So, border security is a high priority, is it GOP?
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Jn2375 @Jn237509:03 AM - Mar 05, 2024
Scanners that spot smuggled fentanyl at the border sit unused because Congress hasn't provided the cash to install them
The U.S. has spent millions on high-tech scanners to spot fentanyl crossing the border, but many sit in warehouses unused because Congress hasn’t appropriated funds to install them.
10:57 AM - Mar 05, 2024
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the hack-for-hire industry, the evolution of Russia's cyberwar against Ukraine, what Predatory Sparrow, a hacktivist group alleged to be a persona of the Israeli military, is up to, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by Tom Uren:
09:31 AM - Jan 12, 2024
The new Republican House Speaker, Mike Johnson, once said that the Roman Empire collapsed because it condoned “rampant homosexual behavior.”
His sense of history is as horrendous as his homophobia.
History Lesson of the Day: The gays did not cause the collapse of Rome.
His sense of history is as horrendous as his homophobia.
History Lesson of the Day: The gays did not cause the collapse of Rome.
09:28 PM - Nov 05, 2023
4 Threaded Spouts
⚠️ John's Hopkins
As JN.1 #COVID soars across the East, mandatory #mask 😷 policies return.
"effective 1/12/2024... MANDATORY MASKING 😷 will resume for patients, visitors & employees in all Johns Hopkins Medicine locations in the state of MD. Masking is required regardless of #vaccination status
As JN.1 #COVID soars across the East, mandatory #mask 😷 policies return.
"effective 1/12/2024... MANDATORY MASKING 😷 will resume for patients, visitors & employees in all Johns Hopkins Medicine locations in the state of MD. Masking is required regardless of #vaccination status
08:00 AM - Jan 12, 2024
I'll save you the time of reading this article...
GREEDflation is why car insurance premiums are soaring.
GREEDflation is why car insurance premiums are soaring.
This spout was deleted.
08:57 AM - Jan 12, 2024
This is a start. Now, who will follow?
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R o K p h i s h @RoKphishCasey Newton, a technology journalist and founder of Platformer, has announced he is leaving Substack over its decision not to moderate praise for Nazis and pro-Holocaust material.
#GiftArticle 🎁09:35 AM - Jan 12, 2024
09:44 AM - Jan 12, 2024
House Republicans: Let's defund HUD; let's defund crucial affordable housing programs.
Also, House Republicans: Why is there so much homelessness?
You can't make this up.
Also, House Republicans: Why is there so much homelessness?
You can't make this up.
09:25 AM - Jan 12, 2024
If the U.S. Navy is shot at by pirate ships, the U.S. Navy does not need congressional approval to shoot back at the pirate ships.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
09:05 AM - Jan 12, 2024
On today's Lawfare Podcast, Anna Bower talked to Tristan Snell about the civil fraud case in New York against former president Trump, his company, and his adult sons, what Trump might argue on appeal, and more. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-lawfare-podcast-trump-s-civil-fraud-trial
10:15 AM - Jan 12, 2024
🚨New #Beans with @MuellerSheWrote & #DanaGoldberg . #MSWMedia
Guest: @JohnFugelsang
Listen: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/slow-motion-walter-feat-john-fugelsang
Guest: @JohnFugelsang
Listen: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/slow-motion-walter-feat-john-fugelsang
10:25 AM - Jan 12, 2024
New #ItsComplicated podcast with #AshaRangappa and #RenatoMariotti #MSWMedia
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-57-immunity-insanity/id1434320092?i=1000641414207
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-57-immunity-insanity/id1434320092?i=1000641414207
10:26 AM - Jan 12, 2024
New episode of the #RickSmithShow podcast. #MSWMedia
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-really-pays-the-taxes/id276944187?i=1000641411259
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-really-pays-the-taxes/id276944187?i=1000641411259
10:27 AM - Jan 12, 2024
The Biden administration announced Friday that some student loan borrowers will have their remaining debt canceled next month, five months ahead of schedule.
Thanks, POTUS! https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4404929-biden-student-loan-borrowers-debt-canceled/
Thanks, POTUS! https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4404929-biden-student-loan-borrowers-debt-canceled/
10:29 AM - Jan 12, 2024
As part of an Inflation Reduction Act initiative, the IRS has collected more than $500 million from 900 millionaires who refused to pay their taxes. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/irs-has-already-collected-more-than-500-million-in-back-taxes-from...
10:33 AM - Jan 12, 2024
As Trump heads into the Iowa Caucus, where he needs a blowout performance, issues of his financial liability for legal damages loom as another court case begins. https://shero.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-liabilities
10:46 AM - Jan 12, 2024
This is a reason MAGAts don't want President Biden to hire more IRS agents, it will cause their donors to pay more taxes. Pay your fair share!!!
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/irs-back-taxes-collected-delinquent-millionaires-how-much-rcn...
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/irs-back-taxes-collected-delinquent-millionaires-how-much-rcn...
12:48 PM - Jan 12, 2024
yo, I wrote a thing: "Donald Trump keeps having bad days in court. maybe that’s because he’s a fucking idiot" — thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so that you never miss a post —
11:50 AM - Jan 12, 2024
The United States just grew by 1 million square kilometers in size
https://www.iflscience.com/the-united-states-just-grew-by-1-million-kilometers-in-size-72412
https://www.iflscience.com/the-united-states-just-grew-by-1-million-kilometers-in-size-72412
11:52 AM - Jan 12, 2024
Thanksgiving dinner just chillin at the gas station!
12:12 PM - Jan 12, 2024
Hi, the checkmark is exclusively for prominent individuals and brands with established public reputations. Unlike Twitter, everyone spouting has to verify their phone numbers. Spam bots and accounts impersonating others are removed.
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Jo she/her Thompson @Jojot253Hello @cbouzy ,11:28 AM - Jan 12, 2024
Are there plans to allow "normal" people to verify who they are and get blue ☑️? I love the idea of knowing who you're interacting with, and not just for famous accounts.
Thanks for your time!
Jo
12:33 PM - Jan 12, 2024
The GOP want to focus on muddying the waters for Biden's reelection with nonsensical impeachment inquiries, but Trump has 91 charges and they are all politically motivated. Got it.
01:10 PM - Dec 08, 2023
Which GOP politician will return from the holidays with a newly written Bible that God dictated to them?
09:13 PM - Dec 08, 2023
I’m all for Hunter Biden being held accountable if he broke the law, but how long will we wait before former government employee Jarad Kushner is criminally investigated for exploiting his position for personal gain in the billions?
04:07 PM - Dec 08, 2023
From the DC Circuit’s new opinion today upholding most of the gag order issued by the Court against Trump
09:51 PM - Dec 08, 2023
THIS
“Mr. Trump is a former president and current candidate … and there is a strong public interest in what he has to say. But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant … under the same procedures that govern all criminal defendants. That is what the rule of law means.”
“Mr. Trump is a former president and current candidate … and there is a strong public interest in what he has to say. But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant … under the same procedures that govern all criminal defendants. That is what the rule of law means.”
09:54 PM - Dec 08, 2023
More than half of US gas stations are now at $2.99 a gallon — or lower.
09:55 PM - Dec 08, 2023
