Owen Meany - Vive la résistance
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New England native, History Buff, Dog whisperer, All things politics, Dad to Labradors only, crushed by unrelenting anxiety since 1980. G of LGBTQ+
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“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany”.
-John Irving
-John Irving
Sad, but true. The only hope is that we stop him as soon as possible.
The 2025 National Security Strategy document makes it official: the Trump administration believes that European liberal democracy is a threat to U.S. national interest.
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sad, but true. The only hope is that we stop him as soon as possible.
True
It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
True
So let me see if I got this straight. I have been paying higher prices due to the tarrifs. The tariffs have been hurting the farmers. The answer is to take more of my money to bail out the farmers?
No wonder nobody gets ahead anymore.
No wonder nobody gets ahead anymore.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So let me see if I got this straight. I have been paying higher prices due to the tarrifs. The tariffs have been hurting the farmers. The answer is to take more of my money to bail out the farmers?
No wonder nobody gets ahead anymore.
No wonder nobody gets ahead anymore.
Absolutely ridiculous
A cabinet of narcissistic instagram influencers making videos of themselves daily for social media to promote their brand.
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Absolutely ridiculous
This. Right. Here.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/donald-trump-difference-making-deal-and-making-peace
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/donald-trump-difference-making-deal-and-making-peace
Trump appears not to know the difference between making a deal and making peace
US president’s efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waver
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Trumpism will not go away until this version of the Supreme Court is dissolved. They’ve done, and continue to do, so much damage.
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trumpism will not go away until this version of the Supreme Court is dissolved. They’ve done, and continue to do, so much damage.
Of course he is
Breaking: Kushner and Saudi Arabia are part of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. This could give them control of CNN and more: www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Of course he is
I'm quite sure they are.
Trump says he's "disappointed Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal" but "Russia is fine with it"
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm quite sure they are.
So that's what "disrupters" do. Got it.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So that's what "disrupters" do. Got it.
They boxed themselves in a corner with the Texas ruling.
I think it’s gonna just be the California map and the Texas map allowed in the midterms. I think SCOTUS will say it’s too late for Indiana or Virginia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
They boxed themselves in a corner with the Texas ruling.
This is some real nazi shit
When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is some real nazi shit
There really should be some kind of punishment for senators that vote to confirm a nominee that is knowingly lying in hearings.
And the nominee should be charged with lying to the senate.
And the nominee should be charged with lying to the senate.
In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There really should be some kind of punishment for senators that vote to confirm a nominee that is knowingly lying in hearings.
And the nominee should be charged with lying to the senate.
And the nominee should be charged with lying to the senate.
Why is she the only one getting punished?
https://apnews.com/article/olivia-nuzzi-vanity-fair-departure-77d91e3e729bdd48e9abf16a3a966d5f
https://apnews.com/article/olivia-nuzzi-vanity-fair-departure-77d91e3e729bdd48e9abf16a3a966d5f
Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversy
Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
apnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why is she the only one getting punished?
https://apnews.com/article/olivia-nuzzi-vanity-fair-departure-77d91e3e729bdd48e9abf16a3a966d5f
https://apnews.com/article/olivia-nuzzi-vanity-fair-departure-77d91e3e729bdd48e9abf16a3a966d5f
What’s the over/under
I’m setting the betting line that there will now be at least 25 different organizations that present Trump with a peace prize in 2026.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What’s the over/under
He is truly embarrassing
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
He is truly embarrassing
He is just such an embarrassment at this point.
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
He is just such an embarrassment at this point.
Wait. Wasn’t Trump born in this country from immigrants?
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Wait. Wasn’t Trump born in this country from immigrants?
JFC these people are delusional
BARTIROMO: So 1st and 2nd quarter, what, 3% growth?
HASSETT: I would be disappointed in 3. It could easily be a percent higher
(bookmark this)
HASSETT: I would be disappointed in 3. It could easily be a percent higher
(bookmark this)
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
JFC these people are delusional
I just can’t. We have to do something.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I just can’t. We have to do something.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report
So am I
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So am I
They make Dick Cheney look like a pacifist
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
They make Dick Cheney look like a pacifist
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Any attempt to hold him legally responsible would elicit an immediate pardon from Trump. The question I have is will Trump be able to immediately reappoint him?
It's obvious they don't give a shit how anything looks politically.
It's obvious they don't give a shit how anything looks politically.
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Any attempt to hold him legally responsible would elicit an immediate pardon from Trump. The question I have is will Trump be able to immediately reappoint him?
It's obvious they don't give a shit how anything looks politically.
It's obvious they don't give a shit how anything looks politically.