digne
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Tell the truth about history, love your neighbor, prayers AND actions, Matthew 25:34-40
Tell the truth about history, love your neighbor, prayers AND actions, Matthew 25:34-40
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Trump’s FCC stooge sending office gifs
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump’s FCC stooge sending office gifs
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Important context from @laurenhirsch.bsky.social about decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel ⤵️⤵️
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Important context from @laurenhirsch.bsky.social about decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel ⤵️⤵️
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If you ask me, they can no longer call themselves the American Broadcasting Company.
September 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you ask me, they can no longer call themselves the American Broadcasting Company.
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I can't get over how nasally and whiny he sounds, and how it only gets worse when he has a little tantrum.
I bet RFK Jr. could prescrine a vigorous regimen of unfiltered cigarettes to give that voice a little gravitas. A couple packs a day and Patel will sound like Tom Waits.
I bet RFK Jr. could prescrine a vigorous regimen of unfiltered cigarettes to give that voice a little gravitas. A couple packs a day and Patel will sound like Tom Waits.
REPUBLICAN REP. MASSIE: “Have you reviewed the docs where the victims name the people?”
PATEL: “No.”
MASSIE: “So how can you tell the senate there are no names?” 🤔
SWALWELL: “If Trump isn’t implicated why not release everything that involves him?”
PATEL: *loses it*
PATEL: “No.”
MASSIE: “So how can you tell the senate there are no names?” 🤔
SWALWELL: “If Trump isn’t implicated why not release everything that involves him?”
PATEL: *loses it*
September 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I can't get over how nasally and whiny he sounds, and how it only gets worse when he has a little tantrum.
I bet RFK Jr. could prescrine a vigorous regimen of unfiltered cigarettes to give that voice a little gravitas. A couple packs a day and Patel will sound like Tom Waits.
I bet RFK Jr. could prescrine a vigorous regimen of unfiltered cigarettes to give that voice a little gravitas. A couple packs a day and Patel will sound like Tom Waits.
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been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.
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If you ever had any doubt that rightwing media is just official state propaganda at this point, consider that Charlie Kirk was replaced on his show by the sitting Republican vice president who ‘interviewed’ White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
Independent media!
Independent media!
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you ever had any doubt that rightwing media is just official state propaganda at this point, consider that Charlie Kirk was replaced on his show by the sitting Republican vice president who ‘interviewed’ White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
Independent media!
Independent media!
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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He really is treating him just like a son.
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
He really is treating him just like a son.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Yes, Charlie Kirk called for President Biden to be imprisoned and put to death, but he was so well-groomed when he said it so ...
1/2. Charlie Kirk frequently called for other people to be killed.
Remember that time when Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden to be executed? I do.
He didn't even bother to posit any particular crime.
Remember that time when Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden to be executed? I do.
He didn't even bother to posit any particular crime.
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yes, Charlie Kirk called for President Biden to be imprisoned and put to death, but he was so well-groomed when he said it so ...
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I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
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The plans to cut healthcare for millions of Americans to further enrich billionaires is still despicable even as Trump hopes to distract us with his escalation in LA.
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The plans to cut healthcare for millions of Americans to further enrich billionaires is still despicable even as Trump hopes to distract us with his escalation in LA.
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According to ProPublica, more than a dozen top executive branch officials and congressional aides sold stocks just before Trump's "Liberation Day" market crash.
Today would be a great day to ban public servants from trading stocks, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban public servants from trading stocks, don't you think?
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider inform
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
According to ProPublica, more than a dozen top executive branch officials and congressional aides sold stocks just before Trump's "Liberation Day" market crash.
Today would be a great day to ban public servants from trading stocks, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban public servants from trading stocks, don't you think?
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When 49.8% of voters elected a would-be dictator, we knew there would be bad days ahead. This is one of them. He’s determined to destroy Harvard if he can’t control it. And bribery is the main course at tonight’s dinner for his crypto pals.
Stay strong, folks. This country is worth fighting for.
Stay strong, folks. This country is worth fighting for.
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When 49.8% of voters elected a would-be dictator, we knew there would be bad days ahead. This is one of them. He’s determined to destroy Harvard if he can’t control it. And bribery is the main course at tonight’s dinner for his crypto pals.
Stay strong, folks. This country is worth fighting for.
Stay strong, folks. This country is worth fighting for.
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As states put forward their budgets, a reminder that the remnants of segregation are still with us. #studyingsegregation
“If you look at the history of the segregation movement, they wanted vouchers to prop up segregation academies,” a professor who studies school segregation says. “And now they’re getting vouchers in some of these areas to prop up these schools.”
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial…
propub.li
May 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As states put forward their budgets, a reminder that the remnants of segregation are still with us. #studyingsegregation
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"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait: https://theatln.tc/cGoxeShf
May 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait: https://theatln.tc/cGoxeShf
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gotta say I did not anticipate ICE goons going after the whitest possible immigrants with American families, jobs, and in good standing legally. a freaking Danish-born welder in Mississippi with four blonde kids and a pregnant wife. just omnidirectional hate
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
gotta say I did not anticipate ICE goons going after the whitest possible immigrants with American families, jobs, and in good standing legally. a freaking Danish-born welder in Mississippi with four blonde kids and a pregnant wife. just omnidirectional hate
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This is the sort of procedural hardball I've been wanting to see, and that Senate Democrats in particular should be doing way more of.
They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.
May 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is the sort of procedural hardball I've been wanting to see, and that Senate Democrats in particular should be doing way more of.
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Takano: This bill will hurt veterans. 1.5 million veterans get their healthcare through Medicaid. They are slashing programs to try to pay for these tax cuts—except they’re not actually paying for them. It’s going to create additional deficits, which means all of the cuts are only a partial payment.
May 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Takano: This bill will hurt veterans. 1.5 million veterans get their healthcare through Medicaid. They are slashing programs to try to pay for these tax cuts—except they’re not actually paying for them. It’s going to create additional deficits, which means all of the cuts are only a partial payment.
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TPS allowed thousands of Venezuelan families who fled to the U.S. to live and work here legally. They are trying to do things the right way.
Trump isn’t cracking down on "illegal" immigration—he’s taking away people's legal status and growing the number of undocumented people.
Trump isn’t cracking down on "illegal" immigration—he’s taking away people's legal status and growing the number of undocumented people.
Supreme Court allows White House to end protections for 350K Venezuelans for now
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate TPS status for 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the U.S.
abcnews.go.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
TPS allowed thousands of Venezuelan families who fled to the U.S. to live and work here legally. They are trying to do things the right way.
Trump isn’t cracking down on "illegal" immigration—he’s taking away people's legal status and growing the number of undocumented people.
Trump isn’t cracking down on "illegal" immigration—he’s taking away people's legal status and growing the number of undocumented people.
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"When you have to tell people that you’re not trying to pit immigrants against one another in a dystopian gameshow and that you’re not the Gestapo, it might be time to think about your life choices."
Like ‘The Hunger Games,’ But for Immigrants
The Trump administration thinks Americans want their cruel, warped vision of immigration to come to TV.
www.thebulwark.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"When you have to tell people that you’re not trying to pit immigrants against one another in a dystopian gameshow and that you’re not the Gestapo, it might be time to think about your life choices."