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Oregon is insanely green/ It is the light/ Left over from Eden - Wm Stafford
“Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live.” - Gov Tom McCall
“Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live.” - Gov Tom McCall
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The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
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@getmoresmarter.com The most gloriously hardcore obituary you will ever read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
@getmoresmarter.com The most gloriously hardcore obituary you will ever read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
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I watched his last podcast thinking he might reflect on life, his art, his family, but no.
The first 10 minutes was other people bragging for him (he could barely speak) about how he knew Trump would in win 2016. I turned it off.
THAT was his deathbed convo. The most depressing shit imaginable.
The first 10 minutes was other people bragging for him (he could barely speak) about how he knew Trump would in win 2016. I turned it off.
THAT was his deathbed convo. The most depressing shit imaginable.
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I watched his last podcast thinking he might reflect on life, his art, his family, but no.
The first 10 minutes was other people bragging for him (he could barely speak) about how he knew Trump would in win 2016. I turned it off.
THAT was his deathbed convo. The most depressing shit imaginable.
The first 10 minutes was other people bragging for him (he could barely speak) about how he knew Trump would in win 2016. I turned it off.
THAT was his deathbed convo. The most depressing shit imaginable.
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WaPo. catalogs who left govt and via what means.
These will be useful to show that Trump effected a SHIFT--from spending on things that help people (like VA care) TO snatching grannies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These will be useful to show that Trump effected a SHIFT--from spending on things that help people (like VA care) TO snatching grannies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
WaPo. catalogs who left govt and via what means.
These will be useful to show that Trump effected a SHIFT--from spending on things that help people (like VA care) TO snatching grannies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These will be useful to show that Trump effected a SHIFT--from spending on things that help people (like VA care) TO snatching grannies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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You've heard what Trump has said about Ashli Babbitt: "an innocent, wonderful, incredible woman," who was "shot by a lunatic." And you have heard what Trump, Vance, and their chorus in the media have said about Renee Good. This is, to a degree, the State of the Union.
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
You've heard what Trump has said about Ashli Babbitt: "an innocent, wonderful, incredible woman," who was "shot by a lunatic." And you have heard what Trump, Vance, and their chorus in the media have said about Renee Good. This is, to a degree, the State of the Union.
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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 5:59 AM
Insane
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DOJ can't even manage the Maduro docket competently but I'm sure all else will go swimmingly.
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
DOJ can't even manage the Maduro docket competently but I'm sure all else will go swimmingly.
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well, 2016 was a hard year, but we made it through. hopefully 2016 will be better.
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 AM
well, 2016 was a hard year, but we made it through. hopefully 2016 will be better.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Congratulations, President Kennedy!
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations, President Kennedy!
So: a malaise speech for our times, calibrated to scold the median voter for having the temerity to abandon Dear Leader
Tom’s got a point. This guy should get maximum exposure
Tom’s got a point. This guy should get maximum exposure
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
So: a malaise speech for our times, calibrated to scold the median voter for having the temerity to abandon Dear Leader
Tom’s got a point. This guy should get maximum exposure
Tom’s got a point. This guy should get maximum exposure
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I wrote about Rob Reiner:
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
Rob Reiner Was Good
The beloved director was better than most at making classic movies, Hollywood careers, and California policy change.
www.vulture.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I wrote about Rob Reiner:
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
We can’t help people pay absurdly high insurance premiums, but we can send billions to the President’s favorite foreign governments, and fund taxpayer investments in his friends’ speculative ventures. That’s very 2025
U.S. To Take Equity Stake In Chip Startup Led By Former Intel CEO — The U.S. government plans to acquire an equity stake in a chip startup headed by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as part of efforts to reclaim leadership in the semiconductor race. The move signals increased federal…
U.S. To Take Equity Stake In Chip Startup Led By Former Intel CEO
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We can’t help people pay absurdly high insurance premiums, but we can send billions to the President’s favorite foreign governments, and fund taxpayer investments in his friends’ speculative ventures. That’s very 2025
The highest reaches of the Republican Party are just a grift and racketeering scheme
Breaking News: President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who was convicted in a sweeping drug case last year.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Honduras’s president and is serving a 45-year sentence.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The highest reaches of the Republican Party are just a grift and racketeering scheme
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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Get to something downright ontological about right-wing cogitation: "shit just happens sometimes" is never a reasonable explanation for events. A demonic Other must be at fault. Except for the malign intervention of Them, the universe would yield perfect order. To think otherwise is unimaginable.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Get to something downright ontological about right-wing cogitation: "shit just happens sometimes" is never a reasonable explanation for events. A demonic Other must be at fault. Except for the malign intervention of Them, the universe would yield perfect order. To think otherwise is unimaginable.
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There is talk going around that DHS is now arresting people who fly *domestically* if they have final orders of removal.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is talk going around that DHS is now arresting people who fly *domestically* if they have final orders of removal.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
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Quiet, piggy
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Quiet, piggy
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."