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Retired lawyer. Mediocre golfer. Decent 60-plus hoop player. Let’s go Huskies!
Overlooked in HHS’ cuts. Five of Head Start’s 10 regional centers were eliminated - those serving blue states and threatening programs in them. Seems like a privileges and immunities problem …..
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Overlooked in HHS’ cuts. Five of Head Start’s 10 regional centers were eliminated - those serving blue states and threatening programs in them. Seems like a privileges and immunities problem …..
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/AvjVcpUx
Join me on April 5th
app.sosha.ai
March 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/AvjVcpUx
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1/ Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
Haltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
1/ Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
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"He keeps showing up." theonion.com/trump-u...
Trump Unsure What Department He Has To Cut To Make JD Vance Go Away
WASHINGTON—Expressing frustration over the vice president’s continued presence in both the White House and his life, President Donald Trump was reportedly unsure Monday about what department he had to cut to make JD Vance go away. “I’ve tried the Education Department, USAID, the FBI, and still he keeps showing up,” said Trump, who lambasted the […]
theonion.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"He keeps showing up." theonion.com/trump-u...
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The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
Cut a few million here. Spend a few hundred million there
Cut a few million here. Spend a few hundred million there
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
Cut a few million here. Spend a few hundred million there
Cut a few million here. Spend a few hundred million there
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"Vance’s post is grossly misleading—if not patently false—and he knows it. He knows it because he learned about the proper role of the federal courts at Yale Law School in his first-year constitutional law class." And if he knows that and still says it...
JD Vance Wants a Constitutional Crisis
But what he *needs* is to bone up on the separation of powers.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Vance’s post is grossly misleading—if not patently false—and he knows it. He knows it because he learned about the proper role of the federal courts at Yale Law School in his first-year constitutional law class." And if he knows that and still says it...
The Justice Department is more concerned with getting Crooked Eric Adams off than in ensuring that our government is following the Constitution
February 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Justice Department is more concerned with getting Crooked Eric Adams off than in ensuring that our government is following the Constitution
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Adrian Peeler, convicted of killing mother and son witnesses to CT murder, gets Biden commutation
Lost in all the other pardon BS by Trump and Biden, this is another example of why we need constitutional reform.
Lost in all the other pardon BS by Trump and Biden, this is another example of why we need constitutional reform.
January 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Adrian Peeler, convicted of killing mother and son witnesses to CT murder, gets Biden commutation
Lost in all the other pardon BS by Trump and Biden, this is another example of why we need constitutional reform.
Lost in all the other pardon BS by Trump and Biden, this is another example of why we need constitutional reform.
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Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
January 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
Thinks he could have won …. We have Trump because of this clueless arrogant fool. It’s on you Joe. You should have been a leader and stepped aside I time to allow us to have a real option
Thinks he could have won …. We have Trump because of this clueless arrogant fool. It’s on you Joe. You should have been a leader and stepped aside I time to allow us to have a real option
Biden Says He Might Not Have Been Able to Serve 4 More Years (Gift Article)
President Biden insisted that he still could have beaten Donald J. Trump had he stayed in the race, but could not say he would have been vital enough to be president until age 86.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
Thinks he could have won …. We have Trump because of this clueless arrogant fool. It’s on you Joe. You should have been a leader and stepped aside I time to allow us to have a real option
Thinks he could have won …. We have Trump because of this clueless arrogant fool. It’s on you Joe. You should have been a leader and stepped aside I time to allow us to have a real option
www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-worl...
Biden is so fricken clueless. If he had chosen not to run in 2022 and allowed some democratic energy to brew earlier it might have even forced the republicans to pivot. Arrogance is his legacy
Biden is so fricken clueless. If he had chosen not to run in 2022 and allowed some democratic energy to brew earlier it might have even forced the republicans to pivot. Arrogance is his legacy
Biden World Thinks He Should Have Stayed in the Race. What Are They Smoking?
The question is not whether he should have dropped out. It’s why he didn’t do so earlier.
www.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:59 PM
www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-worl...
