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Trump had until midnight on Monday to submit details on that so called “bond” he secured from Knight Specialty Insurance Company. This is the supposed $175 million bond that Knight says Trump will pay, and Knight isn’t certified as a bond insurer in NY...
by Merlin196360
on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 05:29 AM PDT
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has been following up on the developing story out of Florida, where the head of the Florida state Republican Party, Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget Ziegler, a founder of Moms for Liberty, were involved in a...
by xaxnar
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 11:51 AM PST
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During a speech on Sunday night, Donald Trump repeatedly spoke as if Barack Obama were the current president. It wasn’t the first time. In recent speeches , Trump has also claimed to have beaten ...
by Mark Sumner
on Mon Oct 02, 2023 at 10:57 AM PDT
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Listen……...I’ve made my peace with Trump’s penchant for the grift. Sure, I thought that doing it while president should have gotten him into some trouble, but apparently the Domestic Emoluments Clause is now as good as fictitious. Personally, I...
by AlyoshaKaramazov
on Mon Sep 04, 2023 at 09:53 AM PDT
with 185 Recommends
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He knows he's going down! www.newsweek.com/...
by locosloca
on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 05:15 AM PDT
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In 1919 W.E.B. Dubois asked: “What is the cause of the undoubted reaction and alarm that the citizens of democracy continually feel?” His answer to this question pointed to the fear minorities have, of being disrespected and not tolerated. As a Black...
by Keith Newman
on Mon Jan 23, 2023 at 06:42 AM PST
with 10 Recommends
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ICYMI, news came out this weekend that Trump had some financial interests he did not disclose while Presidenting, including one with a company with connections to North Korea. From The Guardian: Donald Trump failed to disclose a $19.8m loan from a...
by xaxnar
on Mon Dec 05, 2022 at 10:08 PM PST
with 255 Recommends
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With all the back and forth over Judge Aileen Cannon’s blatant attempts to derail the investigation of Trump’s mishandling of classified documents (including the latest where Trump’s legal ...
by xaxnar
on Mon Sep 12, 2022 at 01:11 PM PDT
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— — It kind of flew under the radar (under the pale of the ‘Nuclear Docs being sought’ news, I’m guessing) — BUT two federal government sources let this key insight slip, under the condition of anonymity … Who knew? In pursuing the unprecedented search...
by jamess
on Mon Aug 15, 2022 at 06:30 PM PDT
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There seems to be a certain amount of surprise in some quarters that Secret Service texts, Homeland Security texts, and now DOD messages have all gone missing, all of them from around January 6. Really? Surprise? It’s almost as though anything that...
by xaxnar
on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 07:17 AM PDT
with 346 Recommends
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I’ve been a Newsweek subscriber for more than a decade. While it’s not exactly Jacobin, it’s historically and certainly NOT conservative. After reading the following short article, I’m considering cancelling my subscription. www.newsweek.com/... In...
by Thin Blue Swine
on Tue Jun 21, 2022 at 08:49 AM PDT
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If you thought that the dystopian cult that sprung from Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) crusade was bad, you aint seen nothin' yet. The messiah worship that is prevalent among the Trumpist wackos is continuing to evolve in the most...
by News Corpse
on Tue Apr 19, 2022 at 11:36 AM PDT
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One metric of assessing a civilization is the amount of energy it has at its disposal. Quite simply, the level of civilization we enjoy today depends on how much energy we can employ to keep it operating. (The Kardashev Scale) The world is where it is...
by xaxnar
on Fri Oct 22, 2021 at 09:59 AM PDT
with 29 Recommends
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Between them, Manchin and Sinema are going to give the Republicans everything they want by blocking Biden’s agenda in the Senate. Manchin wants a ‘pause’; Sinema simply says no. Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has taken a look at this and has a...
by xaxnar
on Wed Sep 29, 2021 at 02:02 PM PDT
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Authorities in Boise, Idaho are at a loss to explain why St. Luke’s McCall hospital had its signs defaced with swastikas overnight. From U.S. News: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police are investigating after a central Idaho hospital was vandalized with...
by xaxnar
on Tue Sep 21, 2021 at 07:42 AM PDT
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Hey, remember earlier this month when Newsweek did a 1990s throwback “Debate” between a professional climate denier and a real climate expert? And we were like, "Oh hey remember that not only is Newskweek owned by a cult and often peddles rightwing...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Fri Aug 27, 2021 at 06:50 AM PDT
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Yesterday, legacy media institution Newsweek apparently made a bid to travel back in time, to when it was still relevant and climate change was still a matter of debate, with a pair of op-eds. One is based in reality, in which Woodwell Climate Research...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Wed Aug 04, 2021 at 06:47 AM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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Cognitive dissonance is causing a little friction in the minds of some Qanon followers with regards to their divine deliverer Donald Trump and his latest grift set for December of 2021. QAnon supporters have acted with dismay and confusion after Donald...
by Merlin196357
on Sun Jun 20, 2021 at 02:11 PM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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After the President’s incited attack on the US Capitol: Senator Lindsey Graham (R) SC called President-Elect Joe Biden begging him to call Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, to ask her and “the squad” to end the second impeachment while...
by More2Story
on Sat Jan 09, 2021 at 01:44 PM PST
with 28 Recommends
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Via Alternet, DCReport finds there’s an interesting set of numbers out of the Bluegrass State. ...In 2017, a Public Policy Polling Survey asked Kentuckians, "Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Mitch McConnell's job performance?" Only 18% approved....
by xaxnar
on Sun Dec 20, 2020 at 11:20 AM PST
with 22 Recommends
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