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JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised Vice President JD Vance's security detail had an Ohio river's water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took to celebrate his 41st birthday. The U.S. Secret Ser...

Did JD Vance ever say "thank you" to the taxpayers?
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I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.

GOP congressman who represents one of the most impoverished districts in PA recently bought a new helicopter Rob Bresnahan accused of being insufficiently transparent about purchase

The sad thing is that even when/if they vote him out, he'll still have a helicopter.

G☭P congressman who represents one of the most impoverished districts in PA recently bought a new helicopter

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Kristie Noem and Republican Political Party have rebranded Department of Homeland Security. It is a rapidly growing private paramilitary force, funded by all tax payers, but owned and controlled by the Republican Political Party. And it's purpose is to DEFEND A CULTURE.

This is a great article from Heather Cox Richardson. Now, if only the media would do their jobs and inform the public of this!! Thank you, Heather!

August 8, 2025 (Friday) During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed he could stop Russia’s war on Ukraine with a single phone call.

August 8, 2025

Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major court hack There is growing concern that cartels and foreign actors could use the stolen data to identify informants and foil criminal probes.

BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.

Score one for the good guys

Sorry…. Not Sorry. I’m not easing off the gas ⛽️ on the Epstein/Trump Files! Carry on. 🤨🤔👦

This is the truth!

We get asked about tariffs all the time. Here's what we say From inflation to recession, we who cover the economy and business at NPR get asked about tariffs all the time. Here are some of the most frequent questions — and what we answer.

From @npr ⬇️

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We get asked about tariffs all the time. Here's what we say:

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Stopping the research and development of mRNA is about the most dangerous thing happening this week. The next flu epidemic will be worse than COVID, worse than 1918. We are not ready for it.

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS AND UNREDACT YOUR NAME.

The (un)Conscience of Bill Cassidy He knew that RFK Jr. was dangerous. He voted for him anyway.

In the end, Dr. Cassidy had to choose between being a senator and being a doctor who had taken an oath to do no harm. He had to choose between his career and the lives of Americans.

He chose himself.

And now he has to live with the consequences of that choice.

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🚨BREAKING: A clip of Trump arguing with David Letterman that the teenage girl Mike Tyson brutally raped was to blame is going viral.

“Mike should serve some time and everything else, but... she was dancing at his door at one o’clock in the morning.”

There’s no defending this.

Trump: “We’ve cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1,500%. Not 50%—I mean 1,500%.” 🤡
This man doesn’t understand math, medicine, or reality. Dumbest president in U.S. history—and it’s not even close.

BREAKING: Trump just said undocumented workers are “born to work in the fields” and claimed they “don’t get bad backs—because if they do, they die.”
This is racist, dehumanizing, and disgusting. He’s saying the quiet part out loud—again.

Trump promised lower drug prices.
Now he says he’ll slap 150% to 250% tariffs on medications.
This isn’t helping Americans—it’s punishing them.
Healthcare is not a game.

Vance just out here having the time of his life on the taxpayer dime. Ski trips in VT, Greenland excursion, Disneyland, special boat outing, now he’s off to the Cotswolds. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is what happens when they finally sit down with someone who knows how to do an interview, which is extremely rare. bsky.app/profile/atru...

1) Historians who can contribute to court analyses should do so.

2) LMAO you signed the Harper's Letter on cancel culture, you don't get to say a word about other people signing onto things.

RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.

The science is clear: mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives.

Cutting $500 million in funding endangers our health, weakens our security, and abandons the very innovation that helped us through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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America looks drastically different under authoritarian rule 👇👇👇👇👇

They're eating the lists!
They're eating the files!
They're eating the proof of the children they trafficked!