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Pulitzer Prize losing columnist in Pittsburgh since roughly the Pleistocene. Sports, politics, literature, music, whatever.

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“We’re watching the worst president in history manipulate the worst White House press corps in history every day,” says MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.
And to that I say amen.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

07.08.2025 02:11 — 👍 12233    🔁 3192    💬 283    📌 106
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ICE thugs violently kidnapping a pregnant woman off the streets in Elgin, IL as her child watches in horror.

Please keep elevating these stories — Do NOT normalize this abuse. These people need to be held accountable.

07.08.2025 03:10 — 👍 17755    🔁 12023    💬 2009    📌 1529
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ challenged in federal court hearing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ challenged in federal court hearing

Thank you to Friends of the Everglades for standing up against “Alligator Alcatraz.”

06.08.2025 21:49 — 👍 10348    🔁 2402    💬 114    📌 66
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RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

07.08.2025 00:33 — 👍 9434    🔁 3616    💬 528    📌 195
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RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

06.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 7597    🔁 2528    💬 1259    📌 429
I was following the law and came to my check in

I was following the law and came to my check in

ICE raids are sweeping up immigrants with no criminal record - many just trying to follow the law at court check-ins.

𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

Families are being torn apart for following the law.

This is not justice.

06.08.2025 16:00 — 👍 827    🔁 434    💬 35    📌 12
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws

This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

06.08.2025 15:18 — 👍 14578    🔁 6440    💬 1010    📌 630
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Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

Pam Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared

It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

06.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 4684    🔁 1906    💬 573    📌 184
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NEWS: Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Quietly Removed From Government Website This is a major story that more media sites need to cover.

Yes, the federal government removed two key sections of the Constitution, one dealing with Due Process and the second dealing with States rights, from a Congressional website.

I helped break this story this morning.

The government claims it's a coding error.

06.08.2025 17:33 — 👍 1168    🔁 515    💬 76    📌 51
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Maybe it isn't ideal to have a crazy lawyer with no medical background who obviously doesn't look after his own health in charge of looking after ours.

06.08.2025 16:58 — 👍 8796    🔁 2151    💬 442    📌 125

This

06.08.2025 18:55 — 👍 371    🔁 88    💬 4    📌 0

Florida, unlike the federal government, can be sued for civil rights violations and punished with monetary damages.

06.08.2025 17:40 — 👍 8498    🔁 3078    💬 194    📌 80
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...

06.08.2025 18:00 — 👍 9874    🔁 1734    💬 184    📌 129

This is not a coding error.

06.08.2025 16:44 — 👍 11783    🔁 4644    💬 754    📌 331
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If you’re looking for a journalistic hero, you could do a lot worse than Mr. Dan Rather. It was a huge pleasure to get to visit with him this morning. Such a sharp mind, and so many amazing experiences.

06.08.2025 17:42 — 👍 2611    🔁 239    💬 63    📌 6
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Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

06.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 12528    🔁 6271    💬 1361    📌 851
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What in fresh hell is this? ICE agents jump from the back of a Penske truck with a Fox News crew at a Home Depot near McArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA. All to arrest day workers who are just trying to provide for their families. Shameful!! Are they learning these tactics from Patriot Front?

06.08.2025 16:23 — 👍 3999    🔁 2020    💬 1111    📌 341
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Same guy.

06.08.2025 15:13 — 👍 4733    🔁 1985    💬 181    📌 100
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#booksky

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Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has called off nearly $500 million in grants and contracts aimed at advancing mRNA vaccine development. This technology, first deployed during the Covid19 pandemic, allows vaccines to be produced rapidly and adapted as viruses evolve. His brain worms are getting worse!

06.08.2025 01:33 — 👍 9889    🔁 2881    💬 621    📌 212

There is so much damage being done to our country right now but surely turning HHS over to a gang of malignant and scientifically illiterate goons is among the worst of it

06.08.2025 00:20 — 👍 213    🔁 47    💬 7    📌 1
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Hump Day

06.08.2025 11:54 — 👍 183    🔁 19    💬 7    📌 1
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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. A conspiracy theory spouting ghoul.

06.08.2025 05:49 — 👍 6286    🔁 1864    💬 435    📌 190
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Berman: Was the President right about the polling?

Enten: No. If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.

06.08.2025 03:06 — 👍 22823    🔁 6297    💬 442    📌 313

Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.

05.08.2025 19:31 — 👍 13562    🔁 2939    💬 260    📌 136

The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).

I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.

05.08.2025 16:11 — 👍 23101    🔁 6348    💬 1081    📌 322

And many other things.

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Hang On Sloopy - Rick Derringer Video / The McCoys Audio | HD Remaster PORTEGO Cut
YouTube video by PORTEGO MUSIC Hang On Sloopy - Rick Derringer Video / The McCoys Audio | HD Remaster PORTEGO Cut

Random Rock Song Of The Night

Hang On Sloopy
by The McCoys

The McCoys began as the Rick Z Combo (named after lead guitarist Rick Zehringer, who later became Rick Derringer) in Union City, Indiana. They developed a following playing at Forest Park Plaza in Dayton, Ohio.

youtu.be/WbZq5idUJcI?...

04.08.2025 21:29 — 👍 105    🔁 15    💬 9    📌 1

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