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Retired in 2020 after 45 years in sports journalism. I hate the GOP and Tangerine Palpatine with the heat of 1,000 suns. Still not famous enough for a Wikipedia page.
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WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT: Refuses to swear in an elected Arizona representative….. what makes you think our elections won’t be disrupted or simply ignored.
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I’m told that representatives for Texas coach Steve Sarkisian have let NFL decision makers know that he would be interested in potential head coaching openings, including the Titans’.
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We shouldn’t make it optional for the super-rich to fund the government If they feel like it now and then. There’s a mechanism called “taxes.”
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
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"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency."
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The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
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The Pentagon accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops' salaries.
Fiscal policy experts are questioning the legality of the move.
"In general, you may not spend money that has been donated because the Constitution and the Anti-Deficiency Act say that you can't."
Fiscal policy experts are questioning the legality of the move.
"In general, you may not spend money that has been donated because the Constitution and the Anti-Deficiency Act say that you can't."
Pentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troops
The amount is less than a day’s worth of salaries. Fiscal policy experts say the move also raises legal questions.
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Ron DeSantis’s “Florida DOGE” team was sharing an individual login and claimed they were the victims of a woke attack when their account was locked.
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
An anonymous super-rich pal of Trump’s will be paying U.S. soldiers’ salaries. What’s next — the rich guy deciding what missions they go on?
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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Rand Paul should name names.
Trump says his ballroom might cost more than $300 million but adds, "you know we're building the arc. Maybe we use it for the arc. We raised a lot of money for the ballroom, so maybe we'll put -- the arc is going to be incredible for Washington DC, so maybe we use it for the arc."
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.
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“The use of force that I’ve seen has been exemplary — the least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission,” Bovino told @cbsnews.com Friday. “If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that’s on them. Don’t protest and don’t trespass.”
FULL STORY: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs, to appear in her courtroom in person at 10 a.m. Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social
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The White House is only 55,000 sq ft. A ballroom that is 90,000 sq ft and is significantly larger than a football field. The ballroom at Versailles was only 8,000 sq ft. There is no way it’s "just a ballroom" - He is building himself a new palace.
The Department of Defense has accepted a $130 million donation from a "friend" of President Trump — but the agency refuses to say who it is
DOD Accepts $130 Million From Trump's 'Friend' For Military Pay During Shutdown
The Defense Department declined to answer when asked about ethics reviews of the anonymous donation.
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