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Screenshot from the article 1/2 “When The Post shared its findings with the White House and the Interior Department, spokespeople disputed that the surface had been improperly applied. “There were no missteps during the initial repairs to the pool,” said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. “Unfortunately, deranged individuals made several gashes in the side of the pool and destroyed over 300 feet of the pool’s siding. Once the necessary repairs to fix the vandalism are complete, the Reflecting Pool will be restored to all its glory.”
Screenshot from the article: “Show it to the “ladies of The View,” suggested Rogan—“the intellectual leaders of our world.” The ABC show’s hosts may look like philistines to Rogan, but when Vance appeared on their show last month, they asked him tough questions about deaths in ICE custody, not Area 51.”
Screenshot from the article: “People try to analyze Lindsey through the prism of the manifest inconsistencies that exist between things that he used to believe and what he’s doing now. The way to understand him is to look at what’s consistent. And essentially what he is in American politics is what, in the aquatic world, would be a pilot fish: a smaller fish that hovers about a larger predator, like a shark, living off of its detritus. That’s Lindsey. And when he swam around the McCain shark, broadly viewed as a virtuous and good shark, Lindsey took on the patina of virtue. But wherever the apex shark is, you find the Lindsey fish hovering about, and Trump’s the newest shark in the sea. Lindsey has a real draw to power — but he’s found it unattainable on his own merits.”
Screenshot from the article: ““OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets,” Apple wrote in its lawsuit.”
Screenshot from the article - or what I thought was the article when I clicked the link. Instead, I was met with an "AI summary" of the article that I had to read through to the end before realizing that I had to click the "FULL STORY" linked text. Before AI enshitification, you could click an article's link and read the words the journalist wrote. Now, you have to read an "AI summary", then click a link to the journalist's work.
A possible Trump voodoo doll hanging off the backpack of a woman who is dressed like an American flag
Screenshot from the article: “The established process of applying for pardons runs through the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, which is supposed to evaluate cases and compile a list of recommendations for the president. But people involved with the process told us that it has largely been replaced with an informal network of intermediaries to the White House. They use their connections to advocate for a pardon, in exchange for a fee.”
Screenshot of the last paragraph: ““Let me be clear, my comments are irrespective of the Trump administration. Frankly, his immigration policies for the last year and a half did scare some people off from coming to the United States,” said Boyle. “The credit goes to the local host committees.””
Screenshot of part of the interview beginning with the interviewer asking: “Putting aside the merits of this war, do you think people such as yourself and the Prime Minister misjudged Donald Trump? I know you said a joyful prayer on the air when he was elected in 2024. You must have had some sense of who this guy is—that he isn’t loyal to anyone, that he had no real core values—“ “Listen, I was really happy when he was elected. I admit it. I think it was good for Israel. And, in the beginning, it was. But today I don’t know what to think. I am really in shock.” “It’s hard to fathom.” “I don’t have a lot of moments like this. I don’t remember someone in modern history who would go with you and do wonderful things, and then suddenly disappear and go against you. So now I am the bad guy? I supported you! I was the good guy! How did I become the bad guy, and the Ayatollah is the good guy?” “This is why I was wondering whether you had ever observed Donald Trump.”
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Screenshot from the article: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds many of the same positions as Graham Platner. She worked as a bartender between her graduation from Boston University and her run for the House. Yet is there any reason to think she could survive a single one of Platner’s scandals? To invert the logic a bit, why haven’t we seen Ocasio-Cortez consumed with controversy over hateful Reddit posts, Nazi-related body art, or harassment of past love interests? Why hasn’t the pro-Israel lobby managed to pin a totenkopf on her?
From the article: There’s no reason to think Platner is being subjected to special difficulties for his anti-Israel views. No one forced Graham Platner to get a totenkopf tattoo in his youth or to keep it until months into his Senate bid. No one wrote Platner’s misogynistic Reddit posts for him. And the allegations in the New York Times report, which come from women beyond just Fifield, do not have the outlandish quality of false accusations. In fact, Fifield describes disturbing enough behavior while also refusing to accuse Platner of more severe physical abuse or rape—though she has subsequently stated that the Times softened her account.
