Oweboat
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It's kind of cool to see that the NYT is treating Canada the same way they treat trans people. Like it's a thought experiment rather than a bunch of living people.
Canada as the 51st state? Trump thinks it would be a boon to his legacy. But it would also be a boon to Democrats, who would gain a lot more voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats.
Bringing Canada into the United States, however farcical the prospect may seem, would alter the political map in a way likely to cost Republicans.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It's kind of cool to see that the NYT is treating Canada the same way they treat trans people. Like it's a thought experiment rather than a bunch of living people.
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Going to start doing the @daveweigel.bsky.social "Folks..." bit every time Stephen A. says something good over the next 4 years.
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Going to start doing the @daveweigel.bsky.social "Folks..." bit every time Stephen A. says something good over the next 4 years.
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
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Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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This is my wife’s work. She does pediatric clinical research. Kids with dangerous or fatal blood clots. And TFG is withholding funding.
Trump withholds funding from sick kids. Keep shouting it.
Trump withholds funding from sick kids. Keep shouting it.
President Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans sent officials at schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and many others into a frantic scramble to understand the extent of the directive. Here's what to know.
Order to pause federal spending creates deep uncertainty for schools, nonprofits and companies.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is my wife’s work. She does pediatric clinical research. Kids with dangerous or fatal blood clots. And TFG is withholding funding.
Trump withholds funding from sick kids. Keep shouting it.
Trump withholds funding from sick kids. Keep shouting it.
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my kingdom for a single dem with a national platform who will question whether the party can continue as a “big tent” rather than something with actual ideological goals
November 10, 2024 at 5:17 PM
my kingdom for a single dem with a national platform who will question whether the party can continue as a “big tent” rather than something with actual ideological goals