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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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October 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
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The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.
A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
www.theunpopulist.net
October 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.
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"NEW RESEARCH GROUP IN TOWN: The Civil Defense Institute, a nonpartisan investigative research group, is launching today to zero in on actors who undermine civil society and Americans’ freedom to participate in public life." www.politico.com/influence
POLITICO Influence
Latino lawmakers, staff and lobbyists are taking over the Washington convention center tonight for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual awards gala. But all anyone wants to talk about ...
www.politico.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"NEW RESEARCH GROUP IN TOWN: The Civil Defense Institute, a nonpartisan investigative research group, is launching today to zero in on actors who undermine civil society and Americans’ freedom to participate in public life." www.politico.com/influence
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Good morning! We launched a new organization today. I’m very excited to announce that I’m the president of Civil Defense Institute. I’ll be posting about our work regularly - but please check out our new website and our investigative research at: civildefenseinstitute.org !
September 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Good morning! We launched a new organization today. I’m very excited to announce that I’m the president of Civil Defense Institute. I’ll be posting about our work regularly - but please check out our new website and our investigative research at: civildefenseinstitute.org !
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Nothing to see here, folks. Just the president of the United States standing outside the White House and advertising for a private company after it gave him a campaign contribution.
Trump: "It was given free of charge by Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts. A great company. They actually contributed to my campaign ... I want to thank Scotts."
August 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Nothing to see here, folks. Just the president of the United States standing outside the White House and advertising for a private company after it gave him a campaign contribution.
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Immediately after Jan 6, Trump’s approval ratings tanked to the lowest point of his first term (to roughly where they are right now, in fact). It was only as time went on, and elite institutions signaled that maybe it hadn’t been such a big deal, that people stopped caring as immediately
As silly as the whole "the right has no cultural influence" argument is, the whole edifice is indeed a depressing look into the mind of a typical American swing voter
August 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Immediately after Jan 6, Trump’s approval ratings tanked to the lowest point of his first term (to roughly where they are right now, in fact). It was only as time went on, and elite institutions signaled that maybe it hadn’t been such a big deal, that people stopped caring as immediately
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A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.
Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman
August 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.
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Don’t suffer from high prices in silence. Call 1-866-2PRICEY.
August 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Don’t suffer from high prices in silence. Call 1-866-2PRICEY.
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Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"
July 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"
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This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
July 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
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It would’ve been cool to see and hear Brandon Marsh get a rousing ovation in his first All-Star game in his home park but instead we had to listen to Justin Verlander talk through a broken microphone in the dugout
July 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
It would’ve been cool to see and hear Brandon Marsh get a rousing ovation in his first All-Star game in his home park but instead we had to listen to Justin Verlander talk through a broken microphone in the dugout
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As with many elected officials I protected for nearly 2 decades as an officer, my interactions with him were limited, I do remember when he and I were alone in a elevator and he pretended he didn’t know who I was after my Jan 6 testimony. I will never forget his betrayal to me and my colleagues.
The office of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said preliminary findings from the medical examiner's office found that Graham suffered from an aortic dissection, in which a tear occurs in the inner layer of the main artery.
Read more here: wapo.st/4y8CdCe
Read more here: wapo.st/4y8CdCe
July 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
As with many elected officials I protected for nearly 2 decades as an officer, my interactions with him were limited, I do remember when he and I were alone in a elevator and he pretended he didn’t know who I was after my Jan 6 testimony. I will never forget his betrayal to me and my colleagues.
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A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
July 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
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When a politician dies, they weren't your friend, you aren't close to their family, they are not owed your polite fictions or any obligation to not speak ill of them. They were public figures who wielded immense power and their death is as good an occasion as any to say what you think of them.
July 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
When a politician dies, they weren't your friend, you aren't close to their family, they are not owed your polite fictions or any obligation to not speak ill of them. They were public figures who wielded immense power and their death is as good an occasion as any to say what you think of them.
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This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion
July 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion
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What a total failure of leadership. Gas prices are surging again and apparently the peace deal is in tatters and our servicemembers are still in harm's way to fight a war the American people do NOT support.
Every Republican who voted to continue this war owns this failure.
Every Republican who voted to continue this war owns this failure.
Q: Is the ceasefire over? Is the MOU dead?
TRUMP: I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum. Do you know what scum is? They're led by sick people. They're vicious, violent people. They're liars. They're cuckoo
TRUMP: I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum. Do you know what scum is? They're led by sick people. They're vicious, violent people. They're liars. They're cuckoo
July 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
What a total failure of leadership. Gas prices are surging again and apparently the peace deal is in tatters and our servicemembers are still in harm's way to fight a war the American people do NOT support.
Every Republican who voted to continue this war owns this failure.
Every Republican who voted to continue this war owns this failure.
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Ossoff: "You've got the American govt controlled by Donald Trump backing a Trump family tungsten mine in Kazakhstan w/ a billion plus dollars of federal commitments at the very same time that they are cutting healthcare, defunding hospitals, & nursing homes, & doubling health insurance premiums."