Screenshot from the article: Are we to believe that it’s pro-Israel activists who are to blame to for the seemingly endless stream of stories about bad behavior and poor judgment on Platner’s part? As I wrote at the time, with a touch of hyperbole, it seems Platner’s own words and actions are a Jewish conspiracy. The U.S. support for the war in Gaza and the Israeli military’s genocidal actions there have heightened hostility to the Israeli regime in both parties, as well as an increase in virulent, paranoid antisemitism. On the left and right, Jews and pro-Israel lobbyists have taken on a cartoonishly villainous role in American politics. Far too often, arguments purporting to be merely anti-Zionist feed off the idea that Jews themselves are at the heart of the problem.
Screenshot from the article: I am not accusing Graham Platner of rape. But the suggestion that the allegations against him reflect the sort of behavior we should expect from “ordinary” or working class men raises some serious questions. What are women in this arrangement? Are they not also working class people deserving of the kind of solidarity some progressives seem determined to extend to Platner in perpetuity? Or, as countless people have said, is the issue that “women are bourgeois” by nature? Are women always already a stand-in for the fun-killing rules and authority that men wish they could flout? In that sense, can only men access class position and solidarity, while women remain fixed as nags and inconveniences?
Screenshot from the article: Nevertheless, the idea that Graham Platner’s behavior is just part of working class life needs to be addressed. If Platner’s past rhetoric about and treatment of women are the natural price of running a working class candidate, isn’t the implication that working class men by nature mistreat the women in their lives? Isn’t the subsequent implication that we are supposed to believe we live in a world where working class women are routinely mistreated and that we are also supposed to accept this as a natural consequence of their station?
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Greg Platner with his totenkopf tattoo.
Screenshot of a recent article where Roberts was quoted lamenting that Americans “view us as truly political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do. I would say that’s the main difficulty”.
Screenshot from article: “John Koskinen, the former IRS commissioner from 2013 to 2017, said the expanded settlement set a “terrible precedent” that could effectively generate a windfall for Trump.“It makes you wonder what the President has to hide in those tax returns. He’s apparently been actively trading in the stock market and, since he knows a lot more about situations than the average investor, he’s probably generated significant taxable earnings,” he said in an emailed statement. “Not auditing his returns is the same as giving him an easy way to, in effect, receive money from the government.”
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Screen shot from the article highlights: ““The Legislature has abandoned that partnership,” Kelly said. “Despite this being a really bad budget, I will sign it, because the alternative is worse. This is the last budget that I will sign as governor. It is my hope that the next governor will have a Legislature that is willing to return to the traditional partnership”
Screenshot from the article with this line highlighted "even at a time of unprecedented transparency around the government’s investigations into Mr. Epstein." because at least 50% of the Epstein files have yet to be released DESPITE a law requiring them to be and the DOJ stonewalling every investigation.
Graham Platner with his totenkompf tattoo
Screenshot from the link: "Images depicting capture of American solders in Iran are AI-generated Published on March 6, 2026 at 12:19 2 min read By AFP Middle East & North Africa Translation and adaptation Bill MCCARTHY, AFP USA Despite US President Donald Trump dismissing the idea of sending ground troops to Iran amid the expanding war in the Middle East, images purporting to show American soldiers captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have spread across social media. However, the supposed pictures were generated by artificial intelligence, as is evidenced by visual inconsistencies and the watermark for Google's Gemini AI tool in each frame. "Breaking: U.S. Delta Force troops are in the custody of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard," says a March 5, 2026 post sharing the images on X."
Screenshot from the article: “ChatGPT had deemed it “D.E.I.” Mr. Fox said he agreed. “Because it focuses on exclusively anti-Black violence, which is a race,” he said. The plaintiffs’ lawyers also noted that Mr. Fox’s original ChatGPT search flagged a number of projects relating to the Holocaust, including the documentary about Jewish women who were slave laborers. Asked if he agreed with ChatGPT, Mr. Fox said: “It’s a Jewish — specifically focused on Jewish culture and amplifying the marginalized voices of the females in that culture. It’s inherently related to D.E.I. for that reason.””
