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Doughnuts and Bullets: The Absurdity of Working for RFK Jr. What happens when your new boss thinks you’re a child killer?

The power trip
Doughnuts and Bullets. The agony and absurdity of working for RFK Jr. #RFKjr
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I tell Trump my peace terms, Trump tells Witkoff what they are and then Witkoff tells me Trump's terms that I told him then I say they aren't enough so we both blame Ukraine for me not accepting my own terms and I keep attacking them.

Rinse. Repeat.

THIS IS ANOTHER ESCAPE ATTEMPT‼️

Butler, Utah and now DC...not a coincidence‼️ #Staged

Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.

We don't have a government‼️ We have a crime syndicate‼️

During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.

The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi WASHINGTON—In an attempt to dispel rumors of an affair during the 2024 presidential campaign, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference Monday during which he d...

RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi

I doubt this will work. The 11th circuit ordered Judge Cannon to have this issue RESOLVED in 90 days time, which expires January 2nd. So unless she wants to rule on Trump’s motion to intervene and hear all argument by then, she can’t really delay past January 2nd here unless the 11th circuit allows

Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84

Eugene Hasenfus has died.

He was a gunrunner whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 during a CIA-sponsored mission. His capture triggered the Iran-Contra investigation that exposed how the US supported militias with drug money to try to overthrow leftist governments in Latin America.

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A must read.

#HoldFast

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph detained by ICE

The fog of war....

Dimwit Hegseth just opened the door to demands to see the video. Because this is what WaPo reported:

Trump Administration Snubs States Asking Why the DOJ Wants Their Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: After the DOJ and DHS released contradictory statements about the motives of their unprecedented hunt for state voter data, top election officials gave the Trump administration until Dec. 1 to offer an explanation. Their response? Crickets.

YouTube video by Civil Rights Corps Alec Karakatsanis | Heising-Simons Sparks of Hope Talk

THREAD. As Orwell explained, once you lose the capacity to say 2+2=4, all else is lost.

He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”

A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.

The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/

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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Many journalists are tracking the procurement and deployment of new technologies and tactics, but it's hard to get the entire picture. A generational threat to civil liberties that I suspect future governments will struggle (or refuse) to roll back. Dramatic reform/abolition will be required.

Precisely.

Never forget how each voted.
And how each stands by fecklessly as the crimes unfold.
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The only view I want validated is that truth is better than distorting reality to force objectively unequal things to appear equal and opposite.

A universal standard, applied equally to all, rather than repeated bar-lowering for one special guy.

I really don't think that's too much to ask.

What a sleazy defense of honest critiques, a transparent attempt at a validation of the editorial dept.'s sins. A lot of us share a view that groveling before power, sanewashing, elitism, etc. is a challenge to our values, not our views.

Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.

Statement from Kids Can Press publisher of Franklin the Turtle

🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.

All the more reason to shop at Costco over Target or Amazon.

And meanwhile…
Admiral Holsey
Did the RIGHT THING
#Mm

I wonder if knowledge of the double tap prompted the six members of congress to make that ad, and that's what made Trump and Hegseth so angry about it.

Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.