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We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
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I continue to feel that our national experiment of making the dumbest MF in the country president was ill advised.
September 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I continue to feel that our national experiment of making the dumbest MF in the country president was ill advised.
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He betrayed his oath as a physician and sold out the country when he voted to confirm RFK Jr, knows damn well he’s a dangerous quack, but keeping Trump neutral in his primary is his highest priority.
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
He betrayed his oath as a physician and sold out the country when he voted to confirm RFK Jr, knows damn well he’s a dangerous quack, but keeping Trump neutral in his primary is his highest priority.
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So now we know the company that owns Tylenol didn’t buy any Trump crypto.
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So now we know the company that owns Tylenol didn’t buy any Trump crypto.
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So ... Trump rounded up, imprisoned, and deported all the "illegals" who were "stealing" our jobs, right? And yet, somehow, there are now significantly LESS jobs for Americans, lower wages, and a tanking economy.
September 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So ... Trump rounded up, imprisoned, and deported all the "illegals" who were "stealing" our jobs, right? And yet, somehow, there are now significantly LESS jobs for Americans, lower wages, and a tanking economy.
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The bird food I buy to stock my feeders has gone from $19 for a 20lb bag five months ago to more than $48 at the local hardware store today, over $50 on Amazon.
Just in case Republicans try to gaslight you on inflation today.
Just in case Republicans try to gaslight you on inflation today.
Trump: "We have the best economy we've ever had ... I have lower inflation ... we've been successful because of the tariffs."
September 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The bird food I buy to stock my feeders has gone from $19 for a 20lb bag five months ago to more than $48 at the local hardware store today, over $50 on Amazon.
Just in case Republicans try to gaslight you on inflation today.
Just in case Republicans try to gaslight you on inflation today.
From Intersections: Faith Culture Politics
April 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
From Intersections: Faith Culture Politics
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I'd donate to a gofundme for some enterprising soon-to-be-fired Smithsonian employee turned hero to nab that portrait Trump had removed from the Colorado State Capitol Building and relocate it to the entrance of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery affixed with permanent adhesive.
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I'd donate to a gofundme for some enterprising soon-to-be-fired Smithsonian employee turned hero to nab that portrait Trump had removed from the Colorado State Capitol Building and relocate it to the entrance of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery affixed with permanent adhesive.
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JD Vance went to Greenland, a territory of Denmark, and gave a speech criticizing the Danish government. Implying there could be violence if Greenland and Demark didn't give in to his political demands regarding the ownership of territory.
Meanwhile...
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Meanwhile...
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March 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
JD Vance went to Greenland, a territory of Denmark, and gave a speech criticizing the Danish government. Implying there could be violence if Greenland and Demark didn't give in to his political demands regarding the ownership of territory.
Meanwhile...
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Meanwhile...
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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We will not blindly follow illegal orders because Donald Trump wrote them down on a piece of paper.
Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.
Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.
March 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We will not blindly follow illegal orders because Donald Trump wrote them down on a piece of paper.
Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.
Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.
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Historians of white supremacy passing the flame to historians of the Great Depression in the world's saddest Olympic torch relay.
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Historians of white supremacy passing the flame to historians of the Great Depression in the world's saddest Olympic torch relay.
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FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S. health agencies.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
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Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
April 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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...Vance's boss, Donald Trump, is rounding up foreigners here in America, revoking their visas, and throwing them into secret prisons for doing EXACTLY the same thing.
The difference is that they're just people, NOT official representatives of a powerful government with imperial designs.
2/2
The difference is that they're just people, NOT official representatives of a powerful government with imperial designs.
2/2
March 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
...Vance's boss, Donald Trump, is rounding up foreigners here in America, revoking their visas, and throwing them into secret prisons for doing EXACTLY the same thing.
The difference is that they're just people, NOT official representatives of a powerful government with imperial designs.
2/2
The difference is that they're just people, NOT official representatives of a powerful government with imperial designs.
2/2
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Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
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Why aren’t reporters in dinghys trying to talk with fmr Senator Manchin on his boat? He played a lot of games with Republicans in the name of bipartisanship. Now what?
March 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why aren’t reporters in dinghys trying to talk with fmr Senator Manchin on his boat? He played a lot of games with Republicans in the name of bipartisanship. Now what?
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@karaswisher.bsky.social: "Every accusation is a confession with these people... Elon is exactly what they claim to have hated with George Soros. But he's explicit and right in front of you buying elections."
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@karaswisher.bsky.social: "Every accusation is a confession with these people... Elon is exactly what they claim to have hated with George Soros. But he's explicit and right in front of you buying elections."
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Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
www.duckworth.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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“There is historic levels of backlash right now. And if I were a Member of Congress on the Democratic side, I’m gonna be asking how do I take advantage of this? How do I funnel this energy in productive ways to limit harm?” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“There is historic levels of backlash right now. And if I were a Member of Congress on the Democratic side, I’m gonna be asking how do I take advantage of this? How do I funnel this energy in productive ways to limit harm?” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
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So, do we think that Elon doesn't realize that he, as a Special Government Employee, and all of his DOGE people, are "public sector workers" - or are they just embracing their new roles as exterminators of millions?
"Trump didn't murder millions - DOGE did and wants full credit."
"Trump didn't murder millions - DOGE did and wants full credit."
The man who “accidentally” threw two Nazi salutes at a rally recently retweeted someone who claimed Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn't murder millions--their government employees did.
These are the people running our government, in case you want to know what's ahead.
These are the people running our government, in case you want to know what's ahead.
March 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So, do we think that Elon doesn't realize that he, as a Special Government Employee, and all of his DOGE people, are "public sector workers" - or are they just embracing their new roles as exterminators of millions?
"Trump didn't murder millions - DOGE did and wants full credit."
"Trump didn't murder millions - DOGE did and wants full credit."