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The Secretary of the Treasury is up to important business, like eating Cheesecake Factory food to defend the White House from allegations that it looks tacky. Story: www.jezebel.com/obama-cheese... #CheesecakeFactory #ScottBessent #DonaldTrump #Obama #BarackObama #affordability

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Pete Hegseth's OTHER "faith adviser" has also been posting offensive things about immigrants and LGBTQ people. Story: www.jezebel.com/pete-hegseth... #PeteHegseth #Pentagon #DOD #immigration #LGBTQ

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Samuel Sey, a Ghana native who proudly preached the goodness of ICE to his Christian followers, was arrested by ICE last week and faces deportation. Story: www.jezebel.com/ice-deportat... #SamuelSey #ICE #hypocrisy #immigration #DHS #midterms

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Vivek Ramaswamy's gross ad has gotten all the attention, but threatened Republicans everywhere are airing their anxieties via sweaty ads. Story: www.jezebel.com/everywhere-y... #Vivek #VivekRamaswamy #AmyActon #midterms #midtermelections #campaignads #GOP

So wait, it's against the law for the DOJ to fire career civil servants like Maurene Comey just because Trump dislikes them? Imagine that. Story: www.jezebel.com/maurene-come... #MaureneComey #JamesComey #DOJ #lawsuit #DonaldTrump #justice

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Pete Hegseth is reportedly cooking up a plan to escape looming impeachment—and it involves weaseling his way into Congress... via a state he’s not even from. tinyurl.com/3m4xam7r

House Democrats just released a report on the Epstein files with new allegations against Trump and the DOJ's attempt to cover the whole thing up. Story: www.jezebel.com/democrats-re... #DonaldTrump #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #BeatriceKeul #DOJ #ToddBlanche

Donald Trump wrote 1,300 words about how much hate hates Bill Maher after the two had dinner. It's his single longest post ever. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-thin-s... #DonaldTrump #BillMaher #freakout #midterms #meltdown #rant

Master of subterfuge (and spelling) Marco Rubio told the people of Cuba to seek out a "discrete" partnership with the CIA. Story: www.jezebel.com/cuba-trump-r... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #Cuba #Cuban #CIA #IranWar #midterms

A few token resignations and investigations; yeah, that ought to clean up the administration in time for the midterms! Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-admini... #DonaldTrump #corruption #graft #grifters #CoreyLewandowski #DonaldTrumpJr #midtermelections

"Hand-made" e-commerce giant Etsy claims to be purging AI content, but will it ever invest enough in humans to make that possible? Story: www.jezebel.com/etsy-ai-cont... #Etsy #AI #AISlop #AIcontent #crafting #Entrepreneurship #handmade

The DOJ filed a lawsuit to stop the certification of the Alaska Senate election in advance, but only if the Democrat wins. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-alread... #midterms #midtermelections #Alaska #DanSullivan #MaryPeltola #senate #lawsuit

Iran has reportedly set off a new wave of attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, not content to wait for the US to attack after midterms. Story: www.jezebel.com/iran-war-new... #IranWar #StraitofHormuz #oilprices #BrentCrude #gasprices #midterms #midtermelections

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jezebel.com3 Guys Say the Late and Notoriously Anti-LGBTQ Lindsey Graham Paid Them for Certain… ServicesThe allegations emerged in a new documentary, which includes the testimony of a guy who says he was 17 when the encounter occurred

The allegations emerged in a new documentary, which includes the testimony of a guy who says he was 17 when the encounter occurred www.jezebel.com/lindsey-grah...

Real immigration lawyers cultivating audiences on TikTok are seeing potential clients duped and scammed by AI imposters. Story: www.jezebel.com/fake-tiktok-... #TikTok #immigration #lawyers #attorney #legaladvice #deportation

The inseparable DHS duo of Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski are now reunited by the fact that they're under federal investigation. Story: www.jezebel.com/dhs-criminal... #KristiNoem #CoreyLewandowski #Lewandowski #DHS #DonaldTrump #criminal

Despite appearing on his list of endorsements., three Democratic sheriffs are saying they never supported Greg Abbott. Story: www.jezebel.com/greg-abbott-... #GregAbbott #Texas #texaspolitics #governor #Senate #KenPaxton #JamesTalarico

The Trump administration says they could start breaking ground on the arch in two weeks, judge's orders be damned. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-going-... #DonaldTrump #DC #WashingtonDC #arch #archway #triumphalarch

Sure, we could treat migrants like human beings, but then we wouldn't be able to use the Pentagon's sci-fi weapons on them. Story: www.jezebel.com/pentagon-hea... #DHS #immigration #migrants #heatray #ADSsystem #cruelty

It's the biggest penalty ever levied against Mark Zuckerbeg's Meta, something that will actually hurt the social media giant's bottom line. Story: www.jezebel.com/meta-25-bill... #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #NewMexico #Facebook #judge #fines #lawsuit

Trump apparently loves the idea of restoring FDR's White House swimming pool, while ignoring that he bulldozed FDR's movie theater. Story: www.jezebel.com/white-house-... #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #swimming #pool #whitehousepress

Donald Trump went out of his way not to endorse JD Vance as a 2028 candidate, despite Vance being certain Trump would. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-humili... #JDVance #DonaldTrump #President #midterms #midtermelections

FEMA is planning on cutting all federal disaster aid to states, leaving them to fend for themselves after storms. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-... #FEMA #disaster #disasters #naturaldisaster #federalfunds #emergency #emergencies

