How Much Do I Loathe Thee, Pam

Sign on a highway saying "Wrong Way."

By Michael Woyton

Some things that are pissing me off today.

Man, if the administration of the felon-in-chief needs someone to be its face of obnoxiousness, I nominate Pam “Trump University Rocks” Bondi.

I don’t think “loathe” is a strong enough word to describe what I feel about her.

Listen to this exchange between the attorney general and Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley.

MERKLEY: When Trump held his dinner for 220 who purchased his memecoin, were there foreign interests there?BONDI: I would think that you'd want to talk about *looks at notes* the leader of the Sinaloa cartel who was living in Oregon … we're doing everything we can to help your liberal state

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-06-25T15:42:08.234Z

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Proving citizenship is something I’m thinking about more and more, especially when the roving bands of masked, unidentifiable thugs are being pressured to meet their daily quotas of kidnappings immigrant roundups.

This piece by Mike Madrid has an example of a United States citizen who was held in immigration detention for more than 1,200 days because he wasn’t entitled to a court-appointed lawyer since the Constitution does not guarantee legal representation to anyone being held in ICE detention.

Why are so many US citizens being arrested by ICE and what happens to them once detained? open.substack.com/pub/greattra…

Mike Madrid (@mikemadrid.bsky.social) 2025-06-24T15:14:26.718Z

Papiere bitte.

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The disgraced former governor of New York state doesn’t have to move New York City.

I’m still chuckling at the fact that the New York Times article about a “stunned” Andrew Cuomo election night watch party can be listened to in 1 minute 56 seconds.

The free link is above. Time yourself reading it; I’m sure you can do it faster.

What a legacy Cuomo has left himself.

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The U.S.’s top health official doesn’t believe that germs cause disease.

Germ theory was proven in the 19th century.

RFK Jr. is going to kill people.

Your periodic reminder that RFK Junior, America's top health official actually rejects germ theory. This is not hyperbole, he wrote this in a book. Excellent report by @bethmariem.bsky.social arstechnica.com/health/2025/…

Matthew Sheffield (@matthew.flux.community) 2025-06-23T21:48:53.690Z

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6/25/2025- The Seal http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju…If you missed Trump dropping the F-bomb on live TV this morning, you can see what happened here-nymag.com/intelligence…

Clay Bennett (@claybennett.bsky.social) 2025-06-24T23:05:54.551Z

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Michael Woyton is an award-winning journalist who covered municipalities and school districts for the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal and local and regional news in the Hudson Valley for Patch Media.

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