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I do Nazi what you mean…

Not sure what felt more predictable: an Eze goal or a set-piece.

We got both.

Eze vs his old club! When it was needed most. And just the atheistic effort he was signed for!!

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This is true—Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakota—and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.

Piling on Johnson is easy, but don’t forget if just a few Republicans would crossover and side with Democrats they could together stand up to Trump

Mike Johnson de facto dissolving Congress tells Democrats they were right to go into the shutdown.

The White House was already ignoring Congress, usurping power of the purse, in one of the most egregious attacks on the Constitution in US history.

All voting for a budget would do is validate that.

To the American press it’s a Saturday. And this will likely be page 2 stuff by Monday.

Also, he is imposing a tax without our consent (which was enough for our forefathers to start a revolution) because an ad made him mad. It's mad king stuff.

The reclusive plutocrat who became the biggest political donor of 2024 The largest donor of the 2024 presidential campaign, by far, is Timothy Mellon, the reclusive billionaire and heir to the Mellon banking fortune.

1. Here are some facts about the guy, Timothy Mellon, who donated $130 million so Trump could pay the troops during the government shutdown.

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Brutal

Just brutal. QB trying to fight for it on 4th down. And now….

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

Sorta stealing this from a response I saw to Chris Cillizza’s post about Dems tearing down monuments…
I’m not giving these idiots credit but I am jealous they grifted their way to getting paid to say stupid things when I say stupid things every day for free.

They did this while under a court order and the ICE chief due in court on Tuesday. THAT is how brazen they are

I want to hope you’re right. I really do.

What a game for GA Tech TE Beetham!!
Started by dropping an EASY walk in TD. Now how two TD catches. Had 3 catches all season.

Mentioned this to the homie chat yesterday. This was clearly an investigation that had started well before K$sh by career feds. K$sh let it go cause it would be good PR. But they can’t dig too deep into the mafia money cause it would be someone with ties Trump or his people.

And to think we thought Trump’s cameo appearance was bad enough the first time…

Love this framing

The Founders anticipated the possibility of a corrupt, venal, lawbreaking, wannabe monarch president.

What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.

What’s even worse is the response from the MAGA crowd. Being an illegal resident is a misdemeanor at most, not a capital offense. Yet the MAGA crowds cheers on these deaths

Had a similar revelation with a young coworker once. She said that I got to live “normally”. I was on my second house, she doubted if she would ever own one. My college life was books and partying. Hers was full of Black Lived Matter protests. It was eye opening to me.

Yeah, this is what I wrestle with -- a college freshman today was only nine when Trump first ran for president. They've grown up with him as a baseline, not an aberration.

So was that article. That closer was brilliant! Kudos

Forget the typo what is key here is Jourdan used to host a great podcast called “11 personal” and now she’s writing about TEs. This is what you call career growth people!! Jourdan….

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…….how ya doing?

As a reminder, when Biden announced student loan forgiveness—based upon a statute passed by Congress which explicitly said the President could do exactly that—Douthat called it "semi-Caesarist" because it was done "without consulting Congress."

hey Chicago if you are (understandably) nervous about confrontations with ICE

find a street vendor and give what can

they’re charging $5 for a tamale? Not for you, it’s $20 now

Kavanaugh stop No 109. And he will hide behind he robes and never have to face questions about how he was so factually incorrect.

This is how Trump does everything. Reporting from reliable sources says he’s going to do something outrageous/ridiculous. He immediately claims it’s fake news. Then a few days or weeks later he does exactly what was originally reported.