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Dean: When did we have a trade surplus? Lutnick: About 100 years ago Dean: It was the Great Depression.

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We need details on this.

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All my client did is talk is a weird defense in a defamation suit.

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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

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Her stats line up with CDC data…

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Kristi of Arabia

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In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.

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JUST-RELEASED GEORGIA TEEN Ximena Arias-Cristobal: “Even having the right paperwork doesn’t mean anything anymore with the presidency we have now… just being Hispanic you’re a target.” More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...

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HARVARD PROF David Armitage: “We’re being made an example of by Trump — authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because they’re set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.”

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To make sure that at least one person puts the biggest presidential grift and conflict of interest in US history in front of the Fox audience for 60 seconds, which will be the only truth they hear about it all week.

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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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You're seeing America kamikaze itself into a brick wall. It didn't have to be this way. But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall. Too many people still with their hands in the sand.

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Because of course they did.

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When I interviewed KKK leaders in Arkansas, this is what they said too. “We don’t hate anyone. We just love our own people.” Then they burned a cross.

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I am certain that we will not hear about deficits and debt ever again from Republicans who are about to vote for a bill that adds more debt to a country’s balance sheet than any piece of legislation in the history of the human race.

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Finally a budget that gives huge tax breaks to billionaires and cracks down on those greedy nonprofits

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Just saying if he called it "The MAGA Murder Budget," that would be in the headlines today. Big ugly won't.

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Worst Person You Know Makes Another Dumb Point

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Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

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The United States is open for bribes...in direct violation of the constitution

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i was not familiar with your game ken jennings

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"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly." I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza: Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...

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When we get through this despicable period in America—and we will get through it—Americans will have learned why and how important government is to making life better.

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but seashells!

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This. 1000x this.

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Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.

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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK: “.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration." @variety.com variety.com/2025/music/n...

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I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president. Shame.

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"Pirro is a ridiculous loudmouth whose own producer described her as a 'reckless maniac' who 'should never be on live television.' And although she’s likely to send out fewer idiotic letters, there’s no indication she’ll run the DC office in a professional manner." — @lizdye.bsky.social

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Little known fact that Grover Cleveland used to ride around the world in the Statue of Liberty and have sensitive national security discussions inside it, before taking possession of it himself after he left office.

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The man who wanted to ban all Muslims from entering the United States because of terrorism is meeting this week with the former head of Al Qaeda in Syria.

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REFUGEE: "We'd like asylum in the United States." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "We're full. Not taking any more." REFUGEE: "We're white." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "How soon can you get here?"