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Yep. And Harvard never denied any aspect of the Times story in any way.

04.08.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 613    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

It would be excellent if he were just to say β€œwe are never making a deal with this mafia-ass organization, we’ll see them in court if they really want to press this lawless bullshit further” but I notice that he did not.

04.08.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1006    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 5
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03.08.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to th...

β€œGarber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is β€˜false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

03.08.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1594    πŸ” 458    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 38
Harmeet Dhillon repost on X: 

Nick Sortor & @nicksortor
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BREAKING: Stephen Miller CONFIRMS the statute of limitations have NOT run out for those behind the Russia Collusion Hoax
"There must be consequences,"
@StephenM said
Drag them ALL in!

Harmeet Dhillon repost on X: Nick Sortor & @nicksortor S... Follow BREAKING: Stephen Miller CONFIRMS the statute of limitations have NOT run out for those behind the Russia Collusion Hoax "There must be consequences," @StephenM said Drag them ALL in!

Harmeet Dhillon, a senior DOJ official, reposted a TV clip in which Stephen Miller accuses James Comey of lying to Congress and conspiring to cover up the β€œRussia collusion hoax.”

Another example of a DOJ official publicly promoting claims about uncharged individuals under active investigation.

03.08.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 7

I recommend reaching out to the Wall Street Journal about that!!

03.08.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CLARIFICATION: I’m interested in learning where Lara Trump put Charlamagne THA GOD.

If you have info about where Lara Trump put Charlemagne, King of the Franks, I suggest that you reach out to the New York Times!!

bsky.app/profile/anna...

03.08.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

CLARIFICATION: I’m interested in learning where Lara Trump put Charlamagne THA GOD.

If you have info about where Lara Trump put Charlemagne, King of the Franks, I suggest that you reach out to the New York Times!!

bsky.app/profile/anna...

03.08.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m happy to talk off the record about where Lara Trump put Charlamagne.

Signal: annabower.24

I have a track record of protecting my sources’ identities, and I’ll do the same for whistleblowers who come forward about where Lara Trump put Charlamagne.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!!

03.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

I’m happy to talk off the record about where Lara Trump put Charlamagne.

Signal: annabower.24

I have a track record of protecting my sources’ identities, and I’ll do the same for whistleblowers who come forward about where Lara Trump put Charlamagne.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!!

03.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

Hey, you guys? If you know where Lara Trump put Charlamagne, my DMs are open!!!

03.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 7
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It's really hard to wrap your head around the insanity of federal personnel policy over the last 6 months until you sit down on a Sunday morning and start cataloging all executive orders in the first 100 days.

03.08.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7
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That first sentence is really something else, technically possesses both a subject and verb but crucially missing an expected prepositional phrase that never emerges after the sentence is drawn in to a parenthetical black hole.

03.08.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6

Which is worse: DOJ lying to the Ninth Circuit; or DOJ lying to the public about lying to the Ninth Circuit?

03.08.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

#WDLTPC???

03.08.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 781    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 8

I think he is claiming that Lara threw Charlemagne using an overhand, pushing motion, a la a shot put. If she did, that actually is impressive but I’ll need video evidence.

03.08.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
The very wonderful and talented Lara Trump, whose show is a big ratings success, put racist sleazebag Charlamagne "The God" (Why is he allowed to use the word "GOD" when describing himself? Can anyone imagine the uproar there would be if I used that nickname?). He's a Low IQ individual, has no idea what words are coming out of his mouth, and knows nothing about me or what I have done - like just ending 5 Wars, including a 31 year bloodbath between Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, where Seven Million people have died, and there was no end in sight.
He didn't know that, or India and Pakistan or, wiping out Iran's nuclear capabilities, or closing the horrendous open Border, or creating the greatest economy, where prices and Inflation have come way down, and where STUPID and CORRUPT JOE BIDEN set the record for doing the Worst Job as President, EVER. But this dope, Charlamagne, would vote for Sleepy Joe or Kamala? Remember, one year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. MAGA!!!
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8/3/25, 1:49 AM

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump The very wonderful and talented Lara Trump, whose show is a big ratings success, put racist sleazebag Charlamagne "The God" (Why is he allowed to use the word "GOD" when describing himself? Can anyone imagine the uproar there would be if I used that nickname?). He's a Low IQ individual, has no idea what words are coming out of his mouth, and knows nothing about me or what I have done - like just ending 5 Wars, including a 31 year bloodbath between Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, where Seven Million people have died, and there was no end in sight. He didn't know that, or India and Pakistan or, wiping out Iran's nuclear capabilities, or closing the horrendous open Border, or creating the greatest economy, where prices and Inflation have come way down, and where STUPID and CORRUPT JOE BIDEN set the record for doing the Worst Job as President, EVER. But this dope, Charlamagne, would vote for Sleepy Joe or Kamala? Remember, one year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. MAGA!!! 1.49k ReTruths 5.86k Likes 8/3/25, 1:49 AM

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WHERE DID LARA TRUMP PUT CHARLAMAGNE???

03.08.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1646    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 81

More on Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith:

➑️ He said that the descendants of slaves should pay reparations to the descendants of slave owners

➑️ He urged Congress to make J6 a national holiday

➑️ He called for Trump’s birthday to be made a national holiday (β€œMAGA Day”)

03.08.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2243    πŸ” 1115    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 93

Paul Ingrassiaβ€”a 30-year-old former right-wing blogger and newly minted lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 2024β€”is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a β€œdisgusting man,” accused him of β€œelection interference,” and said he should be jailed.

