Pat Beall

“The Trump Organization has consistently made use of temporary visa programs to hire foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, four golf clubs and his Virginia winery—filing to bring in at least 1,880 seasonal workers since 2008.” forbes.com/sites/zachever…

Former Florida state Rep. Carolina Amesty (R) accused of Covid relief fraud by DOJ. This is a month after a DeSantis-appointed state attorney dropped the forgery charges against her. justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/w…

Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater Eve to all who celebrate!

imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

I am working so very hard not to dive into full on snark about this poop possibility. But honestly? I don't know how much longer I can hold it in.

How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced.

The most wonderful time of the year.. 😂

🚨🚨ALERT: The state’s Voter Information Lookup website is *still* down. But iwillvote.com works! Find your polling location or check your voter registration by clicking the link below.

Nevaeh began to miscarry the day of her baby shower. She visited ERs 3x and was refused care, even after being diagnosed with sepsis On trip #3, doctor insisted on two ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to intensive care. Hours later, she died. propublica.org/article/nevaeh…

One time for Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Health Care plan. I never made it out of the House.

Attention, national media. I was told this phrase is a globe-shattering transgression. I await your breathless tweets.

This passage from Michelle Obama: "I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Donald Trump's gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn. I hope that you'll forgive me if I'm a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior. His obvious mental decline. His history as a convicted felon. A known slumlord. A predator found liable for sexual abuse. All of this while we pick apart Kamala's answers from interviews that he doesn't even have the courage to do, y'all."

Attention: will the owner of a small blue planet with tectonic plates please attend to your vehicle. It is overheating.

This is the text of the Post columnists' statement, for those hitting the paywall: The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love. This is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them — the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trump’s opponents in 2016 and 2020. There is no contradiction between The Post’s important role as an independent newspaper and its practice of making political endorsements, both as a matter of guidance to readers and as a statement of core beliefs. That has never been more true than in the current campaign. An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution. Signed by: Perry Bacon Jr., Matt Bai, E.J. Dionne Jr., Lee Hockstader, David Ignatius, Heather Long, Ruth Marcus, Dana Millbank, Alexandra Petri, Catherine Rampell, Eugene Robinson, Jennifer Rubin, Karen Tumulty.

WSJ tweeted this to its 20 million followers and it has under 400 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “Elon Musk has secretly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022”

Washington Post editorial board under Will Lewis reportedly waffling on whether to make a presidential endorsement this year. npr.org/2024/10/24/nx-…

Dear @drpatrick: How nice of you to try to teach professional journalists how to practice journalism. Perhaps next, you will instruct LeBron James on the proper form for a breakaway dunk. Surely, you’re just as qualified to do the one as you are the other. 1/2

NYT tweeted this to its 55 million followers and it has under 500 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected”

Trump volunteered to pay for the funeral of a murdered U.S. soldier. When the bill came, Trump became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: “Don’t pay it!” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…