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Recovering academic.
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Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Cartoonist: Slyngstad
September 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million.

So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
September 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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The Fed raised interest rates at every meeting from March 2022 through the midterm election.

Also hiked a few times in 2018 before a midterm election.

Also hiked every meeting from June 2004 through a presidential election.

And the Fed was tightening for all of 1994 prior to a midterm election.
Hassett threatens Warsh: "I'd be wary of a rake hike. The Fed has had hiked rates ahead of an election only a couple times all the way back to 1913. So I think if you want an independent Fed, one thing the Fed does is stay out of the way of elections."
September 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals.

“If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.”

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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trying to make new friends as an adult
September 12, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”
September 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
September 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
£72 million will buy a lot of black balaclavas for their supporters. Might even stretch to a full Reform starter pack each. Hoodie (black), trousers (black), trainers (black), flag, cost of changing your surname if it sounds a bit posh (double barrel surnames only).
Astounding story. Reform receives a *second* £36m donation from a crypto billionaire in 48 hours.

Christopher Harborne- the £5m benefactor- has matched Ben Delo's money pound for pound.

£72m in total. Approaching US politics sort of money.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”

GEORGE CARLIN

LIFE IS WORTH LOSING (2005)

My joint favourite Stand-Up of all time (along with Richard Pryor).
September 12, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social

You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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clearly in great spirits after Trumpapalooza
September 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
100% cult.
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
September 11, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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September 10, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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The reason why they think their voters are this dumb and gullible is because they are.
September 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Aside from the blatant illegality here, you’ll get this right after your tariff dividend, your freedom dividend, Trump’s health care plan, and your $2 gas
Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."
September 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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Why do people only supposedly get the $5,000 if Republicans win in November? Republicans control everything and have for 2 years. Why didn’t they do it before? Why don’t they come back into session tomorrow and pass it right now? Because it’s all a lie, like everything else.
September 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube.
September 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend.
Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."
September 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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If you are dumb enough to believe this, you are probably a Trump voter.
September 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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LMAO -- Mike Johnson claims of Trumpapalooza that "every seat all the way to the rafters is full" as the camera pans out and shows gobs of empty seats
September 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."
Brooke Rollins: "Do you remember, especially the moms out there, when they told us what light bulbs that we could screw into our light fixtures, which washing machines we could use, and which toilets we could flush?"
September 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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September 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This statement by Roberts has strong “when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the….” vibes.
Fox News' John Roberts: "CENTCOM could reach out and touch Iran wherever it wants, whenever it wants, however it wants. And the Iranians seem powerless to do anything about it."
September 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM