Grant D. Talabay
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With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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January 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
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A Republican lawyer who recently took on a leading role in the push by the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to obtain state voter records was put on leave as a prosecutor in Los Angeles County after bringing charges based on information from a prominent far-right group of election conspiracists.
DOJ’s New Voting Lawyer Brought Flawed Charges Pushed By Election Deniers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A Republican lawyer who recently took on a leading role in the push by the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to obtain state voter records was put on leave as a prosecutor in Los Angeles County after bringing charges based on information from a prominent far-right group of election conspiracists.
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Yikes — This new Orwellian Pentagon propaganda video touting “transparency” as they fill the *press corps* with loyalists like Loomer & Gaetz plays like a horror film.
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yikes — This new Orwellian Pentagon propaganda video touting “transparency” as they fill the *press corps* with loyalists like Loomer & Gaetz plays like a horror film.
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
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“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we all close our eyes and pretend the Texas GOP actually had pure motives here, you stupid little rubes.”
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we all close our eyes and pretend the Texas GOP actually had pure motives here, you stupid little rubes.”
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Congress' Epstein Files vote tomorrow will be undermined by "national security" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
“National Security” Blocks Epstein Files Release
The one word preventing transparency
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Congress' Epstein Files vote tomorrow will be undermined by "national security" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
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Check it out! We tried to come up with a unified theory of Laura Loomer.
OUT NOW: Our deep dive into the life and career of Laura Loomer with @willsommer.bsky.social.
“Who the Hell is Laura Loomer?” is available on all the podcast apps!
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“Who the Hell is Laura Loomer?” is available on all the podcast apps!
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044: Who the Hell is Laura Loomer? feat. Will Sommer
Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · 10/13/2025 · 2h 46m
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October 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Check it out! We tried to come up with a unified theory of Laura Loomer.
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Tim Pool, Pentagon correspondent. bsky.app/profile/drew...
Here's who's in the Pentagon's new "press corps," covering world's most powerful military:
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tim Pool, Pentagon correspondent. bsky.app/profile/drew...
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MAGA media is desperate for proof of widespread left-wing violence. But from an GOP bar fracas to a teen who staged his abduction by “four Mexicans,” the stories keep turning out to be hoaxes.
My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence
. . . even if that means they have to invent it.
www.thebulwark.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
MAGA media is desperate for proof of widespread left-wing violence. But from an GOP bar fracas to a teen who staged his abduction by “four Mexicans,” the stories keep turning out to be hoaxes.
My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
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A song that was recorded in Portland, Oregon, in 1963, spawned an F.B.I. obscenity investigation and became a subversive rock-and-roll anthem. What was it?
Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties?
How Jack Ely’s incomprehensible vocal on “Louie Louie” spawned an F.B.I. obscenity investigation, and turned the song into a subversive rock-and-roll anthem.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
July 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A song that was recorded in Portland, Oregon, in 1963, spawned an F.B.I. obscenity investigation and became a subversive rock-and-roll anthem. What was it?
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Congrats! Trump’s (illegal) air strikes on Iran energized and empowered the most hardline, nationalistic, anti-western, and belligerent folks in Iran.
June 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Congrats! Trump’s (illegal) air strikes on Iran energized and empowered the most hardline, nationalistic, anti-western, and belligerent folks in Iran.
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I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Yes! Expand the child tax credit. Go for it!
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yes! Expand the child tax credit. Go for it!
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It is never impressive when people defend speech they like. That’s what makes Eli’s defense of Khalil’s right to speech important. He clearly hates the guy yet defends his right to speak. That shouldn’t be an unusual position in America but it is becoming one.
March 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It is never impressive when people defend speech they like. That’s what makes Eli’s defense of Khalil’s right to speech important. He clearly hates the guy yet defends his right to speak. That shouldn’t be an unusual position in America but it is becoming one.
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Another very good post from the husband of @ksvesq.bsky.social.
President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua raises a bunch of messy (but really important) legal questions.
Via "One First" (and cross-posted at @justsecurity.org), I take a shot at asking and answering five of them:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/132-five-q...
Via "One First" (and cross-posted at @justsecurity.org), I take a shot at asking and answering five of them:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/132-five-q...
132. Five Questions About Trump's Alien Enemy Act Proclamation
A quick take on some of the questions raised by President Trump's ... dubious invocation of a 1798 statute as a basis for arresting, detaining, and removing non-citizens with ties to Tren de Aragua.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Another very good post from the husband of @ksvesq.bsky.social.
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A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
March 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
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Remember that WTF @davidmcswane.bsky.social story about a Montana doctor linked to a string of suspicious deaths?
Well, even though he's now under criminal investigation, the state just renewed his medical license:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
Well, even though he's now under criminal investigation, the state just renewed his medical license:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries
Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practic...
www.propublica.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Remember that WTF @davidmcswane.bsky.social story about a Montana doctor linked to a string of suspicious deaths?
Well, even though he's now under criminal investigation, the state just renewed his medical license:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
Well, even though he's now under criminal investigation, the state just renewed his medical license:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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This is going to kill so many people for no reason.
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is going to kill so many people for no reason.
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“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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All of this. All. Of. It.
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All of this. All. Of. It.
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
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The Trump admin. doesn't have the power to fire federal public defenders, who fall under the judiciary. But they are terminating the leases on their offices.
Worth noting that fed. public defenders pulled out all the stops to defend 1/6 clients, despite many of those clients hating them.
Worth noting that fed. public defenders pulled out all the stops to defend 1/6 clients, despite many of those clients hating them.
EXCLUSIVE: Judicial Branch Swept Up In Trump-Musk Lease Termination Spree
Elements of the judicial branch, including public defender offices, have been caught...
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February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Trump admin. doesn't have the power to fire federal public defenders, who fall under the judiciary. But they are terminating the leases on their offices.
Worth noting that fed. public defenders pulled out all the stops to defend 1/6 clients, despite many of those clients hating them.
Worth noting that fed. public defenders pulled out all the stops to defend 1/6 clients, despite many of those clients hating them.
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Some unexpected news: right-wing internet personality Ashley St. Clair says she had a baby with Elon Musk.
February 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Some unexpected news: right-wing internet personality Ashley St. Clair says she had a baby with Elon Musk.
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"If the balances work with the checks, then do we not live in a democracy" is some galaxy-brained horseshit that could only come from somebody who understands American governance about as well as he understands the First Amendment.
February 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"If the balances work with the checks, then do we not live in a democracy" is some galaxy-brained horseshit that could only come from somebody who understands American governance about as well as he understands the First Amendment.
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The White House says it is banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One.
February 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The White House says it is banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One.