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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
September 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
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These rules were supposed to apply to journalists and news coverage, not talk shows and commentary. But nothing matters anymore so
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel says an interview with Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico will be posted online instead of airing on ABC because of federal rules that could require the network to give similar airtime to Talarico's opponent.
Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico won’t air on ABC, will go to YouTube instead
It's the second time this year a late-night interview with the Texas U.S. Senate candidate has been moved online.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
September 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
These rules were supposed to apply to journalists and news coverage, not talk shows and commentary. But nothing matters anymore so
This is how we win the tariff trade war
Q: You're importing beef in an effort to bring down prices. Should that concept apply to other consumer goods?
TRUMP: It could
TRUMP: It could
August 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is how we win the tariff trade war
I am not generally a Novak Djokovic fan but it really sucks to see him losing/struggling because of a weird stomach or nausea thing. As a person who pretends to be an athlete regularly, I know how insanely difficult it is to keep going through that 🫤
August 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I am not generally a Novak Djokovic fan but it really sucks to see him losing/struggling because of a weird stomach or nausea thing. As a person who pretends to be an athlete regularly, I know how insanely difficult it is to keep going through that 🫤
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Birthdate and name matches are causing US Citizens to get arrested in error by ICE as they board airplanes.
This is the same level of rigor they're bringing to claims of fraudulent voting, and is obvious as an error-prone method to anyone who has taken an introductory stats class.
This is the same level of rigor they're bringing to claims of fraudulent voting, and is obvious as an error-prone method to anyone who has taken an introductory stats class.
August 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Birthdate and name matches are causing US Citizens to get arrested in error by ICE as they board airplanes.
This is the same level of rigor they're bringing to claims of fraudulent voting, and is obvious as an error-prone method to anyone who has taken an introductory stats class.
This is the same level of rigor they're bringing to claims of fraudulent voting, and is obvious as an error-prone method to anyone who has taken an introductory stats class.
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Again, it is an *exceptionally* strange situation where the president of the US gets to literally invent preposterous things out of thin air every day and no one can do anything about it
Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."
August 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Again, it is an *exceptionally* strange situation where the president of the US gets to literally invent preposterous things out of thin air every day and no one can do anything about it
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A question someone might ask is “What if we simply stopped treating the president’s idiot whims as law?”
August 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A question someone might ask is “What if we simply stopped treating the president’s idiot whims as law?”
I always watch these videos thinking, "how would a right-wing person see this?" And I'm worried the "I was investigated twice and nothing came up" argument will work better than we think. Not because it should, but because those folks will be looking for a reason to vote red anyway.
🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I always watch these videos thinking, "how would a right-wing person see this?" And I'm worried the "I was investigated twice and nothing came up" argument will work better than we think. Not because it should, but because those folks will be looking for a reason to vote red anyway.
But to hear leftists tell it, the NYT is a center-right 'Zionist' outlet that refuses to report on the genocide!!! WHICH OF THESE ONLY TWO POSSIBLE OPTIONS IS RIGHT?!??
An AI told the Jerusalem Post that the New York Times is Hamas
July 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
But to hear leftists tell it, the NYT is a center-right 'Zionist' outlet that refuses to report on the genocide!!! WHICH OF THESE ONLY TWO POSSIBLE OPTIONS IS RIGHT?!??
Of all the things the GOP is doubling down on, this is the wildest to me. Basically, "we are against public health measures to prevent the spread of a preventable infectious disease."
Rep. Ogles: "Look, I don't want to play down the effects of the virus, but at the end of the day it had a roughly 1 percent mortality rate. We coulda gotten through this."
July 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Of all the things the GOP is doubling down on, this is the wildest to me. Basically, "we are against public health measures to prevent the spread of a preventable infectious disease."
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Mark this well.
A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph.
Despicable.
A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph.
Despicable.
Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."
July 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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FEMA and DHS want to withhold 20% of states’ federal disaster grant funding — at least $148 million — if they do not make changes to their election systems demanded by Trump.
Now, 25 states and D.C. are suing. https://demdock.com/3RzIeaB
Now, 25 states and D.C. are suing. https://demdock.com/3RzIeaB
July 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
FEMA and DHS want to withhold 20% of states’ federal disaster grant funding — at least $148 million — if they do not make changes to their election systems demanded by Trump.
