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Markos Moulitsas @kos.dailykos.com · Nov 20
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Smart take—> www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Why Democrats won the government shutdown
The government shutdown is over , and a contingent of Democrats are angry , believing that their lawmakers caved and should have held out longer to force Republicans to extend health care subsidies .....
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November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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OAKLAND: a Trump ICE goon shoots a PASTOR — Rev. Jorge Bautista — directly in the face with a pepper round

We are over the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Who doesn't love This Modern World by my good friend @tomtomorrow.bsky.social? Pick up his latest cartoon collection here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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oh well, onward and upward
REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible] How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely. And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.
September 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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They really are fascist

Remember when they pretended to care about free speech?
jsweetli.bsky.social Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · Sep 11
NEW: Christopher Landau, deputy Secretary of State, announces foreign visitors to the US who make fun of or “rationalize” Kirk’s death will results in alerts to consular officials.
September 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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“We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do. The difference is we hate all the other shootings, too.”

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They created this violent world. We're just forced to live in it.
Right-wing organizer Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood Wednesday. The weapon wasn’t a handgun or hunting rifle. The�single, long-distance shot�appears to have come from�a military-grade ...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do.

The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A new report by Civiqs examines public attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence as of mid-2025. The results are based on over 10,000 interviews nationwide, with insights on usage habits, trust & safety, and bringing AI more closely into alignment with social preferences.

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Civiqs | Public Perceptions of AI: Adoption, Reactions, and Concerns
Civiqs polling from April to August 2025 finds that most Americans remain skeptical of AI technology, expressing concerns about inaccurate output, misuse, and the need for oversight and regulation. Fr...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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This is good shit-->
drewlinzer.bsky.social Drew Linzer @drewlinzer.bsky.social · Jul 29
There's a new email newsletter from @civiqs.bsky.social that I'm excited to announce. It's called Immediate Reaction, and it answers the question: what news stories are actually breaking through to people, and how are they responding?

Here is the sign up: bit.ly/4lP1yKP
Civiqs Immediate Reaction
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Massie: "The pressure is going to build over August recess. I don't think it's going to dissipate like the speaker hopes it will."
July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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By a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS lets Trump fire the Dem members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who are protected against removal by statute.

Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president.
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The result—an increase of executive power at the expense of legislative authority-does not stand alone. Just last week, this Court granted another stay allowing the President to ignore a federal statute. That decision permitted the President to push forward in dismantling the Department of Education, even though Congress created that agency and tasked it with performing vital functions. See McMahon v. New York, 606 U.S. (2025) (SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting) (slip op., at 1). If the majority had any valid basis for taking that action (relating, say, to the breadth of the District Court's preliminary injunction) it did not appear on the face of the Court's unreasoned or-der. See id., at _ (order) (slip op., at 1); id., at (SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting) (slip op., at 18). That order simply signaled that the President could carry on, even in the face of a conflicting statute. So too does this order, and with the same lack of care. The majority has acted on the emergency docket—with "little time, scant briefing, and no argument" —to override Congress's decisions about how to structure administrative agencies so that they can perform their prescribed duties. Wilcox, 605 U.S., at _ (KAGAN, J., dissenting) (slip op., at 5). By means of such actions, this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another. Respectfully, I dissent.
July 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files.

Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:
July 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Ha ha ha AWESOME. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Americans reject MAGA meanness as ‘Superman’ soars
Over the last few days, millions of Americans have gone to the movie theater to watch James Gunn’s new “Superman,” making it the No. 1 movie in the United States. The movie’s success is another humili...
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July 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Great story--> This isn't the GOP slam dunk Trump thinks it is. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Here’s how Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Texas could backfire
President Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants the 2026 midterms to be rigged in the GOP’s favor.� Speaking to Texas Republicans Tuesday morning, Trump outlined his redistricting wishlist:
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July 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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NEW: Bishop Rojas of San Bernardino has dispensed his Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to ongoing ICE raids.
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Press freedoms were nice when we had them
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 1
"We're gonna actually go after them and prosecute them with the partnership of Pam if we can" -- Kristi Noem says "we're working with the Department of Justice to see if we can prosecute" CNN for allegedly promoting the ICEBlock app
July 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Everyone who voted for Harris had an idea.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 25
Q: You said you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You've now been in office for 5 months. Why have you not been able to end the Ukraine war?

TRUMP: Because it's more difficult than people would have any idea.
June 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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BREAKING

The Trevor Project confirms that the Trump administration is eliminating the LGBTQ+ option on the 988 suicide hotline.

Right now, LGBTQ+ people who dial 988 can access specialized services.
June 18, 2025 – The Trevor Project received official notice yesterday that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is initiating the closure of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program within 30 days, effective July 17, 2025.
June 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Via Sam Stein on twitter
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I could sure use some SLEEPY Joe right about now…
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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NEW: Here's a striking new amicus brief in support of California from 8 "former US Army and Navy secretaries and retired four-star admirals and generals" (inc. Michael Hayden, Thad Allen, Sean O'Keefe). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Deployment under these circumstances poses multiple risks to the core mission of the National Guard and the Marines, and to the well-being of the troops. First, deploying military personnel in the context of domestic law enforcement diverts them from their primary mission, which is national security and disaster response, at the expense of local, state, and national safety. Second, National Guard personnel and active-duty Marines are not trained or qualified to conduct domestic law enforcement operations, which poses a danger to the safety of both the troops and the public. Third, the use of federal military personnel in the context of law enforcement operations should be a last resort to avoid the politicization of the military, which inevitably erodes public trust, impacts recruitment, and undermines troop morale. Amici submit this brief to more fully explain these risks and assist the Court in its disposition of the pending motion.
June 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM