Desert Princess
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A fellow American who believes in Justice, Truth and the Constitution. Recommends TimothySnyder’s brilliant books: On Tyranny and On Freedom.The Lucky Loser is another good read.
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Trump now throwing the military under the bus. What happened to Hegseth quoted as commanding “kill them all” on the second strike? Is anyone surprised that Trump is making the admiral the fall guy? Will he succeed?
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Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump now throwing the military under the bus. What happened to Hegseth quoted as commanding “kill them all” on the second strike? Is anyone surprised that Trump is making the admiral the fall guy? Will he succeed?
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New movie title: “The Man Who Slept Too Much” directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New movie title: “The Man Who Slept Too Much” directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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“Now, some people will correct me, because they always love to correct me, even though I'm right about everything, but some people like to correct me and they say, "48 years."'
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December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Now, some people will correct me, because they always love to correct me, even though I'm right about everything, but some people like to correct me and they say, "48 years."'
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Karen Attiah and Matthew Dowd were fired for saying factual things about racist misogynist homophobic xenophobe Charlie Kirk.
Kelly’s bloodlust musings—coupled with her horrific views on teenage girls as sex toys for grown men—are beyond the pale. I know they do this for attention, but good god!
Kelly’s bloodlust musings—coupled with her horrific views on teenage girls as sex toys for grown men—are beyond the pale. I know they do this for attention, but good god!
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Karen Attiah and Matthew Dowd were fired for saying factual things about racist misogynist homophobic xenophobe Charlie Kirk.
Kelly’s bloodlust musings—coupled with her horrific views on teenage girls as sex toys for grown men—are beyond the pale. I know they do this for attention, but good god!
Kelly’s bloodlust musings—coupled with her horrific views on teenage girls as sex toys for grown men—are beyond the pale. I know they do this for attention, but good god!
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Why has nobody brought up the point that rescuing those survivors could've provided valuable intel on the people running that "drug operation"?
IF, in fact, they were part of any "drug operation".
IF, in fact, they were part of any "drug operation".
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Why has nobody brought up the point that rescuing those survivors could've provided valuable intel on the people running that "drug operation"?
IF, in fact, they were part of any "drug operation".
IF, in fact, they were part of any "drug operation".
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Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
“… the contrasts between the “patriotism” of 2025 and Reagan’s view of “patriotism.” And he warns that today’s “patriotism” is a tribalist perversion of what Reagan considered patriotic during the 1980s.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“… the contrasts between the “patriotism” of 2025 and Reagan’s view of “patriotism.” And he warns that today’s “patriotism” is a tribalist perversion of what Reagan considered patriotic during the 1980s.
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“In a very real sense, the Supreme Court will determine in the coming weeks and months whether a president determined to act outside traditional executive boundaries can or cannot be meaningfully restrained by Congress or the judiciary,”
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Supreme Court poised to either make Trump 'king' or 'lame-duck' in 'coming weeks': report
With the Supreme Court poised to make rulings in several major cases testing the president’s authority, the nation’s highest court will ultimately decide “in the coming weeks and months” whether Presi...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“In a very real sense, the Supreme Court will determine in the coming weeks and months whether a president determined to act outside traditional executive boundaries can or cannot be meaningfully restrained by Congress or the judiciary,”
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Trump destroys everything he touches.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Trump destroys everything he touches.
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Because once you need two incomes, you also need childcare for two kids at $32k/yr ($600/wk), rent for a 2 bedroom is another $20k/yr so it's already $52k before food, transportation, taxes... all necessities, not luxuries.
Because once you need two incomes, you also need childcare for two kids at $32k/yr ($600/wk), rent for a 2 bedroom is another $20k/yr so it's already $52k before food, transportation, taxes... all necessities, not luxuries.
An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Because once you need two incomes, you also need childcare for two kids at $32k/yr ($600/wk), rent for a 2 bedroom is another $20k/yr so it's already $52k before food, transportation, taxes... all necessities, not luxuries.
Because once you need two incomes, you also need childcare for two kids at $32k/yr ($600/wk), rent for a 2 bedroom is another $20k/yr so it's already $52k before food, transportation, taxes... all necessities, not luxuries.
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Jason Leopold:
The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
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The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
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Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Jason Leopold:
The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n... In case you missed it. He wants to invade Venezuela yet he pardons the former dictator, drug king pin of Honduras, convicted by a US jury.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n... In case you missed it. He wants to invade Venezuela yet he pardons the former dictator, drug king pin of Honduras, convicted by a US jury.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n... Hmmm... preferred drug of the family?
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n... Hmmm... preferred drug of the family?
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
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November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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In case you missed it over the holiday:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody’”
“Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck….” wapo.st/4olRXM5 (Gift link)
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody’”
“Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck….” wapo.st/4olRXM5 (Gift link)
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In case you missed it over the holiday:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody’”
“Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck….” wapo.st/4olRXM5 (Gift link)
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody’”
“Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck….” wapo.st/4olRXM5 (Gift link)
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🎁🔗: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends >>> "David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🎁🔗: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends >>> "David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Gift article 🎁
Gift article 🎁
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
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November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Gift article 🎁
Gift article 🎁
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“Where is Turning Point USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? Where are all the MAGA faithful who claimed to believe or did believe in the vast conspiracy among elites to abuse children? And where, finally, is Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing?”
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One major Jeffrey Epstein connection is flying under the radar: analysis
Before he was accused of sex trafficking of minors, disgraced billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein interacted with a long list of prominent figures — from now-President Donald Trump to former Preside...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Where is Turning Point USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? Where are all the MAGA faithful who claimed to believe or did believe in the vast conspiracy among elites to abuse children? And where, finally, is Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing?”
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Stephen Miller is banging away at the keys on his computer again.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stephen Miller is banging away at the keys on his computer again.
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