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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.
Midterms? Tough medicine for midterms?
Ask how his strategy of dissing and demoralizing the Dem base worked in 2010 midterms
He was the mastermind (along with Messina) that led to the 2010 debacle. Still digging out from that so maybe don't listen to him this time. Or ever again
U.S. Consulate in Dubai has been hit by an Islamic Republic drone.
Hilarious USA Today humor/political columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social helpfully created a *Choose Your Own Adventure* poll of reasons Trump bombed Iran.
Go vote! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Whatever you may think of HRC, the lady does not suffer fools
The “Third Way” working harder to stop @aoc.bsky.social than they do to stop Trump.
www.axios.com/2026/03/01/c...
Just the other day, someone came up to me and said, “Sir, is Trump starting geopolitical conflicts to keep his tariffs from causing the dollar from losing its status as the reserve currency?” My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...
It's been suggested to me that a lot of lives could be saved if he just bombed the servers on which the Epstein files are stored.
The Pentagon knew they could find a ho amongst them
Jesus take the freaking wheel
Ellison: I’ve been hearing a lot about paying rappers/influencers, offering them pardons, and not disclosing that they’re being compensated.
They don’t even need to say, “Vote for Trump.” What they can say is, “None of these elections really matter anyway.” That kind of talk can swing an election.
In a just and fair world, it would’ve gone like this
Even three-time Trump voters are breaking down in public apologies and admitting they were “sucked into the stupidity,” the emperor’s clothes are gone. The cult is cracking.
If this raw regret from a former diehard seems like light at the end of a tunnel, like and share to show the tide is turning.
READ MORE: bit.ly/4tUpNMq
AARP shines spotlight on major 2026 Social Security COLA increase
AARP shines spotlight on major 2026 Social Security COLA increase
While a Trump cabinet member advocated for tariffs, his family's investment firm bet against them. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...
I love taking the scenic route
A. Scott Jennings is demonstrating a clear example of how bullying tries to hide obstinate ignorance, and empty arguments.
B. Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is demonstrating respect, without being deterred from establishing the truth as its own defense.
C. Rep. Pearson always lifts my hope.
💞😎💞
Susan has got to go
The Epstein files are wayyy worse than we thought www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
They just don’t have *anybody* do they
In 2003, an episode of American Experience on PBS featured a snippet from a segregationist propaganda film produced by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission-in 1960.
The goal was to portray state-sponsored apartheid in a positive light. It existed until 1973–the year I finished junior high school.
How fights broke out when I was in high school
Tai Babalonia shares how Maybel Fairbanks transcended figure skating and helped launch her journey to becoming a two-time Olympian.
She ain’t wrong
Happy Black History Month!!! ✊🏾✌🏾👏🏾
OG Tom Tillis for the win
Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
