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Native New Yorker, now New Mexican. Rabidly anti-Trump, pro Buffalo Bills!
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Investigators hired by the Trump administration told the White House they'd found no evidence that votes were hacked or altered in 2020. According to Reuters, Stephen Miller's response was to push for bringing in the FBI and possibly seizing more voting machines.
October 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Investigators hired by the Trump administration told the White House they'd found no evidence that votes were hacked or altered in 2020. According to Reuters, Stephen Miller's response was to push for bringing in the FBI and possibly seizing more voting machines.
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"We're at a crossroads." With the midterms one month away, some election officials are hiring lawyers in case federal agents come for their voting machines. A new Reuters investigation shows how the administration got here.
White House turmoil as Stephen Miller pushed midterm voting machine seizures: report
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller pushed to bring in the FBI and potentially seize more voting machines after investigators found no evidence of vote tampering ahead of the midterm elections.The account comes from a Reuters investigation published Friday into an effort by President Do...
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October 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"We're at a crossroads." With the midterms one month away, some election officials are hiring lawyers in case federal agents come for their voting machines. A new Reuters investigation shows how the administration got here.
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President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite his own predictions about how long the war with Iran would last, but CNN's Daniel Dale subjected his revised public claims to a fact check.
Trump busted for trying to scramble his timeline for the Iran war
President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite his own predictions about how long the war with Iran would last, but CNN's Daniel Dale subjected his revised public claims to a fact check.Seven months after launching the war on the last day of February, the 80-year-old president claimed Thursday that his...
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October 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite his own predictions about how long the war with Iran would last, but CNN's Daniel Dale subjected his revised public claims to a fact check.
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CNN reported that Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is the largest shareholder in Phoenix Financial, which has investments in companies supplying Israel's military.
October 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
CNN reported that Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is the largest shareholder in Phoenix Financial, which has investments in companies supplying Israel's military.
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Attorney Katie Phang accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of filing a motion "chock-full of lies" to stall her lawsuit seeking unredacted files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
‘Todd, which one is it?’ Attorney confronts Todd Blanche for latest Epstein delay ruse
Attorney Katie Phang accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of filing a motion "chock-full of lies" to stall her lawsuit seeking unredacted files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Phang made the accusation in a broadcast on her YouTube channel on Friday, a day after the Justice Department made...
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October 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Attorney Katie Phang accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of filing a motion "chock-full of lies" to stall her lawsuit seeking unredacted files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board delivered a blunt warning to President Donald Trump's family on Friday as scrutiny continues to grow over Donald Trump Jr.'s business dealings: "Better lawyer up.
‘Better lawyer up’: WSJ editorial board warns Trump family over Don Jr. antics
The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board delivered a blunt warning to President Donald Trump’s family on Friday as scrutiny continues to grow over Donald Trump Jr.’s business dealings: “Better lawyer up.”“Does the Trump family know what is about to hit them?” the board asked, warning o...
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October 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board delivered a blunt warning to President Donald Trump's family on Friday as scrutiny continues to grow over Donald Trump Jr.'s business dealings: "Better lawyer up.
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According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump personally told his budget director to find taxpayer money for TV ads praising him.
Bombshell report reveals Trump's personal role in taxpayer-funded ads lauding himself
According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump personally told his budget director to find taxpayer money for TV ads praising him. That led to a $20 million contract paid for with Homeland Security funds.Trump was "eager to see the laudatory ads on the air," so he directed Office of Managem...
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October 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump personally told his budget director to find taxpayer money for TV ads praising him.
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Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.
October 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.
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I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week.
October 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now.
October 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now.
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A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
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Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.
MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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October 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.
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Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
October 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
October 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
October 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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We’re living through a time when far too many men — including privileged young men at a frat house in an Ivy League university — feel impunity when it comes to attacking women.
I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump
Friends,
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October 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
We’re living through a time when far too many men — including privileged young men at a frat house in an Ivy League university — feel impunity when it comes to attacking women.
I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
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Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
October 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
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Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days.
It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed.
Speaking up for our neighbors works.
It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed.
Speaking up for our neighbors works.
October 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days.
It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed.
Speaking up for our neighbors works.
It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed.
Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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The renovation of the Reflecting Pool was supposed to cost $1.5 million. The cost now exceeds $16 million.
October 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The renovation of the Reflecting Pool was supposed to cost $1.5 million. The cost now exceeds $16 million.
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The Dems getting better at this
October 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The Dems getting better at this
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"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
October 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
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"What is becoming increasingly clear is that the administration does not see itself as a litigant before the court and does not see its attorneys as bound by court orders. It sees DOJ attorneys as somehow coequal with SCOTUS, the only attorneys in the federal system not bound by ethical rules."
The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"What is becoming increasingly clear is that the administration does not see itself as a litigant before the court and does not see its attorneys as bound by court orders. It sees DOJ attorneys as somehow coequal with SCOTUS, the only attorneys in the federal system not bound by ethical rules."
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President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, faces calls for her removal after reportedly pulling a lobbyist into meetings with foreign officials.
Kimberly Guilfoyle 'unfit' to serve after her overseas antics were exposed: lawmakers
President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, faces calls for her removal after reportedly pulling a lobbyist into meetings with foreign officials.Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host who was once engaged to Donald Trump Jr., was confirmed to the post last year. The Wall Street Jou...
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October 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, faces calls for her removal after reportedly pulling a lobbyist into meetings with foreign officials.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott withdrew his endorsement of a Houston-area legislative candidate after dashcam footage surfaced showing the Republican using a racial slur while trying to talk his way out of a drunk driving arrest earlier this year.
MAGA governor pulls endorsement after Republican spewed slurs during arrest: report
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott withdrew his endorsement of a Houston-area legislative candidate after dashcam footage surfaced showing the Republican using a racial slur while trying to talk his way out of a drunk driving arrest earlier this year.According to the Houston Chronicle, David Flores, running to ...
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October 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott withdrew his endorsement of a Houston-area legislative candidate after dashcam footage surfaced showing the Republican using a racial slur while trying to talk his way out of a drunk driving arrest earlier this year.