Two can play at this game. Dems in Congress should respond in kind by using their govt-funded websites to list this regime's myriad crimes -- unless and until the regime returns to non-partisan use of publicly-financed communications resources.
The Trump White House has rolled out a new version of a page on its official website about the history of the building to tout the president’s controversial ballroom project – while gratuitously trolling the last three Democratic presidents.
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Under Fire For East Wing Demo, White House Grossly Trolls Last 3 Dem Presidents
Sheer Assholery The Trump White House has rolled out a new version...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Two can play at this game. Dems in Congress should respond in kind by using their govt-funded websites to list this regime's myriad crimes -- unless and until the regime returns to non-partisan use of publicly-financed communications resources.
Here's a roomful of people who -- with very few exceptions -- have actually read the Constitution, understand what it means, and take their citizenship very seriously. They deserve better than being forced to listen to inane lectures and veiled threats from the Mad King and his hench-thug.
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Here's a roomful of people who -- with very few exceptions -- have actually read the Constitution, understand what it means, and take their citizenship very seriously. They deserve better than being forced to listen to inane lectures and veiled threats from the Mad King and his hench-thug.
No fatties, no beardos, no longhairs, for they do not embody the warrior ethos.
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
No fatties, no beardos, no longhairs, for they do not embody the warrior ethos.
He's not thinking; he's decompensating.
What was he thinking? That's the great unknown after Trump shared a very clearly AI-generated video of himself declaring in a fake Fox News segment that "every American will soon receive their own 'medbed card.'" We're all susceptible to AI slop, but...
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He's not thinking; he's decompensating.
Because there's nothing general officers like better than having to drop everything and fly thousands of miles on short notice in order to be lectured on the topic of the "warrior ethos" by a retired National Guard major.
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New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Because there's nothing general officers like better than having to drop everything and fly thousands of miles on short notice in order to be lectured on the topic of the "warrior ethos" by a retired National Guard major.
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Like many Democrats, I am dissatisfied with the DC-based "leadership" of my party. But more and more, state and local Democratic leaders are embracing the plain speaking we need. This is the Way. youtu.be/H4vQWQzcm_A?...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker responds to Trump's threat to send National Guard to Chicago
YouTube video by ABC News
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August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Like many Democrats, I am dissatisfied with the DC-based "leadership" of my party. But more and more, state and local Democratic leaders are embracing the plain speaking we need. This is the Way. youtu.be/H4vQWQzcm_A?...
Y'know, if it weren't for the slide into fascism, retirement really would feel like an extremely extended family vacation.
August 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Y'know, if it weren't for the slide into fascism, retirement really would feel like an extremely extended family vacation.
An eloquent and timely article in Variety (and yet another chance for me to recommend Andor).
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variety.com/2025/tv/awar...
As Fascism Takes Hold in the U.S., How Will — and Should — the TV Landscape Depict Our Real-Life Horrors?
In his Awards Circuit column, Michael Schneider looks at the U.S.' descent into fascism, and asks how the TV landscape should depict the horrors.
variety.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
An eloquent and timely article in Variety (and yet another chance for me to recommend Andor).
variety.com/2025/tv/awar...
variety.com/2025/tv/awar...
It's a good time for all of us to show our respect for Federal law enforcement officers by feeding them. When you see masked ICE agents in the street, offer them soft, delicious, well-made, well-wrapped sandwiches. Toss them in their direction. I'm sure they'll appreciate the gesture.
August 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's a good time for all of us to show our respect for Federal law enforcement officers by feeding them. When you see masked ICE agents in the street, offer them soft, delicious, well-made, well-wrapped sandwiches. Toss them in their direction. I'm sure they'll appreciate the gesture.
The rate of violent and serious crime in DC is LOWER now than it was during the presidencies of Reagan, Bush I or Bush II. (Numbers at link.)
The Mad King is simply flexing his dictator muscles. Which, it must be noted, look stronger every day.
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The Mad King is simply flexing his dictator muscles. Which, it must be noted, look stronger every day.
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publicleadershipinstitute.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The rate of violent and serious crime in DC is LOWER now than it was during the presidencies of Reagan, Bush I or Bush II. (Numbers at link.)
The Mad King is simply flexing his dictator muscles. Which, it must be noted, look stronger every day.
publicleadershipinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
The Mad King is simply flexing his dictator muscles. Which, it must be noted, look stronger every day.
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I still believe that Democrats can win elections and redeem our national promise. And Dem voters are over-performing everywhere in off-year tests. But the "leadership" -- Schumer, Jeffries, Martin -- are failing us. It's time for them to go.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Most Democrats vote for failed resolutions to block arms sales to Israel
The votes by more than half of Senate Democrats highlight the party’s growing frustration with Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza, nearly two years after Hamas’s attack.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I still believe that Democrats can win elections and redeem our national promise. And Dem voters are over-performing everywhere in off-year tests. But the "leadership" -- Schumer, Jeffries, Martin -- are failing us. It's time for them to go.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"In every stage of these Oppressions . . . Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Best Wishes to All for a Hopeful and Resolute Independence Day.
Best Wishes to All for a Hopeful and Resolute Independence Day.
June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"In every stage of these Oppressions . . . Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Best Wishes to All for a Hopeful and Resolute Independence Day.
Best Wishes to All for a Hopeful and Resolute Independence Day.
