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A Russian missile test didn’t exactly go as planned -- but it made a pretty cloud. I have to agree. Probable missile types involved: • UR-100NUTTKh (SS-19 Stiletto) • R-36M2 / RS-20 (SS-18) Both rely on UDMH fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer, which...
by quaoar
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Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...
by thomhartmann
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Mark Kelly: The Officer They Can Never Be The other night on The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, legal analyst Charles F. Coleman Jr. said that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were jealous of Senator Mark Kelly because he is everything they are not. That...
by bison
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Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election shouldn't be remotely competitive, with President Donald Trump having won it by more than 22% in 2024.
But Republicans have ...
by Emily Singer
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What if every state did the Transparent Election Initiative to negate the pernicious effects of Citizens United and its political action committee grifting down by the dental floss bush. Every state, whether via legislators or ballot initiatives, has...
by annieli
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It is probably a safe bet that a gallon of ketchup hit the wall when Trump heard that his billionaire real estate buddy Steve Witkoff was dissing him in his leaked conversation with the Russians (see below). How many scaramuccis before Trump claims he...
by quaoar
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Just saw this. A couple people in the comments pointed out the last Emerson poll for the NJ governor’s race, and look how that one ended up.
by Prairiecrat
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been eviscerated over her refusal to help after ICE detained her nephew’s mom. The White House official has gone radio silent since Bruna Ferreira—who is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew—was swept up by...
by djbigf
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Ukraine says it agrees with much of the provisions of the revised peace plan that Europeans have developed. Russia says Ни за что. It seems to me that Ukraine agreeing to limit the size of the armed forces to 800k is not much of a concession since...
by quaoar
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Democrats appear to be inching toward one of the biggest changes to their presidential nominating process since the advent of primaries.� Party leaders are beginning to explore whether ranked ...
by kos
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