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Hall of fame FT correction
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DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin previously said that "Brown made a 'deliberate attempt' to run officers down. A D.C. police officer, however, testified that no LEOs were standing at Brown’s car, and Brown’s attorney told a judge that the bullets entered the car from the side, not the front."
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the PE boys will have cops patrolling on bicycles armed with truncheons and a single-use pepper spray within 9 months, I can tell you that much
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I get that "defund the police" may not be a viable political goal in the US, but letting private equity have their way with the police seems like a reasonable compromise
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And the three exceptions, who were Afghan, had their protected status stripped by Trump.
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A lovely tribute to a courageous and extraordinary life well-lived.
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In this Ohio diner, Houthi still means Darius Rucker. But they do know this: if a blockage of the Bab al-Mandab Strait causes oil prices to soar, the Democrats who released the Epstein files will pay at the polls in November.
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life goals: Went on Alex Wagner's show yesterday. She's so amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDIX-jZBvB8
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Key context here: While CBS News is down in both the mornings and evenings, ABC News and NBC News have seen total viewership increases. In other words, the numbers from CBS News are an anomaly in the current television news landscape. www.status.news/p/cbs-news-ratings-decline-bari-weiss
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they think she’s magic. she is apparently extremely likable in person. she comforts the comfortable and afflicts the afflicted. she’s grabbed headlines for more than 20 years even though she’s only 41. she sold a blog for $150M.
they just believed in her and thought the rest would come together
they just believed in her and thought the rest would come together
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If Trump escalates, the universe of known-unknowns swallows up the known-knowns and our downside risk goes to infinity. And for what? To get a slightly less terrible deal than whatever terrible deal we’re going to wind up with anyway? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-doesnt-have-the-cards
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I assume Bari will suffer all sorts of professional consequences for failing to BWHAHAHAHAHA variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs-evening-news-ratings-drop-below-4-million-tony-dokoupil-1236691560/
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I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
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I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.
Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.
The 25th is never happening.
Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.
The 25th is never happening.
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It’s only been part of Iranian doctrine for two generations. How were they supposed to know?
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Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-navy-tells-shipping-industry-hormuz-escorts-not-possible-now-2026-03-10/
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NEW: Israel has concluded in #Iran war
• Regime change not an option
• Protests didn’t mobilize
• Kurdish option is no more
Result: Escalation of strikes as Trump looks for “elegant exit” and wait for next round www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/running-out-time-israel-escalates-iran-strikes-trump-weighs-elegant-exit?gift_code=eLXdR3jTGYtGslxpNfCs5uqqpbw
• Regime change not an option
• Protests didn’t mobilize
• Kurdish option is no more
Result: Escalation of strikes as Trump looks for “elegant exit” and wait for next round www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/running-out-time-israel-escalates-iran-strikes-trump-weighs-elegant-exit?gift_code=eLXdR3jTGYtGslxpNfCs5uqqpbw
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This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.
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