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In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents.
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents.
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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September 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Why is Trump hellbent on erasing the legacies of JFK & Jackie?
• Paved over her rose garden
• Ripped out the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden too
• Tore down the East Wing
• Painted over her Air Force One design
• And now has shuttered the Kennedy Center, the only DC memorial to the slain president
• Paved over her rose garden
• Ripped out the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden too
• Tore down the East Wing
• Painted over her Air Force One design
• And now has shuttered the Kennedy Center, the only DC memorial to the slain president
September 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Why is Trump hellbent on erasing the legacies of JFK & Jackie?
• Paved over her rose garden
• Ripped out the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden too
• Tore down the East Wing
• Painted over her Air Force One design
• And now has shuttered the Kennedy Center, the only DC memorial to the slain president
• Paved over her rose garden
• Ripped out the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden too
• Tore down the East Wing
• Painted over her Air Force One design
• And now has shuttered the Kennedy Center, the only DC memorial to the slain president
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HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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A photographer captured extraordinary pictures of President Donald Trump looking at a large poster that appears to say “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” on top through the windows of Air Force One on Wednesday evening.
Trump Caught Reviewing Plan to Demolish Kennedy Center in Air Force One
Through the windows of Air Force One, he was pictured holding a poster that seemingly says “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”…
buff.ly
September 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
A photographer captured extraordinary pictures of President Donald Trump looking at a large poster that appears to say “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” on top through the windows of Air Force One on Wednesday evening.
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I guess we can add Trump managing to end the Kennedy Center to the rest of his legacy:
- new wars, incompetently managed
- destroyed USAID, killed hundreds of thousands
- highest debt and deficits in US history
- out of control costs and inflation
- new wars, incompetently managed
- destroyed USAID, killed hundreds of thousands
- highest debt and deficits in US history
- out of control costs and inflation
September 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I guess we can add Trump managing to end the Kennedy Center to the rest of his legacy:
- new wars, incompetently managed
- destroyed USAID, killed hundreds of thousands
- highest debt and deficits in US history
- out of control costs and inflation
- new wars, incompetently managed
- destroyed USAID, killed hundreds of thousands
- highest debt and deficits in US history
- out of control costs and inflation
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New in PN: Retire in peace
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
www.publicnotice.co
September 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
New in PN: Retire in peace
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
this fucking bitchass punkass motherfucker (and i don't mean Aaron)
and there it is -- Trump says that if the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to put his name on the Kennedy Center then it will close down for good
September 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
this fucking bitchass punkass motherfucker (and i don't mean Aaron)
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Travels with Natalie just makes them crazy. Completely crazy. Next up, Barbra Streisand joins us to discuss.
September 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Travels with Natalie just makes them crazy. Completely crazy. Next up, Barbra Streisand joins us to discuss.
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i once again ask what sort of contraption Trump is wearing around his ass
September 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i once again ask what sort of contraption Trump is wearing around his ass
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Good explainer.
September 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Good explainer.
Monstrous
Excellent, disturbing reporting from Sarah Kliff.
Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it.
Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it.
September 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Monstrous
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We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget.
Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH.
Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH.
Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
September 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget.
Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH.
Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH.
Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
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not to be an annoying i told you so, but i have been banging on for a couple of days about the real story here being national security
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House, sources tell MS NOW.
Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
bit.ly
August 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
not to be an annoying i told you so, but i have been banging on for a couple of days about the real story here being national security
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Does Polymarket let you bet on whether or not the CEO of Polymarket will die in the coming week?
No? Huh.
So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering.
Just not them? They're off limits.
OK.
No? Huh.
So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering.
Just not them? They're off limits.
OK.
Lawmakers from Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire specifically called out Polymarket, which hosted bets in January 2025 on the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
arstechnica.com
August 18, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Does Polymarket let you bet on whether or not the CEO of Polymarket will die in the coming week?
No? Huh.
So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering.
Just not them? They're off limits.
OK.
No? Huh.
So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering.
Just not them? They're off limits.
OK.
south african boss hog
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha
August 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
south african boss hog
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ICE getting taser gloves “intended to gain compliance from combative individuals” is pretty horrifying when you consider that ICE considers it combative to exercise First Amendment rights. apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
ICE getting taser gloves “intended to gain compliance from combative individuals” is pretty horrifying when you consider that ICE considers it combative to exercise First Amendment rights. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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What a perfect encapsulation of him. How he prioritizes his time, how he spends taxpayer dollars and how he understands the role of the military.
Trump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.
August 11, 2026 at 11:36 AM
What a perfect encapsulation of him. How he prioritizes his time, how he spends taxpayer dollars and how he understands the role of the military.
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It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
www.ms.now
August 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.
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Zuck's "agency" isn't higher than yours or mine. The difference between him and us is that he doesn't think we're really real, and we know that he's really a monster.
eof/
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August 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Zuck's "agency" isn't higher than yours or mine. The difference between him and us is that he doesn't think we're really real, and we know that he's really a monster.
eof/
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whoa wtf
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
August 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
whoa wtf