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Republicans: “Elect Trump and there will be no more wars!”
Also republicans: “Vote for us in the midterms and we’ll end the war we started!”
Republican voters: “sounds reasonable” 😵💫
Also republicans: “Vote for us in the midterms and we’ll end the war we started!”
Republican voters: “sounds reasonable” 😵💫
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Republicans: “Elect Trump and there will be no more wars!”
Also republicans: “Vote for us in the midterms and we’ll end the war we started!”
Republican voters: “sounds reasonable” 😵💫
Also republicans: “Vote for us in the midterms and we’ll end the war we started!”
Republican voters: “sounds reasonable” 😵💫
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Just checked the price of a pound of ground beef in St. Cloud, MN (Emmer's district) -- $5.29/lb at ALDI, $7.23/lb at Walmart.
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
September 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Just checked the price of a pound of ground beef in St. Cloud, MN (Emmer's district) -- $5.29/lb at ALDI, $7.23/lb at Walmart.
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
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Hirono asks Kash Patel about his trip to take a VIP snorkeling tour around the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Patel responds petulantly by bringing up Comey.
September 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Hirono asks Kash Patel about his trip to take a VIP snorkeling tour around the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Patel responds petulantly by bringing up Comey.
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Oh, Robert Kraft's wife, Dana Kraft, just happens to sit on the Kennedy Center Board.
www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
Kennedy Center board votes to close it, as judge again keeps Trump's name off
The board's vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems.
www.npr.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Oh, Robert Kraft's wife, Dana Kraft, just happens to sit on the Kennedy Center Board.
www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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The Obama family shared that Sunny passed away yesterday after 13 years by their side. She was fiercely protective of her big brother, Bo, and we can imagine the two of them together again. Today, hold your pets a little closer and cherish every moment you share.
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Obama family shared that Sunny passed away yesterday after 13 years by their side. She was fiercely protective of her big brother, Bo, and we can imagine the two of them together again. Today, hold your pets a little closer and cherish every moment you share.
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“We have what the world wants:
the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital”
~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦
the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital”
~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦
September 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
“We have what the world wants:
the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital”
~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦
the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital”
~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦
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WSJ editorial board FOIAs emails showing Sen. Katie Britt’s office privately seeking Trump tariff exemptions for Alabama — while she’s publicly praising the tariffs. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
Opinion | One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks
How protectionism works in practice: Public support, but seeking exemptions in private.
www.wsj.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
WSJ editorial board FOIAs emails showing Sen. Katie Britt’s office privately seeking Trump tariff exemptions for Alabama — while she’s publicly praising the tariffs. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
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Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
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BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
New Learning Outcomes Announced | English
www.bu.edu
September 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare.
The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
September 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare.
The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
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JUST IN: Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked for an emergency hearing after a staffer was denied access to the Kennedy Center and told it was closed to the public.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Kennedy Center Closed
www.documentcloud.org
September 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
JUST IN: Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked for an emergency hearing after a staffer was denied access to the Kennedy Center and told it was closed to the public.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding.
They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding.
They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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CASTEN: Trump said 'we're taking in billions and billions from Venezuela.' Who is the 'we'? That suggests flows to US persons
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
September 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
CASTEN: Trump said 'we're taking in billions and billions from Venezuela.' Who is the 'we'? That suggests flows to US persons
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
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Kash Patel defended his new policy before the Senate Judiciary Committee which allows the FBI to hire agents who have engaged in bestiality and it barely gets noticed because there are 50 other things happening from these clowns each day that are worse.
September 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Kash Patel defended his new policy before the Senate Judiciary Committee which allows the FBI to hire agents who have engaged in bestiality and it barely gets noticed because there are 50 other things happening from these clowns each day that are worse.
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
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Whitehouse grills Patel on Epstein 👇
WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump?
PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages
W: But not these 37
WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump?
PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages
W: But not these 37
September 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Whitehouse grills Patel on Epstein 👇
WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump?
PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages
W: But not these 37
WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump?
PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages
W: But not these 37
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In Ohio, we have a real opportunity to oust three of Trump’s MAGA yes-men from Congress and replace them with Democrats who will fight for working people.
Help us contact Ohio voters and win the midterms!
Help us contact Ohio voters and win the midterms!
Indivisible for Sherrod Brown, Brian Poindexter, Don Leonard for OH Phone Bank Series · Indivisible
Join Indivisible as we engage voters across the country to get out the vote and take back Congress in 2026. We’ll make calls into Ohio to get people to the polls on or before Nov 3rd and share the exc...
www.mobilize.us
September 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
In Ohio, we have a real opportunity to oust three of Trump’s MAGA yes-men from Congress and replace them with Democrats who will fight for working people.
Help us contact Ohio voters and win the midterms!
Help us contact Ohio voters and win the midterms!
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CBO analysis: The Iran war has cost the U.S. $38 billion as of August 1.
That’s >$246 million per day, on average.
CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries.
That’s >$246 million per day, on average.
CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries.
September 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
CBO analysis: The Iran war has cost the U.S. $38 billion as of August 1.
That’s >$246 million per day, on average.
CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries.
That’s >$246 million per day, on average.
CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries.