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how many seagulls would you need to find in your house before you start to suspect someone has been putting them there?
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Trump called Musk "a big-time drug addict" in a phone call shortly after their public feud. (WaPo)
June 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
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More and more, you are going to find yourself tricked by misleading headlines like this one.
From the article itself: “Moore said he’s ready to engage in conversations about repairing the legacy of slavery now, and he doesn’t need to wait two years for the reparations commission to draft a study.”
From the article itself: “Moore said he’s ready to engage in conversations about repairing the legacy of slavery now, and he doesn’t need to wait two years for the reparations commission to draft a study.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a reparations bill that would have required the state to define the economic harms to Black descendants of enslaved people and recommend remedies, dealing a blow to reparations supporters who counted on the only Black governor of a U.S. state to be an ally.
Wes Moore, the nation’s lone Black governor, vetoes bill to study reparations
Wes Moore, the country’s only sitting Black governor, vetoes reparations bill
www.washingtonpost.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
More and more, you are going to find yourself tricked by misleading headlines like this one.
From the article itself: “Moore said he’s ready to engage in conversations about repairing the legacy of slavery now, and he doesn’t need to wait two years for the reparations commission to draft a study.”
From the article itself: “Moore said he’s ready to engage in conversations about repairing the legacy of slavery now, and he doesn’t need to wait two years for the reparations commission to draft a study.”
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this would be a great issue for the oversight committee to take up, but guess who its top democrat is
April 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
this would be a great issue for the oversight committee to take up, but guess who its top democrat is
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The fact that tarrifs are on the top of front pages consistently while people getting abducted off the streets for their free speech without due process is relegated far lower should tell us everything about where much of the media establishment sees our priorities as a society.
April 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The fact that tarrifs are on the top of front pages consistently while people getting abducted off the streets for their free speech without due process is relegated far lower should tell us everything about where much of the media establishment sees our priorities as a society.
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I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.
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I just keep thinking of the heartlessness of going to an election promising to sack 41,000 people just because they’ve chosen public service. The LNP talks of small business owners going out of business as a tragedy. How is sending thousands of people into unemployment not?
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I just keep thinking of the heartlessness of going to an election promising to sack 41,000 people just because they’ve chosen public service. The LNP talks of small business owners going out of business as a tragedy. How is sending thousands of people into unemployment not?
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
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It’s clear mainstream outlets are not really capable of explaining something this corrupt to the American public
This is so surreally corrupt it’s hard to even grasp. US media is incapable of processing it - directly using the White House to promote a meme coin with hidden ownership structure.
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It’s clear mainstream outlets are not really capable of explaining something this corrupt to the American public
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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My grandfather was a green card holder from when he arrived in the US in his 20s until he died in his 90s. Having a green card makes you a LEGAL resident of the US. The fact that he has disappeared should terrify you. And the fact that Columbia was complacent in his disappearance is grotesque
Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My grandfather was a green card holder from when he arrived in the US in his 20s until he died in his 90s. Having a green card makes you a LEGAL resident of the US. The fact that he has disappeared should terrify you. And the fact that Columbia was complacent in his disappearance is grotesque
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Doge has itemized $10bn in savings; but all of those were revised down to $19m due to errors and now have been removed from the list.
So essentially there are zero itemized savings from DOGE as of today.
So essentially there are zero itemized savings from DOGE as of today.
March 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Doge has itemized $10bn in savings; but all of those were revised down to $19m due to errors and now have been removed from the list.
So essentially there are zero itemized savings from DOGE as of today.
So essentially there are zero itemized savings from DOGE as of today.
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While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
February 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
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I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
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But our president believes that "the state" is inseparable from his person. So none of that counted. Trump demands gratitude *personally*, to *him*.
And any gratitude expressed to America when Trump was not its supreme leader isn't just worthless—he sees it as a betrayal.
And any gratitude expressed to America when Trump was not its supreme leader isn't just worthless—he sees it as a betrayal.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
But our president believes that "the state" is inseparable from his person. So none of that counted. Trump demands gratitude *personally*, to *him*.
And any gratitude expressed to America when Trump was not its supreme leader isn't just worthless—he sees it as a betrayal.
And any gratitude expressed to America when Trump was not its supreme leader isn't just worthless—he sees it as a betrayal.
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America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
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That was the most shameful performance by any American president in a century.
I want to fucking throw up.
I want to fucking throw up.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
That was the most shameful performance by any American president in a century.
I want to fucking throw up.
I want to fucking throw up.
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ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs
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If you're feeling overwhelmed by the current political situation, this is a must-read.
Wrote about the precious few high-profile Democrats who seem to understand we now live under a system of competitive authoritarianism.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/these-democr...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/these-democr...
These Democrats Seem To Understand The Situation
Americans now live under competitive authoritarianism. Only a handful of elected Democrats are acting accordingly.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io
February 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the current political situation, this is a must-read.
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Who Musk is working for is a question I can’t consider for more than a moment without feeling nauseated
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Who Musk is working for is a question I can’t consider for more than a moment without feeling nauseated
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In light of the president and vice president being unable to respond with any kind of normal human sympathy for those who died in the plane crash, I am once again furious about Democrats ditching the "weird" attacks, messaging that would have easily won the election.
January 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In light of the president and vice president being unable to respond with any kind of normal human sympathy for those who died in the plane crash, I am once again furious about Democrats ditching the "weird" attacks, messaging that would have easily won the election.