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Ok, so - if the democrats got what they asked for (much of which was the ACA funding support) next year would have been better for many people who voted for or were ok with republicans winning. They would be helping to fix a problem republicans created with healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Ok, so - if the democrats got what they asked for (much of which was the ACA funding support) next year would have been better for many people who voted for or were ok with republicans winning. They would be helping to fix a problem republicans created with healthcare.
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CORRECTION: Democrats getting handed "The entire Republican Party stops governing to further the cover-up of the elite pedophile ring of which *they have evidence* their leader, the President of the United States of America, was a prominent member"
Democrats getting handed "The entire Republican Party stops governing to further the cover-up of the elite pedophile ring of which their leader, the President of the United States of America, was a prominent member" is like finding the Ark of the Covenant of political scandals
With floor action ground to a halt by Speaker Johnson over Dem amendments on the Epstein files, House Democrats are now using them to jam up committees.
Includes Appropriations, Energy & Commerce, Financial Services, and Education & Workforce, which just shut down as Rs try to figure what to do:
Includes Appropriations, Energy & Commerce, Financial Services, and Education & Workforce, which just shut down as Rs try to figure what to do:
July 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
CORRECTION: Democrats getting handed "The entire Republican Party stops governing to further the cover-up of the elite pedophile ring of which *they have evidence* their leader, the President of the United States of America, was a prominent member"
The Times is incredibly condescending to marginalized people. Do they expect people to allow themselves to be harmed by families that do not think they count as people?
The onus should not be on non-rightists, but for the radical family to apologize and atone for the harm they caused.
The onus should not be on non-rightists, but for the radical family to apologize and atone for the harm they caused.
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Times is incredibly condescending to marginalized people. Do they expect people to allow themselves to be harmed by families that do not think they count as people?
The onus should not be on non-rightists, but for the radical family to apologize and atone for the harm they caused.
The onus should not be on non-rightists, but for the radical family to apologize and atone for the harm they caused.
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The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force.
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
July 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force.
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
Don’t get this one either.
I'm a very religious Sephardic Jewish woman with a secondary education, aged 43.
Societal polarisation and ethnic tensions is my top issue.
I strongly oppose a strong leader who doesn't consider the Knesset or elections, and I support a Palestinian state.
I voted for Shas in 2022.
Societal polarisation and ethnic tensions is my top issue.
I strongly oppose a strong leader who doesn't consider the Knesset or elections, and I support a Palestinian state.
I voted for Shas in 2022.
July 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Don’t get this one either.
I do not understand this one at all.
I'm a religious Muslim woman with a bachelor's education.
The economy is my top issue.
I support free market economics, and I strongly disagree with equal rights for all citizens.
I voted for Balad in 2022.
The economy is my top issue.
I support free market economics, and I strongly disagree with equal rights for all citizens.
I voted for Balad in 2022.
July 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I do not understand this one at all.
Taking the line from someone many of us read: this is just gutter racism.
thinking about how the times called Mahmoud Mamdani and asked him whether any of his ancestors had intermarried while in Africa like ok the creepy race science here goes beyond the sourcing
July 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Taking the line from someone many of us read: this is just gutter racism.
Great post. Thank you.
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Great post. Thank you.
It’s weird that a good thing (Cuomo not winning) happened.
Reminds me of a few weeks ago when I briefly felt like maybe the good guys might win in the end and I remembered that if we get through this I want to be able to look back in pride and tell my family I was on the side of light and right.
Reminds me of a few weeks ago when I briefly felt like maybe the good guys might win in the end and I remembered that if we get through this I want to be able to look back in pride and tell my family I was on the side of light and right.
June 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It’s weird that a good thing (Cuomo not winning) happened.
Reminds me of a few weeks ago when I briefly felt like maybe the good guys might win in the end and I remembered that if we get through this I want to be able to look back in pride and tell my family I was on the side of light and right.
Reminds me of a few weeks ago when I briefly felt like maybe the good guys might win in the end and I remembered that if we get through this I want to be able to look back in pride and tell my family I was on the side of light and right.
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They’re not out of step it’s just thousands of soldiers marching to the beat of “this is some bullshit”
June 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They’re not out of step it’s just thousands of soldiers marching to the beat of “this is some bullshit”
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Meanwhile, @axios.com says LA is letting Trump "fuse power, politics and spectacle" on his "home turf" of immigration. NBC uncritically reports that WH sees this as a "winning issue."
This is a vile way to describe authoritarian/fascist lawlessness. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
This is a vile way to describe authoritarian/fascist lawlessness. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
June 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
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legal realism undefeated
This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!
The Supreme Court goes out of its way to say that its order today does NOT allow Trump to remove members of the Federal Reserve because it is "uniquely structured" and has a "distinct history tradition." (I do not think those distinctions hold water.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
legal realism undefeated
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This is so dangerous - the SecDef and high-ranking military in a religious service treating an elected civilian leader as chosen by God. They swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
In his sermon, the pastor said, “We pray for our leaders who you have sovereignly appointed — for President Trump, thank you for the way that you have used him to bring stability and moral clarity to our land. And we pray that you would continue to protect him, bless him, give him great wisdom.”
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is so dangerous - the SecDef and high-ranking military in a religious service treating an elected civilian leader as chosen by God. They swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
This is not how we do things in the land of the free.
May 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is not how we do things in the land of the free.