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Coiner of the popular expression "Zut, alors" and inspiration for the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Gimme Back My Bullets."
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
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Wowser. BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned following criticism that a documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by President Donald Trump.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates
It comes after a leaked memo criticised the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump and accused the BBC of bias in a number of areas.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Wowser. BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned following criticism that a documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by President Donald Trump.
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I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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After voting to give billionaires tax breaks and making health care more expensive, Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a town hall to talk to the voters he works for in a face-to-face conversation. So, I'm heading to Wisconsin to help give the people he's supposed to represent a voice.
Pete Buttigieg to campaign against Derrick Van Orden in La Crosse
Buttigieg, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, is characterizing the event as a response to the Trump administration's policies.
www.jsonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After voting to give billionaires tax breaks and making health care more expensive, Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a town hall to talk to the voters he works for in a face-to-face conversation. So, I'm heading to Wisconsin to help give the people he's supposed to represent a voice.
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But “Sleepy Joe,” amirite?
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
But “Sleepy Joe,” amirite?
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Semper Fanny
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Semper Fanny
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Every single thing he does has potential conflict of interest because he's running for-profit side ventures and has a 100% anonymous bribe bucket in the form of his cryptocurrency. We can't be sure any of his policy decisions isn't just government for sale. Unprecedented.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every single thing he does has potential conflict of interest because he's running for-profit side ventures and has a 100% anonymous bribe bucket in the form of his cryptocurrency. We can't be sure any of his policy decisions isn't just government for sale. Unprecedented.
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*sandwich hits federal agent in the chest*
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
*sandwich hits federal agent in the chest*
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
Waiting for the River Styx ride at the county fair for 79 years and it's almost your turn
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Waiting for the River Styx ride at the county fair for 79 years and it's almost your turn
skeet of the day
everyone relax rfk jr was simply running to go get his chainsaw
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
skeet of the day
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If you make it to the end of Candy Crush, the prize is Wilford Brimley talking to you about diabetes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you make it to the end of Candy Crush, the prize is Wilford Brimley talking to you about diabetes.
Can you guess which party the members of Congress fighting for this are from?
Hint: It's the same party that always seems to be fighting alone to protect everyday Americans from harm.
Hint: It's the same party that always seems to be fighting alone to protect everyday Americans from harm.
Very happy that two dozen members of Congress called on the VA to undo its new policy that makes it harder for male vets with breast cancer to get treatment.
The question i have is why did ONLY two dozen members of Congress feel compelled to speak up about this?
The question i have is why did ONLY two dozen members of Congress feel compelled to speak up about this?
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation wo...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Can you guess which party the members of Congress fighting for this are from?
Hint: It's the same party that always seems to be fighting alone to protect everyday Americans from harm.
Hint: It's the same party that always seems to be fighting alone to protect everyday Americans from harm.
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When you send the National Guard into cities;
When you deploy masked ICE agents to yank people off the streets;
You’re getting Americans used to images they shouldn’t be used to.
When you deploy masked ICE agents to yank people off the streets;
You’re getting Americans used to images they shouldn’t be used to.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When you send the National Guard into cities;
When you deploy masked ICE agents to yank people off the streets;
You’re getting Americans used to images they shouldn’t be used to.
When you deploy masked ICE agents to yank people off the streets;
You’re getting Americans used to images they shouldn’t be used to.
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"Live insects crawled through the facility’s production workshop, while dead ones lay on the floor. Condensation from rust-covered pipes dripped into a water tank waiting to be mixed with raw ingredients."
🤢 😮 --> by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
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🤢 😮 --> by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
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This is a real post from the Kentucky Secretary of State. 🤪
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is a real post from the Kentucky Secretary of State. 🤪
Take wealth and power from the vulnerable and give it to the wealthy and powerful. Crush the weak with every tool at their disposal. It's the entire GOP agenda.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Take wealth and power from the vulnerable and give it to the wealthy and powerful. Crush the weak with every tool at their disposal. It's the entire GOP agenda.
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Today, Trump breaks his own record for the longest shutdown in American history.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today, Trump breaks his own record for the longest shutdown in American history.
Oh, give me a fucking break with this shit, WaPo.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Oh, give me a fucking break with this shit, WaPo.