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Looks like some Dem voters woke up to the fact that the party has long betraying Americans and enabling Trump. Here are some articles on why: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...
Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election
Some background reading
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Looks like some Dem voters woke up to the fact that the party has long betraying Americans and enabling Trump. Here are some articles on why: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...
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The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
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The Biden/Harris administration had the info about Epstein's 10 uncharged co-conspirators and we didn't hear a word about it.
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Biden/Harris administration had the info about Epstein's 10 uncharged co-conspirators and we didn't hear a word about it.
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Trump is building the infrastructure of a police state. People marked as "migrants" are its first and foremost targets.
But anyone who thinks "citizens" will also not end up in these national gulags is not facing reality.
But anyone who thinks "citizens" will also not end up in these national gulags is not facing reality.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump is building the infrastructure of a police state. People marked as "migrants" are its first and foremost targets.
But anyone who thinks "citizens" will also not end up in these national gulags is not facing reality.
But anyone who thinks "citizens" will also not end up in these national gulags is not facing reality.
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But that’s just me. I guess I’m an anti-torture zealot.
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
But that’s just me. I guess I’m an anti-torture zealot.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Talarico at an event last week. “I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine,”.
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Talarico at an event last week. “I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine,”.
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
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“The most damaging lesson of the Trump era is not that a demagogue can rise, but that the gatekeepers will step aside. … Democracy does not require heroic virtue from everyone. It does require baseline courage from those entrusted with power.”
By Marc Friedman (h/t @stuartpstevens.bsky.social)
By Marc Friedman (h/t @stuartpstevens.bsky.social)
The Silence That Remade The GOP
Views & Reviews
marcfriedmanesq.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“The most damaging lesson of the Trump era is not that a demagogue can rise, but that the gatekeepers will step aside. … Democracy does not require heroic virtue from everyone. It does require baseline courage from those entrusted with power.”
By Marc Friedman (h/t @stuartpstevens.bsky.social)
By Marc Friedman (h/t @stuartpstevens.bsky.social)
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Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, Flock’s Condor cameras track people, not vehicles.
The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.
LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.
LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, Flock’s Condor cameras track people, not vehicles.
The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.
LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.
LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
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+1 and let's do this for health insurance too
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
+1 and let's do this for health insurance too
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
prospect.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
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Once you realize their fantasy is putting down a slave rebellion rather than being a part of one it makes more sense
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Once you realize their fantasy is putting down a slave rebellion rather than being a part of one it makes more sense
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I will never understand why wanting everyone within an environment of incredible surplus to have at least what they need to survive is considered a radical position but hoarding wealth is considered normal and even admired.
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I will never understand why wanting everyone within an environment of incredible surplus to have at least what they need to survive is considered a radical position but hoarding wealth is considered normal and even admired.
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"The 'War on Drugs' has never been anything but military -backed non-compete agreement."
That's probably the most succinct description of it I've heard.
That's probably the most succinct description of it I've heard.
Then there's "Enforcement." We don't stop the trade, we just pick the winners.
In 1989, the Senate's Kerry Committee confirmed the US government worked with drug traffickers to supply the Contras. The "War on Drugs" has never been anything but a military backed non-compete agreement.
In 1989, the Senate's Kerry Committee confirmed the US government worked with drug traffickers to supply the Contras. The "War on Drugs" has never been anything but a military backed non-compete agreement.
The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations
Declassified U.S. government documents demonstrate official knowledge of Contra drug operations, and collaboration with and protection of known drug traffickers
nsarchive2.gwu.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"The 'War on Drugs' has never been anything but military -backed non-compete agreement."
That's probably the most succinct description of it I've heard.
That's probably the most succinct description of it I've heard.
"Four US Senators have purchased stocks while they were negotiating a massive deregulation of this industry." These are both Democrats and Republicans.
Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"Four US Senators have purchased stocks while they were negotiating a massive deregulation of this industry." These are both Democrats and Republicans.
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"I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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How did Jeffrey Epstein, a college dropout with no financial training, become such a wealthy and influential figure in business?
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How did Jeffrey Epstein, a college dropout with no financial training, become such a wealthy and influential figure in business?
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
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Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT).
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT).
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
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This framing is dishonest. It was a bipartisan bill. Enough Republicans actually defected and voted no to kill the bill. Three Democrats crossed over to save it.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
Today House Republicans voted 216-211 to pass MTG’s bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide, marking the first time a national ban on care for trans youth has reached — and passed — the House floor.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bill Punishing Doctors And Parents Clears House Floor
If passed, the bill would punish doctors and parents who provide or consent to a minor receiving gender-affirming care.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This framing is dishonest. It was a bipartisan bill. Enough Republicans actually defected and voted no to kill the bill. Three Democrats crossed over to save it.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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Whether it’s trans rights, or genocide funding, or all sorts of corrupt corporate laws, there’s only so many times you can fuck over your voters before you make yourselves our enemy. It’s madness to think you deserve unconditional support just for sometimes being a bit better than actual Nazis.
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Whether it’s trans rights, or genocide funding, or all sorts of corrupt corporate laws, there’s only so many times you can fuck over your voters before you make yourselves our enemy. It’s madness to think you deserve unconditional support just for sometimes being a bit better than actual Nazis.
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something I've noticed with right wingers is that they don't really understand like what tradeoffs *are* they just kind of generally fetishize the aesthetic of Hard Men, Hard Choices, so we get idiot playacting at Hard Choices like committing war crimes to stop .000000000004% of illegal drugs
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
something I've noticed with right wingers is that they don't really understand like what tradeoffs *are* they just kind of generally fetishize the aesthetic of Hard Men, Hard Choices, so we get idiot playacting at Hard Choices like committing war crimes to stop .000000000004% of illegal drugs