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We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
October 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
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As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
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School shootings are only a "Fact of Life" in the only country in the world too stupid to do anything to stop them.
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
School shootings are only a "Fact of Life" in the only country in the world too stupid to do anything to stop them.
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It turns out that the "Kennedy Curse" was not to have so many die, but to have the stupidest survive.
September 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It turns out that the "Kennedy Curse" was not to have so many die, but to have the stupidest survive.
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Some sense of scale.
April 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some sense of scale.
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Yeah.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.
Fuck you, you coward.
Fuck you, you coward.
This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well.
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
March 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yeah.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
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While I greatly appreciate AOC and Bernie Sanders barnstorming against the meanness, lies, and ineptitude of Trump/Musk, I have to wonder, where are the Obamas? Where are Biden & Harris? Where are the Clintons?
This is an "all hands on deck" situation.
This is an "all hands on deck" situation.
March 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
While I greatly appreciate AOC and Bernie Sanders barnstorming against the meanness, lies, and ineptitude of Trump/Musk, I have to wonder, where are the Obamas? Where are Biden & Harris? Where are the Clintons?
This is an "all hands on deck" situation.
This is an "all hands on deck" situation.
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VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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oneartpoetry.com/2025/03/22/s...
Always delighted to have a poem in the wonderful One Art!
Always delighted to have a poem in the wonderful One Art!
March 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
oneartpoetry.com/2025/03/22/s...
Always delighted to have a poem in the wonderful One Art!
Always delighted to have a poem in the wonderful One Art!
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No bone spurs detected.
March 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No bone spurs detected.
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Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”
www.wsj.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
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Trump takes a baseball bat to the U.S. economy
Trump takes a baseball bat to the U.S. economy
Destroying Americans' livelihoods and wealth to satisfy the whims of a crazy ideology.
www.noahpinion.blog
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trump takes a baseball bat to the U.S. economy
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By announcing the China/Canada/Mexico tariffs *immediately* on the heels of the understaffed FAA disaster on the Potomac, Donald Trump is hoping to use one bad policy to distract you from the effects of another one.
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
By announcing the China/Canada/Mexico tariffs *immediately* on the heels of the understaffed FAA disaster on the Potomac, Donald Trump is hoping to use one bad policy to distract you from the effects of another one.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
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Overnight the WH told reporters it was out of the loop on the two big stories that roiled the federal government all week talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...
White House Says We Were Out of the Loop: ON EVERYTHING
We’re getting clearer indications now that the effort to bamboozle, frighten and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Overnight the WH told reporters it was out of the loop on the two big stories that roiled the federal government all week talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...
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Which house Democrat is going to go the well of the House and start listing off the various violent extremists who were just freed from jail after tasering Cap police officers, bashing their heads w flag poles, shitting on the floor in the capitol building, triggering one Cap police officers …
January 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Which house Democrat is going to go the well of the House and start listing off the various violent extremists who were just freed from jail after tasering Cap police officers, bashing their heads w flag poles, shitting on the floor in the capitol building, triggering one Cap police officers …
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Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It
Yesterday my colleague Kate Riga noted a trap Senate Democrats keep falling...
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January 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...
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No one has ever done this—TWICE—by accident. On camera. Before an international audience.
Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk.
I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.
Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk.
I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
No one has ever done this—TWICE—by accident. On camera. Before an international audience.
Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk.
I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.
Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk.
I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.
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Elon Goes Full Seig Heil In Clarifying Moment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...
Elon Goes Full Seig Heil In Clarifying Moment
I was at the gym this afternoon when I saw out of...
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January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Elon Goes Full Seig Heil In Clarifying Moment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...
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Aha! That's where the Dodgers are getting all their money!
new york post claiming that 275 million people rode the subway without paying last year
January 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Aha! That's where the Dodgers are getting all their money!