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Twits Own Twitter X Offenders 0

While we’re on the subject . . . .

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All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0

At SFgate, Alec Regimbal does a deep dive into Fox News’s coverage of the attempted robbery and shooting of NFL rookie Ricky Pearsall, pointing out that it demonstrates just how far Fox News will go to make stuff up and call it “news.”

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The Land Grabber and the Whistleblower 0

And both of them are Florida Men.

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Trumpling Valor, Reprise 0

Title:  A Stop on the

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Republican Family Values 0

Republican Elephant shrugs and says,

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C&L has more.

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Trumpling Valor 0

Grunge_e_Gene has more.

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The Crypto Con 0

I guess a life-long con artist just can’t resist the temptation, even if he be a bit late to the game.

No doubt, though, he will find plenty of pigeons in his flock.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Con artists cripple canine charity while Facebook fiddles.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Dis coarse discourse just keeps getting coarser.

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Patriot Gamers 0

David Hyde has had enough.

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The Crypto Con 0

Now, it’s coming after your pension fund (assuming, of course, that you even have a pension fund in this New Gilded Age).

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This New Gilded Age 0

The Washington Monthly’s Anne Kim takes a deep dive into the “Heritage” Foundation’s plan to bring back robber barons, aka Project 2025, and concludes that “it’s even worse than you think.”

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Trumpnado 0

Two sharks sitting in easy chairs, one on a cell phone and the other reading

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Republican Contract on America 0

Rebecca Watson takes a look at the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025 (warning: mild language):

Or you can read the transcript.

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Droning On 0

He says it’s just his hobby.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They are getting fiendlier every day.

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Next Year 0

John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, and Amy Coney Barret playing the fife and drums leading Alito, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, all marching under a banner reading

Via Balloon Juice.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

This time, it is John J. Farmer, Jr., who hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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This New Gilded Age 0

More mean for the sake of mean.

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State of Secrecy 0

Scott Maxwell discusses the underhanded strategies that Florida’s Governor DeSantis is using to keep Florida’s citizens from knowing the state’s public employees are doing. Here’s a tiny bit:

Right now, his legal team is in court trying to give his staff the right to hide public records from the public. All they would have to do is use their personal cellphones or computers to send messages and documents.

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Fortunately, the court system has so far rejected DeSantis’ secret-keeping scheme involving records his staff created while plotting to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.

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