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Lawmakers will go on holiday recess having failed to avoid a sudden rise in healthcare premiums.
Congress abandons healthcare negotiations, will let ACA subsidies expire - Salon.com
Lawmakers will go on holiday recess having failed to avoid a sudden rise in healthcare premiums.
www.salon.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lawmakers will go on holiday recess having failed to avoid a sudden rise in healthcare premiums.
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”This type of anticipatory obedience to the state by media executives is an important marker in the nation’s continuing slide into fascism. And it’s happening at dizzying speed.“
Bari Weiss spiked a major migrant story — and told on herself
Weiss' catch-and-kill puts her editorial incompetence at CBS News on public view
www.salon.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
”This type of anticipatory obedience to the state by media executives is an important marker in the nation’s continuing slide into fascism. And it’s happening at dizzying speed.“
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This is beyond ironic...
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is beyond ironic...
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Imagine being so fragile that you try to buy a whole news network just to mute the people who use facts.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Is CNN next on Trump’s media hit list?
Billionaire Larry Ellison, whose company Paramount Skydance is considering acquiring the parent company of CNN, reportedly discussed firing anchors at the network with the Trump administration. The…
www.dailykos.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Imagine being so fragile that you try to buy a whole news network just to mute the people who use facts.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
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The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
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Robert Mueller made Trump's finances off limits.
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Robert Mueller made Trump's finances off limits.
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3/ I just realized I forgot to include a link to the source filing!
It comes from the Whatsapp v NSO case and reflects NSO Group's efforts to get out from under a permanent injunction to stop hacking WhatsApp users.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It comes from the Whatsapp v NSO case and reflects NSO Group's efforts to get out from under a permanent injunction to stop hacking WhatsApp users.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Response ( Non Motion ) – #805 in WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited (N.D. Cal., 4:19-cv-07123) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE re 803 Notice (Other), [RESPONSE AND OBJECTION TO PLAINTIFFS SECOND PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAY AND FOR BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR M...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
3/ I just realized I forgot to include a link to the source filing!
It comes from the Whatsapp v NSO case and reflects NSO Group's efforts to get out from under a permanent injunction to stop hacking WhatsApp users.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It comes from the Whatsapp v NSO case and reflects NSO Group's efforts to get out from under a permanent injunction to stop hacking WhatsApp users.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
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"The Appeasement Eight gave Republicans bipartisan cover, and established another point of leverage Trump has over Congressional Dems...in a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Therefore, preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move."
Yep:
Yep:
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"The Appeasement Eight gave Republicans bipartisan cover, and established another point of leverage Trump has over Congressional Dems...in a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Therefore, preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move."
Yep:
Yep:
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Just a reminder from the sage/comic
George Carlin - It's A BIG Club & You Ain't In It!
YouTube video by SkyEcho7
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just a reminder from the sage/comic
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As I said last night on MSNBC as the news broke that eight Senate Democrats were joining the GOP: This must be the end for Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As I said last night on MSNBC as the news broke that eight Senate Democrats were joining the GOP: This must be the end for Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.
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Ah well, just roll over and show your belly then, I guess.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ah well, just roll over and show your belly then, I guess.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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The whistleblower's letter lays out how Maxwell is preparing to have Trump commute her 20-year sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.
Whistleblower Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell Plot to Ask Trump to Commute Her Sentence
Critics voiced growing alarm that the president may be planning to pardon the convicted sex trafficker.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The whistleblower's letter lays out how Maxwell is preparing to have Trump commute her 20-year sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.
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“People think that Medicaid is poor, lazy people skirting the system,” Jane, a Vermont resident, tells Rolling Stone.
“But it’s teachers, volunteer firefighters, police officers. It’s people that are part of the community”
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
“But it’s teachers, volunteer firefighters, police officers. It’s people that are part of the community”
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“People think that Medicaid is poor, lazy people skirting the system,” Jane, a Vermont resident, tells Rolling Stone.
“But it’s teachers, volunteer firefighters, police officers. It’s people that are part of the community”
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
“But it’s teachers, volunteer firefighters, police officers. It’s people that are part of the community”
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
It's time for a grassroots AOC for a Senate campaign. It's truly cynical for Schumer to put together the deal and then vote against it. It's time for a strong voice in the Senate instead of being saddled with with feckless and dishonest leadership.
Group of Senate Dems Joins With GOP to End Shutdown Without Extending Obamacare Funding
After 40 days of the government shutdown, a small — but large...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's time for a grassroots AOC for a Senate campaign. It's truly cynical for Schumer to put together the deal and then vote against it. It's time for a strong voice in the Senate instead of being saddled with with feckless and dishonest leadership.
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Anyone who believes that the Senators who voted for the non-deal did so without Schumer’s consent while he votes no for show is gullible & naive. You either do this with a plan and exit strategy or you don’t do it at all. There is a disconnect between Dem voters & Sen leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Anyone who believes that the Senators who voted for the non-deal did so without Schumer’s consent while he votes no for show is gullible & naive. You either do this with a plan and exit strategy or you don’t do it at all. There is a disconnect between Dem voters & Sen leadership.
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8/ I believe NSO does not change.
They've churned through countless lobbyists to persuade you that they are turning over a new leaf
But in the end it's always the same story.
Activists, elections, politicians, dissidents getting their lives turned upside down.
Story
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
They've churned through countless lobbyists to persuade you that they are turning over a new leaf
But in the end it's always the same story.
Activists, elections, politicians, dissidents getting their lives turned upside down.
Story
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
8/ I believe NSO does not change.
They've churned through countless lobbyists to persuade you that they are turning over a new leaf
But in the end it's always the same story.
Activists, elections, politicians, dissidents getting their lives turned upside down.
Story
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
They've churned through countless lobbyists to persuade you that they are turning over a new leaf
But in the end it's always the same story.
Activists, elections, politicians, dissidents getting their lives turned upside down.
Story
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Just a reminder from the sage/comic
George Carlin - It's A BIG Club & You Ain't In It!
YouTube video by SkyEcho7
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just a reminder from the sage/comic
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We are an absolute embarrassment
Army posts and then removes list of German food banks for troops during shutdown trib.al/8iK0PDN
Army posts and then removes list of German food banks for troops during shutdown
The Army removed the list after German media reported that U.S. troops were using the local foodbanks, a U.S. official said.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We are an absolute embarrassment