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Constant Commoner - FDR Democrats going back to our roots;

Counterpunch - Chomsky goes, Eisenhower stays;

Jack Hopkins Now - stop asking big Epstein questions; start asking small ones;

Tell Me a Story - clown’s spawn;

The Editorial Board - Hong’s defeat stunning only if you believe press's political fictions.

Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with ‘for MBRU' in the subject line). Steve in Manhattan is on Bluesky.

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Florida Dem Party Chair Nikki Fried--the last Dem elected statewide in FL--joined me to share a huge, brewing scandal for their appointed MAGA Senator. It's a $10M question Ashley Moody can't answer.

A $67M Medicaid settlement was supposed to go to Florida taxpayers. $10M of it--meant for kids--went to the Hope Florida Foundation instead, ending up with 2 DeSantis political committees to fight a marijuana amendment. Moody signed off as FL AG. A grand jury issued a report Floridians aren't able to read. Current AG James Uthmeier's fighting its release in court.

And Ashley Moody is nowhere to be found demanding its release--b/c it implicates her in the fraud? I mean, in my experience, I've found innocent people totally try to cover things like this up. Fried just has one question: what did Ashley Moody know, and when did she know it?

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The Plum Blossoms, 1948 #matisse #expressionism

“Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it ​could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely,” Reuters reports.

“A deputy assistant to President Donald Trump was caught on camera drunkenly playing around with a sex toy hours after attending a children’s hospital benefit gala at Mar-a-Lago,” the Daily Beast reports. “A video obtained by the Daily Mail captured Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump aide who has worked in both of the president’s administrations, […]

Flock, the company that operates an extensive network of license plate readers, announced Thursday that it will implement new safety measures to deter police abuse of its surveillance cameras, The […]

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If you missed this week's eclipse, don't worry. Hudson Valley residents are getting another chance, and this one will be much more impressive. Continue reading…

“President Donald Trump is headed to the Nassau County Police Academy in New York Friday to tout new FBI statistics showing a historic decline in crime nationwide,” NewsNation reports. “The FBI 2025 crime report, expected to be released Friday, is projected to show a significant drop in violent crime. According to reports, the data could […]

Decades ago, bass player Dave Holland was summoned to the U.S. to perform with the legendary Miles Davis, who had seen him play at Ronnie Scott in London and wanted him for a gig at Count Basie’s in Harlem.   A drummer who had struck up a friendship with Holland in London met him at the […]

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