Sam Schifrien

Waste. Fraud. Abuse.

I think the word we should be using to describe this is a “shanda”.

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Invite for VP’s Hanukkah Party Says ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Christmas’ The invitation for a Hanukkah celebration at the Vice President's residence included glaring errors referencing the wrong holiday.

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The movie studio that backed the DVD is being purchased by a streamer.

A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
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UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.

Hey @schiff.senate.gov — still feeling good about your vote to confirm this monster?

ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.

6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.

Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.

Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.

The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the dignity of the United States military.

That's why the military has the right to refuse illegal orders. Illegal orders could ruin the military.

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But he totally forgot to mention the true classic “Franklin Learns About Nuremberg”…wonder why?

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#boycott #blackoutthesystem #weaintbuyingit #fdt #nokings #resistance #resist

Are we sure the only qualifications they lowered were physical fitness? Or were there never any driving related qualifications (like a license or lack of DUIs) to begin with…I know the answer w this admin. Oy.

Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration

The Trump administration's continued focus on immigration enforcement is letting gun crime off the hook.

The number of weapons seized by DHS dropped 73% compared to last year.

Keep in mind, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans. These shifts make us all less safe.

The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.

Mark Kelly tweet, showing his medals on a dress uniform, reading: When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents. In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much. Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death. If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.

I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.

But this one...

…it seems they had to put out a press release claiming they still classify these as hate symbols but no one has explained where this came from…and also this is exactly who they are so it’s very believable they would do this

To all those who use “anti-semitism on the left” as a reason to vote for magat N*zis….you FA and we all have to FO. You have chosen those who are doing this.

Never forget, never again is now—aligning yourself with this right means forgetting everything (I) learned in Sunday school.

💥 They are speaking to the military with absolute clarity. Illegal orders can and must be refused.

And when Trump is reposting calls to “hang” Democratic lawmakers, their message becomes even more urgent.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

As we get closer to forcing releases in the #EpsteinFiles , I want to remind everyone #RickCaruso refused to release the USC campus doctor report…the survivors want it released but Rick believed he knew better.

Stop protecting abusers & their enablers, no matter their power. LISTEN TO SURVIVORS.

"Quiet, piggy!"

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…but I’m going to act like I’m an assistant coach at Ohio State again and prove I’m on the wrong side of kids being abused. Again. That’s what he said even if they weren’t the words.

Oh Gym Jordan.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."

—FDR, 1936

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

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