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Bay Area journalist & author. NYT contributor. “Quotations from Chairman Trump" an early warning of what was TK. “As Real As It Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic" pub. 30 years ago — intro by Randy Shilts. www.pogash.com
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Watching my fav political show, Washington Week in Review, I was impressed w how incredibly knowledgable Andrea Mitchell is. She should have her own show...

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A sweet story full of hope for a hopeless man.

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Trump at bilateral meeting in UAE is talking about Easter eggs and other important issues.

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Duffy: "By the way, during covid, when people weren't flying, that was a perfect time to fix these problems." (Who wants to tell him ... )

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When he was a congressman Sean Duffy, voted against funding for the FAA, opposing the 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

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It's transactional. Last year, a subsidiary of GEO Group, which operates the ICE Detention Center in Newark, donated $750,000 to PAC Make America Great Again Inc. In 2017 it held its leadership conf at Trump National Doral...

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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

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There’s a new Pope in town. Trump’s not going to like his politics and worse, having to share the spotlight.

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Reads like a Veep script.

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Just an average day in scary SF. Rode a Waymo w daughter Rachel up to Nob Hill. Stopped at Sam Altman's World on Union Square to have our irises scanned to prove we're human. Also went shopping.

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Any regrets, Sen. Bill Cassidy? What are you going to do about it?

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Protect billionaires policy to continue.

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For the audience of one: In the past month, he has posted 16 videos and still photos of himself on the social media platform X working out with combat troops around the world.

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How insecure must Hegseth be to include his wife, brother & personal attorney in an important DOD call? Doubtful this was the only time.

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The second Trump presidency...will be defined by Trump’s authoritarian desires and ineptitude...But having an administration filled with freaks and fools can impede that effort and catalyze public disaffection and even resistance. A must read story about America's Mad King.

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If you’ve seen Academy Award nominee “A Lien” you know this tragic tale.

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Kayla Tausche, CNN senior WH correspondent, got it rt. On Wash Week in Revu: Trump very much cares about what happens to the market...I spoke to one of his closest advisers (& asked) where's the breaking point? The person said, we're getting there. We're not there yet but we're getting there.

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Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

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This dog at the Hands Off! protests in Phoenix, Arizona must have an awesome owner. 10/10, no notes on the sign. 🔥

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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

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Fox’s alternative universe.

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Fox News presents today’s most important story…

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Many of Trump’s biggest backers are losing billions. Will their support continue?

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As expected, Trump makes his point w exaggeration and selective facts.

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Which man is a national villain and which one is a hero?

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"This...may not seem that it’s going to affect the entire destiny of humanity, but I think it will.” --Elon Musk's pronouncement days before his defeat.

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Responding to the flakes & charlatans who are eviscerating the American government, Sen. Cory Booker talks about the harm they are creating. Looking for a strong man? Booker makes history.

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Thank you John Keker & partners.

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The thing I admire most about Jeffery Goldberg right now is that he didn't sit on his incendiary scoop, waiting to reveal it only when he could make money from it in a book, like so many other selfish people who know shocking things about this administration have done and will continue to do.

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Wait until Trump realizes this will deter many of his new voters.

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“Nobody was texting war plans,” Hegseth told reporters.

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Usha Vance, an intelligent woman, becomes a naive pawn in Trump's seize-a-nation game.

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Molly Vaseliou, a spokeswoman for the E.P.A., said in a statement that the agency “is taking exciting steps as we enter the next phase of organizational improvements”

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If he wants to prevent more measles outbreaks and harm to public-health institutions, Mr. Trump would be wise to nominate a replacement who knows something about vaccines. -- WSJ editorial board

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If we’re having a contest about the most egregious statements of the Trump WH today I nominate Musk calling Sen. Mark Kelly, the astronaut, “a traitor.”

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"We're gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you'll say, 'Please, please. It's too much winning.'" -- Trump, the candidate.

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