & the national media spent months treating it as the greatest scandal in the history of the republic
President Trump is quite literally selling seats to a private dinner and White House tours to foreign nationals for $4 million+ a piece.
Much of the money goes into his own pocket.
This is corruption to the highest degree.
Much of the money goes into his own pocket.
This is corruption to the highest degree.
May 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Younger folks around here might shocked to learn that once upon a time Bill Clinton let a few campaign donors have a sleepover at the White House & the national media spent months treating it as the greatest scandal in the history of the republic
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On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.
May 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.
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No anthem played over Red Square today can cover the sound of justice coming.
Today, on Europe Day, a special tribunal for the Crime of Aggression is launched in Lviv.
Justice for Ukraine begins to take shape.
Justice is the foundation of a long-lasting peace.
→ europa.eu/!G9GkXT
Today, on Europe Day, a special tribunal for the Crime of Aggression is launched in Lviv.
Justice for Ukraine begins to take shape.
Justice is the foundation of a long-lasting peace.
→ europa.eu/!G9GkXT
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No anthem played over Red Square today can cover the sound of justice coming.
Today, on Europe Day, a special tribunal for the Crime of Aggression is launched in Lviv.
Justice for Ukraine begins to take shape.
Justice is the foundation of a long-lasting peace.
→ europa.eu/!G9GkXT
Today, on Europe Day, a special tribunal for the Crime of Aggression is launched in Lviv.
Justice for Ukraine begins to take shape.
Justice is the foundation of a long-lasting peace.
→ europa.eu/!G9GkXT
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Baller Pope move would be to fly to El Salvador, a plurality Roman Catholic nation… and insist on everyone the administration dropped in that Concentration Camp being loaded onto his plane.
May 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Baller Pope move would be to fly to El Salvador, a plurality Roman Catholic nation… and insist on everyone the administration dropped in that Concentration Camp being loaded onto his plane.
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What Trump learned long ago as a private citizen is that you can easily ruin someone’s life with frivolous litigation even if you ultimately lose in court. And that was when he was spending his own money to harass and intimidate people. Now he’s spending yours.
May 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What Trump learned long ago as a private citizen is that you can easily ruin someone’s life with frivolous litigation even if you ultimately lose in court. And that was when he was spending his own money to harass and intimidate people. Now he’s spending yours.
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If we can't stop people from outsourcing their brains to AI the AI should at least subliminally nudge users toward prosocial behavior. "Here's your essay on Nietzsche...who always returned his shopping carts btw." If everyone's going to be stupid at least they should also be nice
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If we can't stop people from outsourcing their brains to AI the AI should at least subliminally nudge users toward prosocial behavior. "Here's your essay on Nietzsche...who always returned his shopping carts btw." If everyone's going to be stupid at least they should also be nice
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To say legacy media is not built for this moment is a gross understatement. The people destroying this country are being treated with respect.
NPR Morning Edition had Steve Bannon on yesterday, and PBS News Hour has Chris Rufo on right now. What the fuck is wrong with you??? What possible reason is there to platform these lying assholes???
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To say legacy media is not built for this moment is a gross understatement. The people destroying this country are being treated with respect.
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Good for house Dems
Holy crap. Here are 91 pages of letters that 14 House Democrats just sent to the nine law firms that have paid off Trump to not attack them.
Lots of Qs aimed at sorting out if they violated federal bribery/anti-fraud/racketeering laws. min.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Lots of Qs aimed at sorting out if they violated federal bribery/anti-fraud/racketeering laws. min.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
min.house.gov
April 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good for house Dems
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It doesn't matter what the rest of the sentence says, the opening 10 words in themselves are the scandal:
"President Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ... "
"President Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ... "
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It doesn't matter what the rest of the sentence says, the opening 10 words in themselves are the scandal:
"President Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ... "
"President Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ... "
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It’s already a win for Hegseth that the conversation is around if he should resign and not if he should be jailed.
April 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s already a win for Hegseth that the conversation is around if he should resign and not if he should be jailed.
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There will be hundreds of protest events around the country on May 1st. Keep checking here. Events will be added up to the last day. www.fiftyfifty.one/events
Events | 50501 Movement
www.fiftyfifty.one
April 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There will be hundreds of protest events around the country on May 1st. Keep checking here. Events will be added up to the last day. www.fiftyfifty.one/events
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This is an unelected oil executive now calling the shots for America’s public lands. No Senate vote. No accountability. Just a signature and the quiet handoff of power to Musk’s inner circle. This is what authoritarianism looks like, buried in bureaucracy.
April 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is an unelected oil executive now calling the shots for America’s public lands. No Senate vote. No accountability. Just a signature and the quiet handoff of power to Musk’s inner circle. This is what authoritarianism looks like, buried in bureaucracy.
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Looking at incoming vessels to the Port of Los Angeles (America's largest container port):
1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY).
2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY).
3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)
1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY).
2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY).
3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)
April 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Looking at incoming vessels to the Port of Los Angeles (America's largest container port):
1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY).
2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY).
3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)
1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY).
2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY).
3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)
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The ability to self-curate and read only what you like is why Americans are awash in info but so poorly informed. It's kind of like the way college kids go online, order books based on titles from the school library, and pick them up at the desk. They never see the stacks or explore other books.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The ability to self-curate and read only what you like is why Americans are awash in info but so poorly informed. It's kind of like the way college kids go online, order books based on titles from the school library, and pick them up at the desk. They never see the stacks or explore other books.
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A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.
April 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.
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This is who we are now?!
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is who we are now?!
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“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Great thread:
it's easy to observe this in the increasingly homogenous "rural" culture and identity becoming unmoored from region or geography. regions that were once totally distinct, applachia, the lowland south, the great plains, the interior west, now all have a shared faux-redneck culture
April 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Great thread:
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Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
April 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
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I don't understand why the judges in all the cases against DOGE's actions at various agencies don't put Musk and Kliger and everyone else under oath, demand they produce an org chart, employment agreements, etc etc. It's completely opaque and the judiciary is sleepwalking around the critical Qs.
April 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don't understand why the judges in all the cases against DOGE's actions at various agencies don't put Musk and Kliger and everyone else under oath, demand they produce an org chart, employment agreements, etc etc. It's completely opaque and the judiciary is sleepwalking around the critical Qs.
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i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks if no progress, Rubio says
Rubio’s remarks appear to reflect the president’s frustration with the difficulty of achieving peace in Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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The heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fought for freedom and dignity in the face of unimaginable horror.
Today, like so many across Poland, we hold a daffodil in remembrance of their bravery.
Their memory compels us to stand firm against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
Today, like so many across Poland, we hold a daffodil in remembrance of their bravery.
Their memory compels us to stand firm against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
April 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fought for freedom and dignity in the face of unimaginable horror.
Today, like so many across Poland, we hold a daffodil in remembrance of their bravery.
Their memory compels us to stand firm against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
Today, like so many across Poland, we hold a daffodil in remembrance of their bravery.
Their memory compels us to stand firm against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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A new moment for the Democratic Party. The emerging fault line isn't about ideology, or age, or diversity — it's action vs. passivity. Who is able to use their platform to break through and rally voters against Trump's agenda. Liberal and moderate Dems are unified in wanting more of that.
April 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A new moment for the Democratic Party. The emerging fault line isn't about ideology, or age, or diversity — it's action vs. passivity. Who is able to use their platform to break through and rally voters against Trump's agenda. Liberal and moderate Dems are unified in wanting more of that.