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Special forces led by Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince suffered over twenty casualties after being ambushed in the Congo, with a popular former UFC fighter among the wounded - Reuters
October 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Special forces led by Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince suffered over twenty casualties after being ambushed in the Congo, with a popular former UFC fighter among the wounded - Reuters
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Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill.
The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill.
The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
Prediction: Hegseth is going to appoint himself to be on the firing squad
October 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Prediction: Hegseth is going to appoint himself to be on the firing squad
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They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
October 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
October 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
October 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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There's a through line between the celebratory footage of detainee abuse from CECOT, the boat strikes videos, and this planned snuff film of the Nidal Hasan execution.
Modern day lynching postcards.
October 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
There's a through line between the celebratory footage of detainee abuse from CECOT, the boat strikes videos, and this planned snuff film of the Nidal Hasan execution.
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when we published the following years ago, team trump vehemently denied our (accurate) reporting that trump had been privately saying he wanted partial videos of executions for like psa campaigns or some shit
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
when we published the following years ago, team trump vehemently denied our (accurate) reporting that trump had been privately saying he wanted partial videos of executions for like psa campaigns or some shit
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Every professional software developer can list a dozen times they had to hotfix code to resolve an issue they were assured could never happen in production, but the stakes in this one were pretty high
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
October 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Every professional software developer can list a dozen times they had to hotfix code to resolve an issue they were assured could never happen in production, but the stakes in this one were pretty high
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NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
October 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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Absolutely wild story from the WSJ:
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her Senate confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she asked a Trump donor for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill—in a way that “wouldn’t leave a paper trail”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her Senate confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she asked a Trump donor for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill—in a way that “wouldn’t leave a paper trail”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
www.wsj.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Absolutely wild story from the WSJ:
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her Senate confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she asked a Trump donor for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill—in a way that “wouldn’t leave a paper trail”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her Senate confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she asked a Trump donor for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill—in a way that “wouldn’t leave a paper trail”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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That’s where they ended up in a photo together, and why Benike quickly recognized Johnson’s image in Finstad’s attack ad. She remembered "very clearly" what he was wearing that day, the BG of their pic, etc.
Here's the real photo vs the fake image in Finstad's ad:
Here's the real photo vs the fake image in Finstad's ad:
October 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
That’s where they ended up in a photo together, and why Benike quickly recognized Johnson’s image in Finstad’s attack ad. She remembered "very clearly" what he was wearing that day, the BG of their pic, etc.
Here's the real photo vs the fake image in Finstad's ad:
Here's the real photo vs the fake image in Finstad's ad:
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New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences
if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
October 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences
if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
Let them eat salt
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
October 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Let them eat salt
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“[Hegseth] believes that wars are won by whichever side’s soldiers can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military leadership is dragging the Department of Defense down by the day.”
@paulwaldman.bsky.social says what National Media is reluctant to.
@paulwaldman.bsky.social says what National Media is reluctant to.
New in PN: “Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
"Leading this project of ruthless mapping will be 'three of our nation’s best minds:' Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich. In other words — at the risk of being unkind — a weirdo, a beardo, and a fatty."
"Leading this project of ruthless mapping will be 'three of our nation’s best minds:' Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich. In other words — at the risk of being unkind — a weirdo, a beardo, and a fatty."
“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
www.publicnotice.co
October 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
“[Hegseth] believes that wars are won by whichever side’s soldiers can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military leadership is dragging the Department of Defense down by the day.”
@paulwaldman.bsky.social says what National Media is reluctant to.
@paulwaldman.bsky.social says what National Media is reluctant to.
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Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.
Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
www.cnbc.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.
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So who’d she choose to marry & kill?
The president’s newest mouthpiece has previously posed toting a rifle while wearing a shirt with a nasty message about a Trump rival.
Vile Image Emerges of New White House Press Aide
The president’s newest mouthpiece, 24, has posed with a rifle while wearing a shirt with a nasty message about a Trump rival.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:25 AM
So who’d she choose to marry & kill?
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They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
I’ll believe this when I see it. I’m seeing a lot of ”hold your nose“ talk.
One of the other strong possibilities here isn't just Dems adding, it's also MAGA subtracting. It's important to remember that Trump brought out a lot of people who wouldn't vote otherwise. As long as Trump was succeeding, those people often voted in midterms. But now? It's "broken promises."
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy.
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
October 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I’ll believe this when I see it. I’m seeing a lot of ”hold your nose“ talk.