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In a less imperfect world, Musk and Trump would be forever cast as killers of children, and this would be front-page news for months and the subject of Sunday sermons in every church.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk. “When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.” The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children. Don’t ever forget.

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I’m choked up seeing this—it’s shameful. Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood. We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?

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Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."

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When I worked as an enumerator for the Census Bureau I had it made abundantly clear to me before being sworn in that accepting so much as snacks from the doors I was knocking would get me fired and permanently blacklisted from ever working for the government again but sure Mister Journalism Man

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.

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I can't top this one.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.

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Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.” He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.

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Bill Maher: "I went bowling with Charles Manson. What can I tell ya? He's a really charming and funny guy one on one. And he asked my advice about important stuff. Wish you all coulda been there."

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Lil Marco is learning that diplomacy is difficult, despite the fact that his boss promised to end this war in 24 hours with one phone call & said it “wouldn’t even be that hard to do.” What he won’t say is this isn’t getting done because Putin WANTS war.

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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

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The whole point of these tariffs, on their (totally absurd) own terms was that they were cast in iron and immovable. So whatever the short term pain other countries wld be forced to accept that fact and deal on that basis. Trump managed one week before caving.

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This crisis is like the COVID pandemic except it's caused by a guy who ran for president on a platform of "I have engineered a virus that will shut down the global economy, and if you elect me, I will release it"

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The White House has just released a new official statement as the economy crashes: “The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”

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Details about a flight of immigrants that landed many days ago? Too secret to reveal. Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal. Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

nytimes.comSignal Leak Shows Trump Only Takes Federal Secrets Seriously When It Suits HimIn the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.

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BIG rebuke of Trump administration by the DC Circuit on Alien Enemies Act. Upholds Judge Boasberg's order. Conservative jurist, Judge Henderson's concurring opinion cuts through the noise. "[A]n invasion is a military affair, not one of migration." Great analysis of what USG wanted to do here.⬇️

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Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die. [*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*] A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt. ["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]