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On this historic day, remembering my first story about
@realDonaldTrump
from almost 40 years ago. (He evicted an elderly lady who had suffered a stroke.)
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A gang of
@nytimes
writers who are always wrong — Dowd, Stephens, Douthat et al — want Biden out. They’ve never had a useful or original thought. Ignore these termites.
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Trump said in Richmond, that he will take all federal funds away from public schools that require vaccines. Like most states, Virginia requires MMR vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, polio, etc. So Trump would take millions in federal funds away from all Virginia public schools.
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One more time: Contrary to Trump's lying mantra,
@HillaryClinton
kept no classified documents, defied no subpoenas, engaged in no conspiracies, and stole nothing. So unlike him she is innocent of wrongdoing.
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Today
@nytimes
editors sent an email with this preview line: “JD Vance’s speech was masterly.”
It’s the latest inspiration for my next book. Working title: “How The New York Times Destroyed Democracy, 1994-2024”
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So Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are pleading -- and flipping -- on Jan. 6 plotters. (Pro tip: It's a liability when your mutt "revolutionaries" are mostly dim criminals with lots of priors.) This is ominous for Roger, Alex, Ali and the gang.
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She’s the Ayn Rand of the Hee Haw set
After the Loeffler family collected $3.2 million in federal farm subsidies, Sen. Kelly Loeffler had this to say about opposing
#COVIDrelief
($600 per person): people need to “get back to work and limit government dependency.”
#SenateRunoffs
#VoteThemOut
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Brush off the idiotic lying about Hillary and just enjoy
@benshapiro
realizing that Trump has committed multiple felonies, including several he confessed on tape.
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So watching
@jimmykimmel
take down Rep. Greene (aka Klan Mom), maybe we should retire the "Karen" epithet and instead describe a certain kind of person as a "Margie."
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Hands off
@JoyAnnReid
. She apologized for her insensitive decade-old blog posts and she's one of the very best on TV. Enough.
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Sedition—>Expulsion
"You can't allow it to just transfer power 'peacefully' like Joe Biden wants, and allow him to become our president. Because he did not win this election. It's being stolen and the evidence is there," Marjorie Taylor Greene. Note how Greene puts "peacefully" in quotes. Grotesque.
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This is a sickening lie even for you,
@tedcruz
. The winter population of Martha's Vineyard isn't "rich" -- not compared with you and Goldman Sachs wifey -- and they deported nobody. Read the truth here, dirtbag.
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Tim Scott gets off easy for seeming “nice.” He isn’t nice. He’s just another fascist-enabling liar.
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The party has collapsed. McCarthy was always a moral and mental vacuum.
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IMPORTANT: Mainstream analysis of Biden's foreign policy was simply dead wrong -- and the proof is in.
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Giuliani used to parade people around in handcuffs for doing this kind of crooked shit
BREAKING: Giuliani hit with devastating order from federal judge in defamation trial. The judge called out Rudy for intentionally trying to hide assets and deflate his net worth! The jury will be able to use this and more when assessing damages. Story ⤵️
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Further instructions: go directly to prison
Robert Sanford, the retired PA firefighter who has been charged in the DC riot, went to the Capitol following "the President's instructions," a complaining witness told the FBI.
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Bone stupid as always. But still funny in that very dark way
I still remember when President Trump was the leader of the free world and you didn’t have wild conflicts all over the world going on constantly.
How I miss those days!
It’s time to bring leadership back!
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Trump's voter fraud "expert" registered in three states. Says he "didn't know."
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Aren't you still pretending to be a journalist? The full and exact quote: "Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it.”
@politico
That's so dishonest he said bloodbath in the auto industry bc of EV's We will discuss tomorrow
@SundayFutures
@FoxNews
10am et
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I’d like to know who is paying for this. And you.
How sad to see the great Morehouse College embrace the war criminal and genocide enabler Joe Biden as an exemplar of peace and justice! The event was more propaganda for his failing campaign than an affirmation of the precious Black Brothers graduating from Morehouse! Martin
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Oh bullshit. Trump hinted that “Second Amendment people” should take out Hillary and none of you clowns blinked
Never forget this statement from
@joebiden
. Remind every single person you know that he said this in the week before Trump was shot.
Trump would be in prison if he said the same thing and Biden got shot. They’d say he incited it.
Joe Biden should resign.
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“No, we’re not releasing a copy of the warrant,” a Trump mouthpiece told NBC. Huh. Then maybe Trump and his stooges should stop whining about the FBI and the Justice Department.
