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If this doesn't look like an attempt for some sort of world dominance, I don't know what would. We cannot allow this to be a sideways war, pitting Conservative vs Liberal. The common cause is up and down. These pricks all have tons of money. They don't give a shot about any of us and truly don't
The world Phil lives in rarely includes normal people. I highly doubt Somali's have impacted his gilded life in any way whatsoever unless they were carrying his bags.
Too many rich people are douchebags.
RESIST!
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?

You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”

I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How about playing the NATO game with these States? If they don't pay their fair share, we won't pay our share.
Their State Taxes are low and subsidized by the higher taxed States. Their schools are subpar and end up creating citizens that are a drag on the overall economy.
NO MORE!
RESIST!!
FLASHBACK: “I think we get like 40% of our budget from the federal government.”

Sen. Jack Johnson is bragging about how independent Tennessee is again, so here’s a reminder we are one of the most federally dependent states— and Lamberth blew a gasket when Hodges brought it up.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
WE ARE THE TERRRORISTS NOW!
RESIST!!
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Important for parents and young people!
it’s not “woke teachers,” or “lazy kids,” or the Department of Education.

This isn’t even a uniquely American story.

The trends are global. OECD-wide. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-whole-...
The Whole World is Getting Dumber
(And the Smartphone Did It)
thecycle.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just a bunch of banished talking heads lecturing us like they didn't when they actually mattered.
Anything for a buck. Anything and anyone for a buck. Anything, anyone & anywhere for a buck or a fuck.
What are we even doing here? I can’t find common ground with people who get off on the suffering of others. Don’t just kill the people we haven’t even proved are criminals, bring them pain. I can’t relate to this. This is inexcusable to me. I’m sickened.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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A good explainer
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
American citizen detained because of the color of her skin.
We are all one race, the human race.
This behavior is disgusting and inhumane. We cannot allow this to continue in our names.
RESIST!!
Unconscionable 🤬

An ICE victim shares their story
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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British woman holding baby taken by ICE in the middle of green card interview
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I agree. I appreciate Variety’s boldness here but there’s no way the Zapruder film should be at number 1
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!

variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Completely transactional. Chameleon that always stays the color orange, but beware! He's already told you he's the snake in his story!
RESIST!
hard launch.

on truth social.

mamdani broke his brain.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Opinion:
One thing that makes life difficult is that the absence of a thing is more often stronger than the pleasure of its presence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"He's not the problem, you are"

Take a listen and then realize there is even more that what he lists here.
RESIST!!
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST was released 50 years ago. Acclaimed as one of the greatest films of the 1970s and among Jack Nicholson’s greatest performances, the making of story is as big as The Chief…

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November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
They figured out that all they had to do was give him a ceremonial position, tell him how important it was and he'll support the UN forever!
Lol. They put this lunatic on the “Board of Peace” hoping it would stop him from blowing up boats in the Caribbean and annexing his allies.
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another accused rapist, no? Birds of a feather....
Incredible feeling when 20 years of hating pays off
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to attend a meeting at the White House, on a day when U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the Oval Office, multiple sources have confirmed to The Athletic.

@henrybushnell.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've been making a fundamental error every week. Instead of trying to buy unaffordable groceries, I should have been gobbling up houses. After all, mortgages are down and so is gasoline!
Buy it to burn it down, collect the insurance money and THEN you can afford groceries!
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This Government represents us on the World Stage. When they lie, we are lying. When they kill civilians, we are killing civilians. When they deport veterans, we are deporting veterans. When they break deals, we are breaking deals.
We are no longer to be trusted because we wanted THIS.
RESIST!!!
🚨This is sickening. He deserves our deepest gratitude and this is what he gets. 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Jamelle was cooking.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You are more likely to find the divine protesting at an ICE facility than you would be at a Church.
RESIST!!!
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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This is what intelligence and critical thinking sound like:

VIA hana.clio
What is there to debate?(for myself)
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Striking to me that those that were forced to live with guns can so willingly surrender them first chance they get.
Contrast that with the 2nd amendment "from my cold dead hands..." group.
The real meaning of Veterans Day.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Before I was an NBA writer, I was a pro poker player for 12 years. I played against many pro athletes, including Ty Lue a few times.

Here's a snapshot of that period of my life, and thoughts on Lue's alleged connection to Chauncey Billups' private game:

www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...
What I learned playing poker against Ty Lue, other NBA figures in my days as a Vegas professional | Sporting News
Tyronn Lue's reputation inside the Las Vegas poker circles was a good one among us professional players.
www.sportingnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM