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pretty awesome how we sacrificed our constitutional rights in exchange for more expensive healthcare and food
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
pretty awesome how we sacrificed our constitutional rights in exchange for more expensive healthcare and food
What is stopping someone from just releasing the Epstein files? Like as a whistleblower or news source?
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What is stopping someone from just releasing the Epstein files? Like as a whistleblower or news source?
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Every day this administration gives me 10 new things to hate about them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Every day this administration gives me 10 new things to hate about them.
This is the metaphor of the century
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is the metaphor of the century
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IKEA is raising its prices as Trump's furniture tariffs go into effect. The price of IKEA's Uppland sofa rose from $849 to $899 in August, for instance, and a three-piece oak bedroom set rose from $959 to $1,049.
IKEA hikes prices as Trump's furniture tariffs take effect
IKEA confirmed on Friday that it has made "some necessary price adjustments due to rising costs."
www.axios.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
IKEA is raising its prices as Trump's furniture tariffs go into effect. The price of IKEA's Uppland sofa rose from $849 to $899 in August, for instance, and a three-piece oak bedroom set rose from $959 to $1,049.
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The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works
The Republicans are treating this shutdown like some online trolling game when real people's lives are at stake just proves how they are not a party who can govern.
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Republicans are treating this shutdown like some online trolling game when real people's lives are at stake just proves how they are not a party who can govern.
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Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1).
www.livescience.com/animals/jane...
www.livescience.com/animals/jane...
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91
Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.
www.livescience.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1).
www.livescience.com/animals/jane...
www.livescience.com/animals/jane...
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
Miller and Vought are the shadow presidents - they are the most dangerous only second to RFKJr and Hegseth, and Patel, and all the other clowns in this administration
October 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Miller and Vought are the shadow presidents - they are the most dangerous only second to RFKJr and Hegseth, and Patel, and all the other clowns in this administration
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
That disastrous spectacle with the top military brass yesterday was only successful for those who are hostile forces to the US.
October 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That disastrous spectacle with the top military brass yesterday was only successful for those who are hostile forces to the US.
We had the best economy in the world before Trump.
How is this not being discussed every day?
We also didn't have a fascist dictatorship on the rise...
How is this not being discussed every day?
We also didn't have a fascist dictatorship on the rise...
September 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We had the best economy in the world before Trump.
How is this not being discussed every day?
We also didn't have a fascist dictatorship on the rise...
How is this not being discussed every day?
We also didn't have a fascist dictatorship on the rise...
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I don’t think the president should have the power to just arbitrarily declare online that IKEA cannot do business in the United States for no particular reason other than he feels like it
Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I don’t think the president should have the power to just arbitrarily declare online that IKEA cannot do business in the United States for no particular reason other than he feels like it
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Americans are about to pay out the nose for more IKEA stuff - specifically kitchens and upholstered furniture.
September 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Americans are about to pay out the nose for more IKEA stuff - specifically kitchens and upholstered furniture.
If tariffs were deemed illegal but not actually stopped this just allows the deranged madman to keep doing it. Congress is feckless and useless.
September 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
If tariffs were deemed illegal but not actually stopped this just allows the deranged madman to keep doing it. Congress is feckless and useless.
Banana banana banana Republic
BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction, AP source says.
Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with making false statement, obstruction, AP source says
James Comey has been charged with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies.
bit.ly
September 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Banana banana banana Republic
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The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
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What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
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We all know the Dictator can’t govern. To be fair, it’s hard to get your tiny hands around democracy.
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We all know the Dictator can’t govern. To be fair, it’s hard to get your tiny hands around democracy.
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Trump: 'We are so broke 15 million people need to lose their health insurance.'
Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...
Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...
New renderings show more details of White House ballroom under construction
The Trump administration announced in July that a 90,000-square-foot ballroom with a seated capacity for 650 people will be constructed in the White House's East Wing.
www.cbsnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trump: 'We are so broke 15 million people need to lose their health insurance.'
Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...
Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...
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Imagine the response if a Dem Administration removed every top general and admiral from every US military post all around the world (including conflict zones), in order to force them to attend a big in-person meeting in DC (with a former cable news co-host).
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Imagine the response if a Dem Administration removed every top general and admiral from every US military post all around the world (including conflict zones), in order to force them to attend a big in-person meeting in DC (with a former cable news co-host).
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
newjerseyglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
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The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.