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Credit for Baghdadi raid belongs to US special forces and our betrayed Kurdish allies. Congratulations to them for taking down this mass murderer.
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As usual, videotape directly contradicts Trump.
#HamiltonBway
cast was polite, even friendly to Pence. Stop whining. Act like a president.
The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!
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Hahaha
“Siri, what is the Streisand Effect?”
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump threaten to sue Lincoln Project over Times Square ads via
@nypmetro
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What I've noticed is that Times honchos often feel free to bully Democrats (and sometimes enjoy it) -- but seem fretful and even fearful about irritating Republicans
wow - NYT reporter says their nonstop coverage of Biden’s age is retribution for not giving their boss an interview:
“It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”
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We've seen every Clinton tax return, emails, speeches, personal letters, her staff's emails... but still not one complete Trump tax return.
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Yes, you’ve made abandoning our democratic allies a priority. I’m sure Putin is pleased — and that your father and uncle would not be.
Earlier today, from the cliffs of Normandy, President Biden invoked the memory and sacrifice of American soldiers in World War II. But then he went on to suggest that those dead soldiers would now want us to take the fight to Russia:
“Does anyone doubt that they would want
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The latest indication of dementia
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Fox owns this shutdown
Fox & Friends is running the country via dummy Trump. Which means truly stupid decisions, every day.
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Narcissistic grifter
@RobertKennedyJr
-- the self-styled critic of corporate America -- is financed by right-wing billionaires. A pungent whiff of fraud surrounds this "populist."
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At 8 pm tonight, Steve Bannon told friends that Roy Moore would win by "5-10 points." I saw the email he sent.
But his neo-Confederate candidate lost -- and democracy won.
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No,
@HillaryClinton
attended Trump’s inauguration after he threatened to lock her up on false charges. I watched you sucking up to her husband in Jerusalem years ago, you awful little fraud.
@LindseyGrahamSC
PIERRE THOMAS: Trump continues to say he won ... We teach our children when they lose something to shake their opponent's hand and move on. Are you concerned that the former president is not setting the proper standard?
LINDSEY GRAHAM: Well, you know, Hillary Clinton ...
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Brett Kavanaugh did much of Ken Starr's nastiest work. Today, National Memo proudly publishes journalist Dan Moldea's inside account of his dealings with Kavanaugh and the Office of Independent Counsel. Soon the whole story will emerge.
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Encouraged but unsurprised. Trump set a very low bar, while
@RonaldKlain
and Biden team are experienced, dedicated, and highly competent.
CDC reports nearly 4.5 million doses administered over the last two days. Each day was a single day record on its own.
This is major progress.
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Are you a “great force”? Is Trump? Because you both appear to be self-aggrandizing narcissists intent on damaging this country. Spare us your egotism, Bobby. We’ve seen enough.
@RobertKennedyJr
When two great forces come together with a common goal, anything is possible.
#trump
@realDonaldTrump
@TeamTrump
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Gary Cohn despises Trump but staying on to repeal estate tax -- so Trump can leave ill-gotten wealth to his deserving kids. That'll show him
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Go Bobby! Running "independent" means you'll draw more voters from the candidate you resemble most in political ideology, personal conduct, and narcissistic mentality. (That's Trump, not Biden.)
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What needs to be said is that you and your fascist sponsor Peter Thiel back authoritarian regimes here and abroad. And no, we don’t want dictator Putin meddling in democratic elections. Suck on that.
Sorry, this needs to be said:
A lot of the anti-Russia obsession on the left has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s a revenge fantasy over 2016. They blame Russia for Donald Trump’s election and they’ll bleed Ukraine dry for payback.
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It started in 2015, when swindler Steve Bannon got a front-page smear of
@HillaryClinton
and
@ClintonFdn
in
@nytimes
— extremely effective and entirely fake.
Today’s Trump trial testimony reminds us of how mainstream media – including the New York Times, Washington Post and Politico – were badly played by Trump in 2016. An example: The National Enquirer’s Trump-inspired hoax linking Ted Cruz’s dad to the JFK assassination.🧵1/7
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You’re widely despised because your anti-vax profiteering is dangerous to human life, especially children. You bear a large share of blame for this measles outbreak. You don’t belong in any public office.
Although I grew up around the White House, I'm definitely not a career politician.
I'm the most feared and hated candidate among the elites in Washington, D.C. because I'm not bought and I'm not buyable by corporate interests or by the big lobbyists.
I get it. You're feeling
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I almost forgot! Ryan was attending college on Social Security survivor benefits *while he fantasized about cutting Medicaid.*
Even nicer.
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Are we truly different from our adversaries, who mocked and smeared Paul Pelosi? I hope so -- and wish
@LeaderMcConnell
a full recovery despite our political disagreements.
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Doug Jones quotes MLK: "The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." God bless him.
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You just lost Arizona.
Don't stop packing.
These states in question should immediately be put in the Trump Win column. Biden did not win, he lost by a lot!
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That's alright. Surely his buddy
#GymJordan
will vouch for Gaetz.
Matt Gaetz:
2008: DUI
2012: Attempts to bribe hotel clerk to get key to room of sleeping Rep. Jose Oliva, R-Miami
Calls Nestor:
2016: "A local student"
2017: "My helper"
2020: The son* "I love very much"
(*Nestor is not his son)
2021: Under investigation for sex trafficking
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Every Fox advertiser bears culpability in the racist
#BuffaloMassacre
, as
@MattGertz
explained in this prophetic article *posted last month* -- including
@amazon
,
@Ford
,
@GM
,
@GSKUS
,
@USAA
and that imbecile
#MyPillow
. Shun
@rupertmurdoch
.
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Not just a terrible lawyer but a noxious human being too
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Something is happening tonight: In Missouri's HD-99, Democrat
@TrishForMO
won a Trump +5 district -- by 8 points.
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Every American should know that Trump sent all his children to New York City private schools that *absolutely require every vaccination* for admission. He just doesn't care if your kids get sick or die.
Trump said in Richmond, that he will take all federal funds away from public schools that require vaccines. Like most states, Virginia requires MMR vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, polio, etc. So Trump would take millions in federal funds away from all Virginia public schools.
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Not going to waste much time here until you get over 1%. But Russia obviously still needs to be deterred and NATO is how we and our European partners do that, duh.
The original purpose of NATO was to counter USSR aggression & later to avoid nuclear war with the Soviets. Yet NATO expanded the most *after* the fall of the USSR. George Kennan, the lead architect of our deterrence strategy, said NATO expansionism was “the most fateful error of
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Shorter version: He's a Nazi.
James Alex Fields was w/ the Vanguard America folks in
#Charlottesville
. Learn more about the group >
@ADL_National
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If
@ClintonFdn
paid an illegal gratuity to a public official investigating a Clinton-related enterprise, American media would go...nuclear
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Fascinating
@newrepublic
expose by
@craigunger
of CPAC's ties to the Russian mob through Viktor Orban.
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Only 5 days after Trump, Flynn, et al. take office, how did Russians pop 4 alleged US spies in Moscow? Coincidence?
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This is why most New Yorkers - and many Americans - will shun the Trump family for years to come.
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READ
@ninaburleigh
’s penetrating review of THE LONGEST CON. She goes deep
@newrepublic
.
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Your insinuation that the Clintons profited from the Clinton Foundation is unfounded. I doubt you have any idea what you’re talking about.
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Oh, and here's a little footnote,
@tedcruz
: We know you and Heidi haul in a *bare minimum* of $500K annually from Goldman and Congress. You're in the 1%!
Those "rich liberals" on the Vineyard earn $77K on average, according to the 2020 Census. So fuck your phony populism too.
This is a sickening lie even for you,
@tedcruz
. The winter population of Martha's Vineyard isn't "rich" -- not compared with you and Goldman Sachs wifey -- and they deported nobody. Read the truth here, dirtbag.
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Listening to Kasich is one of the stupider habits of "mainstream" journalism.
Get off my television John Kasich with blaming the Democrats for this impasse...
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Many of us stand with him behind you, Doctor.
Just when I start to think all might be lost (from the stepped up aggression and attacks) an honest to goodness Jedi Knight steps up. Many thanks
@MarkHamill
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Chilling: Investigator who probed labor abuses
@IvankaTrump
shoe factory in China goes missing after police warning.
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It's nice that the convention applauded Peter Thiel, "proud to be gay." Now back to the regularly scheduled anti-LGBT programming...
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I'm waiting for
@realDonaldTrump
to "open his archives," instead of paying off women to keep quiet. Oh, and the tax returns?
@JoeBiden
released his.
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House Oversight Committee Phones Jammed By Angry Calls Over Trump Conflicts Of Interest
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Very thoughtful of
@PressSec
to say something stupid about Nazis on Passover -- so Jews will remember him (and his boss) at seders tonight.
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Here's a thought for our clueless mainstream enablers
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First, Trump lied about HRC's position on 2nd Amendment. Then he dog-whistled his psycho followers to shoot her.
