Ann Pollak 

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All laughs and smiles until JD started talking. After a few moments, every authoritarian face in the crowd was contemplating an America that is no longer a punch line.

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Can you imagine Kamala’s speech: “AI is two letters.” Giggle giggle.’

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No one ever says "JD Vance only got where he is today because he was born to a working class single mom with a drug addiction." Why don't they say that? Because there is no "affirmative action" for poor people. It is race and gender based, which is why it's only natural to wonder if someone achieved their position based on their gender (not male) or race (not white). Don't like it? Blame affirmative action.

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Vance and Trump are 100% right that judges can't control the executive branch's exercise of its legitimate powers.

Could a Rhode Island district court judge order Trump to stop, say, the deployment of the 82nd Airborne to defend US interests abroad because soldiers of color who are put at risk make an equal protection claim? Of course not.

And it's no different when Trump and DOGE exercise legitimate power over executive branch departments. Yes, it's a core presidential power to require agencies …

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Get a clue. If a news service needs government funds to stay afloat, it's state-media.

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If you want to understand the complexities and corruption of the USAID/Politico story, you need to watch last weeks 'America This Week'. Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn break this story down and while Trump and Musk may have made over simplified posts like 'the biggest in media history', once you pull the covers back and look at the picture in totality, they most likely aren't wrong. It probably would have done Isaac Saul some good to have a chat with Taibbi before penning this piece and using terms like 'nothingburger'. racket.news/p/america-t…

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The quick answer is that no government agency should buy any subscription services.

In my 40+ years in the DoD I had the pleasure of accessing top tier products from all sorts of places. The subscriptions these folks are securing are *supposedly* there so you, as a civil servant, maintain situational awareness of what's occurring in your domain.

One unit I belonged to had Janes and AW&ST premier subs (USAF). As a GS, I was given (not asked for) access and accounts to subs and svcs from a myriad o…

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Is the “frenzy” over Politico phony?

Should taxpayer dollars be used to buy subscriptions to left wing rags? No.

If I can read Politico for free, why do government employees need a paid subscription, and how many were bought?

And what about other subscriptions—-NYT, WaPo? Are taxpayer propping up these failing propaganda sources of the left?

PBS should start packing its boxes.