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WOW... JUST WOW...

In order to justify invoking the insurrection act in Portland, Oregon, trump faked a riot with professional videographers, the military and hired extras.

Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened :
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Spokane, WA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/standupameri...
NO KINGS Spokane, WA · Stand Up America
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
September 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel

[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding.
www.motherjones.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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You elect a sexual predator whose closest friend was a child rapist and you doubted he was in on the action? Now you’re surprised that he doesn’t want any new evidence of his involvement to get out? Really?
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
When irony is tragedy
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sarah Kendzior, curator of our national disaster.

Essential to grok.
Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election
Some background reading
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
July 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
June 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Impeach the orange shytgibbon
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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NYT, Page One:

“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”

@nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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ICYMI, via @parkermolloy.com: Utah legislators commissioned a study to justify their ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids.

It came back last week, and it turns out the science shows gender-affirming care is GOOD for trans kids.

And crickets from the media.
The Study Republicans Demanded About Trans Kids Just Backfired. Guess What the Media Isn't Covering?
Utah commissioned actual experts to review the science on gender-affirming care. The results? Inconvenient truths that don't fit the narrative.
www.readtpa.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Unlike the Russian autocratic breakthrough (or, for that matter, the Hungarian one, which has apparently provided some of Donald Trump’s playbook), the transformation of American government and society hasn’t been spread out over decades or even years. It’s been everything everywhere all at once…”
Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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1/ New in the Abrego Garcia case, the Judge has just granted his lawyers' request for permission to file sanctions against the government, which is very unusual.
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Only the “best people” could be sooo stoopid.
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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ICE Deports Mariner Moose Back to Canada: tinyurl.com/vswvxhrr
May 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Putin must be putting much pressure on el caudillo del mar-a-lago — in sheer desperation.
Russia has lost over 950,000 soldiers since February 2022
Russia has lost 1,060 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day alone, bringing its total number of personnel losses to over 950,000.
www.pravda.com.ua
April 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Nice turnout for today's march in Manhattan.

#50501
April 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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GOOD.
April 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM