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Longtime liberal.
I go back to the “I’m from North Carolina and I don’t support Jesse Helms” days.
I go back to the “I’m from North Carolina and I don’t support Jesse Helms” days.
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Giving Bluesky a try. :)
First test post.
First test post.
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Mary Bruce has only covered him for 100 years...and he STILL doesn't know who she's with? Cognitive decline.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mary Bruce has only covered him for 100 years...and he STILL doesn't know who she's with? Cognitive decline.
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KRUGMAN: “Republicans don’t care about deficits & debt, they care about trying to prevent Democrats from spending money on helping people.” 🎯
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
KRUGMAN: “Republicans don’t care about deficits & debt, they care about trying to prevent Democrats from spending money on helping people.” 🎯
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Ladies and gentlemen, the next Fed Chair…
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the next Fed Chair…
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A spitfire of truth by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social that all should read.
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A spitfire of truth by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social that all should read.
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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This should be picked up by all the networks and major papers.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This should be picked up by all the networks and major papers.
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Stories @axios won’t write: The current president’s cognitive and constitutional decline.
September 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Stories @axios won’t write: The current president’s cognitive and constitutional decline.
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On the new #leshow, Putin calls Trump, and, as summer ends, “I Gotta Hide From the Sun”. Plus the latest about AI’s problems. Podcast via Spotify, Deezer, almost everywhere else, whenever you want it.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On the new #leshow, Putin calls Trump, and, as summer ends, “I Gotta Hide From the Sun”. Plus the latest about AI’s problems. Podcast via Spotify, Deezer, almost everywhere else, whenever you want it.
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Hello, NC
“Critics complain that vouchers eat up state funding, benefit families who can afford private school on their own, disrupt communities and send tax dollars to schools that face little accountability.”
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
“Critics complain that vouchers eat up state funding, benefit families who can afford private school on their own, disrupt communities and send tax dollars to schools that face little accountability.”
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Public schools are closing as Arizona’s school voucher program soars
Arizona, with a marketplace of school options and universal vouchers, offers a window into the GOP vision for K-12 education
www.washingtonpost.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hello, NC
“Critics complain that vouchers eat up state funding, benefit families who can afford private school on their own, disrupt communities and send tax dollars to schools that face little accountability.”
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
“Critics complain that vouchers eat up state funding, benefit families who can afford private school on their own, disrupt communities and send tax dollars to schools that face little accountability.”
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇
Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇
Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
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Speaker Johnson doesn't mind keeping the House in session to cut healthcare for 17 million Americans, but he draws the line at exposing child predators.
July 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Speaker Johnson doesn't mind keeping the House in session to cut healthcare for 17 million Americans, but he draws the line at exposing child predators.
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Every fucking thing we’ve said would happen with this horrific policy has happened, so maybe listen when we say that they are building concentration camps.
July 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Every fucking thing we’ve said would happen with this horrific policy has happened, so maybe listen when we say that they are building concentration camps.
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As Sen. Whitehouse says:
Get some yellow crime scene tape and put it around the Senate chamber, because this budget bill is corrupt, crooked, and a rotten racket.
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Get some yellow crime scene tape and put it around the Senate chamber, because this budget bill is corrupt, crooked, and a rotten racket.
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
Democratic Wins Media on Substack
BREAKING: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse just tore apart Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a way we didn’t think was possible. This is amazing.
substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
As Sen. Whitehouse says:
Get some yellow crime scene tape and put it around the Senate chamber, because this budget bill is corrupt, crooked, and a rotten racket.
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
Get some yellow crime scene tape and put it around the Senate chamber, because this budget bill is corrupt, crooked, and a rotten racket.
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
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Jeffery Epstein Concerned about Sex Trafficking
June 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Jeffery Epstein Concerned about Sex Trafficking
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The Ayatollah’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Ayatollah’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
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Just a reminder going forward...
(cartoon from 2003)
(cartoon from 2003)
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just a reminder going forward...
(cartoon from 2003)
(cartoon from 2003)
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
June 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic
No such luck
No such luck
June 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic
No such luck
No such luck
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JD Vance says not to worry about us bombing Iran because Bush was super dumb and Trump is so smart.
We're all going to die.
We're all going to die.
June 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
JD Vance says not to worry about us bombing Iran because Bush was super dumb and Trump is so smart.
We're all going to die.
We're all going to die.