Judge dismisses Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented 'nightclubs' The lawsuit against Frank Figliuzzi was dismissed a day after FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic magazine over claims he abused alcohol.

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US House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer says some panel members are open to Donald Trump pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell to secure her cooperation in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. (Reuters)
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"Why yes Virginia, you can recall a judge."
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AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

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"A breaking point": Inside the 68-day DHS shutdown In a department built to respond to catastrophic threats, employees have been reduced to bartering for office supplies.

DHS employees are running out of paper and staples. FEMA's disaster relief fund is running dry. TSA lost more than 780 officers. FIFA planning has run behind. The Coast Guard has 500 unpaid utility bills.

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I always think about a group of my friends, that politically runs the entire left side of the political compass from modestly liberal vets to letcoms and anarchists

And its the wine mom who was pounding the table and loudly demanding that we flip a cop car

"There needs to be blood": Democrats' voters tell them to "get shot" in Trump resistance push One House Democrat was told by constituents that "civility isn't working" and to prepare for violence.

I don't think they understand that the white suburban moms demanding them to "get shot" to demonstrate their Resistance bona fides actually mean it

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There is a reason Watergate was broken by Woodward & Bernstein on the metro desk AND NOT by the White House press corps.

Izzy Stone was mocking White House reporters as useless back in the 1950s

this is a great point. NFT theft is comedy. Museum heists are drama. regular crypto theft is low grade reality TV.

i was wondering whether 2026 or 2028 would be the flashpoint

That sounds a lot more fun than it turns out to be

we're hoovermaxxing

“RFK is a eugenicist who believes that people with chronic health conditions deserve to die preventable deaths” is a plain fact that the news media cannot or will not tell the public.

I get emails like this a lot from folks who are clearly in need of mental health assistance.

This is how it works in normal, proper democracies all the time. We don’t have to tolerate the lies, bullshit, & election night horse race theatrics. We could just count votes & then be done & have all parties accept the results, like happens all the time elsewhere.

1.5 million Americans didn’t lose their health care because they were “cheating.”

Trump and RFK Jr. took it away from them to cut taxes for billionaires. Now, people are dying.

I never did look up what old-timey ppl meant when they said they were afflicted with piles but it always seemed to me to be something to do with pooping

A screen shot of a skeet from Merriam-Webster that reads - ‘SWIMS’ upside down is still ‘SWIMS’. With a reply that reads - if you love geometric fonts where this would be true so much then why don't you use them in your body copy? no? not readable? go FUCK yourself; dictionary. they should call you hypocrictionary

I’m sorry, but bluesky is THRIVING…

Premodern men and women got along well. So FAMOUSLY WELL. So well that violently abusive husbands and nagging wives were stock characters since the invention of writing.

I think it's bad to encourage people to commit actions that will likely get them arrested, making finding work and housing more difficult for them in the future.

Tell Congress: Pass Raskin’s Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission Contact Congress today!

The 25th Amendment already gives Congress the tool to remove Trump.

Raskin’s bill would finally create the independent commission to make it happen.

This is one more real shot to protect the country. Tell Congress to pass it. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

it's great and cool that the establishment press treats stuff like this and Obama/Biden liberalism as equally responsible for the culture wars

People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

It is a fairly remarkable observation: Trump plays a brinksmanship game all the time, and routinely loses if you just call his bluff

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

For the first time since ProPublica reported on preventable deaths of pregnant women under Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s medical board has disciplined doctors in those cases.

Judge bars certification of Virginia redistricting results; state AG promises appeal | CNN Politics A congressional map approved by Virginia voters that aims to help Democrats net four US House seats in November’s midterms faces another legal hurdle just one day after its passage. Tazewell County Ci...

Trump isn't leaving peacefully or legally.

All the signs are there.

Here's another.

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Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections - Bolts Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.

I decided to write about at each & every one of the 32 states with supreme court elections this year.

Why? On abortion, redistricting, death penalty, & more, these institutions & their elections remain so critical.

So here's everything you need to know. NEW from me:

This girl didn't need Biden to get her student loans paid.

And obviously the problem with this is not a woman seeking sugar daddies, but the fact that she was a high ranking government official in cyber counterterrorism. Was she trading other kinds of favors, too?

Bizarre AI image of Candace Owens as Elijah calling in an orbital from God

they're still being very normal

It Is Time for Ruthless Aggression The national battle over gerrymandering should be just the first step. Next up: expanding SCOTUS.

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.”

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