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Alas, I do blame the US media for rarely covering the details of Trump’s Armageddon bargain with Netanyahu in his first term. The Christian supremacist Right has gotten away with so much.
Today, JD Vance urged Republicans to put on the "full armor of god" to fight their opponents.
Tonight, some of the most powerful people in tech will gather to hear Peter Thiel—who created Vance—give a secret lecture on the Antichrist.
It's all the same talking point, folks: politics as holy war
Tonight, some of the most powerful people in tech will gather to hear Peter Thiel—who created Vance—give a secret lecture on the Antichrist.
It's all the same talking point, folks: politics as holy war
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Alas, I do blame the US media for rarely covering the details of Trump’s Armageddon bargain with Netanyahu in his first term. The Christian supremacist Right has gotten away with so much.
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America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.
September 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.
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Trump has weaponized us against each other
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
July 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump has weaponized us against each other
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
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Remember when the orange taco felon said, “Vote now, so you never have to again”? Believe him. It’s time to stay calm. Protest smart—peacefully and away from National Guard zones. Don’t let them provoke violence. Don’t hand him the chaos he craves to justify martial law.
You don't have to stamp your feet or even raise your voice
Violence is not the answer
Violence is not the answer
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Remember when the orange taco felon said, “Vote now, so you never have to again”? Believe him. It’s time to stay calm. Protest smart—peacefully and away from National Guard zones. Don’t let them provoke violence. Don’t hand him the chaos he craves to justify martial law.
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It's conceivable Homan could look more like a character from a military dictatorship (or a heavy-handed satire of a military dictatorship) but it is unlikely. "Hello, Central Casting, get me a not terribly bright but mean-spirited "just following orders"-type thug..."
MSNBC: Does everyone who has been arrested by ICE agents have a criminal record?
TOM HOMAN: Absolutely not.
TOM HOMAN: Absolutely not.
June 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It's conceivable Homan could look more like a character from a military dictatorship (or a heavy-handed satire of a military dictatorship) but it is unlikely. "Hello, Central Casting, get me a not terribly bright but mean-spirited "just following orders"-type thug..."
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A shape-shifting sociopath (Vance).......
.....vouches for immutable psychopath (Stephen Miller).
Let’s unpack.....
1/
.....vouches for immutable psychopath (Stephen Miller).
Let’s unpack.....
1/
June 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A shape-shifting sociopath (Vance).......
.....vouches for immutable psychopath (Stephen Miller).
Let’s unpack.....
1/
.....vouches for immutable psychopath (Stephen Miller).
Let’s unpack.....
1/
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We're walking right into it.
No one appears to have any idea how to stop it.
We know where it's headed.
Martial law. The end of democracy. No more elections.
A waking nightmare.
I promise to amplify anyone offering legal, workable solutions. I haven't found any yet.
And the left is leaderless.
No one appears to have any idea how to stop it.
We know where it's headed.
Martial law. The end of democracy. No more elections.
A waking nightmare.
I promise to amplify anyone offering legal, workable solutions. I haven't found any yet.
And the left is leaderless.
June 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We're walking right into it.
No one appears to have any idea how to stop it.
We know where it's headed.
Martial law. The end of democracy. No more elections.
A waking nightmare.
I promise to amplify anyone offering legal, workable solutions. I haven't found any yet.
And the left is leaderless.
No one appears to have any idea how to stop it.
We know where it's headed.
Martial law. The end of democracy. No more elections.
A waking nightmare.
I promise to amplify anyone offering legal, workable solutions. I haven't found any yet.
And the left is leaderless.
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"U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is 'booming,' he’s wrong..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Job growth held steady in May, but new signs of economic trouble emerge
U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is “booming,” he’s wrong.
www.msnbc.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is 'booming,' he’s wrong..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!
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Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
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“This is a takeover of a major component of the legislative branch,” the expert tells Rolling Stone. “There’s no reason that they’re going to stop there.”
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“This is a takeover of a major component of the legislative branch,” the expert tells Rolling Stone. “There’s no reason that they’re going to stop there.”
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Excellent. Here’s the habeas lawsuit filed in DC for all the men disappeared to CECOT we were waiting for.
JUST IN: @aclu and @democracyfwd ask Boasberg to reimpose nationwide TRO on Alien Enemjes Act deportations. They also want to refile habeas corpus claims in DC for the roughly 130 men deported March 15 despite Boasberg's order to turn planes around. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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www.documentcloud.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Excellent. Here’s the habeas lawsuit filed in DC for all the men disappeared to CECOT we were waiting for.
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If you have ever wondered how the leaders of America’s most powerful institutions would react if a despot sought to seize power in the US and strip away our most basic freedoms while destroying our economy, national security and institutions…now you know. They’ll roll over and play dead.
April 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you have ever wondered how the leaders of America’s most powerful institutions would react if a despot sought to seize power in the US and strip away our most basic freedoms while destroying our economy, national security and institutions…now you know. They’ll roll over and play dead.
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As I expected, the government ignored the 9:30 a.m. deadline set by the federal court in Maryland.
The court moved the deadline to 11:30 a.m.
As I expected, the government ignored the 11:30 deadline.
A 1:00 p.m. court hearing was scheduled.
As I expected, the government demanded it be canceled.
The court moved the deadline to 11:30 a.m.
As I expected, the government ignored the 11:30 deadline.
A 1:00 p.m. court hearing was scheduled.
As I expected, the government demanded it be canceled.
April 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As I expected, the government ignored the 9:30 a.m. deadline set by the federal court in Maryland.
The court moved the deadline to 11:30 a.m.
As I expected, the government ignored the 11:30 deadline.
A 1:00 p.m. court hearing was scheduled.
As I expected, the government demanded it be canceled.
The court moved the deadline to 11:30 a.m.
As I expected, the government ignored the 11:30 deadline.
A 1:00 p.m. court hearing was scheduled.
As I expected, the government demanded it be canceled.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
100 years ago, today: The Great Gatsby published.
100 years ago, today: The Great Gatsby published.
April 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
100 years ago, today: The Great Gatsby published.
100 years ago, today: The Great Gatsby published.
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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
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I fear you; your eyes are the text I can’t stop reading. 🧄
I like you; your eyes are full of language.
Anne Sexton, 1964
Anne Sexton, 1964
April 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I fear you; your eyes are the text I can’t stop reading. 🧄
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So a decade or so ago, they were secretly representing Putin/Russia while officially representing Trump, got caught, admitted to everything, paid a fine and registered as a foreign agent, and have now been extorted by Trump into forking over $100M in free legal services.
March 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So a decade or so ago, they were secretly representing Putin/Russia while officially representing Trump, got caught, admitted to everything, paid a fine and registered as a foreign agent, and have now been extorted by Trump into forking over $100M in free legal services.
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It would disenfranchise millions. It seeks to restrict what ballots states can count. It purports to give DOGE unspecified powers to review state run voter rolls. No wonder vote suppressors and election deniers from coast to coast lavished it with praise. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It would disenfranchise millions. It seeks to restrict what ballots states can count. It purports to give DOGE unspecified powers to review state run voter rolls. No wonder vote suppressors and election deniers from coast to coast lavished it with praise. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.