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Scoop: Trump SCOTUS kingmaker smears non-Catholics as "barbarians," "bigots" in newly revealed video The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a lawsuit that sought to restrict access to abortion medication nationwide. The consensus among court observers and legal analysts seems to be that the court will uphold the FDA’s current rules on...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 10:08 AM PDT
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If Donald Trump knows how to do anything, it’s destroy a business. And while the Republican National Committee might not be a “business” in the conventional sense, Trump and his family are ...
by Hunter
124 comments
on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 03:30 PM PDT
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Well, she's out. Just a day after NBC and MSNBC hosts publicly blasted the company's hiring of Donald Trump-allied former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, the network's executives reversed course. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman...
by Hunter
310 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 03:57 PM PDT
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Sickly puppies are being bred and sold at exorbitant prices to working-class customers in Ohio, explosive new lawsuits and public records reveal. State officials have thus far refused to intervene with the ongoing animal cruelty and financial scam,...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM PDT
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On paper, coup-attempting fascist leader and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is about $4 billion richer now.�� That’s thanks to some truly ...
by Hunter
348 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM PDT
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump's latest grift went public —in the stock-market sense of the word. Trump Media & Technology Group, which at this point consists of the cobbled-together fake-Twitter social ...
by Hunter
441 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 08:41 AM PDT
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For months now, Donald Trump's inner circle has been trying to sell us on the notion that they're running a much tighter campaign this time around. And the media has run with it: "Trump's 2024 ...
by Hunter
114 comments
on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Well, there doesn't seem to be any more ambiguity over who far-right crackpot billionaire Elon Musk will be supporting for the presidency. "There is either a red wave this November or America is ...
by Hunter
216 comments
on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 03:30 PM PDT
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In a court filing on Monday, Donald Trump's lawyers sprung the news we've all suspected: Trump doesn't have the money to pay the $454 million civil fraud judgment levied against him for lying to banks and insurers about his supposed wealth for decades....
by Hunter
633 comments
on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 09:45 AM PDT
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Seditious conspirator and multi-indicted Donald Trump has now clinched the Republican Party's nomination for president.That means that it's time for the would-be contenders for Dear Leader's vice ...
by Hunter
115 comments
on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Former senior Trump adviser Peter Navarro is due to report to prison Tuesday, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person. In September, Navarro was convicted of contempt of ...
by Hunter
129 comments
on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 09:00 AM PDT
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Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican National Committee is a shining example of his grift. After he handpicked its new chairs, including his eternally creepy daughter-in-law Lara Trump , the ...
by Hunter
214 comments
on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 08:38 AM PDT
with 318 Recommends
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There aren't many things that Americans almost universally agree on. We don’t see eye to eye on political issues, on sports, or movies or music or beer—or anything else. The newest Civiqs poll ...
by Hunter
69 comments
on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT
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“An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies” — Proverbs 14:5 What do you do when you crash and burn during your national political coming-out party? Beg for money. What will salve the sting of poor reviews? Cold, hard cash....
by TheCriticalMind
269 comments
on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 04:45 PM PDT
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The House Administration Oversight Subcommittee, also known as the Rep. Barry Loudermilk Sedition Funtime Revue, �released its " INITIAL FINDINGS REPORT " on Monday, attempting to refute the ...
by Hunter
87 comments
on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 01:30 PM PDT
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Last month, Politico published a story focusing on Russell Vought , the Office of Management and Budget director during the Trump administration and current president of the extreme-right Center for ...
by Hunter
198 comments
on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Hey, wanna join an exclusive secret club? First, you’ll have to answer a few questions. Are you a woman? Are you LGBTQ+? Are you something other than a “real” Christian (i.e., Mormon, ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
260 comments
on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 01:35 PM PST
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— — These comments are quite encouraging. They are from former Republicans sick of Trump and the GOP — who are now voting for Biden, for the sake of sanity and the sake of the country. Republican Voters JUMP SHIP and Abandon Party MeidasTouch — Mar 3,...
by jamess
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 04:38 PM PST
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This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post, � Living with the UK's National Health Service as right-wingers work to defund it .
I live in the UK now. The “conservative” UK government is engaged ...
by davej
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on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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Ah, CPAC. The 2024 conference has been, as Jimmy Kimmel put it, “a who’s who of who won’t accept the results of the election.” But that doesn’t mean Donald Trump didn’t go there to shine like a lazy diamond, and shine he did—for more than an hour on...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
118 comments
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 03:19 PM PST
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