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This. 100% this.
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This. 100% this.
“It hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out. The majority is either willfully blind to…the threat to our Constitution's separation of powers.”
Justice Sotomayor on the SCOTUS ruling allowing dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
Justice Sotomayor on the SCOTUS ruling allowing dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
July 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“It hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out. The majority is either willfully blind to…the threat to our Constitution's separation of powers.”
Justice Sotomayor on the SCOTUS ruling allowing dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
Justice Sotomayor on the SCOTUS ruling allowing dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
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i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
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No hint of anything untoward here. Can't think why people suspect he might be on Epstein's client list.
July 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
No hint of anything untoward here. Can't think why people suspect he might be on Epstein's client list.
Welcome to Banana Republican™ — where billionaires soak up tax cuts, a Pinochet-style deportation force makes people vanish, and anyone the regime dislikes lives in fear.
The orange guy didn’t write the playbook — he stole the blueprint from Latin American dictatorships.
The orange guy didn’t write the playbook — he stole the blueprint from Latin American dictatorships.
July 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Welcome to Banana Republican™ — where billionaires soak up tax cuts, a Pinochet-style deportation force makes people vanish, and anyone the regime dislikes lives in fear.
The orange guy didn’t write the playbook — he stole the blueprint from Latin American dictatorships.
The orange guy didn’t write the playbook — he stole the blueprint from Latin American dictatorships.
This is the most depressing, and uniquely American, headline I can think of.
I can only think of multiple failing systems colliding at the same time.
I can only think of multiple failing systems colliding at the same time.
BREAKING: Sheriff says two people were killed after firefighters were shot responding to a fire near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and police are "taking sniper fire".
Sheriff says 2 killed after firefighters shot near Coeur d'Alene, police are 'taking sniper fire'
Authorities say a suspect shot at firefighters responding to fire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the sheriff said two people are dead and police were still “taking sniper fire” Sunday afternoon.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is the most depressing, and uniquely American, headline I can think of.
I can only think of multiple failing systems colliding at the same time.
I can only think of multiple failing systems colliding at the same time.
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There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.
June 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.
Is this the beginning of #Cascadia?
Just wondering, was anyone out there NOT assuming that Trump would keep ramping up illegal & violent actions against those he was seeking to vilify, until there was an inevitable & justified pushback, that he would then use to justify using the national guard/military to commit even worse violence?
June 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Is this the beginning of #Cascadia?
I read this as, “The BLM is preparing for underfunded wildland firefighting season.”
ktvz.com/news/fire/20...
ktvz.com/news/fire/20...
In Darlene 3's wake, campfires banned on BLM lands in the La Pine area to curb danger of human-caused wildfires
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — "To enhance public safety and reduce the risk of wildfires," the Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday it's prohibiting campfires on BLM-administered lands in the La Pine ar...
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April 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I read this as, “The BLM is preparing for underfunded wildland firefighting season.”
ktvz.com/news/fire/20...
ktvz.com/news/fire/20...
Sweet Sixteen - Vote for Bend!
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March 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Sweet Sixteen - Vote for Bend!