No Kings, High Point NC
June 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
No Kings, High Point NC
I'm not a fan of Ross Douthat but, if you love Andor, his interview with Tony Gilroy is well worth a read/listen. And if you don't love Andor, then you really, really should.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
Opinion | What Makes Art ‘Left Wing’?
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm not a fan of Ross Douthat but, if you love Andor, his interview with Tony Gilroy is well worth a read/listen. And if you don't love Andor, then you really, really should.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
Don't be fooled by headlines about "GOP splits." It's all b.s. The Senate will pass a cruel, corrupt version of the bill.Yet the press corps will continue to cover the story as if the outcome is in doubt.
How stupid can they be? How stupid do they think WE are?
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How stupid can they be? How stupid do they think WE are?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
7 ways Republicans are split over Trump’s ‘big bill’
Getting Trump’s tax and immigration bill through the Senate won’t be easy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Don't be fooled by headlines about "GOP splits." It's all b.s. The Senate will pass a cruel, corrupt version of the bill.Yet the press corps will continue to cover the story as if the outcome is in doubt.
How stupid can they be? How stupid do they think WE are?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How stupid can they be? How stupid do they think WE are?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Coercion. Extortion. Call it what you will, but it's illegal as hell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Coercion. Extortion. Call it what you will, but it's illegal as hell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Since, in my college years, I worked as a short-order cook and as a bartender I've been saying "86 the [thing]" for nigh on half a century. In general parlance, it's a request to omit, remove, not include or discontinue the [thing.] So I agree with Comey - and neither of us is issuing a threat.
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Since, in my college years, I worked as a short-order cook and as a bartender I've been saying "86 the [thing]" for nigh on half a century. In general parlance, it's a request to omit, remove, not include or discontinue the [thing.] So I agree with Comey - and neither of us is issuing a threat.
So, wait. The regime sent Harvard a Letter of Doom by MISTAKE? But the letter is also legitimate and they stand by it? And the showdown is Harvard's fault because it didn't call in to "negotiate?"
WTF is WRONG with these people?
Short answer: Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
WTF is WRONG with these people?
Short answer: Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So, wait. The regime sent Harvard a Letter of Doom by MISTAKE? But the letter is also legitimate and they stand by it? And the showdown is Harvard's fault because it didn't call in to "negotiate?"
WTF is WRONG with these people?
Short answer: Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
WTF is WRONG with these people?
Short answer: Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Reposted by Tom Champion
Donald Trump’s loyalists cannot contain him. His maliciousness and incompetence have produced dangerous, even lethal, disruptions, Peter Wehner writes.
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Donald Trump’s loyalists cannot contain him. His maliciousness and incompetence have produced dangerous, even lethal, disruptions, Peter Wehner writes.
I always thought "Mean Girls" was a cautionary satire, but the current regime's many spokes-blondes clearly regard it as a how-to manual.
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The Trump admin is smearing Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a reminder that Bin Laden was a father, too
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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April 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I always thought "Mean Girls" was a cautionary satire, but the current regime's many spokes-blondes clearly regard it as a how-to manual.
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As we work to restore decency, honor and sanity to our government and shore up our constitution, we can publicly honor democracy, the rule of law and freedom by temporarily tweaking our symbols. As a patriot, I hope that, someday soon, I will once again fly Old Glory with pride. In the meantime,
April 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As we work to restore decency, honor and sanity to our government and shore up our constitution, we can publicly honor democracy, the rule of law and freedom by temporarily tweaking our symbols. As a patriot, I hope that, someday soon, I will once again fly Old Glory with pride. In the meantime,
Thousands are out in Greensboro shouting "Hands Off" and "Stop the Steal" (local reference to the State Supreme Court election here).
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thousands are out in Greensboro shouting "Hands Off" and "Stop the Steal" (local reference to the State Supreme Court election here).
Well, this is pretty darn great.
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We Are Great Again
YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Well, this is pretty darn great.
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It's official GOP doctrine that "illegals" aren't entitled to due process -- and that only Republicans get to decide who's illegal and who isn't.
We're way past fretting about the potential for a constitutional crisis. It's already here.
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We're way past fretting about the potential for a constitutional crisis. It's already here.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-b...
Judge Puts Screws To Trump DOJ On Who Exactly May Have Ignored His Orders On Alien Enemies Act
The Trump Justice Department was at times squirrely, at times withholding and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's official GOP doctrine that "illegals" aren't entitled to due process -- and that only Republicans get to decide who's illegal and who isn't.
We're way past fretting about the potential for a constitutional crisis. It's already here.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-b...
We're way past fretting about the potential for a constitutional crisis. It's already here.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-b...
Just like the GOP reps cancelling their town meetings, Schumer is afraid to go out and face his constituents. If you want to see what real principles look like, check the many Dems who face rightwing abuse and violent threats daily but don't run or hide.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Chuck Schumer Postpones Book Tour Amid Spending Bill Vote Backlash
Many Democratic activists, desperate for their leaders to stand up to President Trump, have been staging protests outside of Senator Chuck Schumer’s home and calling for his resignation.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just like the GOP reps cancelling their town meetings, Schumer is afraid to go out and face his constituents. If you want to see what real principles look like, check the many Dems who face rightwing abuse and violent threats daily but don't run or hide.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...