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Substitute "syngagogue" for "mosque" and you'll see why he often reminds me of 1930s Germany.
I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!
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Someone saw this coming...
I wonder when he's going to recommend his followers drink bleach to guard against the virus. via
@phoenixnewtimes
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Do you know how slimy this is? Every real reporter does.
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Junior, you know fuck-all about jobs, the economy, or Joe Biden. So far his administration has seen five times as many jobs created as the last three GOP presidents combined. Including Daddy.
I wish Joe Biden would spend as much time getting hard-working Americans back to work as he did for a Russian international arms dealer.
How many people will die in the coming years because of the “merchant of death” will get back to business?
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Conspiracy Madness 101: Any outlet that criticizes you is controlled by CIA. Your hermetic existence in a world of delusion is disqualifying for any public office, let alone the presidency.
Despite the prohibitions in the CIA charter forbidding the agency from propagandizing Americans, Operation Mockingbird is alive and well. In his Dec 2021 article "Belly of the Daily Beast" CIA historian Dick Russell documents how liberal media outlets including Daily Beast,
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Remember when intelligence officials predicted something like this would happen? In *July 2016*
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Both outstanding lawyers who dare to defend our shared values beyond partisanship or ideology. They are great Americans.
A brilliant essay in
@TheAtlantic
by
@judgeluttig
and
@tribelaw
on SCOTUS’s “supreme betrayal” of the Constitution in 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘷. 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯:
“Whether born of a steeled determination 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺 the presumptive Republican nominee from the
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Few conservatives have acknowledged the deep problems in their movement as bluntly as
@gtconway3d
. You’ll see in his foreword to
"There is a sickness that has affected the entire right. It's a combination of authoritarianism and grift, and it has affected people in the conservative legal movement."
I asked
@gtconway3d
if authoritarianism has been present on the right all along:
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She has my support
Ronna Romney McDaniel, who has presided over Republicans losing the presidency, House, and Senate multiple times, is now going to run for re-election as RNC chair to run the party in 2024. (from
@politicoalex
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It's funny that the former OMB director can't do arithmetic.
Since the media has aready picked the next President, I doubt anyone cares that the President is now within 14,746 votes in AZ. At the current %, if there are 127,364+ ballots still out, he wins AZ.
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If
@KellyannePolls
doesn't want
@chucktodd
to laugh at her, she should stop presenting "alternative facts" aka
#SpicerFacts
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I guess
@IvankaTrump
doesn't count, eh. She only *works* in
@WhiteHouse
while doing deals in China.
The difference between the right and the left:
When Donald Trump took office, his sons stopped engaging in overseas business deals
When Joe Biden took office, his son started engaging in multi-billion dollar overseas business deals
...At the expense of the United States
RT!
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Everyone can smell your fear.
Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
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I know Dr. Gartner well and agree with this endorsement
This is an excellent first episode of a new podcast hosted by clinical psychologists Dr. John Gartner and Dr. Harry Segal on the dangerous psychopathology of Donald Trump—in particular, Trump’s malignant narcissism as well as the effects of his rapidly deteriorating cognitive
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Which tax years is IRS auditing? Where is IRS letter certifying an audit? Why not release years NOT under audit to prove "$100Ms" he paid?
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Headquartered in Wuhan! Conspiracy theorists go nuts!
Meidas Scoop: SEC Documents reveal that SPAC merging into new Trump ‘media entity’ TRUTH Social run by CEO of China Yunhong Holdings Ltd.
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Trump Coverage Should Reflect That He Is Historically Unpopular
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Fearful media always need weasel-word hedging when they discuss the Dear Leader.
“Appeared”? He did it. There’s video. No need for the weasel word hedging.
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Colin Powell says he doesn't remember dinner where he advised
@HillaryClinton
on emails. But two months ago, he did.
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I didn’t realize Grenell is deaf as well as dumb. For those who can hear, listen to this
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Classy: Especially when you remember that
@HillaryClinton
spoke out in support of Rep. Tlaib last summer
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LISTEN: Today I'm on
@newrepublic
's "Daily Blast" podcast with my friend
@GregTSargent
talking about my new book "The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism" -- and the grifter-in-chief, of course.
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They wanted a "CEO of America." Now they've elected the type who stuffs his pockets at shareholders' expense.
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Among his other qualities,
@gtconway3d
is a skilled and amusing writer. He isn’t afraid to change his mind and he really has Trump’s number.
“His other criminal cases involve lies …. But the alleged lies in 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘷. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 strike at the core of his moral putrescence—and Trump knows it. … And for that reason, I think, it deeply disturbs him.”
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