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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 08:30
Jordan was on the inside helping during the attempted coup and yet for some reason he, like all members of congress, seems to be immune to any sort of accountability for it. Of course Jim Jordan has something to hide. He was talking to Trump the whole day. Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday discussed the potential criminal liability of election-denying Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. “I think that there’s no question that Jim Jordan has something to hide, probably a lot to hide,” Cheney — who has dropped several bombshell revelations in her new bestselling book, “Oath and Honor” — suggested to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace.
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 07:23

Our friend and former McSweeney’s editor Gabe Hudson passed away on Thanksgiving. As with any loss, the ache is dulled a bit when we can hear new stories about someone we’ve lost. It expands our sense of the person and adds pages to their story. So we’d like to invite all those who knew Gabe to help us remember him. Friends, family, colleagues, former students—please send us memories of Gabe. Doesn’t matter how short or long. Email them to remembrances@mcsweeneys.net, and we’ll post new memories every day.

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From Michael Matesich:

I hosted an event with Gabe in the summer of 2017 in Tampa, Florida. We were together for just two or three hours, which is, it is apparent, two or three hours more than Gabe needed to show you the whole of the beautiful, sensitive person he is. My mother was there at the event that day, and she met Gabe in the signing line. “Whether it’s about writing or not,” she told me after, “please, please be like Gabe.” We have kept in touch ever since.

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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 07:00
Kevin McCarthy is leaving at the end of the year. He thought he could finesse Trump and the crazies and he failed. They ate his face. After enabling them for years and completely humiliating himself at the feet of Donald Trump, there was never any chance they wouldn’t. But then he’s always been a little bit dumb. (Liz Cheney says Johnson is smarter which isn’t saying much. He’ll be happy to blow the place up.) MyKev is hurt, obviously. And he’s pissed. After all he’s leaving Johnson’s majority one less seat. They will be down to two and there’s a rumor that another one is going to resign as well. They’d better hope everyone else stays very healthy. He’s also upset that Trump didn’t really support him in his time of need. But I’m not expecting him to sign on with the Lincoln Project any time soon. The man has a backbone made of silly putty and a brain made of mashed potatoes. Whatever he does will be wrong.
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 05:37

קבוצת ההצלה החרדית זק”א, שנוסדה על ידי האנס הסדרתי שידוע בתור “ג’פרי אפשטיין החרדי” אחראית לכמה מסיפורי הבדיות המזוויעים ביותר, מעריפת ראשי תינוקות דרך “אונס המוני” עד לעובר שנחתך מבטן אימו. מזכיר המדינה בארה”ב טוני בלינקן והנשיא ג’וזף ביידן שתיהם חזרו על טענות שקריות לחלוטין של זק”א לגבי זוועות חמאס. בעודה חשודה בהונאה כספית, זק”א מנצלת את ה-7 באוקטובר באופן פומבי כדי לגייס כמות חסרת תקדים של כסף. הקבוצה היריבה, איחוד הצלה, שיחררה סיפורים מזויפים על תינוקות שנאפו בתנור בעודה […]

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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 05:30
Trump was asked by his faithful servant Sean Hannity last night if he would reassure the public that he has no plans to be a dictator and abuse his power. His answer was telling: Let’s remember that Trump believes the presidency has dictatorial power. He made that clear many times: Hannity wanted so desperately for him to unequivocally deny it but he didn’t do it because it’s a big applause line for his feral mob. They love it when he’s swinging his tiny hands around like that. Meanwhile,earlier in the day: He’s not just some podcasting gadfly: Patel was hired in February 2019 as a staffer for President Trump’s National Security Council (NSC), working in the International Organizations and Alliances directorate, and in July 2019 became Senior Director of the Counterterrorism Directorate, a new position created for him.[18] According to The Wall Street Journal, Patel led a secret mission to Damascus in early 2020 to negotiate the release of Majd Kamalmaz and journalist Austin Tice, both of whom were being held by the Syrian government.
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 05:00

“At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop28 climate negotiations, according to an analysis.”
The Guardian, 12/5/23

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Why did you use your climate summit speech to promote Oil World?
Oil World is a global leader in fighting the climate crisis. No other country, industry, or program is doing as much as Oil World in this regard. With your support of Oil World, the long battle of the climate crisis will finally come to an end.

How?
The crisis will win.

And what, exactly, is Oil World?
It’s the solution to life on Earth. For too long, our planet has been home to us (give or take a few others). Oil World is a new version of Earth that’s entirely made of oil.

Nothing else?
That’s right, just oil.

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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:58
Euphemistically, the Prime Minister recently announced that he and President Biden have “inaugurated a new era of US-Australia strategic cooperation”. Presumably he meant to say he’d found new ways to surrender Australia’s sovereignty. With the US President in October, the Prime Minister issued the United States-Australia Joint Leaders’ Statement – Building an innovation alliance. Albanese Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:57
At UNCOP28, clear-eyed, we persist. And not without hope. There is a saying; ‘Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will.’ The time to have an influence comes and goes. Like life itself… Therefore it is best to live by the highest one can conceive when one has the opportunity! I am at the UNCOP28 Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:56
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) have once again proven they should be re-named the American Strategic Policy Institute. They have produced a new report based on errors, misunderstandings, speculation and offered no proof whatsoever to make China, and people who support China, look bad; all while being funded by the US State Department. At Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:55
Alan Kohler has written a thought-provoking piece suggesting Japan’s embrace of modern monetary theory (MMT) since 2001 might be the model for Treasurer Jim Chalmers meeting future social needs without raising taxes. MTT involves a central bank funding its government’s annual deficits and build-up of debt by printing digital money. See Alan’s piece here. As Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:53
Bloody subverter of world peace, or its champion? Since his death on 29 November 2023, Henry Kissinger has been excoriated and praised in almost equal measure. His critics are more focused and vehement. Kissinger’s extraordinary influence on American foreign policy originated from his roles as Secretary of State and National Security Adviser to both President Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:51
Doctors without Borders (the French volunteer organisation Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) has written a poignant letter to the United Nations Security Council imploring for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as hospitals are turned into “Morgues”. They took this step after Israeli troops deliberately attacked MSF rescue vehicles and destroyed them with tank fire. The organisation Continue reading »
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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:20

Founded by a serial rapist known as the “Haredi Jeffrey Epstein,” Israeli ultra-Orthodox rescue group ZAKA is responsible for some of the most obscene post-October 7 atrocity fabrications, from beheaded babies to “mass rape” to a fetus cut from its mother. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and President Joseph Biden have each echoed demonstrably false ZAKA testimonies about Hamas atrocities. Marred by allegations of financial fraud, ZAKA is leveraging October 7 publicity to raise unprecedented sums of cash. Its rival, […]

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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:10

For Immortal Technique, his unique status as an independent musician with no corporate bosses means he can speak freely, and in this episode, he does exactly that, weighing in on Gaza, the military-industrial complex, and the hip-hop industry.

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Thu, 07/12/2023 - 04:00
Get ready for another magical night in American politics. Yes, the fourth Republican Presidential Second Place Debate is tonight, being broadcast by an obscure cable channel called News Nation. The whole country is crackling with excitement at the prospect watching of the last four standing, Former New jersey Gov., Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Former S. Carolina Gov Nikki Haley going mano-a-mano once again. Actually these debates have been the most boring political rituals in human history. The presidential race may be heating up and the stakes could not be higher but these events cannot wind up too soon. Their only purpose is to help the GOP base figure out who might be an adequate replacement if Donald Trump keels over at the Mar-a-Lago omelette bar one Sunday and I’m not sure most Republican voters really care who that might be. DeSantis’ previous position as first runner-up has been usurped by Haley who is still riding the little boomlet that has pundits declaring that she is “surging” in Iowa and New Hampshire.