Fact. I’m not a fan of Gav, but at least he’s doing something.
Gavin Newsom is a presidential frontrunner in part because he not only talked the talk about fighting Trump, but came up with and executed a plan to actually do it. Other Democrats should take note. Words and stern letters ain’t sufficient.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Fact. I’m not a fan of Gav, but at least he’s doing something.
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Okay folks, one thing you need to understand about social media is that in participating in it *you* are creating rhetoric.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Okay folks, one thing you need to understand about social media is that in participating in it *you* are creating rhetoric.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
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📢HAPPENING TODAY @NOON: A rally responding to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis is being held in Albany today at 12pm at the James T. Foley Courthouse at 445 Broadway.
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
📢HAPPENING TODAY @NOON: A rally responding to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis is being held in Albany today at 12pm at the James T. Foley Courthouse at 445 Broadway.
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”
Former Vice-President Kamala Harris and Senator Lindsey Graham greet each other at Dick Cheney’s funeral.
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”
Took way less time to get to this argument than I expected.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Took way less time to get to this argument than I expected.
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As of this morning, it is imperative that the Democratic caucus in the senate remove Schumer as Minority Leader, Durbin as minority whip and Cortez Masto as Vice Chair of Outreach.
Replace them today with Van Hollen, Murphy and Merkley. Or anyone else who actually knows how to lead and discipline.
Replace them today with Van Hollen, Murphy and Merkley. Or anyone else who actually knows how to lead and discipline.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As of this morning, it is imperative that the Democratic caucus in the senate remove Schumer as Minority Leader, Durbin as minority whip and Cortez Masto as Vice Chair of Outreach.
Replace them today with Van Hollen, Murphy and Merkley. Or anyone else who actually knows how to lead and discipline.
Replace them today with Van Hollen, Murphy and Merkley. Or anyone else who actually knows how to lead and discipline.
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One of two things is true:
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One of two things is true:
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
Keep your caucus together, @schumer.senate.gov. Unless you’re giving safe seats some cover? That would be cowardly.
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Keep your caucus together, @schumer.senate.gov. Unless you’re giving safe seats some cover? That would be cowardly.
This is about as simple as you can make it.
Newsom: "It's not about rule of law anymore. It's rule of Don. He's choosing which court decisions he agrees with. He's quite literally running an extortion racket. He's doing it with some of the most powerful corporate leaders. What does everything have in common? Tariffs. They're about leverage"
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is about as simple as you can make it.
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trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
Shut-the-fuck-up
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Shut-the-fuck-up
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Critics on both sides of the aisle oppose Flock not only because cameras threaten to violate the privacy of anyone who drives past them, but also because the cameras are remarkably error-prone.
Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras
Lawmakers’ calls for Flock probe may help kill local contracts, expert says.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Critics on both sides of the aisle oppose Flock not only because cameras threaten to violate the privacy of anyone who drives past them, but also because the cameras are remarkably error-prone.
Not the obituary I was hoping for, but fine
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not the obituary I was hoping for, but fine
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Republicans in Congress are taking an indefinite vacation & relinquishing their power to a wannabe king.
Without a Congress, we’re living in a dictatorship—not a democracy.
Without a Congress, we’re living in a dictatorship—not a democracy.
Trump: "I said, 'put it all into one bill and if we get it done, we're done for four years.' We don't need anything more from Congress."
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Republicans in Congress are taking an indefinite vacation & relinquishing their power to a wannabe king.
Without a Congress, we’re living in a dictatorship—not a democracy.
Without a Congress, we’re living in a dictatorship—not a democracy.
So… concentration camps?
NEW: The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement ai...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So… concentration camps?
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
Reveling in incompetence
Mike Johnson: "Many of you have asked all of us, 'How does it end?' We have no idea."
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reveling in incompetence
RIP
R&B/soul icon D’Angelo, who rose to fame in the ’90s with a series of critically acclaimed and platinum-selling albums, has died at 51 after a cancer struggle, the singer’s family confirmed to Variety and People on Tuesday
R&B legend D’Angelo dies at 51: reports
While the private star only released three albums in his lifetime, he’s widely considered among the best R&B artists of all time.
www.news10.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
RIP
PM Carney shows his belly
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
PM Carney shows his belly
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
1/2
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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