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468 seats in Congress are up for a vote next November. The litmus test is repealing the Big Bullshit Bill, defunding ICE, and impeaching and removing all involved.
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Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”
Where’s Congress?
Where’s Congress?
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”
Where’s Congress?
Where’s Congress?
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oh my god he's such a fucking loser
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
oh my god he's such a fucking loser
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Oh VERY cool! Their base conclusion is that there is no long-term risk of death from getting the COVID vaccination, and it may actually reduce mortality (they actually expect to see *more* deaths in the vaxxed group due that cohort being older, but saw fewer)…
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Oh VERY cool! Their base conclusion is that there is no long-term risk of death from getting the COVID vaccination, and it may actually reduce mortality (they actually expect to see *more* deaths in the vaxxed group due that cohort being older, but saw fewer)…
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Impeachment proceedings are mandatory. You either believe the presidency is governed by rules or you don’t.
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Impeachment proceedings are mandatory. You either believe the presidency is governed by rules or you don’t.
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This feels like a culmination of several deep pathologies: congressional passivity, executive aggrandizement, national security exceptionalism, politics as theater, war as theater.
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This feels like a culmination of several deep pathologies: congressional passivity, executive aggrandizement, national security exceptionalism, politics as theater, war as theater.
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WTF. Regime change and a bombing campaign while Congress sleeps. Maduro
is an authoritarian but this action by the US government is deeply disgusting and illegal.
is an authoritarian but this action by the US government is deeply disgusting and illegal.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
WTF. Regime change and a bombing campaign while Congress sleeps. Maduro
is an authoritarian but this action by the US government is deeply disgusting and illegal.
is an authoritarian but this action by the US government is deeply disgusting and illegal.
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Trump’s inauguration, Taylor’s engagement, and a whole lot of genocide. What a wild ride 2025 was.
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Trump’s inauguration, Taylor’s engagement, and a whole lot of genocide. What a wild ride 2025 was.
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the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
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these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
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Also while this very white picture is chosen on purpose
A lot of younger people are … not white so someone whose view is “conservative” is actually directly harmful to them
It’s a deal breaker because it’s DANGEROUS
A lot of younger people are … not white so someone whose view is “conservative” is actually directly harmful to them
It’s a deal breaker because it’s DANGEROUS
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Also while this very white picture is chosen on purpose
A lot of younger people are … not white so someone whose view is “conservative” is actually directly harmful to them
It’s a deal breaker because it’s DANGEROUS
A lot of younger people are … not white so someone whose view is “conservative” is actually directly harmful to them
It’s a deal breaker because it’s DANGEROUS
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How sick must a man be that on the day a family loses a 35-year-old mother, daughter and sister from cancer he aggressively attacks the family with relish?
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How sick must a man be that on the day a family loses a 35-year-old mother, daughter and sister from cancer he aggressively attacks the family with relish?
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“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
What. No.
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
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December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
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Trump posted a photo claiming it shows a bald eagle in the United States killed by a windmill.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump posted a photo claiming it shows a bald eagle in the United States killed by a windmill.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
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probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
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This is how you do it folks
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is how you do it folks
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“[Trump] is equal parts reckless and stupid, and it’s hard to know which is at play at any given time—if not both. When it comes to the Venezuela facility strike story, either Trump revealed a covert operation or amplified an internet lie. Regardless, we need to know which one it was.”
NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“[Trump] is equal parts reckless and stupid, and it’s hard to know which is at play at any given time—if not both. When it comes to the Venezuela facility strike story, either Trump revealed a covert operation or amplified an internet lie. Regardless, we need to know which one it was.”
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Seems to me if voting didn’t matter the people who benefit most from the destruction of democracy wouldn’t be trying so hard to demolish democracy
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Seems to me if voting didn’t matter the people who benefit most from the destruction of democracy wouldn’t be trying so hard to demolish democracy
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A long way to say, “He lied to the voters.”
December 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A long way to say, “He lied to the voters.”
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"If you tax billionaires you won't have billionaires anymore."
Threatening us with a good time, again.
Threatening us with a good time, again.
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"If you tax billionaires you won't have billionaires anymore."
Threatening us with a good time, again.
Threatening us with a good time, again.
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idk alan, “are you now or have you ever been a pedophile?” feels like a substantially different kind of question!
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
idk alan, “are you now or have you ever been a pedophile?” feels like a substantially different kind of question!
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CSIS: “This ship will never sail. It will take years to design, cost $9 billion each to build, and contravene the Navy’s new concept of operations, which envisions distributed firepower. A future administration will cancel the program before the first ship hits the water.”
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
CSIS: “This ship will never sail. It will take years to design, cost $9 billion each to build, and contravene the Navy’s new concept of operations, which envisions distributed firepower. A future administration will cancel the program before the first ship hits the water.”
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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The thread has persuaded me that Weiss is not just a lazy, blundering, incompetent overseer of CBS News trying to serve her masters, but also now morally complicit herself in the depraved torture of the men imprisoned without cause in CECOT at the direction the United States.
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The thread has persuaded me that Weiss is not just a lazy, blundering, incompetent overseer of CBS News trying to serve her masters, but also now morally complicit herself in the depraved torture of the men imprisoned without cause in CECOT at the direction the United States.
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Anyway, watch for yourself and see what you think of Weiss's defense. To me, it's demonstrably full of shit
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Anyway, watch for yourself and see what you think of Weiss's defense. To me, it's demonstrably full of shit