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Remember when Donald Trump got caught with all sorts of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after saying he didn't have anything, and then he got indicted but the judge slow walked the case to death? Yup. He did that.

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David French in this morning’s New York Times: “If you try to intimidate a judge, you’re often confirming to the judge the necessity of her or his ruling. And some judges take acts of intimidation as a kind of personal insult. They don’t become afraid. They just get mad.

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“We’re not in love with the law.” Yes. We know.

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Continuing my walk down memory lane: Remember the time Justice Alito spoke with Trump by phone to ask a favor—hire a former law clerk— just as Trump's request that the Court prevent an NY state judge from sentencing him following conviction by jury was filed? joycevance.substack.com/p/the-final-...

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Fox News host Howard Kurtz called out billionaire DOGE administrator Elon Musk for deflecting questions about his alleged drug abuse.

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Also, that time Justice Thomas sat on the Trump v. U.S. case where the Court gave Trump broad criminal immunity in a 6-3 decision, even though Thomas' wife had been very pro-Jan 6 protests. How quickly a president's crazy makes a country forget joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-must...

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So, according to QAnon and Trump, Biden died in 2020, was replaced by a body double, but the one they picked to replace him was weak and infirm, and somehow Jake Tapper didn’t notice anything. Got it.

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Donald Trump's wavering is a sign he's finding out that world leaders are increasingly not taking him seriously.

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Hillary was right about everything. They’re Deplorables. And I will take it a step further: they’re wannabe fascists. They don’t believe in the Constitution. They don’t believe in democracy. They would worship Hitler if he were alive.

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Judge: “You stand accused of murder in the first degree. How do you plead?” “Well, we are all going to die.” Judge: “Release this man!”

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With the degradation of the FBI and other national security institutions, we are sitting ducks for a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I gifted this article to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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This image is from Trump's first term. It's deeply offensive for anyone to try to claim that people didn't know this was gong to happen again. www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

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Donald Trump's inability to manage affairs with China is creating an opportunity for the superpower to eventually invade Taiwan without fear of U.S. intervention.

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A Trump ally has told CNN’s parent company that they could avoid future lawsuits from the Trump administration if they make a documentary about Melania Trump or a TV show about Donald Trump Jr., which would involve paying the Trump family large amounts of money.

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Article 25. Remove this insane, demented, sociopathic, narcissistic criminal NOW‼️

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More than 40 Russian warplanes are burning after a mass Ukrainian drone attack kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...

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Paul: It’s worth people remembering that the Republicans used to be for lower taxes, tariffs are a tax. So if you raise taxes on the private sector, that's not good for the private sector.

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It’s going to add $3 trillion to $5 trillion to the national debt. Johnson is simply lying here, bless his heart.

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“TACO Trump” Chickens Out of “No Tax on Social Security” Campaign Pledge Trump spins seniors on watered down GOP Bill meidasnews.com/news/taco-tr...

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NEWSFLASH: At least 41 Russian aircraft are burning after a covert Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russia. The attack, planned over 18 months by Ukraine's Security Service, hit four airfields and targeted Russia’s strategic aviation used to bomb Ukrainian cities.

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The plaintiff, a victim of Epstein, claims the gov't concealed its conduct for years & "At no time did the FBI or any other government entity reach out to Maria to investigate or seek to understand or resolve her claims or otherwise in any way substantively respond to her claim.

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Donald Trump is still waiting for a check in the mail from Elon Musk, according to a new report.

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Keep it up @cnn.com . You are slowly circling the drain.

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“.. it’s unclear why the children were zip-tied during their detention or why they were detained at all.” @mysanantonio.com www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

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Evidence You Might Be In A Cult You follow one charismatic Leader. In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong. In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong. Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders. Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion. You don't know you're in a Cult

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7th District Congressman Eric Burlison won’t bother to engage with his constituents, but I will. I drove fours hours for this meeting and it was standing room only in Joplin, Missouri. #LFG

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Donald Trump recently announced how much time it will take him to know what Putin's motives are, prompting one conservative foreign relations expert to decode what Trump was really saying.

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PSA: One of those anecdotal data points that might be useful to know—more than a quarter of my mom's ward at her nursing home has contracted Covid in the last 10 days or so.

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Investigators believe the man may have been framed to get him arrested & deported before he could testify in a case where he was a victim of assault. The person who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity, because they couldn't speak publicly. apnews.com/article/ice-...

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I actually want a separate pit in hell for the scammers who pose as Ukrainian soldiers or Gazans

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While Trump has seen some success in the Supreme Court, a recent study found that he lost a whopping 96% of his cases in lower federal courts, with judges across the political spectrum ruling against him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I have no intention of ever watching @cnn-news.bsky.social @cnn.com

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Reminder: Joni Ernst is up for reelection

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Voters love having their intelligence insulted. It’s done wonders for Democrats the last 16 years.

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NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 's aide was arrested and video of the "dramatic" and "chaotic" incident was published online.

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Donald is creating a database of private personal information about every American -- literally hundreds of data points each. This is a far deeper and more dangerous breach of privacy than just about anything we've seen. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

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Longtime trading partners with the U.S. are in no hurry to work out deals with Donald Trump's administration because they don't find one of his point men credible.

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Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

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Veteran lawyers have reached a curious conclusion about President Trump's deals with big law firms this year: they do not appear to be legally valid.

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Don't spend one minute feeling sorry for the law firms that capitulated. They prioritized their own profits over the rule of law, decency and democracy. They deserve the ridicule and scorn they are now receiving. History will remember them for the cowards they are.

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The president is an infantile toddler being spoon fed his intel briefings by animation but @jaketapper.bsky.social is still hawking his book on Biden.

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Donald Trump's national intelligence director is bumping into a similar problem faced by her predecessors -- how to get and keep his attention when it pertains to important matters.

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Trump’s latest pardon blows up his promises on Social Security and law enforcement

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Trump is taking the briefing less than once a week. They are considering a video format that looks like Fox News. I’m not kidding: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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'Makes no sense to me': Conservative baffled by Trump inciting a MAGA civil war

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“According to the Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal work force, DOGE’s attacks on government personnel — its firings, rehirings, use of paid administrative leave and all the associated lack of productivity — could cost the government upwards of $135 billion this fiscal year”

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“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.”

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