DRodgers
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The President of the United States works for the dictator of Russia. He's laundered money for their oligarchs for two or three decades, relied on their banks (and Deutschebank) since American banks stopped lending to him after his seven bankruptcies, and has enabled them as much as possible as 45/47
Trump gets his marching orders from the Kremlin’s murderous thug.
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The President of the United States works for the dictator of Russia. He's laundered money for their oligarchs for two or three decades, relied on their banks (and Deutschebank) since American banks stopped lending to him after his seven bankruptcies, and has enabled them as much as possible as 45/47
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One way to quantify the GOP's attack on free and fair elections:
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One way to quantify the GOP's attack on free and fair elections:
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
Kushner couldn't even qualify for security clearance when he was part of administration number one, as he lied by omission repeatedly on his multiple applications! Still,he was credited along with his felon father-in-law with brokering "middle east peace" in the FAILED Abraham Accords. Same 💩 now.
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Kushner couldn't even qualify for security clearance when he was part of administration number one, as he lied by omission repeatedly on his multiple applications! Still,he was credited along with his felon father-in-law with brokering "middle east peace" in the FAILED Abraham Accords. Same 💩 now.
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It’s obvious that the Republicans and particularly Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Trump. That was the reality handed to the next administration. The lesson is future Dem leadership needs to take criminal accountability seriously—and not fear blowback.
Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s obvious that the Republicans and particularly Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Trump. That was the reality handed to the next administration. The lesson is future Dem leadership needs to take criminal accountability seriously—and not fear blowback.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
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I’m always confused by people who both lean into the providence of supposed pre-ordained national superiority *and* refuse to trust God by imposing Christianity with force.
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m always confused by people who both lean into the providence of supposed pre-ordained national superiority *and* refuse to trust God by imposing Christianity with force.
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Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
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Chuck Redd just gained hundreds of millions of new fans
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Chuck Redd just gained hundreds of millions of new fans
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🇨🇦 🇺🇦Canada will provide Ukraine 2.5 billion Canadian dollars - funds intended to unlock financing from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD to begin the reconstruction process. This was announced by Prime Minister Carney.
He also condemned Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv.
Thank you Canada ❤️
He also condemned Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv.
Thank you Canada ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🇨🇦 🇺🇦Canada will provide Ukraine 2.5 billion Canadian dollars - funds intended to unlock financing from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD to begin the reconstruction process. This was announced by Prime Minister Carney.
He also condemned Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv.
Thank you Canada ❤️
He also condemned Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv.
Thank you Canada ❤️
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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Clinton: Don't trust me, release the files.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
December 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Clinton: Don't trust me, release the files.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social articles in the December and January issues:
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social articles in the December and January issues:
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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JD Vance: “Do you promise to take the country back from the people who took Charlie Kirk’s life?”
The kid came from a conservative Christian family, so yes JD we do!
The kid came from a conservative Christian family, so yes JD we do!
December 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
JD Vance: “Do you promise to take the country back from the people who took Charlie Kirk’s life?”
The kid came from a conservative Christian family, so yes JD we do!
The kid came from a conservative Christian family, so yes JD we do!
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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When other nations broadcast news that the US has decided is contraband and won’t broadcast, you know you’re living in a third world authoritarian country.
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When other nations broadcast news that the US has decided is contraband and won’t broadcast, you know you’re living in a third world authoritarian country.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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CBS News capitulated but Democracy Docket never will. I created it without corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who help support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
CBS News capitulated but Democracy Docket never will. I created it without corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who help support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?