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NYT: “.. It is possible that defense lawyers will try to argue that the placing of the pipe bombs should also be covered by Mr. Trump’s [clemency] proclamation .. covering all defendants .. related to events that occurred at or near the .. Capitol on Jan. 6 ..’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NYT: “.. It is possible that defense lawyers will try to argue that the placing of the pipe bombs should also be covered by Mr. Trump’s [clemency] proclamation .. covering all defendants .. related to events that occurred at or near the .. Capitol on Jan. 6 ..’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Again and again and again and again and again, the lower courts do the work, issue thorough and well-considered rulings, and then the Supreme Court just goes, “Nah.”
SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Again and again and again and again and again, the lower courts do the work, issue thorough and well-considered rulings, and then the Supreme Court just goes, “Nah.”
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Not quite the point of this post, I know, but every now and then it’s really bracing to re-confront how we’re living through the absolute fucking worst presidency by, like, a factor of five.
So is it going to be the affordability panic, the indiscriminate murder at sea, or the Epstein files that does it?
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Not quite the point of this post, I know, but every now and then it’s really bracing to re-confront how we’re living through the absolute fucking worst presidency by, like, a factor of five.
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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“A barrage of bad economic news has spurred Trump to unleash his hate-infested id on any nonwhite target that flits through his overtaxed brainpan.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred
A barrage of bad economic news has spurred Trump to unleash his hate-infested id on any nonwhite target that flits through his overtaxed brainpan.
www.thenation.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“A barrage of bad economic news has spurred Trump to unleash his hate-infested id on any nonwhite target that flits through his overtaxed brainpan.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
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Newsom said his “Trump kneepads .. were sold out, just like our universities were selling out, just like our law firms were selling out, just like a lot of CEOs were selling out—selling out this country, our future, our republic.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Newsom said his “Trump kneepads .. were sold out, just like our universities were selling out, just like our law firms were selling out, just like a lot of CEOs were selling out—selling out this country, our future, our republic.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
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Himes: They posed zero threat to anyone in the region, and we killed them.
Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Himes: They posed zero threat to anyone in the region, and we killed them.
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HIMES: “.. what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
HIMES: “.. what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
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Do these guys ever bother to listen to themselves?
Yeah, that's exactly what pardoning the 1600 J6 rioters show.
Yeah, that's exactly what pardoning the 1600 J6 rioters show.
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Do these guys ever bother to listen to themselves?
Yeah, that's exactly what pardoning the 1600 J6 rioters show.
Yeah, that's exactly what pardoning the 1600 J6 rioters show.
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REP. OMAR: “.. The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.”
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
REP. OMAR: “.. The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.”
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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POLITICO: “.. Almost half — 46 percent — say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being, a view held by 37 percent of 2024 Trump voters.”
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
POLITICO: “.. Almost half — 46 percent — say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being, a view held by 37 percent of 2024 Trump voters.”
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
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The U.S. has collected about $257 billion in tariff revenues so far this year, and $167 billion of that stemmed from tariffs Trump has imposed in his second term.
The federal income tax, meanwhile, brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4piJria
The federal income tax, meanwhile, brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4piJria
Trump has said tariff revenue may allow Americans to stop paying income taxes. The math doesn't add up
The federal income tax brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024, which is more than 14 times what Trump’s second-term tariffs are generating.
www.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The U.S. has collected about $257 billion in tariff revenues so far this year, and $167 billion of that stemmed from tariffs Trump has imposed in his second term.
The federal income tax, meanwhile, brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4piJria
The federal income tax, meanwhile, brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4piJria
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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Trump's bandaged and discolored hand was visible today during an event where he again at times struggled to keep his eyes open (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump's bandaged and discolored hand was visible today during an event where he again at times struggled to keep his eyes open (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
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blood thirsty maniac
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
blood thirsty maniac
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Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
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I’m glad he’s discovered Due Process.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m glad he’s discovered Due Process.
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What's so crazy about this is RFK Jr/MAHA acting like we have universal healthcare.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What's so crazy about this is RFK Jr/MAHA acting like we have universal healthcare.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
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“You knew damn well I was a snake…”
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“You knew damn well I was a snake…”
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“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
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If conservatives were for real, if they actually believed in the stuff their intelligentsia quote from Burke and Oakshotte, I actually think they'd specifically hate this. But alas far too often it's just a thin veneer of intellectualism over instinctive hates and bigotries, so here we are.
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
If conservatives were for real, if they actually believed in the stuff their intelligentsia quote from Burke and Oakshotte, I actually think they'd specifically hate this. But alas far too often it's just a thin veneer of intellectualism over instinctive hates and bigotries, so here we are.