June 30, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Ossoff: "You've got the American govt controlled by Donald Trump backing a Trump family tungsten mine in Kazakhstan w/ a billion plus dollars of federal commitments at the very same time that they are cutting healthcare, defunding hospitals, & nursing homes, & doubling health insurance premiums."
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Now that's a headline
June 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Now that's a headline
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Ossoff is making a very strong play for the "I stand at the center of the Democratic Party ideologically, but I long to bathe in the blood of my enemies" lane in the 2028 primaries.
And that's gonna be a good lane to have.
And that's gonna be a good lane to have.
I don’t think it’s hype, I think he has it in him to become a 2028 frontrunner. I wish there were some polling on what is numbers are among people who know who he is
I think that’s what convinced me Obama could pull it off, back when Hillary was “inevitable” in 2006/7, but the Obama people kept…
I think that’s what convinced me Obama could pull it off, back when Hillary was “inevitable” in 2006/7, but the Obama people kept…
Ossoff: "When they gathered in Atl to remove Black elected officials not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power, they saw you mobilize & they backed down. A wave is building ... let's make sure they hear it down at Mar-a-Lago, that GA will bow to no king!"
June 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Ossoff is making a very strong play for the "I stand at the center of the Democratic Party ideologically, but I long to bathe in the blood of my enemies" lane in the 2028 primaries.
And that's gonna be a good lane to have.
And that's gonna be a good lane to have.
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Tony Bourdain taught us all that a place is full of good food, good people, and good experiences despite very shitty politics and I think it’s kind of classically American to have thought we were excluded from that Venn diagram
I thought the world cup was going to be a nightmare, but I forgot that we actually love when people like us
June 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Tony Bourdain taught us all that a place is full of good food, good people, and good experiences despite very shitty politics and I think it’s kind of classically American to have thought we were excluded from that Venn diagram
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Victor Wembanyama at the postgame press conference (dejected): This one's on me. I gotta get taller
June 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Victor Wembanyama at the postgame press conference (dejected): This one's on me. I gotta get taller
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Last time Congress messed with the number of SCOTUS seats wasn’t over mundane policy disputes in normal cases. It was to defend Reconstruction, the settlement of a literal civil war, from any Johnson appointments.
It’s not flippant hyperbole when we describe the post-Trump agenda as Reconstruction.
It’s not flippant hyperbole when we describe the post-Trump agenda as Reconstruction.
June 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Last time Congress messed with the number of SCOTUS seats wasn’t over mundane policy disputes in normal cases. It was to defend Reconstruction, the settlement of a literal civil war, from any Johnson appointments.
It’s not flippant hyperbole when we describe the post-Trump agenda as Reconstruction.
It’s not flippant hyperbole when we describe the post-Trump agenda as Reconstruction.
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This entire, miserable political party is so hyper-fixated on attacking trans people that even when they face a straight, white male like James Talarico, they don't know how to do anything except to pretend he's transgender
June 11, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This entire, miserable political party is so hyper-fixated on attacking trans people that even when they face a straight, white male like James Talarico, they don't know how to do anything except to pretend he's transgender
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If you go out, go out like a Scott Pelly, not like a John Cornyn. Fight evil, fight corruption, fight vapid anti-anti-Trumpism, fight the trash people ruining the country and the culture.
But hey, congrats to Nick Bilton. I assume he’ll now get an invite to speak at that big FIRE conference.
But hey, congrats to Nick Bilton. I assume he’ll now get an invite to speak at that big FIRE conference.
June 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
If you go out, go out like a Scott Pelly, not like a John Cornyn. Fight evil, fight corruption, fight vapid anti-anti-Trumpism, fight the trash people ruining the country and the culture.
But hey, congrats to Nick Bilton. I assume he’ll now get an invite to speak at that big FIRE conference.
But hey, congrats to Nick Bilton. I assume he’ll now get an invite to speak at that big FIRE conference.
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It’s no big surprise that Trump’s DOJ is deleting all of the January 6th press releases from its website.
Here’s the thing: I downloaded all of them in Feb. 2025 (that’s right, more than a year ago) suspecting that they’d do just that.
And we’re working to post them all online, as are others.
Here’s the thing: I downloaded all of them in Feb. 2025 (that’s right, more than a year ago) suspecting that they’d do just that.
And we’re working to post them all online, as are others.
Trump DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases, including violent assaults on cops
The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021.
www.npr.org
May 31, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It’s no big surprise that Trump’s DOJ is deleting all of the January 6th press releases from its website.
Here’s the thing: I downloaded all of them in Feb. 2025 (that’s right, more than a year ago) suspecting that they’d do just that.
And we’re working to post them all online, as are others.
Here’s the thing: I downloaded all of them in Feb. 2025 (that’s right, more than a year ago) suspecting that they’d do just that.
And we’re working to post them all online, as are others.