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Aaron
@lachnload1.bsky.social
· Feb 17
1/ Protests are taking place at state capitols and city halls and other civic spaces today, most begin at noon local time. They have already started out East. #50501movement www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here's why
Protests against the Trump administration's actions are planned for Presidents Day. Organizers say they are responding to "the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration."
www.npr.org
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, and to the principles for which it stands—justice, liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness—for all, united under a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
#StandForTheConstitution
#StandForTheConstitution
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“Things happen.”
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Things happen.”
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
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•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
September 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
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I think at this point, anyone who “both sideses” in the current moment has lost all credibility they might have had.
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I think at this point, anyone who “both sideses” in the current moment has lost all credibility they might have had.
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America is meant to be a bastion of free speech.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
America is meant to be a bastion of free speech.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
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ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
In many countries, (esp. white, male) workers increasingly vote for radical right parties. Still, a sole focus on right-wing ideology only captures a narrow part of working class consciousness. Most workers, including many right-wing voters, are politically demobilized and distant from all politics.
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
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At the time Cassidy was a yes vote on RFK, we already knew his hobbies were driving around with a dead bear in a car (and maybe a falcon) and burying the body in Central Park. We knew he had a brain worm. We knew he chainsawed the head off a dead whale. We knew he sounded like a Coinstar. Cmon now.
4) Entering today, there was much speculation about whether Cassidy would be an RFK investigator or Trump appeaser.
But Cassidy was pretty forceful — he asked direct questions, he vouched for vaccines, and he chastised Markwayne Mullin for claiming to have a secret tape recording of Monarez-RFK Jr.
But Cassidy was pretty forceful — he asked direct questions, he vouched for vaccines, and he chastised Markwayne Mullin for claiming to have a secret tape recording of Monarez-RFK Jr.
September 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
At the time Cassidy was a yes vote on RFK, we already knew his hobbies were driving around with a dead bear in a car (and maybe a falcon) and burying the body in Central Park. We knew he had a brain worm. We knew he chainsawed the head off a dead whale. We knew he sounded like a Coinstar. Cmon now.
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MOSKOWITZ: Will you be opening up an investigation into the Epstein state for putting out a fake document w/the president's signature linking him to the world's largest pedophile ring?
PATEL: On what basis?
M: They literally put out a fake document according to the president!
P: Sure, I'll do it
PATEL: On what basis?
M: They literally put out a fake document according to the president!
P: Sure, I'll do it
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MOSKOWITZ: Will you be opening up an investigation into the Epstein state for putting out a fake document w/the president's signature linking him to the world's largest pedophile ring?
PATEL: On what basis?
M: They literally put out a fake document according to the president!
P: Sure, I'll do it
PATEL: On what basis?
M: They literally put out a fake document according to the president!
P: Sure, I'll do it
Dumb people like him.
"Smart People Don't Like Me": An Analysis of Right-Wing Grievance Politics (2026)
Donald Trump: “smart people don’t like me”
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Dumb people like him.
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Meanwhile in Korean media there is clarity that Trump directed this raid out of spite following his Oval Office meeting with the ROK President, who pushed back aggressively on Trump's praise for the North Korean dictator. They're right. US media have no clue of what's going on.
September 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Meanwhile in Korean media there is clarity that Trump directed this raid out of spite following his Oval Office meeting with the ROK President, who pushed back aggressively on Trump's praise for the North Korean dictator. They're right. US media have no clue of what's going on.
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This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.
September 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.
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One thing about never-Trump Republicans, during Trump II particularly: They understand that the world they knew is dead.
They have no investment in either reviving the former GOP (because they understand it's impossible) or maintaining the pre-2016 Democratic Party (because it's not their party).
They have no investment in either reviving the former GOP (because they understand it's impossible) or maintaining the pre-2016 Democratic Party (because it's not their party).
August 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One thing about never-Trump Republicans, during Trump II particularly: They understand that the world they knew is dead.
They have no investment in either reviving the former GOP (because they understand it's impossible) or maintaining the pre-2016 Democratic Party (because it's not their party).
They have no investment in either reviving the former GOP (because they understand it's impossible) or maintaining the pre-2016 Democratic Party (because it's not their party).
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so many babies are going to be born exactly 9 months from today
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
so many babies are going to be born exactly 9 months from today
If Trump is dead: Clinton or Obama will finally have something to nominate him for the Nobel with.
If Trump isn't dead: I'm sure waking up to the entire internet prematurely celebrating will be welcomed graciously by his ego.
If Trump isn't dead: I'm sure waking up to the entire internet prematurely celebrating will be welcomed graciously by his ego.
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
If Trump is dead: Clinton or Obama will finally have something to nominate him for the Nobel with.
If Trump isn't dead: I'm sure waking up to the entire internet prematurely celebrating will be welcomed graciously by his ego.
If Trump isn't dead: I'm sure waking up to the entire internet prematurely celebrating will be welcomed graciously by his ego.
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🚨TRUMP HAS NOW SENT 7 WARSHIPS TO VENEZUELA AND 4,500 TROOPS IN ILLEGAL COUP PRESSURE CAMPAIGN
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨TRUMP HAS NOW SENT 7 WARSHIPS TO VENEZUELA AND 4,500 TROOPS IN ILLEGAL COUP PRESSURE CAMPAIGN
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Fair. About an hour ago it looked like this:
August 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Fair. About an hour ago it looked like this:
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The Pentagon Pizza Index hit DEFCON 1 two hours ago and is currently sitting at DEFCON 2, which considering recent events could mean one of two things:
-Donald Trump is dead
-We're at war with Venezuela
-Donald Trump is dead
-We're at war with Venezuela
August 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The Pentagon Pizza Index hit DEFCON 1 two hours ago and is currently sitting at DEFCON 2, which considering recent events could mean one of two things:
-Donald Trump is dead
-We're at war with Venezuela
-Donald Trump is dead
-We're at war with Venezuela
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Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
August 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
we'll know it's for real when Fox News starts playing Lee Greenwood's rendition of "Swan Lake" on loop
August 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Joe Biden outliving him would be objectively hilarious.
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Joe Biden outliving him would be objectively hilarious.
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pbs should start broadcasting swan lake on loop he’s already defunded you what else can they do
August 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
pbs should start broadcasting swan lake on loop he’s already defunded you what else can they do
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They should do this to Stephen Miller when It Happens
August 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
They should do this to Stephen Miller when It Happens
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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Aren't all the people who took the govt buyout going to come onto the unemployment market in September?
GOLDMAN: “.. the revised payroll trajectory now constitutes .. the ‘downside labor market risks’ cited by Chair Powell .. investors should take the weak signal seriously. And while the unemployment rate has moved up only very slowly .., a further rise may re-awaken ‘Sahm rule’-type recession fears.”
August 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Aren't all the people who took the govt buyout going to come onto the unemployment market in September?