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"Singer Marianne Faithfull dies at 78"
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LaffyVia Will: "When a cargo ship took out a #Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our #immigration debate
The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life.
This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing."
If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrant-deaths-20240328.html#loaded
Exclusive: #Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against #China
“Two years into office, Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-launched-cia-covert-influence-operation-against-china-2024-03-14/
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Hourly Otters (old)From focus on the 'soft voice' of extremist #MikeJohnson to soft-selling #Trump's dictatorial plans to calling killing civilians 'a crater,' something's very wrong with the #media today
It's called cowardice
From Gaza City to Capitol Hill, a cowed media is chronicling the death of democracy in a passive voice
If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I thread it. 1/...🧵
flexghost.Congressman Tom Emmer
* voted against a J6 commission
* supported Texas v Pennsylvania challenging election results
* supported Trump’s Muslim ban
* voted to repeal the ACA
* opposes same sex marriage
* wants to eliminate contraception availability
* voted with Trump over 90% of the time
Maga through-and-through
So what’s Trump do when Tom’s the GOP nominee for speaker?
Attack him on truth social and try to tank his chances
That’s your boy, GOP. Leopards, meet face.
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10/ Via erica orden
Michael Cohen just entered the courtroom. Trump didn't look at him as he walked to the witness stand.
Trump has his arms crossed as he watches Michael Cohen testify.
Jorge Caballero, MD@SwiftOnSecurity "Add all that up, and by the end of the U.S. tour, you’ve got a $5.7 billion boost to the country’s economy. That’s enough to give $440 to each person in Swift’s home state of Pennsylvania. Or almost enough to send every American a $20 bill."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/13/taylor-swift-eras-tour-money-jobs/
Via Liz Cheney on the hellsite:
#JimJordan was involved in Trump's conspiracy to steal the election and seize power; he urged that Pence refuse to count lawful electoral votes. If Rs nominate Jordan to be Speaker, they will be abandoning the Constitution. They’ll lose the House majority and they’ll deserve to.