Norm Ornstein
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Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
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Ted Lieu to Marco Rubio “You told Americans to depart now via commercial means when you know many airports/airspace are closed — Maybe you should have thought of a frickin’ plan first” Reminder: Four Americans died in Benghazi — six have died & three jets have been shot down in three days in Iran
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To distract attention from his outrageous misuse of taxpayer dollars to swig beer with the US Olympic hockey team
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about 12 hours ago
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Greg Sargent
about 19 hours ago
New YouGov poll finds that for the first time, a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump *strongly.* His overall approval is down to 38%, a new second-term low. When is the last time a majority has disapproved strongly of a president?
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Brad Takei
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These people have no plan or endgame.
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Marco Rubio to Americans endangered because of Trump’s war: “You’re on your own, suckers”
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about 18 hours ago
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Do it in public
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about 18 hours ago
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Serial liar lies again, saying “I have done nothing wrong.”
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Kevin M. Kruse
2 days ago
Yikes
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David Simon
2 days ago
To reconsider a fundamental of American history, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not an act of war, but merely a strategic strike. It needs to no longer live in infamy, perhaps.
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Yeah, but as a plumber he knows what it is like to get a bad smell in his nostrils
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B3NJ4M1N
2 days ago
I debated during your son’s senior year at GD with Berger. Flowed 4 of his prelims at the TOC. He was a FORCE! Thanks for sharing the power of debate
#portableskills
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LK_Rigel ... We have friends everywhere.
2 days ago
It will be on Passport:
www.pbs.org/show/immutab...
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Immutable
Students from Washington D.C. push themselves to become top-tier debaters and change their lives.
https://www.pbs.org/show/immutable/
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I was afraid that might happen with many of the stations. But it will be streaming right after at
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A heads up, our incredible documentary on debate, Immutable, will be broadcast Friday night on PBS at 9 PM Eastern, streamable on
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
https://pbs.org
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Tea Pain
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The "Ballroom Offensive."
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The Tennessee Holler
2 days ago
JUST NOW: “What are our objectives? 🇺🇸 wants to know what they’re sending men & women to war for?” In a trainwreck performance, smug Sec of War Hegseth: -fails to clarify objectives/give a timeline -calls rules of engagement “stupid” -says 4 🇺🇸 troops killed by a “squirter”
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“Peace through war”
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A 2 always has a substantial component of luck
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Shocking, what happens when you put a drunken steroid-addled cheating grifter in as Secretary of Defense
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Jen Rubin
2 days ago
CNN soon may be cheerleading every regime-change war, putting MAGA toady Scott Jennings in the anchor chair, and canning legitimate news people (e.g., Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash). You don’t even have to use your imagination.
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An Illegal, Unjustified War Underscores Danger of Media Consolidation
We need diverse, critical news coverage more than ever
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/an-illegal-unjustified-war-underscores?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Philip Gourevitch
2 days ago
everything going exactly according to planlessnes
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Keith Olbermann
2 days ago
TRUMP COVER-UP OF EPSTEIN ROARS BACK TO LIFE: New Mexico AG says Trump DOJ took away its 2019 investigation of Epstein Trafficking Ranch and buried it IRAN? 27% American support. Disasters afield. Operation Epstein Diversion: failed GET THE ALL-NEW Countdown Podcast here:
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WE REJOIN THE TRUMP EPSTEIN SCANDAL, ALREADY IN PROGRESS - 3.2.26 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann
SEASON 4 EPISODE 65: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: We rejoin your regularly scheduled Trump-Epstein Cover-up Scandal Show, already in progress! Trump’s disastrous att...
https://tinyurl.com/33a4x7jk
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Ron Filipkowski
2 days ago
The Pentagon briefings are basically Hegseth doing a bad Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry skit while Dan Caine politely refuses to answer anything.
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5 days ago
America has become an authoritarian state.
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Khashoggi's Ghost
5 days ago
"President Clinton said that Trump told him that he had a falling out with Epstein due to a land dispute. This directly refutes Trump’s claims about why he fell out with Epstein." He told others the same, until recently.
www.rawstory.com/bill-clinton...
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Bill Clinton claims Trump shared vastly different Epstein 'falling out' story: House Dem
Former President Bill Clinton revealed to lawmakers Friday that he had a previous conversation with President Donald Trump about what really caused the rift between him and Jeffrey Epstein years ago. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/bill-clinton-2675367524/
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Ron Filipkowski
5 days ago
Congratulations. You harassed a married staffer until she submitted to your perversions leading to her suicide and still kept your job because the Republican Party stands for nothing except the acquisition of power. Congrats, Tony.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
5 days ago
This would pretty much be America’s Enabling Act moment.
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Mark Jacob
5 days ago
100%.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅
5 days ago
"it's a matter of national security" right now NVIDIA is allowed to sell their most advanced AI chips directly to China but not to Anthropic lol
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Carole King
5 days ago
Neil Sedaka was so talented, and he inspired me to follow my dream of being a songwriter. With love and gratitude and condolences to his family.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
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Neil Sedaka, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Laughter in the Rain” Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 86
The Brooklynite's esteemed body of work also includes "Calendar Girl," "Oh! Carol," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Where the Boys Are," "Bad Blood" and "Solitaire."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/neil-sedaka-dead-breaking-up-hard-to-do-laughter-in-rain-1236517870/
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Garrett M. Graff
5 days ago
Mary Walsh, a name almost no one outside journalism knows, is one of the most significant and righteous truthfighters out there! Her departure is a five alarm fire.
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🎉 Norm has posted his 1,714 game, if you want to add to that thread and bask in your glory.
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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ Won’t Pay the Bills
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-fear.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Mueller, She Wrote
6 days ago
Oh sure. Give the DoJ and DNI several more weeks alone with the ballots. Excellent idea.
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What about Barron?
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Kevin M. Kruse
7 days ago
When Democrats take Congress back and restore its proper role as an independent branch with the delegated powers of determining where money is spent, deciding to go to war or levy tariffs, and conducting general oversight, there's going to be grumbling about how they're "going too far." Nope.
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This is flat out illegal. Snake oil salesman Oz
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Ron Filipkowski
7 days ago
Criticizing Democrats on Fox every day wasn’t enough so he added Newsmax to the rotation today.
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Timothy Snyder
7 days ago
Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/
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No one ever accused Sean Duffy of being smart
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Mark I. Cohen
8 days ago
he met the FFOTUS. Like everything FFOTUS touches, Todd turned into trash. What a waste of talent.
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