Fed-up Republican
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"100% ANTI-TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!" - Donald Trump, 2025-11-01
Former GOP voter who is mad as hell about where the party has gone.
Former GOP voter who is mad as hell about where the party has gone.
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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As is the case with Musk, and even Trump, the most grotesque part is not their existence — awful people have always been around and always will be. The most grotesque part is nominally smart or honest or decent people taken in by them. Or, at least, pretending to be taken in, for advantage.
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As is the case with Musk, and even Trump, the most grotesque part is not their existence — awful people have always been around and always will be. The most grotesque part is nominally smart or honest or decent people taken in by them. Or, at least, pretending to be taken in, for advantage.
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NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
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The Trump administration has bulldozed past Congress’ appropriations power as it reorganizes the federal government.
One example? Shuttering the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
One example? Shuttering the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Appropriators backed a crime-fighting unit. DOJ closed it anyway. - Roll Call
The Trump administration has shuttered a Reagan-era program that coordinated major transnational crime investigations.
rollcall.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Trump administration has bulldozed past Congress’ appropriations power as it reorganizes the federal government.
One example? Shuttering the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
One example? Shuttering the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
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In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.
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JD Vance’s position at the TPUSA event was that he would have no enemies to the right, including in the neo-Nazi right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
JD Vance’s position at the TPUSA event was that he would have no enemies to the right, including in the neo-Nazi right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
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"We're not going to get the best innovations. We're not going to get the best products... If [businesses] are competing on their ability to schmooze, then that's bad for everybody." www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"We're not going to get the best innovations. We're not going to get the best products... If [businesses] are competing on their ability to schmooze, then that's bad for everybody." www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
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that's not how irony works. that's just a list of things that are basically the opposite of what they're against.
Rep. Russell Fry on Democrats criticizing Trump for illegally renaming the Kennedy Center: "I just find this incredibly rich coming from the party that spray paints monuments, desecrates memorials, tears down statues."
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
that's not how irony works. that's just a list of things that are basically the opposite of what they're against.
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This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
Another reconciliation attempt at killing the ACA, most likely.
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Another reconciliation attempt at killing the ACA, most likely.
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Holy shit practically the entire Heritage legal center resigned www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusi...
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Holy shit practically the entire Heritage legal center resigned www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusi...
Given the 60 Minutes debacle, Paramount should not get Warner Bros. and CNN.
By the numbers: How the Netflix, Paramount bids for Warner Bros stack up reut.rs/45gM77V
By the numbers: How the Netflix, Paramount bids for Warner Bros stack up
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will provide a personal guarantee of $40.4 billion in equity financing to back Paramount Skydance's all-cash $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery.
reut.rs
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Given the 60 Minutes debacle, Paramount should not get Warner Bros. and CNN.
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The House Oversight Committee can subpoena Steve Bannon any time and obtain his Jeffrey Epstein videos.
I don't understand why they didn't do it months ago. www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
I don't understand why they didn't do it months ago. www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
Steve Bannon discussed using an obscure legal tactic to join Jeffrey Epstein's legal team
The arrangement could explain why Steve Bannon's 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage haven't seen the light of day.
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The House Oversight Committee can subpoena Steve Bannon any time and obtain his Jeffrey Epstein videos.
I don't understand why they didn't do it months ago. www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
I don't understand why they didn't do it months ago. www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
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This is amazing. So cool.
(Also, protip, if you ever need a deep-dive into a community's history the local Catholic parish will have detailed birth, marriage, death records, and usually a ton of other details—if you can get access.)
(Also, protip, if you ever need a deep-dive into a community's history the local Catholic parish will have detailed birth, marriage, death records, and usually a ton of other details—if you can get access.)
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is amazing. So cool.
(Also, protip, if you ever need a deep-dive into a community's history the local Catholic parish will have detailed birth, marriage, death records, and usually a ton of other details—if you can get access.)
(Also, protip, if you ever need a deep-dive into a community's history the local Catholic parish will have detailed birth, marriage, death records, and usually a ton of other details—if you can get access.)
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I went to AmericaFest. It was strange and sad and unsettling. www.ms.now/news/america...
Inside AmericaFest: Infighting, lies, and the desperate search for Charlie Kirk's heir
Turning Point USA's flagship event, once a star-spangled show of strength for the right, revealed a MAGA movement in crisis following Kirk's killing.
www.ms.now
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I went to AmericaFest. It was strange and sad and unsettling. www.ms.now/news/america...
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New from MS NOW:
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel’s new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW
FBI director under fire for use of government resources also asked for an upgraded jet
www.ms.now
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New from MS NOW:
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking
If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking
No tangible progress toward funding the government has been made with six weeks to go.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking
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The trigger: CBS News suddenly shelved a segment featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. https://cnn.it/44DLntx
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The trigger: CBS News suddenly shelved a segment featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. https://cnn.it/44DLntx
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Western carmakers are coming up against fast-growing Chinese electric-vehicle brands all over the world. Those that slow down production risk giving their competitors an unassailable lead
Retreating from EVs could be hazardous for Western carmakers
Governments are tempting a shift back to petrol
econ.st
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Western carmakers are coming up against fast-growing Chinese electric-vehicle brands all over the world. Those that slow down production risk giving their competitors an unassailable lead