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A true compassionate conservative. I believe in diversity, equality and inclusion. The government should do what is good for the people, not just for the wealthy […]

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“A careful analysis of the “new” “Trump peace plan” offers no hope for a swift, dignified or lasting peace on terms acceptable to Ukraine. And the persistent impression remains, in Pushkin’s words, that “here is the Russian spirit, here Russia’s smell is felt.””
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I dunno who needs to hear this…
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Mother Jones has been on fire on the John Roberts beat and, man, I'd love to see our national press pick up this ball.

"It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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HERE'S A SHOCK, 🙄

The #disasterdon Administration has CANCELED the release of the "October #jobsreport", blaming "a lack of data due to the #shutdown,"

Previous shutdowns never prevented the release of the Jobs Report. Nor did the Covid Shutdown.

Also […]

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November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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“The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind http://archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls on the internet”

FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
#tech #internet […]

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November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Trump border "czar" Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting $50000 bribe from undercover FBI agents in exchange for the promise of gov't contracts.

Homan is just one of dozens of criminals and corrupt self-dealers who have been tapped by Trump for cabinet posts and other positions in the 2.0 […]
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mastodon.online
September 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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fwiw, I see a certain amount of grumbling along the lines of, "why jimmy kimmel rather than [insert other issue]"

I understnad why people feel that way, but...I think it's kind of misguided? 1
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Sumud flotilla to Gaza now has
warship cover? From Turkiye & Egypt?

If these Turkish & Egyptian frigates would observe civilian ships being in danger, they would be obliged to assist under international law. 🤔

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JeqL87k9ZM0

#sumudflotilla #gaza #aid #israel […]
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mastodon.green
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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A reminder that the most corrupt president in American history controls the most corrupt Supreme Court in American history.

There has never been anything remotely like this.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner/
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner
On Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and agreed to decide on the president’s ability to fire the heads of independent […]
www.scotusblog.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The Supreme Court allowed President Trump to fire one of the leaders of the Federal Trade Commission for now, (New York Times)
September 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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first of all, it really isn't either or. I mean, there is organized resistance to a ton of Trump initiatives, and many of them have been defeated or halted or stalled in various ways (trump's racked up a lot of losses in court; he's had nominations defeated; there have been massive anti ICE protests
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Hollywood Reporter- Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to ABC Tuesday night, but his show will remain dark in a large swath of the US with Sinclair saying it’ll preempt the show on its 38 ABC affiliate stations […]
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journa.host
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Trump gives his Fox News pals a new platform to push propaganda
#Trump
Trump gives his Fox News pals a new platform to push propaganda
President Donald Trump has reportedly chosen Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, owners of Fox News, as part of a group that will have control over TikTok’s influential algorithm.� The move further ...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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US bars Iran's diplomats from shopping at Costco without permission
#Trump
US bars Iran's diplomats from shopping at Costco without permission
The Trump administration has barred Iranian diplomats based in or visiting New York from� shopping at wholesale club stores �like Costco and purchasing luxury goods in the United States without ...
www.dailykos.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Trump spews more lies about vaccines and autism and ... the Amish?
#Trump
Trump spews more lies about vaccines and autism and ... the Amish?
President Donald Trump made another ridiculous public health announcement promoting old, debunked vaccine myths Monday.� Flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and ...
www.dailykos.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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🧵Occam's razor with the official FBI Kirk shooting story.

Occam's says that when presented with multiple scenarios, typically the one that's least complicated & requires the fewest assumptions is the one most often true.

Does the official FBI narrative meet that?

No, and here's the proof:
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I hate memes, but a pal sent this along and it's a good one.
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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to put an even finer point on it: the percentage of U.S. adults who say they “strongly disapprove” of Trump‘s job as president (about 46-50% of adults) is significantly higher than the percent of adults who voted for him (about 32% of adults)
genuinely believe that a large number of political, economic and media elites do not realize that nearly half the voting public did not vote for trump
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial,
then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips.

Nothing to see here, move along.

https://c.im/@cdarwin/115239949563251227
I don’t expect the World Liberty Financial scandal, —which The New York Times exposed in a superb investigative piece Monday —to follow a recognizable trajectory. That’s because nothing since January has followed a recognizable trajectory. In the world I know, the Times story would initiate a Justice Department investigation and an impeachment inquiry, and Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff could be counted on to resign by week’s end. In the mystifying world we inhabit today, none of these things appears likely to happen. In May, Zach Witkoff, the 32-year-old son of the billionaire Steve Witkoff, announced at a Dubai conference —while sitting beside Eric Trump —that he’d collected $2 billion from one Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who controls the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates. That $2 billion purchased a stablecoin called USD1 from World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm of which Witkoff père et fils are co-founders, and in which the Trump family owns a 60 percent stake. It was, according to Binance (another participant in the deal), “the single largest investment into a crypto company” that the world had ever seen. Around the same time that Zach announced the UAE investment, his father, Steve Witkoff, said he was divesting his own stake in World Liberty Financial. Four months later, though, the White House says Witkoff is “still in the process of divesting.” (High-ranking Trump officials are notorious slowpokes in this regard.) What was worth $2 billion to UAE? By what we’re supposed to believe is sheerest coincidence, two weeks after Zach Witkoff announced Sheik Tahnoon’s stablecoin purchase, President Donald Trump agreed to allow the UAE to import a large quantity of U.S.-produced AI computer chips, -- with many of those chips going to a company named G42 that just happens to be controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon. Previously, the Biden administration had sharply limited how many such chips could go to UAE because the country conducted joint military exercises with China, with which G42 had multiple business partnerships. The UAE didn’t like being told no, so after Trump entered office it negotiated a better deal—with, among others, Steve Witkoff. Another player in this drama is David Sacks, who pushed hard to give UAE expanded access to the AI chips. Sacks is Trump’s AI and crypto czar. He also continues to work for the investment firm he founded, Craft Ventures. -- In the minds of some White House officials, this presents a potential conflict of interest. (It’s a nice surprise to learn there remain a few ethics-minded people in the Trump administration.) For example, according to a March press release from World Financial Liberty, USD1 reserves are “custodied by BitGo,” -- which has significant backing from Craft Ventures. The White House counsel finessed all this by giving Sacks a sort of golden ticket that allows Sacks to participate in government decisions that might affect his investments. https://newrepublic.com/article/200551/trump-witkoff-emiratis-bribery-corruption?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Bluesky
c.im
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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tis the first time i’ve seen anything about #andor and the second Mon Mothma said #genocide, i lost it.

THIS IS WHAT WE DEMAND OF OUR LEADERS!

the catharsis of knowing, we are not taking crazy pills, THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO BE THERE TO SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES AND OUR SENSE OF DECENCY THE TRUTH […]
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mastodon.social
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM