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Pretty much just a news lurker on here, but what the hell....I may post some pictures or throw out some hilarious memes on occasion. Stay tuned.
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2026 resolution: eat more rich
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
2026 resolution: eat more rich
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Pushing back works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Pushing back works
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Keep fighting
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Keep fighting
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Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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So “a million more documents” is now “roughly 5.2 million pages of Epstein files documents”
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So “a million more documents” is now “roughly 5.2 million pages of Epstein files documents”
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
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The cargo ship, FITBURG, traveling from Russia to Israel, was boarded and seized by Finnish authorities after its anchor chain was found deployed in the water, dragging it from Estonia to Finland. The vessel is suspected of sabotaging the Elisa submarine telecommunications cable.
Sky News: Finnish police say they have apprehended a ship suspected of damaging a critical undersea telecommunications cable connecting Finland to Estonia.
December 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The cargo ship, FITBURG, traveling from Russia to Israel, was boarded and seized by Finnish authorities after its anchor chain was found deployed in the water, dragging it from Estonia to Finland. The vessel is suspected of sabotaging the Elisa submarine telecommunications cable.
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I just put senior Trump officials on notice.
December 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I just put senior Trump officials on notice.
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Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
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South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says reut.rs/3YfHmI4
South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says
The wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol interfered in state affairs in return for expensive valuables and money, a special prosecutor said on Monday.
reut.rs
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says reut.rs/3YfHmI4
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Once again, concentration camps.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Once again, concentration camps.
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Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
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This is how Putin responds to Trump’s peacemaking ==>
Moscow has attacked Ukraine’s energy grid on a scale unseen in past years. Whereas last winter, a major Russian attack might have involved 100 drones and missiles, now it can send 500. www.wsj.com/world/christ...
Christmas in Ukraine Approaches With Power Grid in Crisis
Moscow has launched far more drones and missiles than in previous years, leaving energy supplies at a tipping point.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is how Putin responds to Trump’s peacemaking ==>
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They got caught. They’re backing down. But this isn’t over.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit.
Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit.
Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
They got caught. They’re backing down. But this isn’t over.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit.
Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit.
Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.
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State media serving Dear Leader.
The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
State media serving Dear Leader.
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And the videotapes!
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
And the videotapes!
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You have got to be kidding. Like, why? Oh wait, I know this one...
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You have got to be kidding. Like, why? Oh wait, I know this one...
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He is promising, on camera, to break his oath to the Constitution by illegally and unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of Congress. Sprinkle in a little 'blowing up the Union' to boot
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
He is promising, on camera, to break his oath to the Constitution by illegally and unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of Congress. Sprinkle in a little 'blowing up the Union' to boot
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Rep. Claudia Tenney dismisses spiking healthcare costs as a "non-issue"
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Rep. Claudia Tenney dismisses spiking healthcare costs as a "non-issue"
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Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
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Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
'Complete nut!' Alan Dershowitz smears 'redeemed' Epstein survivor in Newsmax meltdown
Attorney Alan Dershowitz lashed out at Jeffrey Epstein survivor Maria Farmer after news reports said she had been "redeemed" because documents released by the Department of Justice proved she had repo...
www.rawstory.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
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my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
A Florida official wants to cancel a sold-out Christmas drag show. The queens are performing anyway
A Drag Queen Christmas, featuring artists from RuPaul’s Drag Race, will stop in Pensacola despite the state attorney general’s efforts to stop it
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
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This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
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New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5