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No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.
January 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.
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Calling it right now- Trump saved TikTok so that a right wing billionaire can buy it and give it the Twitter treatment.
January 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Calling it right now- Trump saved TikTok so that a right wing billionaire can buy it and give it the Twitter treatment.
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Let's put this TikTok thing into perspective:
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
January 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's put this TikTok thing into perspective:
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
Reposted by Miranda Ann
Just terrifying that this totally inexperienced and capricious opportunist, in thrall to a mash up of extremist ideologies, the most coherent of which is savage misogyny, is about to be one skipped beat of an obese elderly man’s heart away from the presidency.
From Hillbilly Elegy to the White House.
It’s wild when you think about it.
And while many Democrats were skeptical of his book (some weren’t), I don’t think anyone would have predicted this back in 2016.
It’s wild when you think about it.
And while many Democrats were skeptical of his book (some weren’t), I don’t think anyone would have predicted this back in 2016.
January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just terrifying that this totally inexperienced and capricious opportunist, in thrall to a mash up of extremist ideologies, the most coherent of which is savage misogyny, is about to be one skipped beat of an obese elderly man’s heart away from the presidency.
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Trump "saved" TikTok in the same way an arsonist "saves" a house he set on fire by throwing a glass of water on the flames.
January 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump "saved" TikTok in the same way an arsonist "saves" a house he set on fire by throwing a glass of water on the flames.
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I hope this helps clear up what just happened. It is short, free, and sourced.
Explaining in Five Paragraphs the Scam Donald Trump Just Pulled on 150 Million American TikTok Users
Make no mistake, one of the most popular apps in the world was just down in the U.S. for 14 hours because Donald Trump ordered that it be taken down. Why? So he could be seen as a hero in “saving” it.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I hope this helps clear up what just happened. It is short, free, and sourced.
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let’s not forget: Trump started this TikTok ban thing
January 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
let’s not forget: Trump started this TikTok ban thing
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Republicans are now blocking an effort to allow new mothers in Congress to vote remotely shortly after giving birth.
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
Luna: Johnson blocked proxy voting for new moms
The Florida representative said in a post on social media the speaker was leaving the proposal out of the rules package.
www.politico.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Republicans are now blocking an effort to allow new mothers in Congress to vote remotely shortly after giving birth.
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
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Enraging. Who ARE these people????
Democrats have voted for all disaster aid for every state including her own! President Biden approved every request. Are they stupid or are they liars? Or both?
Democrats have voted for all disaster aid for every state including her own! President Biden approved every request. Are they stupid or are they liars? Or both?
Rep. Claudia Tenney says there should be conditions on federal disaster relief to the "Marxist regime" in California and adds, "California is a disaster. Those same people weren't concerned about the people in North Carolina or the people in Florida who we've tried to help."
January 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Enraging. Who ARE these people????
Democrats have voted for all disaster aid for every state including her own! President Biden approved every request. Are they stupid or are they liars? Or both?
Democrats have voted for all disaster aid for every state including her own! President Biden approved every request. Are they stupid or are they liars? Or both?
Reposted by Miranda Ann
Gotta ask…
“Have any of the ‘California should only get aid if they change their behavior’ Republicans explained why the aid California so generously gives to red states—when they’re in need—shouldn’t come with the same conditions?”
“Have any of the ‘California should only get aid if they change their behavior’ Republicans explained why the aid California so generously gives to red states—when they’re in need—shouldn’t come with the same conditions?”
January 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Gotta ask…
“Have any of the ‘California should only get aid if they change their behavior’ Republicans explained why the aid California so generously gives to red states—when they’re in need—shouldn’t come with the same conditions?”
“Have any of the ‘California should only get aid if they change their behavior’ Republicans explained why the aid California so generously gives to red states—when they’re in need—shouldn’t come with the same conditions?”
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People making a big deal out of Michelle Obama not attending Donald Trump's inauguration seemed not to mind when an outgoing president, Donald Trump, refused to attend the inauguration of the incoming president, Joe Biden, thereby undermining the ceremonial transfer of power between presidents.
January 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
People making a big deal out of Michelle Obama not attending Donald Trump's inauguration seemed not to mind when an outgoing president, Donald Trump, refused to attend the inauguration of the incoming president, Joe Biden, thereby undermining the ceremonial transfer of power between presidents.
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“He’s already told us that he’s willing to pay off somebody. Does that mean that we’re now going to have a Secretary of Defense who is potentially vulnerable to blackmail?” says Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Hegseth.
