Robert Graves
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One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
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In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* … Texas — who Trump endorsed — just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election.
The panic is going to be delicious.
The panic is going to be delicious.
February 1, 2026 at 5:36 AM
In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* … Texas — who Trump endorsed — just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election.
The panic is going to be delicious.
The panic is going to be delicious.
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So… a bribe?
Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 1, 2026 at 5:43 AM
So… a bribe?
Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.
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"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him
CHICAGO—Saying he had been absolutely blindsided by the sudden change in his fortunes, local 33-year-old Tyler Branton, a man who lost everything in cryptocurrencies, told reporters Thursday that he j...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
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Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation. The latest from @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...
Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation
The senators presented a letter demanding that top DOJ official Todd Blanche clarify the legality of his actions, pointing to ProPublica reporting that found he owned at least $159,000 in related asse...
www.propublica.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation. The latest from @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...
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MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts,
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts,
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
Yet we are building gas plants at a record rate for AI data centers when it’s been proven solar and wind is a cheaper alternative. I would take a livable planet over a trillion computer servers that can proofread my emails.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to host governors from the Basin states, a rare if not unprecedented gathering during the past two decades of haggling over how to address the drought and warming temperatures that have drained the the Colorado River.
Fate of Colorado River hangs in balance as political battle brews
The fight over the dwindling Colorado River has long been nonpartisan. Now an unprecedented meeting of governors over the issue raises the political stakes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Yet we are building gas plants at a record rate for AI data centers when it’s been proven solar and wind is a cheaper alternative. I would take a livable planet over a trillion computer servers that can proofread my emails.
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literally no provision for withholding something as nonresponsive here that i am aware of?
Blanche on Epstein files: "The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the total number of pages initially collected. That's what we're releasing more than 3 million pages today and not the 6 million pages that we collected."
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
literally no provision for withholding something as nonresponsive here that i am aware of?
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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As FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday, lurking in the shadows of the operation was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Gabbard’s role in Fulton raid highlights wild conspiracy theories fueling 2020 probe
"She has neither the authority nor the competence to assess anything in that voting site," a voting advocate said of Gabbard.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
As FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday, lurking in the shadows of the operation was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The fact that Trump now has the FBI participating in his revenge effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled—or that have fallen away—since 2020. lnk.thebulwark.com/3M18gAX
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The fact that Trump now has the FBI participating in his revenge effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled—or that have fallen away—since 2020. lnk.thebulwark.com/3M18gAX
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Don't forget: the largest funding spree for ICE in American history was paid for with the largest cut to health care in American history.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Don't forget: the largest funding spree for ICE in American history was paid for with the largest cut to health care in American history.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
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We are now 41 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
We are now 41 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
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The Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals aligning with ICE are “prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus,” Peter Wehner argues.
MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals aligning with ICE are “prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus,” Peter Wehner argues.
The stable doofus continues to ruin our economic future every single day. Trump is a fool.
Xi-Starmer meeting: Chinese leader tells PM he hopes both countries can ‘rise above differences’
Xi-Starmer meeting: Chinese leader tells PM he hopes both countries can ‘rise above differences’
At Beijing talks, British prime minister Keir Starmer tells Xi he wants a ‘more sophisticated’ relationship with China
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Starmer-Xi meeting – live updates
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said the UK’s relationship with his country had gone through “twists and turns” over the years but that a more “consistent” approach was in both their interests.
Ahead of talks with Keir Starmer during the first visit to China by a British prime minister in eight years, Xi said the two men would “stand the test of history” if they could “rise above differences”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 AM
The stable doofus continues to ruin our economic future every single day. Trump is a fool.
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All of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have been disproven time and again.
So now he’s abusing the power of the FBI in a desperate attempt to turn his lies into reality.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
So now he’s abusing the power of the FBI in a desperate attempt to turn his lies into reality.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims
The FBI searched an election office in Georgia's Fulton County outside Atlanta on Wednesday, pursuing U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespr...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:17 PM
All of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have been disproven time and again.
So now he’s abusing the power of the FBI in a desperate attempt to turn his lies into reality.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
So now he’s abusing the power of the FBI in a desperate attempt to turn his lies into reality.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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A Cabinet secretary does not report to the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A Cabinet secretary does not report to the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
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This. Remember they cut healthcare for this.
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
This. Remember they cut healthcare for this.
I hope the GOP’s racism and xenophobia will be worth it for them when they are bankrupt and wondering why the United States failed.
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I hope the GOP’s racism and xenophobia will be worth it for them when they are bankrupt and wondering why the United States failed.
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BLACKROCK: “.. U.S. trade policy again ran into an immutable economic law: the U.S.’s need for sizeable foreign investment to finance its debt ..” 🤡
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January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
BLACKROCK: “.. U.S. trade policy again ran into an immutable economic law: the U.S.’s need for sizeable foreign investment to finance its debt ..” 🤡
@cnbc.com
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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Charging companies are betting Americans will still want to drive EVs despite the end of subsidies — and that they'll want to fill them up fast.
US Gains 11,300 Ultra-Fast Chargers in Bet to Lure More EV Drivers
Faster charging may nudge more drivers to go electric despite the end of federal EV incentives.
bloom.bg
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Charging companies are betting Americans will still want to drive EVs despite the end of subsidies — and that they'll want to fill them up fast.