Octopus’s Garden
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Our memories are long.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
Evergreen.
It's all just one big Trump grift as our country collapses. And Congress sits there with their thumbs up their asses.
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Evergreen.
Can we now finally acknowledge the obvious?
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view reut.rs/4qefvUL
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view
The U.S. National Security Strategy described Trump's vision as one of "flexible realism."
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Can we now finally acknowledge the obvious?
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Putin’s spokesman Peskov praised recent changes to the U.S. National Security Strategy, claiming they align with Russia’s views. He called it a potential basis for “constructive work” on a "Ukraine settlement".
This says it all.
This says it all.
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Putin’s spokesman Peskov praised recent changes to the U.S. National Security Strategy, claiming they align with Russia’s views. He called it a potential basis for “constructive work” on a "Ukraine settlement".
This says it all.
This says it all.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship with an executive order is constitutional, offering the justices an opportunity to revisit w...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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There are way too many people in the world that have not heard 'fuck off' enough.
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
There are way too many people in the world that have not heard 'fuck off' enough.
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There is a new axis of evil that is actively pouring money, influence and energy into undermining European democracy: the USA, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Russia may collapse before long (but like a dying wasp, sting all the worse), but the other two have very deep pockets.
Russia may collapse before long (but like a dying wasp, sting all the worse), but the other two have very deep pockets.
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There is a new axis of evil that is actively pouring money, influence and energy into undermining European democracy: the USA, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Russia may collapse before long (but like a dying wasp, sting all the worse), but the other two have very deep pockets.
Russia may collapse before long (but like a dying wasp, sting all the worse), but the other two have very deep pockets.
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Being alive right now is trying to balance “I want to stay informed” with “this is actively destroying my mental health”
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Being alive right now is trying to balance “I want to stay informed” with “this is actively destroying my mental health”
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December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I agree. This is "actually" important.
Can't at the moment think of any episode in my (long) journalistic experience of comparable interference with results.
(George Will sharing debate notes with Bush campaign microscopic, by comparison.)
Can't at the moment think of any episode in my (long) journalistic experience of comparable interference with results.
(George Will sharing debate notes with Bush campaign microscopic, by comparison.)
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I agree. This is "actually" important.
Can't at the moment think of any episode in my (long) journalistic experience of comparable interference with results.
(George Will sharing debate notes with Bush campaign microscopic, by comparison.)
Can't at the moment think of any episode in my (long) journalistic experience of comparable interference with results.
(George Will sharing debate notes with Bush campaign microscopic, by comparison.)
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I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Seconded.
I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Seconded.
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A participation trophy for the very good boy who sits atop a movement comprised of Americans who resent how the libs have supposedly created a world in which children are rendered weak by all of the participation trophies they receive.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A participation trophy for the very good boy who sits atop a movement comprised of Americans who resent how the libs have supposedly created a world in which children are rendered weak by all of the participation trophies they receive.
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The people in that room arguing to kill these men are actual murderers. We don’t have reliable evidence they were doing anything wrong; we are not at war; there were no formal accusations against them; even if they were enemy combatants you can’t kill shipwrecked survivors waving for help
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The people in that room arguing to kill these men are actual murderers. We don’t have reliable evidence they were doing anything wrong; we are not at war; there were no formal accusations against them; even if they were enemy combatants you can’t kill shipwrecked survivors waving for help
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The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
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Yet again, a district court showed its work
Yet again, the Supreme Court showed its ass
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
Yet again, the Supreme Court showed its ass
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yet again, a district court showed its work
Yet again, the Supreme Court showed its ass
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
Yet again, the Supreme Court showed its ass
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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My wildest, craziest fantasy is that they won’t just be cowering in the darkness again within my lifetime.
I want them to face real consequences. I want the Nazis to hurt. I want every far-right extremist currently posting openly about their bigotry to never again know a moment’s peace.
I want them to face real consequences. I want the Nazis to hurt. I want every far-right extremist currently posting openly about their bigotry to never again know a moment’s peace.
there are more of us than there are of them and we will scare the nazis back into cover of darkness in my lifetime
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My wildest, craziest fantasy is that they won’t just be cowering in the darkness again within my lifetime.
I want them to face real consequences. I want the Nazis to hurt. I want every far-right extremist currently posting openly about their bigotry to never again know a moment’s peace.
I want them to face real consequences. I want the Nazis to hurt. I want every far-right extremist currently posting openly about their bigotry to never again know a moment’s peace.
Hopefully his next award is the Peace Out Trophy.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hopefully his next award is the Peace Out Trophy.