Screenshot from a Google search asking "Did orwell say People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." The answer: "George Orwell did not write the exact phrase, "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." It is a frequently misattributed quote often wrongly assigned to him. The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College +2 Origins and Similar Quotes: The Actual Quote: The sentiment is likely a paraphrase of Orwell’s 1945 essay Notes on Nationalism, where he wrote: "Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf". Source of Misattribution: The popularized "rough men" phrase is generally attributed to Richard Grenier, a right-wing cultural columnist. Other Attributions: The quote is also sometimes incorrectly attributed to Winston Churchill, but there is no record of him saying it either. The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College +3 While the phrase captures an idea Orwell often discussed regarding pacifism and national defense, he did not phrase it that way himself. "
Screenshot of important point from the story: “Married women of all political affiliations who have changed their last names could be among the most impacted by the legislation. If the voter’s legal name is different from the name on their citizenship document – such as their birth certificate – then the voter would need to provide official documentation providing proof of a legal name change. The bill also would eliminate some identification documents voters can use to verify their identity at the polls. Floridians would no longer be able to use a debit or credit card, student identification, or retirement center, neighborhood association or public assistance identification. “
Screenshot of the statement from the Cuban government on the shooting, noting that 6 people were injured and received medical attention. Unlike when Trump has private boats shot and they target all survivors.
Screenshot from the article, most importantly the line: ".... Most mornings in Australia begin with news from America – the bid to buy Greenland...."
Screenshot from the story: “Yet among the blue-chip corporate backers of the NLT — Bank of America, Citigroup, Chevron, Wells Fargo — as well as the major golf governing bodies including the United States Golf Association, the PGA Tour and the PGA of America, none have publicly stood up for the NLT and challenged the president’s decision. Each of the golf groups declined to comment to the FT.”
Screenshot from the story, the statement “The Epstein Foundation had a long record of supporting various academic interests,” Hubbard told the Texan in an email statement. “I was not then and am not now aware of any evidence that Jeffrey Epstein was a ‘pedophile’ in the technical sense; his sexual preference appears to have been for young women aged 16-22, which would at most reflect partial ephebophilia. Although most of the women who were involved with him at that age retrospectively regret it, I am unaware of any evidence that the contacts were non-consensual at the time. Some were self-conscious sex workers who recruited others into his orbit and are now making cynical claims of victimization to cash in on his estate and business partners, as reported by Michael Tracey and other credible journalists.”
Screenshot from the article quoting Frank Russo, CBP director of field operations for NY, about their latest Nazi efforts
Screenshot from the article: “Here are some key findings of the review, revealed by the Times Thursday: Border Patrol agents have intentionally and unnecessarily stepped in front of moving cars to justify using deadly force against vehicle occupants.”
Screenshot from the article: “Ms. James is one of his foremost nemeses, having accused him in a lawsuit of inflating his net worth by billions.”
Portishead self titled second album from 1997
Screenshot from the article: “Steven Palmer, who had worked at the bureau since 1998, was fired as head of the FBI’s critical incident response group which is responsible for handling major security threats as well as overseeing the agency’s fleet of jets. He was the third head of the unit to be dismissed since Patel became the second Trump administration’s FBI director in February.”
Screenshot from Google of the definition of "faith": "noun 1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something. "this restores one's faith in politicians" Similar: trust belief confidence conviction credence reliance dependence optimism hopefulness hope expectation Opposite: mistrust 2. strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof. "bereaved people who have shown supreme faith" Similar: religion church sect denomination persuasion"
Screenshot of the album cover for Portishead's self-titled album from 1997
Screebshot from the story: "Trump’s DHS appointees swiftly dismantled civil rights guardrails, encouraged agents to wear masks, threatened groups and state governments that stood in their way, and then made so many arrests that the influx overwhelmed lawyers trying to defend immigrants taken out of state or out of the country."
Screenshot from the story: "“He’s bleeding,” one caller said about a person he saw yanked from a car wash lot and beaten. “They dumped him into a white van. It doesn’t say ICE.” One woman’s voice shook as she asked, “What kind of police go around without license plates?” And then this from another: “Should we just run from them?”"
Image of Platner without his shirt on so you can see the giant black skull and crossbones that are positioned exactly as the Nazi symbol did, NOT like a pirate or a punk/metal skull, but definitely a Nazi skull symbol.
screenshot from the article: "The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department."
Screenshot of the ACECO website, now taken down only a couple of hours after it was live, likely due to the FLOOD of messages they received from peple chastising them for TEARING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Image of two people from the No Kings Oct 2025 protest. Both are dressed in inflatable frog costumes. Frog on the left is holding a sign that says "frogs, together strong" and the frog costumed person on the right is holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"