Rob McQuilkin

"He was just walking around the street, and then Trump's people came up and asked him, "hey, do you want to come up and have food at the best restaurant in town?", says Steffen Kretz."

Here's the way I think of Cannon's intervention.

First, it makes it more likely 11th C will rule against her. Nauta and DeOliveira REALLY do have a legal claim here.

But no one in 11th C has a legal claim on the DC case.

And I also think it more likely it'll be resolved in more interesting ways.

are any of the “we support trump because he will keep us out of the wars” people talking about these plans to seize territory by force?

Mark Zuckerberg Just Made His Trump Loyalty Pledge Meta's sudden embrace of "free expression" comes with a telling catch: it only applies to the right people.

Today's newsletter is about Zuckerberg and Trump: www.readtpa.com/p/mark-zucke...

So, if the top advisor to the US president says this, we have to assume this is the position of the incoming government.

America has 815 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.7 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.

When 815 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸

My old Banjo!! Miracle!! x

That Daniel Penny and Daniel Perry and Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman are all walking around free in the most carceral nation in the world is something that demands a reckoning.

Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Will Shrink the Economy, CBO Finds | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run.

Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.

It's reverse Robin Hood.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia — The San Diego Union-Tribune One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy Thursday after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under an...

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Ex-Tulsi Gabbard Aides Say She Was a Devout Consumer of Kremlin Propaganda Network — The Daily Beast “There certainly isn’t any guarantee to Putin that we won’t try to overthrow Russia’s government,” Gabbard wrote in a 2017 memo to staff, obtained by ABC News.

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Tesla suspends Cybertruck production. Who could have predicted this? — Mashable Elon Musk's controversial electric truck may have dug its own box-shaped grave.

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More pushback: Trump's pledge to kill Biden's signature climate law the IRA is running into the reality that many Republican lawmakers want to keep it, setting up a high-stakes showdown, per WSJ.

Pete Hegseth's Mom Calls Him 'Abuser of Women' in Released Email — Rolling Stone Penelope Hegseth wrote that Donald Trump’s selection for secretary of defense “belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego”

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If you don’t have a sexual assault allegation, are you even conservative?

Trump is systematically seeking to minimize the crime of sex abuse by nominating so many associated with sexual abuse to top jobs. He is seeking to further institutionalize the core mantra of MAGA "men," "Your body, my choice." The nominations are themselves therefore a form of sex abuse.

Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy The far-right extremist playbook would immediately raise taxes for the middle class by thousands of dollars while also pushing for long-term changes that could raise taxes by $5,900.

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Trump’s tax plans would benefit the rich, Harris’ plan would benefit everyone else Donald Trump would cut taxes for the richest of Americans and raise taxes on everyone else, but Kamala Harris would do the exact opposite, according to a new analysis.

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No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance Let's stop pretending

This election result isn't about Dem messaging.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.

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Team Jill Stein checks out for 4 years.

It’s the weekend after an amazing period of explosive growth, so the chuds are showing up tonight in droves.

Remember the Bluesky way:

They want you to react.
Do not engage.
Block and move on.

Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over | CNN Politics In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn ove...

This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.

Joe Walsh Flames Tulsi Gabbard As ‘Putin Cheerleader’ Who Wants to Seek ‘Revenge For Russia’ Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh called Tulsi Gabbard "a Putin cheerleader" who claiming she would seek "revenge for Russia."

I stand by it. In fact, I think I said “best case” scenario is she’s just a Putin cheerleader. There is a “worst case” scenario as well.👇 www.mediaite.com/tv/joe-walsh...

Decapitation Strike Preserving America from Trump's Appointments

Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan.
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Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023: WHO There were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023 globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a new WHO report.

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This is all preventable. The vaccines work and are effective.

Long term, an Army cannot fight when it is sick. Disease and illness killed millions outside of the battlefield. Needless deaths and preventable.