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Bringing the arguments in my head to the masses.
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This is 100% the correct (and obvious) move by Dems and they need to do it Every. Single. Time: counter Republicans strongarming companies/schools by openly and directly saying "we will be in charge in like a year and will absolutely make this cost you."
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Democrats warn their party may try to unravel any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A new letter from Reps. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., also raised concerns about foreign investors’ involvement.
www.semafor.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is 100% the correct (and obvious) move by Dems and they need to do it Every. Single. Time: counter Republicans strongarming companies/schools by openly and directly saying "we will be in charge in like a year and will absolutely make this cost you."
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
MAGA makes you a simpleton, judge edition.
Among the litany of problems with SCOTUS's decision to stay the Texas map: the majority never acknowledges that "the" partisan impetus to adopt the map as a whole does not in any way preclude the improper use of race as a means to get there.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
MAGA makes you a simpleton, judge edition.
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We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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donald trump and his party are having a truly terrible week, politically, and i love that for all of us
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
donald trump and his party are having a truly terrible week, politically, and i love that for all of us
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This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
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there is a world in which it would make sense for Dems to cave and help reopen the government, for example, if we just got crushed in VA/NJ and voters were blaming us for the shutdown
we are not in that world. we are in the opposite world. trump is taking all the blame and flailing. jesus christ
we are not in that world. we are in the opposite world. trump is taking all the blame and flailing. jesus christ
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
there is a world in which it would make sense for Dems to cave and help reopen the government, for example, if we just got crushed in VA/NJ and voters were blaming us for the shutdown
we are not in that world. we are in the opposite world. trump is taking all the blame and flailing. jesus christ
we are not in that world. we are in the opposite world. trump is taking all the blame and flailing. jesus christ
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I do have a litmus test for my candidates now and it's that I want them to be genuinely pissed off, not pretend pissed off
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I do have a litmus test for my candidates now and it's that I want them to be genuinely pissed off, not pretend pissed off
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“I think what they’re doing is backfiring. Our numbers are skyrocketing.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Republicans’ lies about the peaceful No Kings protests
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I think what they’re doing is backfiring. Our numbers are skyrocketing.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Republicans’ lies about the peaceful No Kings protests
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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This is great. Normally, with U.S. press, when a Republican lies, they go, "well, we'll have to leave it there because I want to move on."
In this case, however, Vance lies and Stephanopoulos is immediately, "into the trebuchet, my dude."
In this case, however, Vance lies and Stephanopoulos is immediately, "into the trebuchet, my dude."
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
October 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is great. Normally, with U.S. press, when a Republican lies, they go, "well, we'll have to leave it there because I want to move on."
In this case, however, Vance lies and Stephanopoulos is immediately, "into the trebuchet, my dude."
In this case, however, Vance lies and Stephanopoulos is immediately, "into the trebuchet, my dude."
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I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
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Theyre not gearing up for a crackdown. They want to suppress turnout because large protests signal the unpopularity of Trump.
Streisand Signal much?
Streisand Signal much?
This sounds like they're gearing up for a violent crackdown. The talking points obviously went out.
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
October 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Theyre not gearing up for a crackdown. They want to suppress turnout because large protests signal the unpopularity of Trump.
Streisand Signal much?
Streisand Signal much?
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its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?
A huge issue continues to be that the threat of consequences from Dems isn’t credible. These folks may not have a coherent plan for an 100 year Trump dictatorship, but they think they’ll come out ahead either way.
It's becoming clear that this is not an administration that is popular or skilled enough to do the consolidation needed to implement actual fascism, so they've decided that constantly creating fascism-flavored content is good enough
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A huge issue continues to be that the threat of consequences from Dems isn’t credible. These folks may not have a coherent plan for an 100 year Trump dictatorship, but they think they’ll come out ahead either way.
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Well I reached out and touched something today. 😏
September 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Well I reached out and touched something today. 😏
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It'd be one thing if rural voters contented themselves with insatiable rent-seeking and a nauseating culture of victimhood, but they also seem incapable of letting everyone else go about their business. Biden giving them more "abundance" merely emboldened their attacks.
defector.com/doomsday-for...
defector.com/doomsday-for...
August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It'd be one thing if rural voters contented themselves with insatiable rent-seeking and a nauseating culture of victimhood, but they also seem incapable of letting everyone else go about their business. Biden giving them more "abundance" merely emboldened their attacks.
defector.com/doomsday-for...
defector.com/doomsday-for...
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I wrote about the ways different concentration camp systems have ended and how to stop the massive expansion of detention happening in the U.S. right now.
How does this end?
The key ways that concentration camps get shut down.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I wrote about the ways different concentration camp systems have ended and how to stop the massive expansion of detention happening in the U.S. right now.
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This is it. And the solution is for Dems to massively raise the temperature.
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is it. And the solution is for Dems to massively raise the temperature.
Blatant conman is now the highest paid job in the US
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Blatant conman is now the highest paid job in the US
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At (another) Hampton’s fundraiser with Republican donors on Saturday, Andrew Cuomo said it plainly: he’s expecting Trump’s help to defeat us in November.
“I feel good about that,” Cuomo said.
New Yorkers won’t.
“I feel good about that,” Cuomo said.
New Yorkers won’t.
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At (another) Hampton’s fundraiser with Republican donors on Saturday, Andrew Cuomo said it plainly: he’s expecting Trump’s help to defeat us in November.
“I feel good about that,” Cuomo said.
New Yorkers won’t.
“I feel good about that,” Cuomo said.
New Yorkers won’t.
We’re 10 years into a precipitous decline and still doing the “you’re overreacting” savvy bit. This is a finance reporter, someone whose job entails understanding risk. Not amazing.
Man they can't even set up a properly executed traffic check point a mile from the White House, what are you talking about.
They can do it. It is easier than people think. They already dropping "law enforcement" made of last minute hired people with zero background check using national guard etc. America is way more fragile than majority of American think. He is 80, but his fellows are young.
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We’re 10 years into a precipitous decline and still doing the “you’re overreacting” savvy bit. This is a finance reporter, someone whose job entails understanding risk. Not amazing.