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“I would rather be a little nobody, than to be an evil somebody.” ~ A. Lincoln
I am a citizen, not a subject.
I am a citizen, not a subject.
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@crookedbridge.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Of the number of statements made by Trump that should warrant grave concern and rebuke, this one may be the most striking.
“I was saved by god to make America great again.”
The media and most politicians have entered an era of compliant darkness. We would be foolish to look to them for help.
“I was saved by god to make America great again.”
The media and most politicians have entered an era of compliant darkness. We would be foolish to look to them for help.
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In the words of Obama "Please proceed."
December 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In the words of Obama "Please proceed."
CNN has located some of the dumbest people alive to share their ignorance.
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
CNN has located some of the dumbest people alive to share their ignorance.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
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David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
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“MAGA has no bottom”—Tennessee Brando in relation to MAGAts’ harassment of Tim Walz and his family, calling their son the ‘R’ word.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #TennesseeBrando #FuckMAGAts
youtu.be/EXY1X2vEeQo?...
#Pinks #ProudBlue #TennesseeBrando #FuckMAGAts
youtu.be/EXY1X2vEeQo?...
Tim Walz’s Daughter Just Put Trump TO SHAME
YouTube video by Tennessee Brando
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“MAGA has no bottom”—Tennessee Brando in relation to MAGAts’ harassment of Tim Walz and his family, calling their son the ‘R’ word.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #TennesseeBrando #FuckMAGAts
youtu.be/EXY1X2vEeQo?...
#Pinks #ProudBlue #TennesseeBrando #FuckMAGAts
youtu.be/EXY1X2vEeQo?...
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Bread and circuses, without the bread
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bread and circuses, without the bread
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It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
Most of the 'experts' and 'media' are servile morons unwilling to acknowledge the mendaciousness of the Trump regime, all but negating what little credibility they had.
Not only will the federal government need to resurrect itself when this is over, the professional commentators will as well.
Not only will the federal government need to resurrect itself when this is over, the professional commentators will as well.
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Most of the 'experts' and 'media' are servile morons unwilling to acknowledge the mendaciousness of the Trump regime, all but negating what little credibility they had.
Not only will the federal government need to resurrect itself when this is over, the professional commentators will as well.
Not only will the federal government need to resurrect itself when this is over, the professional commentators will as well.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a low intellect, backwoods brat who used every angle to promote herself into MAGA acceptance.
Now that her idol has banned her from its existence, she is trying to enter normalcy, despite her continued uncontrollable obnoxiousness.
Her vileness has come home to roost.
Now that her idol has banned her from its existence, she is trying to enter normalcy, despite her continued uncontrollable obnoxiousness.
Her vileness has come home to roost.
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a low intellect, backwoods brat who used every angle to promote herself into MAGA acceptance.
Now that her idol has banned her from its existence, she is trying to enter normalcy, despite her continued uncontrollable obnoxiousness.
Her vileness has come home to roost.
Now that her idol has banned her from its existence, she is trying to enter normalcy, despite her continued uncontrollable obnoxiousness.
Her vileness has come home to roost.
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At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
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Can we see all the pregame predictions from the jabbering heads that picked OSU over Indiana, with their final scores?
The point is, there are no experts.
The point is, there are no experts.
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Can we see all the pregame predictions from the jabbering heads that picked OSU over Indiana, with their final scores?
The point is, there are no experts.
The point is, there are no experts.
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I have *zero* proof of citizenship because my parents has no proof because their parents have no proof and their parents have no proof… you have to go back to the early 1900s to find anyone in my family becoming naturalized.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I have *zero* proof of citizenship because my parents has no proof because their parents have no proof and their parents have no proof… you have to go back to the early 1900s to find anyone in my family becoming naturalized.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
Everyone after that got it by being born here: a birthright, if you will.
