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Republicans just passed Trump’s rescission package, gutting all federal funding for public broadcasting and slashing $7.9B in global aid—costing countless lives at home and abroad.
This is a shameful betrayal of the American people that will make us less safe, less informed, and less connected.
This is a shameful betrayal of the American people that will make us less safe, less informed, and less connected.
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Republicans just passed Trump’s rescission package, gutting all federal funding for public broadcasting and slashing $7.9B in global aid—costing countless lives at home and abroad.
This is a shameful betrayal of the American people that will make us less safe, less informed, and less connected.
This is a shameful betrayal of the American people that will make us less safe, less informed, and less connected.
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Great. We all agree. So what are they going to do about it?
I asked this same question of lawyers at firms that capitulated —ironically when I was interviewed by 60 Minutes.
When democracy is at stake, don’t tell me how you feel. I don’t care what you think. Tell us what you will do.
I asked this same question of lawyers at firms that capitulated —ironically when I was interviewed by 60 Minutes.
When democracy is at stake, don’t tell me how you feel. I don’t care what you think. Tell us what you will do.
CBS staff isn't buying Paramount's claim that Stephen Colbert's cancelation was a "financial decision" and had nothing to do with "other matters."
"Many of us think this was part and parcel of the Trump shakedown settlement,” one network staffer told me.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"Many of us think this was part and parcel of the Trump shakedown settlement,” one network staffer told me.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
CBS staff in turmoil over ‘Trump shakedown’ after Stephen Colbert is canceled
Exclusive: Multiple CBS staffers who spoke with The Independent said they aren’t buying the company’s claim that Colbert’s cancellation was a ‘financial decision,’ adding that the demise of the show h...
www.independent.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great. We all agree. So what are they going to do about it?
I asked this same question of lawyers at firms that capitulated —ironically when I was interviewed by 60 Minutes.
When democracy is at stake, don’t tell me how you feel. I don’t care what you think. Tell us what you will do.
I asked this same question of lawyers at firms that capitulated —ironically when I was interviewed by 60 Minutes.
When democracy is at stake, don’t tell me how you feel. I don’t care what you think. Tell us what you will do.
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Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
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An important read which lays bare 45/47s and Rs weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The tide is beginning to turn.
Trump’s first 100 days have been a catastrophe. But they have also revealed how Trump can and will be stopped. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-sho...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-sho...
Trump Is Showing Us How to Defeat Trumpism
The President just can’t help himself.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An important read which lays bare 45/47s and Rs weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The tide is beginning to turn.
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Convinced his job is to make Congress even more hesitant to dump Trump.
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Convinced his job is to make Congress even more hesitant to dump Trump.
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Effective Corporate Tax Rates
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
April 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Effective Corporate Tax Rates
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
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As an American living in the UK, I wonder if most Americans realize just how much Trump has irrevocably torched opinions of the US. People are afraid to visit, see the country increasingly as an adversary, and that’s *before* the tariffs. This is doing long term damage—and that’s in our closest ally
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
As an American living in the UK, I wonder if most Americans realize just how much Trump has irrevocably torched opinions of the US. People are afraid to visit, see the country increasingly as an adversary, and that’s *before* the tariffs. This is doing long term damage—and that’s in our closest ally
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My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.
April 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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This should be played on a loop all day during the RFK, Jr. confirmation hearing. Full video, too. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”
January 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This should be played on a loop all day during the RFK, Jr. confirmation hearing. Full video, too. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him
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Jack Smith has resigned. AG Garland now needs to grow a pair of balls and release the entire Smith report. Yes, there are remaining defendants in the docs case, but Trump will pardon them.
January 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Jack Smith has resigned. AG Garland now needs to grow a pair of balls and release the entire Smith report. Yes, there are remaining defendants in the docs case, but Trump will pardon them.
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Donald Trump tapped drug user Matt Gaetz, who was found by the House Ethics Committee to have had sex with a 17-year-old girl, as America's Attorney General. The country's top cop! If you're not outraged by such blatant hypocrisy, you're not paying attention.
December 25, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Donald Trump tapped drug user Matt Gaetz, who was found by the House Ethics Committee to have had sex with a 17-year-old girl, as America's Attorney General. The country's top cop! If you're not outraged by such blatant hypocrisy, you're not paying attention.
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I see how this is a problem. Do you see how this is a problem?
December 17, 2024 at 8:33 PM
I see how this is a problem. Do you see how this is a problem?
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Vice President Harris: "In fact, I challenge you to come back [after the holidays] ready. Ready to chart our path to the future. Chin up, shoulders back, forever impatient for change."
New from VP Harris:
"Let me be very clear, no one can walk away. No one can walk away. We must stay in the fight — every one of us — including the fight for an economy that works … for all Americans."
"That is the responsibility, in my opinion, that comes with the privilege of being an American."
"Let me be very clear, no one can walk away. No one can walk away. We must stay in the fight — every one of us — including the fight for an economy that works … for all Americans."
"That is the responsibility, in my opinion, that comes with the privilege of being an American."
December 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Vice President Harris: "In fact, I challenge you to come back [after the holidays] ready. Ready to chart our path to the future. Chin up, shoulders back, forever impatient for change."
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The New York attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney both said they will not dismiss their historic cases against Donald Trump now that he’s been reelected president.
Manhattan DA and state AG say Trump’s criminal and civil cases in New York should not be dismissed because he’s president | CNN Politics
The New York attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney both said Tuesday they will not dismiss their historic cases against Donald Trump now that he’s been reelected president.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
The New York attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney both said they will not dismiss their historic cases against Donald Trump now that he’s been reelected president.
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Just this week Texas government agencies have offered critically underfunded public schools money to teach Christianity AND offered land to President Trump for mass deportation centers.
This is what decades of Republican control brings you.
This is what decades of Republican control brings you.
November 20, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Just this week Texas government agencies have offered critically underfunded public schools money to teach Christianity AND offered land to President Trump for mass deportation centers.
This is what decades of Republican control brings you.
This is what decades of Republican control brings you.
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A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
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Hold the fuck on.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
November 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Hold the fuck on.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
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Before and after the election, the grift never ends.
November 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Before and after the election, the grift never ends.
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No kidding. They might want to show up on Capitol Hill www.npr.org/2024/11/12/n...
Pediatricians worry about a vaccine skeptic leading health policy
President elect Trump says RFK Jr, can go "wild on health." Some pediatricians worry this could mean a roll back of childhood vaccinations which would accelerate the reemergence of childhood diseases.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2024 at 1:27 AM
No kidding. They might want to show up on Capitol Hill www.npr.org/2024/11/12/n...
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Trump’s incoming administration isn’t just mostly white and mostly male.
It’s also mostly rapist.
It’s also mostly rapist.
November 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Trump’s incoming administration isn’t just mostly white and mostly male.
It’s also mostly rapist.
It’s also mostly rapist.