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Morning guy at Digby's Hullabaloo since 2014 (digbysblog.net) Author 'For The Win' guide Bylines: @crooksandliars @HuffPost @BillMoyers Citizen-Times & more Trump once threatened to sue me: bit.ly/3EHUHhU @avl_sign_guy

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Once the Trump era is over, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” will be as archaic as knock-knock jokes. One hurdle to seeing that glorious day is the reluctance of the media to state plainly that Donald John Trump, 47th president of these United States, has lost his mind. digbysblog.net/2026/09/28/s...
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Sounding The Alarm - Digby's Hullabaloo
The Madness of King Donald https://easy-peasy.ai/ai-image-generator/images/donalt-trump-upset-with-1c81f20b-7a89-4fe9-babc-44c2a28e4cb5 (CC BY 4.0) Once the Trump era is over (if ever), references to ...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Senility is no longer creeping digbysblog.net/2026/09/25/t...
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Trump Has One Word For You: Granite - Digby's Hullabaloo
Senility is no longer creeping Official White House photo. Donald Trump's focus as the national average price for a gallon of gasoline hits $4.50 and diesel hits $6.50? Granite. Captured this morning ...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is Oracle the Bear Stearns of the AI Bubble? deanbaker22.substack.com/p/is-oracle-...
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Is Oracle the Bear Stearns of the AI Bubble?
This could be the beginning of the end
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The victors once made slaves of their enemies, raped their women, and burned their villages to the ground. Give Trump and Pete Hegseth time. They'll get there.
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The victors once made slaves of their enemies, raped their women, and burned their villages to the ground. Give Trump and Pete Hegseth time. They'll get there. x.com/Acyn/status/...
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Trump at the UN on Venezuela: When you add the United States and Venezuela together we have more than 60% of the oil in the world. To the victor belong the spoils.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump Says His Contested Arch Would House Drones and Snipers See artist's rendering. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump Says His Contested Arch Would House Drones and Snipers See artist's rendering. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can't fill up for even $1000. www.threads.com/share/GEKvlM...
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Tim Valentine (@_timvalentine) on Threads
👀🫪🫣 This truck driver had to stop the pump because it went over $1,000 ⛽️ (diesel) 🤦‍♂️ I need ALL Democrats running for any office to take this video and put your tagline on it and run it as a commer...
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Big update: Europe prepares contingencies for conflict with Russia. Germany prepares hospitals. Lithuania updates evacuation plans. Switzerland issues warning. Trump cracks down and begins revoking press passes while thousands of Americans rise up at Kennedy Center.
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NEWS: Europe Prepares for Conflict with Russia, Thousands Protest at Kennedy Center, Trump Revokes Press Passes, Another AI Hack
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Be forewarned. November 3rd — to borrow from Churchill — “is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” digbysblog.net/2026/09/18/t...
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The Human Cost - Digby's Hullabaloo
November 3rd is just the end of the beginning Consider this excerpt from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech to to the European Parliament on Thursday: We are not fair-weather allies. We do n...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump demolished the East Wing, wrecked the Reflecting Pool, and made The Arts of War statues look as if they belong outside a P. F. Chang’s. Congress has advertised that America at 250 cannot discipline an 80-year-old man-child, much less lead the world anymore. digbysblog.net/2026/09/18/t...
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The Trump Trainwreck - Digby's Hullabaloo
Where the hell is Congress? One more time. Image via ChatGpt. Base photo 2013 byAnita Mishra via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Has Donald Trump proposed painting over sculptures and portraits in t...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Has Trump proposed painting over sculptures and portraits in the National Gallery of Art yet? When he does, will Congress just sit on its hands? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say
National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s latest tantrum. (But that was yesterday.) digbysblog.net/2026/09/16/m...
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Mine! Mine! Mine! - Digby's Hullabaloo
Trump's latest tantrum Image via ChatGpt. Base photo 2013 by Anita Mishra via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Donald Trump's latest war is with our premiere, national performing arts venue (Washingt...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump "is not only giving away the Rio Grande River, but he’s also ceding sovereign, American-owned land, owned by Americans, basically giving it to Mexico,” says Terrell Co. Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland, longtime conservative Republican and former Border Patrol agent. digbysblog.net/2026/09/14/d...
