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Annie
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Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
One more thing about DJT's "no cost" blaaroom (which we know will be a lie) that even if true, the East Wing had value that was literally destroyed. That right there is a huge cost.
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Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
Even if true (and not sure, he seems pretty obsessed) the R's excel at taking statements out of content and running with them, seeing it done to them occasionally doesn't freak me out.
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The US froze aid to Colombia
Much of which is used to fight drug cartels
Because the president of Colombia said the US killed Colombian fishermen
In what is supposed to be a US military campaign to stop drug cartels
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basically all this shit is Roberts' fault, because the immunity made Trump feel like he could break the law as much as he wants without consequences. bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Here's a fun little nugget from Trump's demand that DOJ pay him, personally, $250 million: In his memo, he argues that prosecutors "should have foreseen" that he has "immunity from prosecution for officials acts." Thank you John Roberts, great rule of law-ing, sir! static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
Good.
Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
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Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.

NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
And like Tulsi (and unfortunately Bernie who I think is/was sincere) they attract a type of follower (and a few fake followers) that love to disrupt and cause problems and cause more than normal hard feelings.
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The president should not be able to take money from taxpayers and put it in his personal bank account. For any reason. Having his personal attorney do it isn’t any better.

Glad to see Rep. Jamie Raskin and @gregsargent.bsky.social on this. Dems should hammer it. Most Americans dislike corruption.
Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff.

More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
newrepublic.com
Yeah, kind of why the RW fell for DJT (even if I don't see him as strong and nothing but facade). They like the image of a fighter and the image matters. I said it earlier, Mills is actually a proven fighter.
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Appalling. Via @thebulwark.com's newsletter, Mike Johnson basically blesses Trump's $230 million DOJ shakedown by claiming Trump thinks he's "owed" it, as if that makes it okay.

Cites my reporting on this. Ds, push this harder. Rs have no good answer (see below)

www.thebulwark.com/p/our-house-...
What sucks is Dems are obviously looking for fighters and rightly so. But Mills IS one, but age, demeanor and the fact that she's a woman doesn't have the same impact with some of the public as a large dude who cusses. :/
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[just be normal, just be normal]: The Toronto Rangers!
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All of the pilfering, vandalism, and outright death caused by DOGE cuts, and all of the thefts from the future by illegally stopping research grants, didn't save a penny, Trump spent the money and more on corruption and incompetent ICE goons.
Total federal spending is up +7% in 2025 over 2024 year-to-date to Oct 20.

The story that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.

Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
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This is it. It's not about just getting what they want, its about demanding everyone else perform servitude to them while they get it. Ackman wants to be the guy who overturns primaries because he felt like it. He wants to be a king and you to be his sycophant. That's all of it.
it’s that and wanting to be praised

it’s not enough that they have enough money to buy a skyscraper stacked on top of another skyscraper, they demand to be told that they’re very special brilliant boys for having that money by everyone in politics and media
The difference between having $9B and $5B makes no difference in one's day-to-day life, so guys like Ackman will spend $4B to live a world where no one ever tells them "No", including politicians, cops, and any random woman they come across.
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Meanwhile, NJ Republicans are rolling back clean-energy programs that actually save constituents money.
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Democracy dies in darkness; The Washington Post dies in roughly two and a half years.
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
Hope not. Tear it down.
Damn this guy is evil.
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
The AI summary meeting minutes of Teams meetings I thought saved me time. Then I read them and realized I need to take my own notes because they are off. I used to organize my notes and forward them...
I'll cautiously say I've noticed more skepticism about AI in the corporate world and it's mostly because people's coworkers are creating extra work for them. They don't have the vocabulary to describe it yet but it's basically the "Why should I read what you couldn't be bothered to write" thing