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Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.
What we know so far, 9:30pm
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
WASHINGTON—Faced with ongoing budget crises, underfunded schools nationwide are increasingly left with no option but to cut the past tense—a grammatical construction traditionally used to relate all a...
theonion.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
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Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
www.kplctv.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
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Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.
...Voters really, really care about controlling immigration and crime. They just do. And if voters don’t think Democrats will take those issues seriously, they elect a garbage human like Trump who will seize the opportunity to expand his own power.
August 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.
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We are now officially living in an idiocracy.
RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu, covid
The targeting of the vaccine technology once considered revolutionary follows intense criticism by conservatives and anti-vaccine activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We are now officially living in an idiocracy.
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The crazy thing: For families making $4.3 million+ per year, $390K more won't change ANYTHING for them. That's pocket change at their wealth level. But families eking by on <$51K will see NEGATIVE income thanks to this administration—and that WILL make their lives worse. Why are we doing this?
"The billionaire class has rewritten the rules of American capitalism. Their numbers are growing, their wealth is accelerating, and their influence is reshaping the economy—and democracy itself." www.datapulse.de/en/billionai...
The Rich Aren’t Just Getting Richer—They’re Running the Show - DataPulse Research
How did the number of U.S. billionaires explode in just 15 years? Our report uncovers the data and power plays behind America's great wealth imbalance.
www.datapulse.de
July 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The crazy thing: For families making $4.3 million+ per year, $390K more won't change ANYTHING for them. That's pocket change at their wealth level. But families eking by on <$51K will see NEGATIVE income thanks to this administration—and that WILL make their lives worse. Why are we doing this?
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Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
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FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
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June 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
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Trump Grants Refugee Status To Former SS Guards
Trump Grants Refugee Status To Former SS Guards
WASHINGTON—Condemning what he described as the disturbing and unjust treatment of the group, President Donald Trump granted refugee status this week to former SS guards. “The discrimination these peop...
theonion.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump Grants Refugee Status To Former SS Guards
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I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
May 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
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NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
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This is EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN under the Constitution, which Trump vowed to uphold and protect. It's impeachable.
At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage (Gift Article)
A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN under the Constitution, which Trump vowed to uphold and protect. It's impeachable.
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Scary stuff.
As IRS commissioner under Obama (and Trump 1.0), John Koskinen weathered blistering Republican attacks on his agency and employees. But what's happening now is like nothing he's ever seen—like Richard Nixon and his "enemies list," only worse. This is "a threat to the country" he told me.
A former IRS chief on Trump’s attempts to gut—and weaponize—his agency
"This is an administration priding itself on revenge," says John Koskinen.
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Scary stuff.
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At this moment, it’s simply reassuring to know that this set of discerning policy professionals has also reformed the country’s medical research agenda, energy R&D portfolio, foreign aid and intelligence program, and military doctrine. We are in good hands.
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
At this moment, it’s simply reassuring to know that this set of discerning policy professionals has also reformed the country’s medical research agenda, energy R&D portfolio, foreign aid and intelligence program, and military doctrine. We are in good hands.
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.