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Don’t Mess With Texas - Digby's Hullabaloo
Border dwellers have had all they can stand President Trump is giving away sovereign, U.S. territory to Mexico, says Terrell Co., Texas sheriff. "Trump may not be on the ballot come November, but his ...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump insists Zelenskyy "halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage.” He needs Americans to blame Ukraine for high fuel costs & not the war he started w/Iran. digbysblog.net/2026/09/14/c...
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Cost, Corruption, And AI - Digby's Hullabaloo
Sing it with me It's not exactly 1987's Harmonic Convergence, but everyday costs, corruption, and the threat from artificial intelligence begin to sound like the theme song for the 2026 midterm electi...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fuel supplies were supposed to hit "tank bottom" in early July. But here we are in mid-September, and tank bottom has been rebranded The Great Fuel Crisis. The Trump administration's Sgt. Schultz imitators see nothing, hear nothing, and know nothing. digbysblog.net/2026/09/15/o...
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October Surprise - Digby's Hullabaloo
The Gate of Grief Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb in the south. Sand storm blowing across the Red Sea. (NASA photo, Public Domain via Wikipedia.) Fuel supplies were supposed to hit "tank bottom" in early Ju...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fuel supplies were supposed to hit "tank bottom" in early July. But here we are in mid-September, and tank bottom has been rebranded The Great Fuel Crisis. The Trump administration's Sgt. Schultz imitators see nothing, hear nothing, and know nothing. digbysblog.net/2026/09/15/o...
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October Surprise - Digby's Hullabaloo
The Gate of Grief Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb in the south. Sand storm blowing across the Red Sea. (NASA photo, Public Domain via Wikipedia.) Fuel supplies were supposed to hit "tank bottom" in early Ju...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just what did Trump voters think they were getting when they hired a Mark Burnett-created reality TV star to be president? Ah, they want government run more like a business instead of a not-for-profit public service? Be very, very careful what you wish for. digbysblog.net/2026/09/15/c...
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Corruption, Inc. - Digby's Hullabaloo
What running government like a business really looks like What a shame that this data doesn't track back to 1980. Just what did Trump voters think they were getting when they hired a Mark Burnett-crea...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump insists Zelenskyy "halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage.” He needs Americans to blame Ukraine for high fuel costs & not the war he started w/Iran. digbysblog.net/2026/09/14/c...
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Cost, Corruption, And AI - Digby's Hullabaloo
Sing it with me It's not exactly 1987's Harmonic Convergence, but everyday costs, corruption, and the threat from artificial intelligence begin to sound like the theme song for the 2026 midterm electi...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump "is not only giving away the Rio Grande River, but he’s also ceding sovereign, American-owned land, owned by Americans, basically giving it to Mexico,” says Terrell Co. Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland, longtime conservative Republican and former Border Patrol agent. digbysblog.net/2026/09/14/d...
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Don’t Mess With Texas - Digby's Hullabaloo
Border dwellers have had all they can stand President Trump is giving away sovereign, U.S. territory to Mexico, says Terrell Co., Texas sheriff. "Trump may not be on the ballot come November, but his ...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You don't have the cards, Donny. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today’s GOP is the embodiment of greed, arrogance, ignorance, deception, cruelty and hate From immigrants to trans kids, all they know is punching down
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tech oligarchs may like human civilization on Earth to flourish, but it's optional. In their pursuit of immortality & freedom from elected govt, your rights won’t be protected by a constitution, but by corporate boards...should they decide to grant you any. digbysblog.net/2026/09/12/s...
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Silicon Valley Über Alles - Digby's Hullabaloo
The insanity of their plan is of no consequence Dr. Arnim Zola: The insanity of the plan is of no consequence.Col. Chester Phillips: And why is that?Dr. Arnim Zola: Because he can do it! "Our tech oli...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tech oligarchs may like human civilization on Earth to flourish, but it's optional. In their pursuit of immortality & freedom from elected govt, your rights won’t be protected by a constitution, but by corporate boards...should they decide to grant you any. digbysblog.net/2026/09/12/s...
