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TIL there's a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences. Amazing!

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

Everyone seems to be forgetting that Bongino got his big break as a video host for the NRA. They are putting an NRA spokesman as the Deputy FBI Director.

I had a post blow up on Substack Notes. This is from my analytics. I’ve VERY experienced in social analytics. But seriously, what am I looking at here?

Think he traveled there just to be able to post this? I’m thinking yes. 🙄

Fresh out of prison after Trump’s pardon, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested today for assaulting a woman protesting his event.

Elon Musk is Dark MAGA Elon Musk is Dark MAGA Elon Musk is Dark MAGA Elon Musk is Dark MAGA Elon Musk is Dark MAGA 3 times in 4 days. What a freaking email program.

well done, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

This is disgusting

This literally makes me sick to my stomach. From @kenklippenstein.bsky.social

Y’all

We all know this is an administration of dishonest people. But still worth flagging. Trump/Vance have sent an email 5 of the last 8 days with the same SL: "We'll be shutting this down at midnight" Guess they never said midnight of which day though, amirite?! 🙄

"I wonder what this relatively small account that Elon Musk follows is?" "Oh I see, it just posts porn and Nazism only."

New ep just dropped! Checked in with Ashwath Narayanan of Social Currant about influencer marketing in the social impact space. We covered a ton of ground. Listen to the full ep at HelloMergeTag (.) com or wherever you stream podcasts.

We should be writing Project 2029. We should spell out exactly what kind of society we are trying to build. We should do it clearly, succinctly and publicly. And we should start today.

Did a TikTok about tomorrow's election in Wisconsin. I've done a bunch of the last few months. But so many people replied to this one telling me they had no idea this was happening. The election is tomorrow!!! Not good!

“Is not losing the same as winning? I’ve spent a lot of time on that question.” carlalallimusic.substack.com/p/the-true-c...

Just found out Tom Robbins died this week. I’ve read all of his books - several of them numerous times. What an absolute bummer :(

Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use. Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.

the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water

Someone sounds defensive. But also he really needs to reach his “mid-month goal.”

THIS IS SO GROSS! RFK Jr is celebrating becoming secretary of HHS with... a 30% off sale on merch. I know we're lightyears past this, but could you imagine if a Biden or Obama secretary did something like this? Fox News would literally implode. Subject Line: We Did It! Celebrate With 30% Off 🎉

So weird that we let a complete and total buffoon run our military and he humiliated himself (and us all!) during his first international trip. Who would have thunk?!

This is quite a hat RFK Jr's selling.

Giuliani's raising $ to help him...survive. Fascinated by this logo. Trump did this to him & could easily write a check to save him (even raised $ for Rudy which he never sent iirc). Yet Rudy's logo is just a bad copy and paste of Trump's. How long before Trump sends a cease and desist? lol

OMB's Russell Vought wants to slash funding for NIH, which helped develop a "miracle drug" for cystic fibrosis that his daughter received. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's wife wrote in a 2021 post. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I think it's worth repeating plainly that a federal judge halted Musk's federal funding freeze nearly two weeks ago but funds are still very much being frozen in violation of the court order.

Just awful: One of the inspector generals that Trump fired was examining Elon Musk's failures to meet reporting protocol designed to safeguard national security as a major recipient of Pentagon contracts. It's time to follow up on that. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1913...

Veronika Rodriguez was raped by a military doctor. While out with this man she felt something was a amiss so she started recording him. The military believed her and kicked him out. The local DA has charged her with a felony for recording without consent. www.pennlive.com/news/2024/11...

Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.

DOGE plans to slash about as much ($4B) from NIH, and hence from universities and medical centers, as the government gave SpaceX ($3.8B) last year. It's not about the money and government "waste." It's never been about the money or government "waste." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Absolute must read. Edward Corristine was deeply involved witg a cyber criminal community called the Com. Members have been known to engage in the sexual extortion of children. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...

🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

UPDATE: The Vice President wants the racist DOGE staffer reinstated 👇🏽 One of his comments was “normalize Indian hate” (Vance’s wife is Indian-American) www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-s...

Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.