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Musician, artist, activist, geek, smartass. Not necessarily in that order

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Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.

NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."

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Next month’s job numbers are the street you grew up on and the last thing you ate.

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Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it

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University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...

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It’s about damn time

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I find it absolutely baffling when liberals talk about the US criminal punishment system as though it exists to prosecute and incarcerate powerful people. What country do you live in?

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Orlando Bloom Spotted At Dinner With Angela Merkel BERLINβ€”Just weeks after announcing his split with fiancΓ©e Katy Perry, English actor Orlando Bloom was photographed Friday dining with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. β€œAngela kept Orlando laugh...

. @bencollins.bsky.social Y'all have to know Merkel is out of his league, right? theonion.com/orlando-bloo...

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ICE Courthouse Arrests Spark Class Action Over Due Process Violations Lawsuit claims Trump administration policy changes violate due process and immigration law.

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Trump reiterated today that he wants a thank you note for providing aid to prevent people from starving to death in Gaza

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Trump on Epstein island: "I never had the privilege of going to his island."

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On Epstein, Democrats have Mike Johnson running scared Resistance doesn’t always work. But failing to resist never does.

"The lesson for Democrats here is straightforward. Opposing Trump vigorously, even when β€” or especially when β€” doing so seems distasteful or risky, can in fact damage Republicans. Damaging Republicans makes resistance easier, which in turn can erode Trump’s standing, and so on."

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Trump: "You have a certain place in the Massachusetts area that over the last 20 years had 1 or 2 whales wash ashore. And over the last short period of time they had 18. Ok? Because it's driving them loco. No, windmills will not happen in the United States."

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It happened this morning. Thanks for checking in though.

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Well played! 🀩

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Nashville Banner: Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried

Nashville Banner: Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried

Forget about what year it is. What century is it?

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Sad!

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We had the Greatest Six Months of any President in the History of our Country, and all the Fake News wants to talk about is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax!

We had the Greatest Six Months of any President in the History of our Country, and all the Fake News wants to talk about is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax!

this will surely make it go away

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REPORTER: Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral. Who should the DOJ target?

TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.

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Opinion | I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw Donald Trump's AI video of Barack Obama getting arrested in the Oval Office while "YMCA" played.

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Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged.

Breaking News: Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party suffered a defeat in parliamentary elections that saw new right-wing populist groups make gains.

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The Wall Street Journal ran a typically untruthful story today by saying that Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, explained to me that firing Jerome β€œToo Late” Powell, the Worst Federal Reserve Chairman in History, would be bad for the Market. Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody what’s good for the Market, and what’s good for the U.S.A. If it weren’t for me, the Market wouldn’t be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have CRASHED! So, get your information CORRECT. People don’t explain to me, I explain to them!

The Wall Street Journal ran a typically untruthful story today by saying that Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, explained to me that firing Jerome β€œToo Late” Powell, the Worst Federal Reserve Chairman in History, would be bad for the Market. Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody what’s good for the Market, and what’s good for the U.S.A. If it weren’t for me, the Market wouldn’t be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have CRASHED! So, get your information CORRECT. People don’t explain to me, I explain to them!

Trump: β€œPeople don’t explain to me, I explain to them.”

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Okay even I think this is mean

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Democracy & Elections Foreign Relations & International Law
Retconning 'Russiagate'
Renee DiResta
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 10:05 AM
Share On: f X in & @ B
The CIA director encourages the rewriting of history.

LAWFARE Democracy & Elections Foreign Relations & International Law Retconning 'Russiagate' Renee DiResta Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 10:05 AM Share On: f X in & @ B The CIA director encourages the rewriting of history.

It’s 3am here but Matt Taibbi has yet again misread a (politicized) doc release to claim it says something it doesn’t. He’s so blinded by a desire to exonerate Russia/be right that he’s become functionally illiterate.

My article explaining his prior fuckup:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...

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I said this a couple weeks ago, but there’s some concern - particularly on the Hill - that Trump is largely inaccessible and that his staff is insulating him from even members of his own party.

Basically, all the crap the books accused Biden of doing.

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The wheels are coming off, yes, but I still don’t expect anything substantive to change here. He’ll throw some red meat to his base and a large chunk of them will forgive him.

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BREAKING

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Trump administration says it is ending deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

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