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Silicon Valley Über Alles - Digby's Hullabaloo
The insanity of their plan is of no consequence Dr. Arnim Zola: The insanity of the plan is of no consequence.Col. Chester Phillips: And why is that?Dr. Arnim Zola: Because he can do it! "Our tech oli...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Step right up, folks. Don’t be shy. Donald Trump has got a deal for you! Trump promised his midterm Republican convention in Dallas on Wed night, and you, yes, you, will be the proud recipient of $5,000. Bullshit meters from coast to coast pegged their needles. digbysblog.net/2026/09/10/w...
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Wanna Be An American Idiot? - Digby's Hullabaloo
A chump part of the MAGA agenda? Then step right up, folks. Don't be shy. Donald Trump has got a bribe deal for you! Help Republicans keep control of the House and Senate this fall, Trump promised his...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Trump admin is restoring a monument to Confederate treason at Arlington National Cemetery as a matter of speech. In other news, his FCC is threatening Jimmy Kimmel, ABC & affiliates if they air his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. digbysblog.net/2026/09/10/g...
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God Emperor Of Doom - Digby's Hullabaloo
Image via ChatGPT. We learned the other day that the Trump administration is restoring a 32-foot bronze monument to Confederate treason installed at Arlington National Cemetery by the United Daughters...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The actual Abraham Lincoln is in better shape than this ship!” Trump claims is "beautifully maintained." “It appears that the president of the United States is insane" "He is suffering from dementia. I think we can all see that." digbysblog.net/2026/09/09/l...
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Look At It!!! - Digby's Hullabaloo
Jon Stewart makes a metaphor "The Daily Show" returned after an August break to review the intervening, Donald Trump-led breakdown of the country symbolized by the rusted USS Abraham Lincoln. Trump in...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The actual Abraham Lincoln is in better shape than this ship!” Trump claims is "beautifully maintained." “It appears that the president of the United States is insane" "He is suffering from dementia. I think we can all see that." digbysblog.net/2026/09/09/l...
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Look At It!!! - Digby's Hullabaloo
Jon Stewart makes a metaphor "The Daily Show" returned after an August break to review the intervening, Donald Trump-led breakdown of the country symbolized by the rusted USS Abraham Lincoln. Trump in...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Impeachment Clause in the Constitution now appears inoperative, like several other "dead letters." If Thomas Jefferson took his razor to the Constitution today, it might look like his miracle-free version of the New Testament. digbysblog.net/2026/09/08/t...
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The Jefferson Constitution - Digby's Hullabaloo
Taking a razor to our governing document Two source books for the Jefferson Bible (left and center), and a published version (right) from a Smithsonian display. Photo (2012) by Tim Evanson (CC BY-SA 2...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump is reinstalling a relic of Lost Cause treason at Arlington Cemetery. Says it's a freedom of speech issue, dontcha know. digbysblog.net/2026/09/08/t...
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The Insurrectionist Is A Redemptionist - Digby's Hullabaloo
Go figure Confederate_Monument_-_S_face_-_Arlington_National_Cemetery_-_2011.JPG: Tim1965 derivative work: Tim1965 - This file was derived from: Confederate Monument - S face - Arlington National Ceme...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Scott Bessent holds up WNC as a symbol of American resilience. But across the region, people waiting for federal aid are still recovering from Helene flooding 2 years ago. See how life has been for residents still trying to rebuild their lives with just “resilience.” digbysblog.net/2026/09/01/s...
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Show Us The Money - Digby's Hullabaloo
Mixed signals and strange bedfellows Asheville has a different take on the Group of 20 nations’ finance ministers meeting here than the narrative advanced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He holds...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
People know they are being screwed by the Epstein Class while billionaires party. It’s not personal, but it is. Equal justice isn’t equal. In fact, it’s very unequal, and not just financially. Inequality? It’s on your ballot too. digbysblog.net/2026/08/31/c...
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Corruption Is On Your Ballot Too - Digby's Hullabaloo
Be the hero of your own story Voters have tired of MAGA corruption. One hopes. Slate's Amanda Marcotte sees Democrats James Talarico and Jon Ossoff pulling ahead in their U.S. Senate races in Texas an...
