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“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
— President Kennedy, 1963
— President Kennedy, 1963
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This doesn’t really sound like how you conduct a criminal investigation. Which is what DOJ does.
July 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This doesn’t really sound like how you conduct a criminal investigation. Which is what DOJ does.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife have sued Candace Owens for defamation over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man.
French President Macron sues right-wing podcaster Candace Owens
The lawsuit alleges that the podcaster promoted “outlandish” claims, including that Brigitte Macron was born a man. An Owens spokesperson said she “is not shutting up.”
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife have sued Candace Owens for defamation over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man.
great moments in GOP history…
British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against self styled misogynist influencers, brothers Andrew and Tristan #Tate, including rape, assault, and human trafficking. | NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K.
British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against self styled misogynist influencers, brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault, and human trafficking.
www.npr.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
great moments in GOP history…
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I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
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BREAKING - A 3-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade has just INVALIDATED Trump's tariffs.
Says Trump CANNOT use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to unilaterally impose tariffs; that power belongs to Congress.
MORE TK
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Says Trump CANNOT use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to unilaterally impose tariffs; that power belongs to Congress.
MORE TK
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
BREAKING - A 3-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade has just INVALIDATED Trump's tariffs.
Says Trump CANNOT use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to unilaterally impose tariffs; that power belongs to Congress.
MORE TK
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Says Trump CANNOT use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to unilaterally impose tariffs; that power belongs to Congress.
MORE TK
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.
May 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.
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I wrote about republicans horrible legislation in @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
The GOP’s Big, Beautiful Bind
House Republicans fell in lockstep behind Trump and now own a bill that targets health care and food assistance. As Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries tells me, “They will be held accountable.”
www.vanityfair.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I wrote about republicans horrible legislation in @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025?
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
50th Edition - Spring 2025
A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bond
iop.harvard.edu
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025?
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
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A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...
May 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...
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Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online.
“We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
“We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her
According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
www.wired.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online.
“We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
“We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
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The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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here's today's post: "oh noes! Elon’s having another Big Sad. boo fucking hoo" — ’nobody likes me, wah wah wah.’
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oh noes! Elon’s having another Big Sad. boo fucking hoo
’nobody likes me, wah wah wah’
bit.ly
March 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
here's today's post: "oh noes! Elon’s having another Big Sad. boo fucking hoo" — ’nobody likes me, wah wah wah.’
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
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Seriously: can I get my donation back?
John Fetterman says he’d support an American occupation of Gaza www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Update from Robert Jimison
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Seriously: can I get my donation back?
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While many of Trump’s picks represent a grave threat to democracy and the lives and freedoms of millions of Americans, a handful of his most important nominees could play a direct role in the future of voting rights and access to the ballot over the next four years.
These Trump Cabinet and Staff Picks Had a Hand in Anti-Voting Litigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
While many of Trump’s picks represent a grave threat to democracy and the lives and freedoms of millions of Americans, a handful of his most important nominees could play a direct role in the future of voting rights and access to the ballot over the next four years.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
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educate yourself for the coming conflicts.
January 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
educate yourself for the coming conflicts.
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My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
January 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
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Tapping the sign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
January 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Tapping the sign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
