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A day that ends in Y, so of course, there's late, breaking news.
I would suggest to every rethug in America that they check the status of their own face tonight.
Oh and John, how do you feel now about ignoring that subpoena? Impeachment investigators pressing forward without John Bolton. www.politico.com/...(from 11/7/19)
The former national security adviser refused to appear for his scheduled deposition Thursday morning, a House Intelligence Committee official said, and his lawyer informed the panel that Bolton would take the House to court if he is subpoenaed.
So instead of fighting a court battle that could take months, the official added, Bolton’s refusal to testify will be used as evidence of obstruction of Congress against President Donald Trump.
“We regret Mr. Bolton’s decision not to appear voluntarily, but we have no interest in allowing the administration to play rope-a-dope with us in the courts for months,” the official said. “Rather, the White House instruction that he not appear will add to the evidence of the president’s obstruction of Congress.”
YOU COULD HAVE PUT A STOP TO THIS.
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But wait, there's moar! And good news indeed.
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Back to our regularly scheduled Shade:
In California at least, I don't think I-5 will be impacted this far North.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump May Launch Missiles from Warships into California this Friday and Saturday as Part of “Vanity Parade” meidasnews.com/...
Sources tell MeidasTouch the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice President JD Vance’s Marine Corps spectacle during No Kings Protests, triggering chaos, gridlock, and outrage amid the government shutdown.
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The Trump administration is apparently finalizing plans for two days of events under the pretext of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. Sources close to MeidasTouch describe the closure as part of a “vanity parade” that may involve Navy warships shooting live missiles into Camp Pendleton as a “show of force.”
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Imagine lying as easily as @RepTimBurchett does. Nobody is paying the millions of people who will be out there.
Wanting better for your country isn’t hating it, Tim. Quite the opposite. It’s real patriotism. 🇺🇸
Throwing out the constitution to cling to power is the real hating your country.
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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Remember how we just went through a multi-week newscycle where Democrats and liberals were lambasted for their "violent" political rhetoric, which included Fox hosts claiming that only one political party was demonizing their political opponents as evil? And how libs needs to lower the temperature?
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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Yes, it's AI, but that doesn't mean it's not good. And spot on.
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In political meddling news.
Ciattarelli isn't the only one.
Trump Offered a Helping Hand to Argentina. It Backfired. www.nytimes.com/…
As President Javier Milei of Argentina faced a deepening economic crisis, President Trump rushed to the rescue of his political ally with a generous $20 billion bailout.
Then came the fine print.
To secure help from the United States, Mr. Trump made clear on Tuesday, Mr. Milei’s embattled political party would have to first pull off a victory in what are emerging as momentous and challenging legislative elections this month.
“If he doesn’t win, we’re gone,” Mr. Trump said as he welcomed Mr. Milei, who he has called his “favorite president,” to the White House. “If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina.”
In Argentina, those comments were taken by many as a clear attempt by Mr. Trump to put his thumb on a sovereign country’s electoral process.
The fallout was swift. The peso tumbled as investors went on a panicked selling spree of Argentina’s currency. Mr. Milei’s political opponents railed against what they called American extortion, urging voters to reject his party at the polls. And Mr. Milei’s government rushed to try to assure Argentines that Mr. Trump wouldn’t abandon the nation based on Mr. Milei’s political fortunes.
To many, Mr. Trump’s conditional economic support represented yet another attempt to influence, through economic sticks and carrots, the internal affairs of another Latin American country. The turmoil that followed also highlighted the risks Mr. Milei faces as he shackles his political fortunes, and Argentina’s economic future, to America’s deep pockets and Mr. Trump’s fickle friendship.
“Trump might have sabotaged his favorite president — by both giving him too much support and too little support,” said Benjamin Gedan, a senior fellow and director of the Latin America Program at the Stimson Center, a nonprofit in Washington.
Elections are a week from Sunday, October 25.
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On the other hand, here's some good election news.
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🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.
Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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And some epic trolling.
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Elsewhere:
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Speaking of press coverage of the military and, oh, the Pentagon:
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Add John Thune to the list. What an as shat.
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New in PN: The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far
"Dismissal is probably the best result for the government, since it would spare the DOJ having its dirty laundry aired in court before getting spanked for having brought such a garbage case. But even so, it'd be very, very funny."
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far. www.publicnotice.co/…
On September 25, the president’s lawyer Lindsey Halligan managed to secure a grand jury indictment of former FBI director James Comey for lying to Congress in 2020. That was the easy part.
Now Halligan is finding out that prosecuting a case is harder than it looks — particularly when that case has already been rejected by seasoned prosecutors as unwinnable. Add in the fact that it will be tried on the fastest federal docket in the country, and you’ve got the making of a major headache and likely a total humiliation in court.
And on top of all of that, Halligan’s appointment as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department.
Read the rest, its very good. And long.
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I still have the fake Rolex someone brought me back from Hong Kong. When the battery died, I took it to a jewelry repair shop and even they couldn't figure out how to take the back off to replace the battery...
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We were talking the other night about getting old. It happens to everyone.
On the other hand:
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Evening Shade Seekers! Happy Global (as opposed to International) Cat Day!
Happy National Department Store Day!
Happy National Boss Day!
Oh wait, Daniel is The Boss!
Happy National Liqueur Day! OK, technically not a Liqueur, but still a cool story.
AND Happy National Dictionary Day!
Tomorrow is National Pasta Day and National Mammography Day.
