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I prefer to begin the day in a gradual manner.
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. (Fran Lebowitz)
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. (Fran Lebowitz)
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· Nov 16
“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.” (Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet)
Every morning.
Every morning.
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Newsom's latest troll 😆
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Newsom's latest troll 😆
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🧵20 TERRIBLE TAKES OF THE TRUMP ERA: A THREAD🧵
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
Trump: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured" (C-SPAN)
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🧵20 TERRIBLE TAKES OF THE TRUMP ERA: A THREAD🧵
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
From The New Yorker
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
From The New Yorker
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On Veterans Day, I remember stories from the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Like the wife/mother whom the same officer visited twice within 45 minutes with telegrams about her husband & her son.
And I remember every damn thing Trump said about those who served.
I hope soldiers/vets do.
And I remember every damn thing Trump said about those who served.
I hope soldiers/vets do.
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On Veterans Day, I remember stories from the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Like the wife/mother whom the same officer visited twice within 45 minutes with telegrams about her husband & her son.
And I remember every damn thing Trump said about those who served.
I hope soldiers/vets do.
And I remember every damn thing Trump said about those who served.
I hope soldiers/vets do.
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On Veterans Day we honor those courageous men and women who answered the call and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution 🙏
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On Veterans Day we honor those courageous men and women who answered the call and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution 🙏
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
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Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies
Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
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winesap apples, painted by royal charles steadman
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
winesap apples, painted by royal charles steadman
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Yeah I'd like everyone to read these to their MAGA friends and family, too.
Trump talks so fast and confidently that people don't notice that he's speaking incoherent nonsense full of incomplete sentences that never actually say anything.
Trump talks so fast and confidently that people don't notice that he's speaking incoherent nonsense full of incomplete sentences that never actually say anything.
I’d just like to print out transcripts of Trump’s nonsensical answers and ask Republicans in Congress to read them aloud.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Yeah I'd like everyone to read these to their MAGA friends and family, too.
Trump talks so fast and confidently that people don't notice that he's speaking incoherent nonsense full of incomplete sentences that never actually say anything.
Trump talks so fast and confidently that people don't notice that he's speaking incoherent nonsense full of incomplete sentences that never actually say anything.
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
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This is just the start of efforts by NY State Democrats to sabotage Mayor Mamdani.
New York Gov. Hochul pushes back on NYC plan for free buses
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed back on mayoral-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make city busses free in the Big Apple.
thenationaldesk.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is just the start of efforts by NY State Democrats to sabotage Mayor Mamdani.
From Marc Elias, Democracy Docket:
"Trump’s latest pardons underscore something I have written about a lot recently: the president is determined to rewrite the history of the 2020 election."
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"Trump’s latest pardons underscore something I have written about a lot recently: the president is determined to rewrite the history of the 2020 election."
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November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
From Marc Elias, Democracy Docket:
"Trump’s latest pardons underscore something I have written about a lot recently: the president is determined to rewrite the history of the 2020 election."
member.democracydocket.com/trump-pardon...
"Trump’s latest pardons underscore something I have written about a lot recently: the president is determined to rewrite the history of the 2020 election."
member.democracydocket.com/trump-pardon...
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Because voting "no" while letting others vote "yes" is strategic misdirection that lets Democrats fold every hand while claiming that only some of them fold some hands.
No more tricks. Clear the decks. Put in a new batch.
No more tricks. Clear the decks. Put in a new batch.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Because voting "no" while letting others vote "yes" is strategic misdirection that lets Democrats fold every hand while claiming that only some of them fold some hands.
No more tricks. Clear the decks. Put in a new batch.
No more tricks. Clear the decks. Put in a new batch.
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Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
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"I promise there will be a vote in December to extend healthcare subsidies. I mean it this time."
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I promise there will be a vote in December to extend healthcare subsidies. I mean it this time."
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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It’s unfair that Trump gets to sleep through his presidency and the rest of us have to be awake for it
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s unfair that Trump gets to sleep through his presidency and the rest of us have to be awake for it
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
The Supreme Court last month declined to take up Maxwell’s appeal of her conviction.
So she's apparently appealing to a higher court.
So she's apparently appealing to a higher court.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Supreme Court last month declined to take up Maxwell’s appeal of her conviction.
So she's apparently appealing to a higher court.
So she's apparently appealing to a higher court.
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Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