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Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."

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been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

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mikekonczal.substack.com/p/the-house-...

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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

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Tariff shakedowns continue.

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The new CEO of The Onion spent his first month on the job getting rid of the website's god awful ad tech and focusing on improving the user experience. He then launched a paid membership, reintroduced the print product, and expanded the staff from 14 to 27.

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“I am sorry I don’t have a plane for you” The President of South Africa deftly reminds us that he has a lot of experience in dealing with White Supremacists and autocrats.

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BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

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hawking books by bragging about murdering a puppy and then having the government reward you with a $50 million luxury jet...you couldn't even satirize this if you tried

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"Political fairy smut" is a keeper

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"When Kushner ran into legal trouble in 2004, Booker wrote a letter testifying to his character; the senator later collaborated with the Kushner family during the first Trump administration on the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill." newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sen...

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The facts underlying Charles Kushner’s guilty plea included hiring a prostitute in order to blackmail his own brother-in-law. www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/n...

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Yet again Trump is taking credit for what Biden did.

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. @slotkin.senate.gov has announced her intended support for legislation that would CUT and FREEZE the wages of farm workers - one of the most underpaid professions in the US. This is just wrong! Call Senator Slotkin TODAY! Urge her to withdraw her support. (202) 759 - 4087

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"Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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The House Budget Committee's “big, beautiful bill” passed late Sunday, advancing Trump's 2017 tax cuts for multi-millionaires and corporations to the House floor. By Monday, Karoline Leavitt was plainly lying that the bill wouldn't add to the national deficit. It is estimated to add trillions.

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Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Let Younger Democrat Battle Cancer

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He is completely clueless about what he is doing.

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“Hospitals go out of business when Medicare and Medicaid are cut. Period." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Website Where Lawyers Mock ‘Yellow-Bellied’ Firms Bowing to Trump Above the Law, a legal industry website with a long history of skewering the nation’s most elite firms, has found a moment and plenty of inside tipsters.

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"Children need to be exposed to healthy, heteronormative role models like an adult man with a cave lined with pornography while his wife who collects hilarious text art about how she chugs wine because you were born"

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It’s time this city empowered small businesses—not bury them in fines, fees and endless bureaucracy. Here’s my plan.

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Yes, we noticed. You're still here.

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It is so tragic and highly embarrassing that someone so vile, petty, and bereft of decency is the president. I will never understand or have peace with it.

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So the GOP thinks we can afford $45M for a parade to fan Trump's ego but not health care and food for kids? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.

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So many layers of corruption.

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Man Can’t Believe He Has To Download Stupid App Just To Bribe President theonion.com/man-can...

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From The Archives: You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President theonion.com/you-peo...

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They've now made clear the Qatari plane is officially a bribe. Trump gets to take it with him for his personal use after he leaves office. The Times is really not being clear with readers abt how prez libraries work. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/qatar...

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"You get two dolls and some pencils. I get a golden 747 jumbo jet. See? You get more things than I do. When was the last time you said 'Thank you, Mr. President'?"

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The felon who was given undue process by the legal systems (particularly SCOTUS) wants to take away due process from the rest of us.

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“ This is arguably the biggest grift in modern history” - @profgalloway.com

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Tonight we're proud to premiere two new ads that will run together across broadcast and cable TV—including during Game 3. Go Knicks.

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I think about this comic at least once a week

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This right here......

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The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to protect people in a pandemic eagerly wear one to kidnap people in Gestapo cosplay.

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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 01/13/1943

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I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark. I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.

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This regime is gutting vital services relied upon by millions...all to extend even more tax cuts (and subsidies) to the super-rich. (Art work by @doodlebymeg)

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This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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OMG what a story! @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social takes us through the dirty heartbreaking story of how a pill that costs 25 cents to make enriched pharma execs and bankrupted the people who needed it — including him www.propublica.org/article/revl...

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Secretary Noem, you can’t claim you want to cut “waste, fraud, and abuse” yesterday and then take a taxpayer-funded trip for a political stunt today. We have some questions.

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