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How these tech bros are dismantling democracy feels like sci-fi
If only it weren’t real
Their agendas have long aligned, operating like an interconnected ecosystem across politics and industry
Palantir was co-founded with Peter Thiel using the fortunes he made co-founding PayPal with Musk
#Pinks
If only it weren’t real
Their agendas have long aligned, operating like an interconnected ecosystem across politics and industry
Palantir was co-founded with Peter Thiel using the fortunes he made co-founding PayPal with Musk
#Pinks
The bizarre trajectory of Palantir CEO Alex Karp
YouTube video by Dave Jorgenson
youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How these tech bros are dismantling democracy feels like sci-fi
If only it weren’t real
Their agendas have long aligned, operating like an interconnected ecosystem across politics and industry
Palantir was co-founded with Peter Thiel using the fortunes he made co-founding PayPal with Musk
#Pinks
If only it weren’t real
Their agendas have long aligned, operating like an interconnected ecosystem across politics and industry
Palantir was co-founded with Peter Thiel using the fortunes he made co-founding PayPal with Musk
#Pinks
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They are “flexible textualists”.
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
They are “flexible textualists”.
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All those Originalists are suddenly not so attached to the actual words plainly written in the constitution all of the sudden. Weird.
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
All those Originalists are suddenly not so attached to the actual words plainly written in the constitution all of the sudden. Weird.
In (FY) 2024, individual and corporate income taxes generated approximately $2.93 trillion.
Trump’s tariffs will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue over the next 'decade'.
Anyone who thinks income tax is going to go away is an imbecile.
Trump’s tariffs will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue over the next 'decade'.
Anyone who thinks income tax is going to go away is an imbecile.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In (FY) 2024, individual and corporate income taxes generated approximately $2.93 trillion.
Trump’s tariffs will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue over the next 'decade'.
Anyone who thinks income tax is going to go away is an imbecile.
Trump’s tariffs will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue over the next 'decade'.
Anyone who thinks income tax is going to go away is an imbecile.
This is what Gianni Infantino came up with after Trump told him that unless he doesn't create a prize for him he will have ICE and CBP harass World Cup attendees from South American and African nations at all U.S. venues.
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is what Gianni Infantino came up with after Trump told him that unless he doesn't create a prize for him he will have ICE and CBP harass World Cup attendees from South American and African nations at all U.S. venues.
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The 14th Amendment expressly states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" are citizens.
If the MAGA 6 can “reason” their way around the plain meaning of that clear, unambiguous language, none of our Constitutional rights are safe.
If the MAGA 6 can “reason” their way around the plain meaning of that clear, unambiguous language, none of our Constitutional rights are safe.
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The 14th Amendment expressly states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" are citizens.
If the MAGA 6 can “reason” their way around the plain meaning of that clear, unambiguous language, none of our Constitutional rights are safe.
If the MAGA 6 can “reason” their way around the plain meaning of that clear, unambiguous language, none of our Constitutional rights are safe.
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I spent two years in the Trump administration. During that time, I saw how the president handled national security decisions. One of my biggest takeaways was this:
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I spent two years in the Trump administration. During that time, I saw how the president handled national security decisions. One of my biggest takeaways was this:
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
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The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
CNN..."Trump called his predecessor 'Sleepy Joe.' Now, he seems to be dozing off in meetings."
He IS dozing off in meetings.
They just can't bring themselves to stating a fact for fear of upsetting shit for brains.
He IS dozing off in meetings.
They just can't bring themselves to stating a fact for fear of upsetting shit for brains.
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
CNN..."Trump called his predecessor 'Sleepy Joe.' Now, he seems to be dozing off in meetings."
He IS dozing off in meetings.
They just can't bring themselves to stating a fact for fear of upsetting shit for brains.
He IS dozing off in meetings.
They just can't bring themselves to stating a fact for fear of upsetting shit for brains.
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In 2016, Mike Lee started the Article 1 Project, a network of lawmakers seeking to reclaim congressional authority over spending and regulation and to curb executive discretion. Here’s what you’ll find about it on Lee’s website today.
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In 2016, Mike Lee started the Article 1 Project, a network of lawmakers seeking to reclaim congressional authority over spending and regulation and to curb executive discretion. Here’s what you’ll find about it on Lee’s website today.
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The model of masculinity offered by MAGA, from Trump on down, has always been one of inadequate men pretending at greatness, but only a few are as laughably obvious as Pete Hegseth, a man whose every bellowed word bespeaks an unsubtle small-D energy that fuels him. www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The model of masculinity offered by MAGA, from Trump on down, has always been one of inadequate men pretending at greatness, but only a few are as laughably obvious as Pete Hegseth, a man whose every bellowed word bespeaks an unsubtle small-D energy that fuels him. www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...