Now, 25 states and D.C. are suing. https://demdock.com/3RzIeaB
Now, 25 states and D.C. are suing. https://demdock.com/3RzIeaB
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Trump has the tariffs thing wrong. we have huge tariffs on canadian lumber. if we reduced them maybe canada would chop down all their trees and sell the wood to us. voila, no more forest fires
July 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Trump has the tariffs thing wrong. we have huge tariffs on canadian lumber. if we reduced them maybe canada would chop down all their trees and sell the wood to us. voila, no more forest fires
Every time, y'all. Every. Damn. Time.
Relatives of David Brouillette told reporters he was the agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. They also alleged he has abused women in his life.
The reports raise questions about the ICE’s hiring practices as it rapidly grew its ranks to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
The reports raise questions about the ICE’s hiring practices as it rapidly grew its ranks to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Maine ICE agent linked to fatal shooting has history of domestic violence accusations
Relatives of David Brouillette told reporters he was the agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. They also alleged he has physically and verbally abused women in his life.
19thnews.org
July 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Every time, y'all. Every. Damn. Time.
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The red card was crap, the decison to suspend the suspension was crap, and Trump jumping up and claiming credit made the smell of crap too strong to ignore.
The USMNT, Poch, and, worst, Balogun are now in a no win position. And things had been going surprisingly well...
The USMNT, Poch, and, worst, Balogun are now in a no win position. And things had been going surprisingly well...
July 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The red card was crap, the decison to suspend the suspension was crap, and Trump jumping up and claiming credit made the smell of crap too strong to ignore.
The USMNT, Poch, and, worst, Balogun are now in a no win position. And things had been going surprisingly well...
The USMNT, Poch, and, worst, Balogun are now in a no win position. And things had been going surprisingly well...
Very reminiscent of Jack Donaghy's Rockefeller Center tribute to fireworks
The fireworks displays look the same as nighttime bombings in other countries that we’re bombing.
July 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Very reminiscent of Jack Donaghy's Rockefeller Center tribute to fireworks
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3 minutes ago these guys were telling us Iran’s missiles were an existential threat to America and cheerleading an insane, illegal, and destined-to-fail war to get rid of all their missiles.
KAITLAN COLLINS: Are you okay with Iran having missiles?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I prefer that they not, but they have to defend themselves
COLLINS: You think Iran needs to be able to defend itself?
MARSHALL: I do, otherwise we turn this into a forever war
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I prefer that they not, but they have to defend themselves
COLLINS: You think Iran needs to be able to defend itself?
MARSHALL: I do, otherwise we turn this into a forever war
June 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
3 minutes ago these guys were telling us Iran’s missiles were an existential threat to America and cheerleading an insane, illegal, and destined-to-fail war to get rid of all their missiles.
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This is a great example of how focusing on Trump‘s putative emotions and subjectivity can distort the story. What if Trump’s defense is “angry” but wrong and his “belittling” is based on a lazy, inaccurate description of the JCPOA?
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
Trump Angrily Defends Iran Deal, Belittling the One Obama Signed
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is a great example of how focusing on Trump‘s putative emotions and subjectivity can distort the story. What if Trump’s defense is “angry” but wrong and his “belittling” is based on a lazy, inaccurate description of the JCPOA?
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
Every trillionaire is a billion policy failures, or something
Elon Musk is now worth about as much as the world’s next four richest people combined.
Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX shares rose following a record-breaking initial public offering that raised $75 billion for the rocket company. https://wapo.st/3QDHuAP
Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX shares rose following a record-breaking initial public offering that raised $75 billion for the rocket company. https://wapo.st/3QDHuAP
June 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Every trillionaire is a billion policy failures, or something
Sooo Trump whining about his press coverage and voting and RINOs and on and on is... what? Celebrating?
Trump: "Guys like me built the country. I watch all these ingrates, they're always complaining, complaining. They didn't build anything, they couldn't build anything. Look at what's happened in Minnesota. Somalia."
June 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Sooo Trump whining about his press coverage and voting and RINOs and on and on is... what? Celebrating?
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The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days. n.pr/4xBUqIn
House approves labor-friendly bill with support from 20 Republicans
The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.
n.pr
June 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days. n.pr/4xBUqIn
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We’re the bad guys.
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
We’re the bad guys.
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crazy that under the precedent set by callais, a lily-white congressional delegation formed by "partisan" gerrymandering in a plurality black state passes constitutional muster, while any majority-minority district is constitutionally suspect
June 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
crazy that under the precedent set by callais, a lily-white congressional delegation formed by "partisan" gerrymandering in a plurality black state passes constitutional muster, while any majority-minority district is constitutionally suspect