“What Did These People Think Would Happen?” YouTube video by To the Contrary With Charlie Sykes

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I was treated to a spectacular bit of gaslighting by Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer, David Markus, over this post. I have a zero-tolerance policy for both gaslighters and mansplainers—habits that frequently overlap—so I’m sharing some thoughts. Please spread the word. Thanks. youtube.com/shorts/uMb82...

Trump Trackdown YouTube video by Gregg Oppenheimer

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS POST. This is all the doing of my friend and CO .

IF you have 20 mins watch this and be amazed as to how prophetic it was WAY BACK THEN UNTIL NOW . And the main character is TRUMP.

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If you watch this and then follow it with a viewing of our current president's recent disassociated rant to schoolchildren about Biden's autopen, well, you have a perfect microcosm of the steep American descent into ignominy.

FWIW, I voted for Biden and I think he had one of the strongest first-terms since - wait for it - Reagan in '81.

Pope James David Vance the First The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.

Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology.

The queen of all vices: Pride.

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DOJ Rapid Response • O @DOJRR47 X.com Yesterday the Department of Justice filed a motion to vacate the convictions of several Americans who had received clemency from President Trump. This ends these years-long, Biden-era weaponized prosecutions. President Trump demanded we stop the two-tiered injustice—and we are delivering. No more rigged system. 1:32 PM • 4/15/26 • 6.7K Views

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists.

They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.

Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.

Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?

Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.

One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran? If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.

If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order.

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This ad only ran once, as a devastating attack on the perceived bellicosity of Barry Goldwater. That it is applicable now to our current political predicament is a sad reflection on the mess we’ve made for ourselves as a society.

It's final: Rappler wins vs 2018 SEC shutdown order This comes after the Supreme Court ended the case that sought to shut down the digital media company

Congratulations to the wonderful @mariaressa.bsky.social
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Raskin: "It doesn't give me a lot of comfort that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas."

T.S. Eliot reads: The Waste Land YouTube video by tim24frames

There’s more than one reason to mark April 1st.

Pete Hegseth Is Vice Signaling The defense secretary is trolling America.

Pete Hegseth, national disgrace:
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The First Post-Reality Political Campaign Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

Viktor Orban is waging cognitive warfare on a scale no one else has tried before. "Emotions are high because the stakes are high. If he succeeds, he will once again blaze a path that others will follow. And if he loses, an era comes to an end."
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Mona Charen spoke to veteran  Alan Morrison in McLean, VA about why he showed up to No Kings today:  “This man has no loyalty except on himself. He's a narcissist. He's a liar. He's disingenuous and he's dangerous.”

I love my Governor. I don't want him to go. I've never been prouder.

I think this is like Day 17 of the Megyn Kelly-Mark Levin feud. Today started off with Levin spreading sexual rumors about Kelly and it’s pretty much gone downhill from there.

The Moment of Truth The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

On #NoKings day, my piece just before the 2024 election about George Washington - and how Trump was everything he feared and despised.
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The Very Powerful Men Who Think Introspection Is Dumb For some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.

It’s far too often forgotten that these people are powerful because we make them so. Were we not insistent on integrating their products and services into every aspect of our life, their reach and influence would be orders of magnitude smaller.

"In college, a couple of times I kind of came to at a Waffle House — I wouldn't say that it was teleporting."

@timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social discuss a top FEMA official claiming he was teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House.

The First Post-Reality Political Campaign Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

Viktor Orban wants Hungarians to re-elect him, even though he has turned Hungary into the most corrupt and one of the poorest countries in the EU. To do so, he is telling Hungarians to fear sabotage, thievery, or even a military attack from … Ukraine
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Just before going on stage. "Not a neuron firing out there. It's like a sea of orange cats who can vote. These people will applaud anything. Watch this:"

Bondi's argument here is also the main thrust of the chapter 'Subjects and Citizens' in Hitler's Mein Kampf (a chapter which, incidentally, lauds racist U.S. immigration policies)

The decision of who "deserves" to be a citizen and who doesn't comes down to this one man? Is that really the MAGA position now?

Trump at wartime

"You can do it, baby!" 🤣🤣

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