What, exactly, would the Russia-Ukraine "land swapping" be? Putin wants more territory. There is no universe in which he hands Russian territory over to Ukraine.
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It's crazy to think that, when the history of this period is written, the gutting of the federal bureaucracy and the loss of D.C.'s semi-autonomy will lead back to a character named Big Balls.
Future historians, I envy you.
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It should be illegal for Axios to write about rap
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The Gen Z right is also moving away from unconditional support for Israel. Says Charlie Kirk, “There’s an earthquake coming on this issue.”
My latest.
The Coming MAGA Israel Battle
Like the Democrats before them, the empowered MAGA movement finds itself fighting over U.S. support for Israel, with some of its loudest voices questioning a once sacrosanct relationship.
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The head of State Dept HR really, really loves Monster energy drinks. “He crushed 4 energy drinks in 1 hr,” said one former subordinate. By the end of the meeting, “he looked like a coked-out raccoon. He was literally washing his hands and twitching.”
My latest.
Lew’s Clues
Lew Olowski, the State Department’s newish head of H.R., is a RIF-happy, Christian evangelizing MAGA warrior with an axe to grind. Worse, according to his fellow diplomats, he’s just plain weird.
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Now THAT is a table.
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Russia's southern Kamchatka Peninsula shifted nearly two meters (about 6.6 feet) southeast after a massive earthquake on July 30. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake was among the 10 strongest in recorded history and the largest worldwide since 2011. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Southern Kamchatka shifted nearly two meters (almost 7 feet) in July 30 quake — Meduza
The southern Kamchatka Peninsula shifted nearly two meters (about 6.6 feet) southeast after a massive earthquake on July 30, Russian scientists reported. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake — among the 10…
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From July 16: “Trump’s preferred cable-news outlet, Fox News, appeared to have gotten the memo (no pun intended). “People here understand that there are other topics to cover,” one network insider says…
Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein 'MAGA Rebellion'
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.
Fox News is running an Anything But Epstein strategy which means Sydney Sweeney Discourse is on Day 7 on its airwaves.
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The head of State Dept HR really, really loves Monster energy drinks. “He crushed 4 energy drinks in 1 hr,” said one former subordinate. By the end of the meeting, “he looked like a coked-out raccoon. He was literally washing his hands and twitching.”
My latest.
Lew’s Clues
Lew Olowski, the State Department’s newish head of H.R., is a RIF-happy, Christian evangelizing MAGA warrior with an axe to grind. Worse, according to his fellow diplomats, he’s just plain weird.
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The guy running HR at the State Department pounds Monster energy drinks, helped defend Radovan Karadžić, gives out coal at State holiday parties, and wanted to have religion factor into diplomats' promotions.
My latest. puck.news/the-maga-loy...
Lew’s Clues
Lew Olowski, the State Department’s newish head of H.R., is a RIF-happy, Christian evangelizing MAGA warrior with an axe to grind. Worse, according to his fellow diplomats, he’s just plain weird.
