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I'm still standing
Sadly it's all true.
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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February 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Any Questions?
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.

The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.

Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
No Shit, Governor.
Donald Trump is a racist.
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Narcissist
Racist
Anti Democracy Radical
JUST IN: Trump DELETES racist post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, blames a "White House staffer."

Karoline Leavitt previously defended the post and criticized the public outcry as "fake outrage."
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Thugs & Bullies
What the hell did that dog do to him?
US Marshals, acting on behalf of the DOJ in Memphis, TN, kicked a dog during an arrest, leaving it with a broken rib.
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Sure!
Let's make deals with thugs like these.
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.

ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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The White House is failing to control the narrative. People who barely talk about politics are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Thugs R Us.
DISBAND ICE
ABOLISH ICE
PROSECUTE EVERY OFFENDER.
👇This.
Van Hollen: "The Trump admin has essentially said to folks at ICE, 'Anything goes. You have a license to kill. And by the way, we won't investigate you. We'll take care of this for you.' When they're calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists,' what they're saying to ICE is we got your back."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
At least they didn't kill the poor man.
a civil engineer

valid work visa

master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023

in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland

no criminal record

themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
themainemonitor.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Seems legit.
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Boycott the World Cup
Boycott the Olympics
Impeach Noem
Abolish ICE
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell, 1984
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Smith is begging to be charged or black bagged by this frankly lawless administration.
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Looks like nine kinds of death rolling by.
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Jack Smith: "President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws that he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions, as alleged in the indictments they returned."
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.

Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Whose America is this, where cruelty is the whole point?
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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This post by @pkrugman.bsky.social on "Sundowning" is worth reading.

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundow...

Agree with this conclusion:
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM