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Is Karoline Leavitt real or AI?
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Is Karoline Leavitt real or AI?
A Law That Might Just Save the Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Opinion | A Law That Might Just Save the Midterms
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February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A Law That Might Just Save the Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
7/18/2015: Trump comment on John McCain: “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Why are Europeans surprised by what Trump said about non-US NATO soldiers being a little behind the lines in their service in Afghanistan?
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
7/18/2015: Trump comment on John McCain: “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Why are Europeans surprised by what Trump said about non-US NATO soldiers being a little behind the lines in their service in Afghanistan?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
January 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Trump’s threatened tariffs related to Grnlnd is a teachable moment. Tariffs hurt the country imposing them by raising the price of imports and causing a less efficient use of resources. The exporting country has a fall in demand, BUT that demand can be restored by an easier central bank policy.
January 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Trump’s threatened tariffs related to Grnlnd is a teachable moment. Tariffs hurt the country imposing them by raising the price of imports and causing a less efficient use of resources. The exporting country has a fall in demand, BUT that demand can be restored by an easier central bank policy.
Who receives the $1 billion for permanent membership on Trump’s Board of Peace?
January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Who receives the $1 billion for permanent membership on Trump’s Board of Peace?
Rhea Seehorn won a Golden Globe for her performance in “Pluribus”. I bet Tom Nichols is really ticked off.
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Rhea Seehorn won a Golden Globe for her performance in “Pluribus”. I bet Tom Nichols is really ticked off.
What happened to Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine and Iran news? Are the US cable news networks able to carry more than one story?
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
What happened to Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine and Iran news? Are the US cable news networks able to carry more than one story?
“Trump, he takes their oil and runs Venezuela” with apologies to Matilda and the late, great Harry Belafonte.
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
“Trump, he takes their oil and runs Venezuela” with apologies to Matilda and the late, great Harry Belafonte.
What percentage of future Venezuelan drug exports will US taxpayers receive?
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
What percentage of future Venezuelan drug exports will US taxpayers receive?
What percent share will US taxpayers get in US oil companies operating in Venezuela in the coming years? Because we taxpayers enabled the oil companies’ return to Venezuela, we should get our return.
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
What percent share will US taxpayers get in US oil companies operating in Venezuela in the coming years? Because we taxpayers enabled the oil companies’ return to Venezuela, we should get our return.
Someone in Tampa ought to pay a visit to this duo.
Sadie and Seth were among hundreds of animals rescued from an Ohio fur farm.
After almost a year of living with wildlife rehabilitators, the two foxes were recently introduced to their new home at ZooTampa at Lowry Park. https://wapo.st/49evYBo
After almost a year of living with wildlife rehabilitators, the two foxes were recently introduced to their new home at ZooTampa at Lowry Park. https://wapo.st/49evYBo
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Someone in Tampa ought to pay a visit to this duo.
Why is Stephen Miller attending the meetings with Zelenskyy and Netanyahu? I thought his portfolio was deportation of US residents.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Why is Stephen Miller attending the meetings with Zelenskyy and Netanyahu? I thought his portfolio was deportation of US residents.
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As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
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Centrist Democrats are using their party’s defeat in Tennessee’s special House election this week to argue that the party needs to support more moderate candidates.
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‘Not the Model’: Centrist Democrats Call for More Moderates in 2026 After Defeat in Tennessee
Democrats privately say many of their potential 2026 nominees in red congressional districts have a more moderate profile than the liberal Aftyn Behn.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Centrist Democrats are using their party’s defeat in Tennessee’s special House election this week to argue that the party needs to support more moderate candidates.
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Is the 28-point Ukraine-Russia “peace” plan just the Minsk Agreement 3.0 destined to meet similar ends to Minsk 2.0?
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Is the 28-point Ukraine-Russia “peace” plan just the Minsk Agreement 3.0 destined to meet similar ends to Minsk 2.0?
I think Trump should add one more point to his 28-point Russian-Ukrainian “peace” accord. That 29th point is that any Ukrainian citizen desiring it should be granted US permanent-residency status with a path to US citizenship.
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think Trump should add one more point to his 28-point Russian-Ukrainian “peace” accord. That 29th point is that any Ukrainian citizen desiring it should be granted US permanent-residency status with a path to US citizenship.
Exactly what policy powers does the mayor of NYC have to bring about peace in the Middle East?
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Exactly what policy powers does the mayor of NYC have to bring about peace in the Middle East?
Venezuela = “Wag the Dog”?
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Venezuela = “Wag the Dog”?
Donald Trump is a lame-duck president.
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Donald Trump is a lame-duck president.
BBC WORLD News has been covering for at least 1 hour NOTHING but the resignation of its Director General. Is there no other news worthy of being reported? I have praised BBC in the past, unlike US cable news, to be able to cover numerous news stories during a broadcast. I’m not so sure now.
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BBC WORLD News has been covering for at least 1 hour NOTHING but the resignation of its Director General. Is there no other news worthy of being reported? I have praised BBC in the past, unlike US cable news, to be able to cover numerous news stories during a broadcast. I’m not so sure now.
Treasury Secretary Bessent attended the SCOTUS hearing on the legality of some of the administration’s tariffs. If SCOTUS takes up Obergefell vs Hodges, I wonder if Bessent will show up for that hearing, too.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Treasury Secretary Bessent attended the SCOTUS hearing on the legality of some of the administration’s tariffs. If SCOTUS takes up Obergefell vs Hodges, I wonder if Bessent will show up for that hearing, too.
I see videos of what appear to be late-model ICE mega-SUVs playing demolish derby in the streets of Chicagoland. Couldn’t they find some junkers for their ramming activities and save the taxpayers of America some money?
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I see videos of what appear to be late-model ICE mega-SUVs playing demolish derby in the streets of Chicagoland. Couldn’t they find some junkers for their ramming activities and save the taxpayers of America some money?
I like Nancy Pelosi’s line: “We don’t agonize, we organize.” No Kings peaceful demonstrations might make you feel like you are doing something, but more importantly, register voters and get them to the polls on time.
October 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I like Nancy Pelosi’s line: “We don’t agonize, we organize.” No Kings peaceful demonstrations might make you feel like you are doing something, but more importantly, register voters and get them to the polls on time.
How do you think President Trump would react if Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026?
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
How do you think President Trump would react if Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026?