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Hold my beer, @thedailyshow.com:‬ I wrote an in-depth analysis of two prime arguments pushing for a US attack on Iran: one, that Iran is close to having nukes, and two, that the Iranian people are eager for regime change. Oh yeah, I did this reporting... 22 years ago 👉 www.salon.com/2003/07/10/n...

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The Constitution says that, if the president vetos a bill, Congress gets to try to override that veto. If the presidency can veto any law on the books, passed at any time, with no possibility of override, the entire Article I lawmaking process is mute—merely a non-binding suggestion.

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I suppose ‘major anomaly’ is another way to say massive explosion… but “safe” is absolutely not a verb and no one should trust a corporation that says it’s “safing” anything

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A welcome reminder of the principled people who serve in the federal government. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

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Leader who just resigned over RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine policy at the CDC: “If it isn’t stopped, and some of this isn’t reversed, like, immediately, a lot of Americans are going to die as a result of vaccine-preventable diseases” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

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objectively funny, you might say, watching Grok shred Elon’s BS take

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Grok’s going to get one of Musk’s updates again. Can’t wait to see what conspiracy theory it just repeats nonstop this time.

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not to mention that war on Iran helps take focus off his imperiled legislative agenda and increasingly ugly domestic war on hardworking non-criminal immigrants

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Trump has shown zero ability to fulfill his campaign promise of making peace deals — but meanwhile he and his sons are hard at work leveraging the U.S. presidency to make deals around the world that are enriching the Trump family like never before www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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It’s a long way to November 2026…. yet notable that legal experts say Trump has now made himself even more impeachable, and perhaps eventually subject to further criminal prosecution www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...

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1/2 This is appalling in principle—and shocking in detail, if you Zoom in on specific parcels offered for rush sale. www.wilderness.org/articles/med... Eg (shown in dark green) Forest Service land people use for hiking, camping, horse-riding, general outdoors-ing in San Bernardino Mountains.

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AG Pam Bondi says "the horrific targeted murders" of Minnesota lawmakers "shocked the nation and united us in grief." Maybe she should also comment on Sen. Mike Lee, who mocked the murders and spread political lies about the killer. Lee's ugly posts are still up on X. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/after...

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Tennessee Nazi that threatened No Kings protest had gun with designs mimicking Christchurch mass murderer’s gun AND his hat had patch referencing Curtis Yarvin’s “dark enlightenment” theory, which calls for an end to democracy www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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Mike Lee should also apologize to the devastated children of Melissa and Mark Hortman, whose murders Lee shamelessly lied about www.cnn.com/webview/us/l...

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I disagree with this premise. Yes, we’re in a time of heightened political violence, and it’s important to scrutinize why. But there’s nothing “routine” about assassinations or school shootings. I’ve long reported on these and know many working to stop them. This is not a premise we should accept.

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Mike Lee knew exactly what poison lies he was spreading about the murders in Minnesota and he should resign in disgrace www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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1/Alleged Minnesota assassin attended a Bible college that is a stronghold of the Christian Nationalist movement called the New Apostolic Reformation, where some leaders of Stop the Steal and Theobros also went. @kieraevebutler.bsky.social has the details: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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I disagree with this premise. Yes, we’re in a time of heightened political violence, and it’s important to scrutinize why. But there’s nothing “routine” about assassinations or school shootings. I’ve long reported on these and know many working to stop them. This is not a premise we should accept.

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“Videos out of Los Angeles and across the country show ICE arresting mothers, fathers, co-workers and friends of U.S. citizens. Not hardened criminals, but valued community members.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

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Trump’s “actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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RIP Sly, titan of funk and so much more www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...

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Speaking of long podcasts, did this deep dive recently with Jordan Harbinger. We talked about Trigger Points, my two-year investigation "Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother," and much more — including why I see my longterm work on this subject as fundamentally hopeful. youtu.be/uwLY4Zp9-GU?...

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Trump’s attack on Harvard through federal funding could weaken U.S. national security, according to the Pentagon www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/p...

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“Monday was far from the first time Trump has been criticized for a tepid response to a violent episode in which Jews were the targets.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

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Our beautiful national parks, a century in the making, are a crown jewel of the United States. Donald Trump appears bent on diminishing and degrading them. Why? (And what are the chances he’s ever set foot in one?) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

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“Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last surviving grandson of John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, who was born just after George Washington became president 236 years ago and who served from 1841 to 1845, died on Sunday at home in Richmond, Va. He was 96.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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"Pro bono was never for the US government or for a billionaire president. That's a little obscene, right? Pro bono is for those who are under attack, not the attack dog." Great reporting from @carriejohnson.bsky.social on how Trump’s law firm “deals” likely… are illegal www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...

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All Americans who cherish their privacy and civil liberties should be horrified by this and advocate to stop it www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

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I think this points up some of the failures of coverage of Trump's lawlessness: You could've read dozens of articles on Trump's tariff policy with no inkling of how unprecedented & legally dubious was the legal authority he claimed to impose them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

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“For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/crime-is-n... A sobering rundown from @vermontgmg.bsky.social

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Trump is losing big time in the federal courts. He is also trying to corrupt and weaken that coequal branch of the U.S. government through stalling tactics, threats, and whitewashing of serious crimes. Read this rundown from @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-27-202...

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Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip. Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip. Guess what happened next. The Pentagon caved. Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...

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You can commit crimes if you’re rich and you pay off Donald Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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Even under daunting political and industry pressures, journalists continue to do crucial work… but also see this @michellegoldberg.bsky.social on why “it’s important for pop culture to engage with America’s disorienting descent into clownish authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...

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Why isn't more of the media covering how incoherent and weird Trump's speeches are? (Very weird.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Federal judges don't believe the Trump administration will protect them from violent threats www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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