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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

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Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

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From Nov 7:

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The fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to this in real time shows that Pete Hegseth & the rest of this crew are bumbling incompetents who are going to get a lot of intelligence officials and others killed at some point. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Opinion | Yes, democracy is at stake. But so are the sales of my new book. by Chuck Schumer

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MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.

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Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am. #IncompetentKrasnov

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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Nikes first Superbowl commercial in 27 years. What a way to pop back out 🔥

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Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

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America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, @RadioFreeTom writes in The Atlantic Daily. “America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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"Seeing the reports of Trump’s ambitious plans, with the eager beaver apparatchiks ready to implement them, has felt a bit intimidating...But of course that’s the point. Don’t fall for it. Don’t be demoralized. Trump and Trumpism aren’t as strong as they look..." www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-be-sh...

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BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With @normeisen.bsky.social I'm launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We'll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. contrarian.substack.com

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More jobs have been created under Joe Biden than during the full terms of Trump, Obama, or Bush 43. I’ll repeat for the “but the economy 😩” folks who got us another 4 years of misery: More jobs have been created under Joe Biden than during the full terms of Trump, Obama, or Bush 43.

submitted 88 days ago • 86 comments

From now on TFG means “that felon guy.”

submitted 90 days ago • 1476 comments

Merrick Garland is going to let Trump get away with it. Again. If Biden won't use presidential immunity to release both sections of the Smith report then what are we even doing here. The year is 2025. You're an opposition party. Act like it. www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-has-...

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@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

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BREAKING: Federal appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $5 million civil judgment against President-elect Trump.

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So the world’s richest man, who grew up under apartheid in South Africa and now pulls the mentally deteriorating incoming U.S. president’s strings, has written an op-ed urging Germans to elect a neo-Nazi government. Got that?

submitted 102 days ago • 864 comments

as a weary former news junkie who hasn’t watched a single minute of cable news since the election, this tracks

submitted 102 days ago • 345 comments

This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media

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This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media. This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign. Meet the team. This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017. 1/

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Retain faith in our democracy

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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!

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This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

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