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Seems more likely that our allies will cut us out of the intelligence they share with each other and Ukraine.

Interesting. I thought it might be chemo tiring him out. This seems plausible too.

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.

Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?

Tragicomedy is the best we can hope for.

If he has a good defense attorney, they'll be more than a match for whatever untested fed prosecutor they select via glamour shot.

Fuentes is horrible, but he seems to be connecting the most obvious dots for a change. Maybe at some point these a-holes can't expect to retain an audience without tossing in a few crumbs of reality?

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That's what I am expecting will happen. I also don't trust they have the right suspect, so maybe that's just as well.

Trump may have already pardoned the pipe bomber. His J6 blanket pardons may have this guy covered.

💯 Raised by wolves can be an upgrade when the parent is incapable of reason and humanity.

It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all

Also, everyone who gets naturalized passed a civics test on U.S. history and government.

They answered at least 12 out of 20 questions correctly.

How many MAGA white supremacist idiots could do that?

It looks like those hell-hands just peeled the skin off a rotting rubber ball.

Perfection.

People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon

Like how there needed to be an explicit law about not adulterating milk with arsenic, lead, and parasites. Because companies just did that until someone made them stop.

Yep. Buy Basmati from India or Pakistan, for safety.

It's already here.
Lundberg rice: less arsenic than the others (see our website for current arsenic levels).

Choosing which flights you take because the plane would have passed safety tests back in the day it was manufactured. Checking the status of ATC staffing along the route. Not buying cars manufactured in the US post-2024.

Makes sense - until we can fix the court we can't expect lawful governance. It has to be a top priority.

Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱

a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually

The Russian government represents Putin and his cronies. Musk represents himself.

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He’s a great guy.

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How do we bring it to heel? I'm guessing it would be dependent on having an active House or co-equal branch providing a check/balance?

Pit of vipers.

SCOTUS just approved a gerrymander that moves Lisa and I from a solid blue district to a R+10 district.

We will now make it our life’s work to flip that district blue.

Trust me… Texas republicans don’t understand the can of worms they just opened.

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The most disgusting administration I can imagine. He cheapens and destroys everything he touches.

I know so many great people who are doing so much. If you are isolated from people who are trying their best, I can understand feeling like no one's doing anything, but really, you just need to find the people who are trying and try with them — or maybe encourage some new folks to try alongside you.

Exactly - the scales must be different for billionaires to feel the pinch.

Our system seems to have no internal defense mechanism against blatant, shameless, pathological lying.

I voted Gore, but didn't follow the ins & outs of the recount. I voted Clinton, and knew the court was in danger...but this sick plan goes back so many decades, it's nuts to finally see the connections. All one evil throughline to now.