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Heidi Jon Schmidt
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Author, Democrat, mom New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe Mag, etc. hjs24pearl.substack.com heidijonschmidt.com
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I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.

And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.
Remember when they said DEI was ruining America by lowering standards?

Well now Trump’s ICE recruits are failing push-ups and sit-ups. Diversity isn’t the problem, incompetence is.

These are the same guys he swears are going to “secure the border,” but ICE can’t even secure a treadmill.
Great idea. Now if we only an honorable FCC….
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"The White House also has not said how much of his own money Trump is contributing."

He is extorting money from companies & is stealing from other government departments.

Can't afford to pay for Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security, but we can pay for Noem's new jets & a new ballroom....
9 things to know about the $250 million ballroom Trump is adding to the White House
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the main White House itself, at nearly double the size, and Trump says it will accommodate 999 people.
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He worked for Blackwater. He has no leadership experience. And he’s running against a historically great Governor of Maine.
So many new euphemisms for ‘criminal’
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If one of your Senators is one of the four (Thune, Scott, Lankford, and Johnson) who has come out v Ingrassia for his Nazi views, you might call and ask when they're going to call out Stephen Miller, who is also a white nationalist, but who also serves as a gatekeeper to what Trump thinks is true.
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Every day it amazes me that reporters who have been lied to for a decade hear something new from the liar and pretend to their audience that he might be telling the truth this time.
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Reminder that we have a rogue president who disregards his oath of office, is an enemy of the Constitution, orders the murder of foreign nationals, and has partially demolished the White House.
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Via @klasfeldreports.com, George Santos may not be done with the criminal justice system.
Words. I love ‘em. Republicans scurry a LOT. Imagine having all the power in all three chambers and still having to scurry for fear of a newly elected Dem.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
Maybe if we throw them a fish for every good one. It works with seals.
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This is the most positive take I can muster.
i don’t believe he’s a nazi, but i believe he has the piss-poor judgement to walk around w a Nazi tattoo for years and decide to run for public office without once thinking he should get it removed and that kinda dumbass behavior fer sure disqualifies said dumbass from holding any kind of power ever
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"Platner’s highest-profile supporter, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is sticking with him, even as a new controversy emerged in the form of a tattoo that’s been linked to antisemitism."

"BEEN LINKED TO ANTISEMITISM???"

The Totenkopf was used by the 3rd SS Panzer Division of the Waffen-SS.
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I do know about this.

Shocker: Trump is nuts.
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NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Alt headline: Houthi Lindsey Small Group
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...