'You’re not qualified': Hegseth stumped by ‘101-level’ military questions
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“He’s already told us that he’s willing to pay off somebody. Does that mean that we’re now going to have a Secretary of Defense who is potentially vulnerable to blackmail?” says Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Hegseth.
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Ah yes. The “high functioning alcoholic” defense.
COLLINS: How's the bad behavior of a senator a defense of someone who wants to run the Pentagon?
MULLIN: It's not. What I was trying to get to is if you're capable of doing your job and you're able to still drink on the job or late in the evening, don't tell me that Pete can't
MULLIN: It's not. What I was trying to get to is if you're capable of doing your job and you're able to still drink on the job or late in the evening, don't tell me that Pete can't
January 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ah yes. The “high functioning alcoholic” defense.
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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results and we keep recycling the same type of people as Secretary of Defense. And where has that got us? Nowhere."
"Nowhere" seems like a weird assessment of the most powerful military force in the world.
"Nowhere" seems like a weird assessment of the most powerful military force in the world.
COLLINS: How's the bad behavior of a senator a defense of someone who wants to run the Pentagon?
MULLIN: It's not. What I was trying to get to is if you're capable of doing your job and you're able to still drink on the job or late in the evening, don't tell me that Pete can't
MULLIN: It's not. What I was trying to get to is if you're capable of doing your job and you're able to still drink on the job or late in the evening, don't tell me that Pete can't
January 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results and we keep recycling the same type of people as Secretary of Defense. And where has that got us? Nowhere."
"Nowhere" seems like a weird assessment of the most powerful military force in the world.
"Nowhere" seems like a weird assessment of the most powerful military force in the world.
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Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."
January 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."
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sometimes a picture (or magazine cover) is all you need
January 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
sometimes a picture (or magazine cover) is all you need
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The End...of the "United" States.
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The End...of the "United" States.
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Elizabeth Warren: If there's no negative information in the FBI report, they should be willing to frame it and hang it on the wall
January 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Elizabeth Warren: If there's no negative information in the FBI report, they should be willing to frame it and hang it on the wall
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There are so many reasons not to want the glib, superficial Pete Hegseth running our military, but his habit of calling soldiers "warfighters" and saying the Department of Defenses's mission is "war fighting" means he doesn't fully understand why American has a DEFENSE, not an OFFENSE, department.
Pete Hegseth: "Our leftwing media in America today sadly doesn't care about the truth."
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There are so many reasons not to want the glib, superficial Pete Hegseth running our military, but his habit of calling soldiers "warfighters" and saying the Department of Defenses's mission is "war fighting" means he doesn't fully understand why American has a DEFENSE, not an OFFENSE, department.
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the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version
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Yeah, nothing like a steady stream of threats for weeks of a Trump-endorsed primary challenger to help you “lead”.
January 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Yeah, nothing like a steady stream of threats for weeks of a Trump-endorsed primary challenger to help you “lead”.
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Data from the Army on meeting standards:
"the Army's biggest recruiting challenge isn't just convincing men to sign up -- it's finding eligible ones..The lion's share..who came up short on the entrance test, and roughly 70% are men, according to internal Army data."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
"the Army's biggest recruiting challenge isn't just convincing men to sign up -- it's finding eligible ones..The lion's share..who came up short on the entrance test, and roughly 70% are men, according to internal Army data."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
January 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Data from the Army on meeting standards:
"the Army's biggest recruiting challenge isn't just convincing men to sign up -- it's finding eligible ones..The lion's share..who came up short on the entrance test, and roughly 70% are men, according to internal Army data."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
"the Army's biggest recruiting challenge isn't just convincing men to sign up -- it's finding eligible ones..The lion's share..who came up short on the entrance test, and roughly 70% are men, according to internal Army data."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 that South Korean authorities cannot arrest President Yoon
Breaking: South Korean authorities arrested President Yoon at 10:33 a.m.
January 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 that South Korean authorities cannot arrest President Yoon
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I didn’t realize Trump voters wanted someone to burn down the department of defense
Rep. Ronny Jackson on Hegseth: "They fear him because he's gonna go in there and burn the place down."
January 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I didn’t realize Trump voters wanted someone to burn down the department of defense
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" It’s a messy, confusing legal situation, but one whose outcome is soberingly simple: the fate of over 60,000 ballots — and, as a result, the outcome of the state Supreme Court election — hangs in the balance of the North Carolina Supreme Court." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'This is a National Outrage:' North Carolinians Protest GOP Election Challenges
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
" It’s a messy, confusing legal situation, but one whose outcome is soberingly simple: the fate of over 60,000 ballots — and, as a result, the outcome of the state Supreme Court election — hangs in the balance of the North Carolina Supreme Court." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...