Oliver Willis
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Why Republican scandals and misdeeds get a pass
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Why Republican scandals and misdeeds get a pass
President Donald Trump has been neck-deep in a series of scandals and outrages that would have ended the career of a Democratic commander in chief, or at minimum caused them a lot of political ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/20/2359073/-Why-Republican-scandals-and-misdeeds-get-a-pass
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in more important news my godson is probably the cutest baby there has been. i do this thing where i make a slight popping sound with my mouth and the kid (4mos) laughs like im robin williams and eddie murphy doing their greatest comedy set in front of an audience at the apollo. its intoxicating
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had a bit of trouble finding the story, here it is from 2017 7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior
americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...
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this is accurate. in a sane world i wouldnt give a fuck about jake tapper and maggie haberman and their social circle, because who cares? but the problem is these circles directly affect how the most important issues are covered, and in turn that affects BILLIONS of people.
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sick pervs obsessed with genitals, continued
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many of our problems stem from an unwillingness to admit that some people/ideas are just dumb. theyre not complex or have an ulterior motive or a long plan. theyre just dumb. its a dumb thing.
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the loudest voices in the room are usually dumb but nobody else calls them dumb because they want to be in the cool kids club too
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The Rude Pundit
about 2 hours ago
Every once in a while, when I want to feel better about the world, I remember that Rush Limbaugh is still dead and I can listen to the Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" again without getting an eye twitch.
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Kat Abughazaleh
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all. And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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todays "what liberal media?" evidence
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todays reminder that every single democrat in the senate voted to confirm marco rubio. every last one.
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Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts
(CNN) — The Trump administration is removing numerous career ambassadors from their posts abroad, marking the latest shake-up of the US State Department and diplomatic corps.
https://www.local3news.com/regional-national/trump-administration-removes-dozens-of-career-diplomats-from-overseas-posts/article_4ec7908d-a125-5045-9fa4-4ace763aaeed.html
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Atrios
about 13 hours ago
The entire american "free speech" panic was about elites being criticized, which is why anyone who ever took it seriously should be ignored forever
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fwiw - no we cant "just ignore" cbs. it is a major, influential media outlet and pretending it doesnt have sway is dumb - it is important to repeatedly and consistently call this sort of thing out. "everybody" doesnt know or is aware of media rot
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Jodi Jacobson
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This beautiful child's death and blood is on the hands of every single elected official in this country that has refused to deal with the realities of and strategies to prevent gun violence. He was clearly a blessing in life, and may his memory be a blessing in death.
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Parkland School Shooting Survivor Donovan Metayer Dies by Suicide at Age 26: 'He Carried Unimaginable Sorrow'
Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida, died by suicide at age 26 on Dec. 15, his family announced. Donovan was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas H...
https://people.com/parkland-school-shooting-survivor-donovan-metayer-dies-by-suicide-age-26-11874136
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CBS bows again to Trump by shelving critical '60 Minutes' story
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CBS bows again to Trump by shelving critical '60 Minutes' story
CBS News is facing accusations of censorship in favor of the Trump administration after editor-in-chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a “60 Minutes” segment that was scheduled to air on Sunday ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/22/2359572/-CBS-bows-again-to-Trump-by-shelving-critical-60-Minutes-story
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Aaron Huertas
about 5 hours ago
The permitting reform “debate” is a sterling example of some misguided liberals inventing a reasonable conservative position to engage with that simply isn’t held by any conservatives with the power to implement it.
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🙄
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elias isquith
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Brandon Friedman
about 22 hours ago
A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
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im glad someone commented but why is it always hedging. "looks like" just say it. just. say. it.
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ive got a weird thing where i have a hateful respect for people like karl rove, roger ailes, and rupert murdoch. they fucking suck and made our world worse but they were actually competent at it. the modern iterations of these people - trump, stephen miller, bari weiss -- theyre just so bad at it.
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Ian Boudreau
about 19 hours ago
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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Anil Dash
about 17 hours ago
In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.
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Cooper Lund
about 7 hours ago
Bari Weiss really fucked up by stepping in it on the slowest news week of the year. We've got nothing to talk about and no work to do!
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Michael Ian Black
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I don't care who I offend, but JD Vance is right: it was wrong when Barack Hussein Obama forced millions of white children to apologize for their whiteness or risk deadly hip-hoppification and I'm glad somebody finally has the courage to say so.
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Michelangelo Signorile
about 8 hours ago
Now antisemitism is “raging Israel debate” and refusing to stand up to bigotry is “walking a tightrope” (WashPost)
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we're a long way from "the insider"
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Parker Molloy
about 6 hours ago
So there's something happening (primarily on Twitter): right-wing commentators/influencers are straight up inventing a reality where "the left" has been completely owned by the fact that Bill Clinton is in the Epstein photos.
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Philip Gourevitch
about 9 hours ago
This is NYT headline morning after JD’s grotesque hot blast of white supremacist nativism at Turning Point’s hate-fest?!
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this is like how jake tapper used to bitch and moan at me in DMs because media matters called out his sloppy reporting in a public report. these guys dont ever want anything in the open.
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Matthew Sheffield
about 7 hours ago
Nikki Minaj spoke at the Turning Point USA conference last night, completing her Trumper heel turn.
@kaliholloway.bsky.social
tracked the process earlier
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Nicki Minaj’s UN speech was her MAGA coming out party
The rapper and pop star has trended in a MAGA —and generally problematic — direction for a while.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nicki-minaj-trump-united-nations-speech-kenneth-petty-rcna244848
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may have to write this thing for my sanity
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"It began with the Great Crisis. King Clinton's handpicked successor, Prince Gore, prevented from attaining the Platinum Throne of Washington following the intervention of the Supreme Council, who appointed King Bush II..."
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Will Stancil
about 7 hours ago
It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media
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Lady Kirk whispering in Baron Vance's ear about how the throne can be his, meanwhile Viceroys Pence and Shapiro form an alliance to usurp Lord Carlson who has enlisted the army of the barbarian warlord Fuentes, meanwhile the Mad King Trump's empire collapses -- with Wormtongue Miller the true leader
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mike pence as the cersei lannister of the nonrprofit influence world isnt what i would have predicted
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Exclusive | Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
The former vice president’s political group is poaching top officials from the foundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/top-heritage-officials-flee-to-mike-pences-nonprofit-as-think-tank-fractures-28765f2b?st=VdiWiv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Senate Gabe
about 8 hours ago
I've had a senior Dem staffer personally tell me that he doesn't understand why people think talking about civil rights is a big deal since we need to win the racist vote.
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Senate Gabe
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There is large segment of the Democratic Party that watches this, think Vance has some good points, and quietly starts making plans to eliminate civil rights planks at the next convention.
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Mehdi Hasan
about 8 hours ago
I find it more than ironic that at a time when almost the entire conservative moment is trying to defend their Dear Leader's relationship with the world's most notorious child sex trafficker, their new celeb of choice is the wife of a registered sex offender.
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I would be shocked if a democratic elected official says a thing about the cbs censorship. Democrats see no utility in pushing those narratives.
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Liberals rehabbing monsters like Jonah Goldberg and George W Bush is one of the things I hate most about liberalism
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Can’t believe the faux gold Oval Office has been passed over
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Leaders of the Democratic Party rarely talk about how corrupt the media is. That needs to change (mostly by changing who the leaders of the party are).
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Vincent Van Dinksy
about 9 hours ago
It's the reason people like George Will hate Trump. They spent their careers writing cover stories for the GOP and now their services are no longer required.
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Bad FCC / Fairness Doctrine Takes
about 9 hours ago
That's not what the Fairness Doctrine required.
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Well if anything the right is no longer engaging in the sort of soft racism that Lee Atwater once described. It’s open white supremacy and the media and so-called opposition party won’t say it is.
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Why Republican scandals and misdeeds get a pass
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Why Republican scandals and misdeeds get a pass
President Donald Trump has been neck-deep in a series of scandals and outrages that would have ended the career of a Democratic commander in chief, or at minimum caused them a lot of political ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/20/2359073/-Why-Republican-scandals-and-misdeeds-get-a-pass
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This is the most Democratic Party that has ever been partied
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‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/house-democrats-primary-challenges-left-wing
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Atrios
about 9 hours ago
a simple lesson in press coverage: every journalist has lindsey graham's cell # and there are never any investigative stories about lindsey graham
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There has always been this type.
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The right wing oligarchs are consolidating control of all media and the left barely wants to put money in a single newspaper/news site.
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