Jim Roberts
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Full-time student of the news & long-time follower of the Grateful Dead. Contributing Ed. @the74. Priors: Cheddar, Mashable, NYT. Listen to the thunder shout.
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Joined May 2008
"Perfect" is not an MRI result.
While in Asia, President Trump tells reporters he had an MRI during his recent trip to Walter Reed: “I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect…I gave you the full results. We had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect.”
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Shorter Johnson: We’re ok with Americans suffering so we can avoid releasing the Epstein list.
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
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Scoop: CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson just announced internally that he's leaving the network in mid-December.
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Feeling the pain of American soybean farmers from his 12.5 million dollar Georgetown mansion.
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
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How Donald Trump Barreled Through D.C.’s Bureaucracy to Get His White House Ballroom. via @wsj. https://t.co/WxGtMEp6LV
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Fact check: Your poll numbers suck right now.
Q: "Steve Bannon said in a recent interview that there would be plans for you to be able to run and potentially win a third term in 2028. Is that something you'd be willing to challenge in court?" Trump: "I haven't really thought about it…I have the best poll numbers I've ever
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"Perfect" is not an MRI result.
While in Asia, President Trump tells reporters he had an MRI during his recent trip to Walter Reed: “I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect…I gave you the full results. We had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect.”
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Worst possible forecast for Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa is poised to make a direct hit on the island tomorrow as a Cat 5 storm. *Right now sustained winds are at 160 mph. *30 inches of rain are forecast. https://t.co/6JvkXAHZAu
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He’s building Noah’s Ark?
Trump says his ballroom might cost more than $300 million but adds, "you know we're building the arc. Maybe we use it for the arc. We raised a lot of money for the ballroom, so maybe we'll put -- the arc is going to be incredible for Washington DC, so maybe we use it for the
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Just by chance last night I pulled out the 3-LP set from 11/10/67. First song was Viola Lee Blues, which Phil literally tore into for 16 straight minutes. Blistering.
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“Test run for 2026.” 👇👇 DOJ Will Monitor Polls In Heavily Latino Counties In New Jersey, California. https://t.co/Uc421BPiCd
huffpost.com
Amid concerns that Donald Trump may seek to interfere with elections again, the Department of Justice announced plans to monitor six heavily Latino counties in November.
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Thanks to @SenJoniErnst for explaining why Republicans should never again lead the government they're trying hard to destroy. NOW will she do something about the war crimes the man she personally put in charge of DOD is committing? Will she do ANYTHING to represent the
$7.2 billion in productivity by the federal workforce has been lost during the Schumer Shutdown. Instead of serving the American people, 750,000 bureaucrats will collectively receive $400 million in back pay for every "work" day of the shutdown - despite not working!
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He is not well. #25A
Trump says Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco and Jack Smith rigged the 2020 election … while he was president and none of them were in power. They also managed to “tape” lawmakers’ calls before the Biden administration began. Quite clearly, none of that happened.
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Wildly corrupt
SCOOP: A Trump official tells @nypost that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important
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Among Hispanic adults, Trump's approval rating is 40 points underwater. 🤿🤿🤿 https://t.co/EJb0VSH3uh
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump is calling Reagan’s words in this video “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much
If Joffrey Baratheon grew up to be an American president, this is pretty much what it would look like.
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Normally we'd be looking at satellite images for a natural disaster like a hurricane or earthquake. This was a man-made, unnatural disaster.
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