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“Ignorance and fanaticism is ever busy and needs feeding. Always it is feeding and gloating for more.” Clarence Darrow
World traveler, theater kid. Have we no wine here?
No longer on the bad place.
Chicago girl in Boston.
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Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
www.theatlantic.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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just as tinkerbell requires kids to clap to survive, trump needs media attention or he’ll die. so when he pulls this shit, they ALL need to tell him to get stuffed. boycott his pressers. ignore his social media blurps. reporters don’t need access to lies and liars to do their jobs.
Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House
US president has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major traditional news media since start of second term
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
just as tinkerbell requires kids to clap to survive, trump needs media attention or he’ll die. so when he pulls this shit, they ALL need to tell him to get stuffed. boycott his pressers. ignore his social media blurps. reporters don’t need access to lies and liars to do their jobs.
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
www.theatlantic.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Tim Walz was right. These people are weird 👇
September 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Tim Walz was right. These people are weird 👇
Excellent article.
assassinated president. He has now said out loud that if he can’t have the sign, the building can come down.
deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-want...
deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-want...
Trump Wants JFK's Memorial Demolished Because It Proved Nobody in America Will Buy a Ticket to Anything With His Name on It
A judge said his name can't go on it, so Trump wants the Kennedy Center ripped down before anyone asks him where the $256 Million went.
deanblundell.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Excellent article.
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National security decision-making has a longer time horizon.
It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade.
We have shown that we are not.
Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.
It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade.
We have shown that we are not.
Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.
September 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
National security decision-making has a longer time horizon.
It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade.
We have shown that we are not.
Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.
It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade.
We have shown that we are not.
Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.
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Congress has only worked 72 days this year. With a salary of $174,000 per year, that comes to $2,416.67 per day. I think we are overpaying them. What about you? 🔄
September 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Congress has only worked 72 days this year. With a salary of $174,000 per year, that comes to $2,416.67 per day. I think we are overpaying them. What about you? 🔄
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Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office:
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
September 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office:
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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DOGE was sold as a “massive money-saving operation.” But it actually saved nothing. The story was always about gutting the federal workforce and reshaping the agencies themselves. A new GAO report estimates federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative
September 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
DOGE was sold as a “massive money-saving operation.” But it actually saved nothing. The story was always about gutting the federal workforce and reshaping the agencies themselves. A new GAO report estimates federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative
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BREAKING: The House is going home again—this time to avoid a vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s impeachment.
September 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
BREAKING: The House is going home again—this time to avoid a vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s impeachment.
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The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
September 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Trump's assault on the Kennedy Center is exactly as if he tried to add his name to the Washington Monument or the Jefferson or Lincoln Memorials or any gravestone at Arlington. Our worst president--in the running to be seen as the worst American ever--is trying to steal the glory of our heroes.
September 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Trump's assault on the Kennedy Center is exactly as if he tried to add his name to the Washington Monument or the Jefferson or Lincoln Memorials or any gravestone at Arlington. Our worst president--in the running to be seen as the worst American ever--is trying to steal the glory of our heroes.
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It looks like ICE is freaking out over all of the unqualified, un-vetted, un-fingerprinted desperation hires, so now officials are mass firing everyone that should have never been hired in the first place. wapo.st/3VfSxCd
September 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
It looks like ICE is freaking out over all of the unqualified, un-vetted, un-fingerprinted desperation hires, so now officials are mass firing everyone that should have never been hired in the first place. wapo.st/3VfSxCd
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The pettiness, vindictiveness, contempt for the law, disregard for the public interest, ego, narcissism, and repugnant behavior displayed by Trump in shutting down the Kennedy Center illustrates perfectly the warped and diseased character of the president.
September 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The pettiness, vindictiveness, contempt for the law, disregard for the public interest, ego, narcissism, and repugnant behavior displayed by Trump in shutting down the Kennedy Center illustrates perfectly the warped and diseased character of the president.
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The Kennedy Center is closed as of today because Donald Trump is a sad and pathetic man desperate for credit he does not deserve.
September 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The Kennedy Center is closed as of today because Donald Trump is a sad and pathetic man desperate for credit he does not deserve.
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Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"
September 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"
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How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
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VARGAS: Does giving people $5,000 increase the deficit or debt?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
September 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
VARGAS: Does giving people $5,000 increase the deficit or debt?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
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For those of you still waiting for this administration's release of the full Epstein files and the prosecution of those involved in child sexual abuse,
consider this moment something of a tell:
consider this moment something of a tell:
The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand.
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US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
mol.im
September 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
For those of you still waiting for this administration's release of the full Epstein files and the prosecution of those involved in child sexual abuse,
consider this moment something of a tell:
consider this moment something of a tell:
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Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
September 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
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Exceptional journalism from @newyorker.com
on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
www.newyorker.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Exceptional journalism from @newyorker.com
on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
September 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
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Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
September 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
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the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election