The contortions the Times editors had to make to come up with to come up with this bonkers framing for this story would have damaged their spines, if they had such. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
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Remember in 2016 when Bill Clinton bumped into Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix, and that story of INSANE IMPROPRIETY dominated the news cycle for a week? Now we have POTUS, VP, AG, and FBI Epstein strategy meetings. www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/p...
Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney Gen...
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In a conversation with the personal lawyer of the man with the ability to pardon her, the convicted child rapist and sex trafficker said that man with the power to pardon her did nothing wrong. Well that’s settled.
The most exhausting thing about this time is being condescended to by dipshits.
BREAKING: Source reports that Maxwell said she saw no wrongdoing by Trump in conversation with Blanche
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Great, but SCOTUS turned back the clock at least halfway on VRA years ago. What are you going to do about it now that you couldn't do when there was a Democratic trifecta? If you've got an answer, that's what you should be telling people.
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Well here's a weird one...
Key sections from the U.S. Constitution have gone missing from the U.S. government's official website, including sections 8 through 10, which include legal provisions like habeas corpus (aka due process). The White House hasn't commented.
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful dete...
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On his decision to end $500M worth of research on mRNA vaccines, RFK Jr. said:
“The the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu”.
These vaccines saved 3.2M lives in the U.S.
He is running a disinformation op against Americans.
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
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That’s the vibe I’m getting from a great distance.
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It’s also possible the GOP’s Texas gerrymander could backfire on them, if polling on Tejano “Trump buyer’s remorse” proves accurate. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/01/t...
How the Republican Texas Redistricting Scheme Could Backfire | Washington Monthly
Texas Republicans are betting on Latino voters to flip five districts red. But Trump’s policies may drive them left.
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We have other parties in this country, they're just very small.