02.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2092    πŸ” 879    πŸ’¬ 304    πŸ“Œ 160

This is becoming a yearly tradition. We do not have to keep torturing our students: scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1...

30.07.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.

BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...

02.08.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 17792    πŸ” 4829    πŸ’¬ 472    πŸ“Œ 181
@cham…..5h
Non Farm Payrolls are total garbage so l asked
Grok:
"Hey Grok, go look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website for their non farm payrolls data.
Tell me how many times their original forecasts have been revised since Jan 2020. And, of those revisions, how many times the data was revised up versus down. Categorize this during the Biden versus Trump presidencies."
Bottom line is that BLS isn't so much conspiratorial as it is inadequate in its approach.
They are all over the place and add little directional signal. They constantly revise and in both directions.
The sampling techniques they use are brittle and don't work for a large and dynamic economy like the US.
Trump was right to fire the head of BLS because she ran a critical aspect of the US economic machinery in an unpredictable, haphazard and sloppy way.
There needs to be a new, oracle-like data provider for this critical information.
x.com/i/grok/share/C..

@cham…..5h Non Farm Payrolls are total garbage so l asked Grok: "Hey Grok, go look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website for their non farm payrolls data. Tell me how many times their original forecasts have been revised since Jan 2020. And, of those revisions, how many times the data was revised up versus down. Categorize this during the Biden versus Trump presidencies." Bottom line is that BLS isn't so much conspiratorial as it is inadequate in its approach. They are all over the place and add little directional signal. They constantly revise and in both directions. The sampling techniques they use are brittle and don't work for a large and dynamic economy like the US. Trump was right to fire the head of BLS because she ran a critical aspect of the US economic machinery in an unpredictable, haphazard and sloppy way. There needs to be a new, oracle-like data provider for this critical information. x.com/i/grok/share/C..

@Not... β€’2h
This is easy. Every employer has to file and pay FICA each payroll and allocate it by SSN. The information is there and updated every two weeks. Simple database query.
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This is what I think. Another way would be to ask the payroll companies to send a flat file each period to a federal endpoint. Just disclose the actual data.
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@Not... β€’2h
The only hurdle is bureaucrats from too many departments blocking access to portions of data. Same with voter roles. You could audit the vote but DMV / SSN / USPS need to cooperate.
Simple database queries prevented by hyperbole.
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@Not... β€’2h This is easy. Every employer has to file and pay FICA each payroll and allocate it by SSN. The information is there and updated every two weeks. Simple database query. 15 174 57 Ill 40K 贝 Chamath Palihapitiya ALL @cham... β€’ 2h This is what I think. Another way would be to ask the payroll companies to send a flat file each period to a federal endpoint. Just disclose the actual data. 14 γ‚»7 53 Ihl 26K TooManyGrasshoppers..... @Not... β€’2h The only hurdle is bureaucrats from too many departments blocking access to portions of data. Same with voter roles. You could audit the vote but DMV / SSN / USPS need to cooperate. Simple database queries prevented by hyperbole. 5 Ill

The greatest minds of our time are figuring out how to improve BLS methodology

02.08.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11

The Supreme Court knocked down one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in the Shelby County case. It has now gone out of its way to consider whether it should knock down the other, by rescheduling arguments in a case it could have resolved in June under existing precedent.

01.08.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 914    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 29

Of course it helps us the most if you can afford a regular subscription.

I understand not everyone can. We often have sales and we have certain discounts for like students and academics, etc. Feel free to DM me, I’m happy to help figure out if any discounts might apply.

02.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump β€’ 19h
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In my opinion, today's Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad β€” Just like when they had three great days around the
2024 Presidential Election, and then, those numbers were "taken away" on November 15, 2024, right after the Election, when the Jobs Numbers were massively revised DOWNWARD, making a correction of over 818,000 Jobs β€” A TOTAL SCAM. Jerome "Too Late" Powell is no better! But, the good news is, our Country is doing GREAT!
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Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump β€’ 19h + In my opinion, today's Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad β€” Just like when they had three great days around the 2024 Presidential Election, and then, those numbers were "taken away" on November 15, 2024, right after the Election, when the Jobs Numbers were massively revised DOWNWARD, making a correction of over 818,000 Jobs β€” A TOTAL SCAM. Jerome "Too Late" Powell is no better! But, the good news is, our Country is doing GREAT! 5.32k 8.77k 40.4k

2020 election playbook applied to [checks notes]…the Bureau of Labor Statistics

02.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 6
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Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is β€˜winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV? The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it is β€œwind-down” operations. What does this mean for public radio and TV?

Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is β€˜winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV?

I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire

Gift πŸ”—

01.08.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 24
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Brazil's Justice Moraes ignores US sanctions, says he will continue doing his job Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing a criminal case against an ally of President Donald Trump, told a court session on Friday that he will continue to do his job and "ignore the sanctions" imposed by the United States that effectively block him from the country's wide-reaching financial system.

The Brazilian Supreme Court is fearless in the face of sanctions -and will ensure that the trial of Bolsonaro stays on track. Trump is once again attempting to obstruct justice when it comes to holding former presidents accountable. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

02.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 452    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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the beagle eating spaghetti series is back

02.08.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 751    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 2

His ability probably is not subject to debate, but I’ve personally been present for him bragging that he does not like to read, for any reason whatsoever.

01.08.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

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