After a decade of obsessively building the entire Republican party in his image, GOP candidates are suddenly afraid to mention Trump at all. Story: www.jezebel.com/republicans-... #DonaldTrump #midterms #midtermelections #politics #politicalads #campaignads #Republicans

There's no one who hates baseball more than an ex-ballplayer seeing the current best players in the world (like Junior Caminero) excelling. Story: www.jezebel.com/junior-camin... #JuniorCaminero #Rays #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #Brewers #WorldSeries #celebration

The White House is announcing a new tipline where you can report fraud and win $30,000. Thankfully, Donald Trump always pays out. Story: www.jezebel.com/people-will-... #DonaldTrump #fraud #reward #scams #scammers #JDVance

Step one: Make everything more expensive for farmers. Step two: Hand them billions in taxpayer bailouts. Step three: Profit? Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-bailin... #DonaldTrump #farming #farmers #farmerbailout #bailout #diesel #IranWar

At the start of 2026, only 28% of people called gasoline unaffordable. One Trump war with Iran later, that number is now 71%. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-pollin... #midterms #MidtermElections #polls #DonaldTrump #affordability #gasprices #IranWar

Ah, a police officer and ICE agent who are married to each other: The ultimate surveillance state abuse power couple! Story: www.jezebel.com/a-fired-poli... #immigration #ICE #police #flock #flockcameras #surveillance #privacy

A new poll finds that even Republican voters now think Donald Trump is using the White House to enrich himself. Story: www.jezebel.com/gop-voters-s... #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #corruption #grifters #TrumpFamily #polls

How does paying 31% more than last year's holiday travel sound? Story: www.jezebel.com/cost-of-flig... #airtravel #airlines #flights #affordability #prices #iranwar #FuelPrices #flying

Currently the admin is trying to get a federal judge to recuse herself from a case about a golf course, so that's how well it's going. Story: www.jezebel.com/golf-courses... #golf #golfcourse #washingtondc #DC #DonaldTrump #EastPotomac

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The Descent thrusts a group of capable women into a showdown with subterranean monsters, and their own buried resentments. tinyurl.com/mrx937pr

This is simply another attempt to do what capital always does, and entrench gains for themselves while paying labor less than they are worth. Story: www.jezebel.com/dodgers-hurt... #Dodgers #Brewers #NLCS #WorldSeries #MLB #baseball #playoffs

Rep. Max Miller is out with a new ad that describes all those abuse allegations as just politics and family business. Story: www.jezebel.com/max-miller-n... #MaxMiller #Ohio #congress #midterms #midtermelections #gross

After hitting an immigrant with an SUV, ICE agents said they were really looking for another man, but he's been dead for a decade. Story: www.jezebel.com/ice-hits-man... #ICE #immigration #DHS #stupid

The Katie Zacharia Era at the White House lasted only 45% of a Mooch. We clearly have a new record holder here. Full story: jezebel.com/katie-zachar... #KatieZacharia #fired #PressSecretary #WhiteHouse #DonaldTrump #mooch #scaramucci

Elon Musk unveiled a gargantuanly stupid flying Tesla Roadster, which you will quite obviously never get to actually pilot. Story: www.jezebel.com/tesla-roadst... #ElonMusk #Tesla #flyingcars #Roadster #TeslaRoadster #SpaceX

Donald Trump, coward that he is, is now running away from the plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-calls-... #NidalHasan #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #execution #livestreamed #capitalpunishment

Less than 48 hours seems like a reasonable time frame to investigate 20,000 supposed "noncitizen" ballots, right? Story: www.jezebel.com/california-v... #California #lawsuit #voterrolls #voters #noncitizens #DOJ #midterms #election

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Gaetz and two of his known buddies are being accused of facilitating and enabling a system targeting young and vulnerable women. tinyurl.com/35tk9fr2

Alaska demonstrates pretty perfectly how a single fringe weirdo taking advantage of open primaries can cause chaos. Story: www.jezebel.com/alaska-congr... #Alaska #congress #midterm #midterms #EricHafner #NickBegich #BillHill

It would be shocking if male streamers thought of anything to do with a robot that DIDN'T involve harassing women. Story: www.jezebel.com/humanoid-rob... #robot #robots #influencers #streamers #germany #harassment

It should go pretty much without saying that this is all Trump's fault. Story: www.jezebel.com/inflation-ke... #inflation #realwages #wages #expensive #affordability #costofliving #DonaldTrump #IranWar

The GOP is admitting defeat and giving up on holding the House of Representatives in the midterms. On to the Senate? Story: www.jezebel.com/the-republic... #HouseofRepresentatives #congress #midterms #midtermelections #electionday #senate

Vance, who once wrote that he thought HE was gay, and was photographed in drag, insists that actually, it's Talarico who bigots should hate. Story: www.jezebel.com/jd-vance-imp... #JDVance #Talarico #JamesTalarico #KenPaxton #Texas #senate #midterms

Even the people in Maryland’s lone conservative district weren't buying it. Story: www.jezebel.com/andy-harris-... #AndyHarris #congress #gas #gasprices #diesel #Iran #IranWar

"Went to law school" is a pretty different thing than "licensed to practice law." Story: www.jezebel.com/katie-zachar... #KatieZacharia #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdmin #PressSecretary #attorney #law

Only in the Trump administration can your boss demand your resignation and say you're a wonderful asset simultaneously. Story: www.jezebel.com/kimberly-gui... #KimberlyGuilfoyle #DonaldTrump #Greece #ambassador #diplomacy #resign #fired