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Lauren Windsor @laurenwindsor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Read my latest in @zeteo.com! EXCLUSIVE: The Right’s ‘War on Woke’ Is a Cash Grab on State Treasuries Derek Kreifels led a decade-long crusade against ‘woke’ corporations. Now, he’s getting state business for his Christian finance firm...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Right’s ‘War on Woke’ Is a Cash Grab on State Treasuries
Derek Kreifels led a decade-long crusade against ‘woke’ corporations. Now, he’s getting state business for his Christian finance firm. Read Lauren Windsor’s year-long corruption investigation at Zeteo
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What did Trump repost yesterday? If not him, who?https://digbysblog.net/2026/08/27/trump-knows-whats-coming/
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Trump Knows What’s Coming - Digby's Hullabaloo
Do we? Cave Troll Scene from THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) Andrew Egger of The Bulwark alerts me to a July 14 tweet that Donald Trump reposted on Truth Social on Wednesday. I...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Be on the lookout for Republican propaganda sites designed to mimic local news outlets. digbysblog.net/2026/08/27/a...
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A Pink Slime BOLO - Digby's Hullabaloo
Partisan websites masquerading as local news Pink slime site funded by Republican Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) PAC. Be on the lookout for pink slime in your states. Pink slime sites are designed to mi...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Donald Trump’s latest attempt to salvage the last two years of his term involves, as Tim the Tool Man might say, MORE TRUMPINESS. digbysblog.net/2026/08/26/m...
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Maximum Tumpiness - Digby's Hullabaloo
All Trump. All the Time. Donald Trump's latest attempt to salvage the last two years of his term involves, as Tim the Tool Man might say, MORE TRUMPINESS. Trump's super PAC has $400 million ready to t...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Donald Trump is an iconoclast in the medieval sense, someone who destroys religious images and objects of veneration. But with a twist. He means to remake the United States in his deformed image or else burn it all down. digbysblog.net/2026/08/26/t...
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Try And Stop Me - Digby's Hullabaloo
Wreckage in his wake Except it's more like March 1945. Donald John Trump is not an iconoclast in the nonconformist sense, someone who defies accepted norms and customs. He's an iconoclast in the more ...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
G20 finance ministers and aides descend on Asheville later this week. Among other agenda items, the conference will promote Donald Trump’s <cough> successes in helping Western North Carolina recover from devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene flooding in 2024. digbysblog.net/2026/08/25/h...
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Helene Two Years Later - Digby's Hullabaloo
G20 arrives for a photo op G20 finance ministers and aides descend on Asheville later this week. Among other agenda items, the conference will promote Donald Trump's <cough> successes in helping Weste...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is that John Roberts’s thumb? digbysblog.net/2026/08/25/a...
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Anything For Their King - Digby's Hullabaloo
SCOTUS does what POTUS wants Is that John Roberts's thumb? Axios: President Trump can implement an executive order restricting mail-in ballots just months before the midterm elections, the Supreme Cou...
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Who need advisers when you’ve got feelings? digbysblog.net/2026/08/25/f...
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Father MAGA Knows Best - Digby's Hullabaloo
Who need advisers when you've got feelings? This is news already covered by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in June. But it bears repeating considering The Wall Street Journ...
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Release All the Epstein files NOW!
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You feel it. But can you see the pattern? Data centers are just a symptom. The hyper-wealthy “are seriously undermining American democracy as well as lowering the living standards of ordinary Americans.” digbysblog.net/2026/08/24/y...
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You’re Being Screwed - Digby's Hullabaloo
You feel it. But can you see the pattern? Data centers are facing a backlash across the country. We'll get to that. But they are part of a larger mosaic, aren't they? Or perhaps, a matrix. Donald Trum...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
At the CDC, Trump has gutted programs on Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, sickle cell disease, smoking, overdoses, maternal mortality, rape prevention... apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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The CDC has zombie programs. Congress funds them, but few people are left to do the work
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several programs funded by Congress that lack staff to operate them.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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