Biden is so fricken clueless. If he had chosen not to run in 2022 and allowed some democratic energy to brew earlier it might have even forced the republicans to pivot. Arrogance is his legacy
Biden is so fricken clueless. If he had chosen not to run in 2022 and allowed some democratic energy to brew earlier it might have even forced the republicans to pivot. Arrogance is his legacy
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/u...
A “reflective” Biden still doesn’t get it. His mistake wasn’t not signing relief checks or reminding us (again) from his home on the shore that he’s the poorest legislator. His mistake was not being a leader and stepping aside as he said he would do in 2020.
A “reflective” Biden still doesn’t get it. His mistake wasn’t not signing relief checks or reminding us (again) from his home on the shore that he’s the poorest legislator. His mistake was not being a leader and stepping aside as he said he would do in 2020.
A Reflective Biden Harbors Some Regrets as His Term Winds Down (Gift Article)
President Biden will seek solace and “relief” during a visit with Pope Francis next month, according to people familiar with his plans. His public comments have offered a glimpse into what is on his m...
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/u...
A “reflective” Biden still doesn’t get it. His mistake wasn’t not signing relief checks or reminding us (again) from his home on the shore that he’s the poorest legislator. His mistake was not being a leader and stepping aside as he said he would do in 2020.
A “reflective” Biden still doesn’t get it. His mistake wasn’t not signing relief checks or reminding us (again) from his home on the shore that he’s the poorest legislator. His mistake was not being a leader and stepping aside as he said he would do in 2020.
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"Eight days after making the snap decision to nominate Matt Gaetz to be the nation’s next attorney general, Trump phoned him Thursday morning to tell him he wouldn’t get confirmed." Trump giveth and taketh away. NEW from Marc Caputo: www.thebulwark.com/p/you-dont-h...
‘You Don’t Have the Votes’: How Trump Barred the Gaetz
The scandal-plagued, widely hated pick for attorney general was a waste of time and energy.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
"Eight days after making the snap decision to nominate Matt Gaetz to be the nation’s next attorney general, Trump phoned him Thursday morning to tell him he wouldn’t get confirmed." Trump giveth and taketh away. NEW from Marc Caputo: www.thebulwark.com/p/you-dont-h...
Thou shalt not proselitize
“As the district court ruled, this law is unconstitutional on its face.”
Appeals court deals blow to state seeking to force public schools to post Ten Commandments
A federal appeals court has blocked Louisiana — for now — from forcing all public school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the state's request to t...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Thou shalt not proselitize
Oy
President-elect Trump will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Trump said that Oz would “work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex.” nyti.ms/3Cuawvh
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Oy
And just when Gaetz’ s position as worst picked seems locked up along comes Dr Oz to kill medicare
November 19, 2024 at 10:53 PM
And just when Gaetz’ s position as worst picked seems locked up along comes Dr Oz to kill medicare
As I sit in my house and watch the plumes of smoke across the Sound from brush fires on Long Island’s North Fork, it’s just amazing that Trump’s least controversial nominee is Chris Wright for Energy
November 19, 2024 at 3:22 PM
As I sit in my house and watch the plumes of smoke across the Sound from brush fires on Long Island’s North Fork, it’s just amazing that Trump’s least controversial nominee is Chris Wright for Energy
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I was just informed by a MAGA reader angry at my vocal opposition to RFK Jr...she emails in part, "Theres no proof vaccines work. there is proof Vaccines cause atheism." (sic)
These people have the franchise.
These people have the franchise.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I was just informed by a MAGA reader angry at my vocal opposition to RFK Jr...she emails in part, "Theres no proof vaccines work. there is proof Vaccines cause atheism." (sic)
These people have the franchise.
These people have the franchise.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York on Thursday announced the resurrection of a congestion pricing program that would toll drivers who enter the busiest parts of Manhattan. She is trying to push the plan through before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Hochul Brings Back Congestion Pricing Plan at $9 Rate Instead of $15
The governor is renewing plans to start the tolling program, but at discounted rates. It is not clear whether the lower tolls could generate the $15 billion needed for mass transit repairs.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York on Thursday announced the resurrection of a congestion pricing program that would toll drivers who enter the busiest parts of Manhattan. She is trying to push the plan through before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.