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Loving the fact that the background to the voting rights act debate is that gerrymandering to lock the opposition party out of power is perfectly constitutional.

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State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents
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Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Turang!

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Contreras!

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Go Brewers!
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Have to admit, the case that Trump is the Anti-Christ is much stronger than the case that Greta Thunberg is.
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Have to admit, the case that Trump is the Anti-Christ is much stronger than the case that Greta Thunberg is.

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Drain the swamp!

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And of course, we do not know that Trump is not the Anti-Christ. Thiel’s only evidence for this is that liberals don’t make that argument, which is hardly conclusive.

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Although, in fairness, from a Christian theological perspective the argument might be, “only the Anti-Christ is known a prioi to be not good,” “Trump is not the Anti-Christ,” therefore “it is possible that Trump is good.” However, it is also possible that he is bad, as evidence suggests.
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To belabor the point, as we old philosophy majors like to do. The statements “Trump is not the Anti-Christ“ and “Trump is not good,” would be a contradiction only if the statement “only the Anti-Christ is not good” were true. Examples abound that the third statement is false. QED
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I hear Peter Thiel majored in philosophy. He does not appear to have taken a course in logic.
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“If you, in a sincere, rational, well-reasoned way are willing to make the argument that Trump is the Antichrist, I will give you a hearing,” he said. “If you’re not willing to make that argument, maybe you have to be open to possibility that he’s at least relatively good.” Peter Thiel
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho, Menachim Begin and Anwar Sadat, each of whom was directly responsible for thousands of deaths and the imposition or maintenance of authoritarian regimes. I assume their portraits also gaze down on the committee as they deliberate.
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Trump has two unique sources of leverage in the Israel-Hamas conflict. 1) He wouldn’t care if the Palestinians were expelled from Gaza so can credibly threaten to let Israel do this. 2) His base is anti-Semitic so he can threaten to withhold aid from Israel. In mediation, leverage is everything.
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I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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MEMO
To: SEC HEGSETH
RE: THE “WARRIOR ETHOS”

WAR MUST BE, WHILE WE DEFEND OUR LIVES AGAINST A DESTROYER WHO WOULD DEVOUR ALL; BUT I DO NOT LOVE THE BRIGHT SWORD FOR ITS SHARPNESS, NOR THE ARROW FOR ITS SWIFTNESS, NOR THE WARRIOR FOR HIS GLORY. I LOVE ONLY THAT WHICH THEY DEFEND.

V/R
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Due to the Democrat-led shutdown, website updates will be limited until full operations resume.

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Official government websites are now headlined with Republican talking points.

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U.S. Department of State – Home
Leading U.S. foreign policy to advance the interests and security of the American people.
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The “too” is great, but don’t forget the “I didn’t see it.” It’s fascinating that it’s better to lie that you are uninformed and remiss in your duties rather than admit to being informed and then have to explain why you still support him. It’s a common response.

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My thoughts on the Quantico meeting
Trump’s Speech to Generals Was Incitement to Violence Against Americans
Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.
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Trump/Hegseth to the military: you work for me now, I’m going to use you to control US cities, you can kill anyone you want, and anyone who disagrees is fired.
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