Paul Blest
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political reporter @moreperfectus. music @longreliefnc forever @discourse_blog. tips: [email protected]
“He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside. He loved that it was fast paced. His co-workers knew him as “el mudo,” the mute. He built a community there.” Via @brittny_mejia latimes.com/california/sto…
This isn't a "myth" - it is based on what *actually happens* when states have imposed work requirements. When states have imposed work requirements in the past, most of the people who lose their health insurance were working.
Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ tinyurl.com/35v2r4x9
How would this work? You can only get a job if you're anti-union? We're doing yellow dog contracts again?
According to whom, Hamas apologist?
According to whom, Hamas apologist?
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of attacking abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship. “I took Josh Hawley’s advice." huffpost.com/entry/angus-ki… w/ @igorbobic
Maybe the most racist man in Congress since Strom Thurmond
Extraordinary. @realDonaldTrump is dismantling Muslim Terror on our college campuses. No President has ever notched so many wins this fast. An extraordinary moment for young American Jews -- and everyone who loves America.
Holy shit the "Free Press" just took down the video of @havivrettiggur sounding the alarm about the famine. What a way to welcome him to the organization. @bariweiss wants heterodox views, but stating the obvious, that Israel is inflicting starvation on Gaza, is too much
Things are so hellish in Gaza that @havivrettiggur is issuing an urgent call to Israelis to wake up to the scale of the crisis they’ve caused. x.com/TheFP/status/1…
Government subsidies are unfair. Everyone should succeed in journalism the way John has: by inheriting a magazine from your dad.
Oh, @hamiltonnolan. You sad, silly fool. The government of a self-governing citizenry should not be subsidizing your journalism, or mine, or anyone's. For one thing, you would hate subsidizing me, and I sure as hell ain't gonna subsidize you. cjr.org/analysis/journ…
Bondi having to bail on a human trafficking conference the day it comes out that she told her boss he was in the Epstein files *months ago* says everything you’ll ever need to know about the RW anti-trafficking movement
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
They’re calling it the most unprofitable restaurant in history
HOlY SHILT! The Epic Bacon at Tesla Diner looks amazing!
My instagram feed: French soccer influencers, rich guys with multiple DUIs making the shittiest music videos you’ve ever seen, Xing Xing My band’s instagram feed: Turkish sandwiches, Turkish barbers, Turkish waiters
Jubilee: 20 members of Hitler youth square off against someone with a college degree
NEW: An Epstein accuser recounts how she told the FBI on two occasions about Trump’s ties to Epstein and other powerful men like Clinton. This type of disclosure is just the type of information potentially buried in DOJ’s Epstein files that Trumps’s allies have clamored for.…
Charlotte NPR station WFAE says it's cutting 6 staff members. This comes after Congress voted early this morning to cut $1.1 Billion from public broadcasting. #ncpol wfae.org/inside-wfae/20…
