Thankful Thinker
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Optimistic realist. Humanity gets twisted into evil shapes by trauma, but we can recover, be better, & extend our recovery to others & the planet.
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From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot - a very apt quote for today's political landscape!:
"It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
"It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
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Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
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re: the video about illegal orders
It's great that Trump is making a big deal about it. Normally any Dem recorded video goes ignored by all sides.
Let Trump and Hegseth touch the boiling pot! Bring it on!
It's great that Trump is making a big deal about it. Normally any Dem recorded video goes ignored by all sides.
Let Trump and Hegseth touch the boiling pot! Bring it on!
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
re: the video about illegal orders
It's great that Trump is making a big deal about it. Normally any Dem recorded video goes ignored by all sides.
Let Trump and Hegseth touch the boiling pot! Bring it on!
It's great that Trump is making a big deal about it. Normally any Dem recorded video goes ignored by all sides.
Let Trump and Hegseth touch the boiling pot! Bring it on!
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
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I’d rather be the party of Mark Kelly than the party of George Santos.
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’d rather be the party of Mark Kelly than the party of George Santos.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Home Depot is letting this #ICELawlessness happen to their own customers!
Their own flippin customers!
This #Thanksgiving, #BlackFriday & #cybermonday I'll be spending money anywhere but there, Target or Amazon.
Their own flippin customers!
This #Thanksgiving, #BlackFriday & #cybermonday I'll be spending money anywhere but there, Target or Amazon.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Home Depot is letting this #ICELawlessness happen to their own customers!
Their own flippin customers!
This #Thanksgiving, #BlackFriday & #cybermonday I'll be spending money anywhere but there, Target or Amazon.
Their own flippin customers!
This #Thanksgiving, #BlackFriday & #cybermonday I'll be spending money anywhere but there, Target or Amazon.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Speaking of Traitors...
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Speaking of Traitors...
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TPUBLICAN is perfect if the "T" stands for TRAITOR.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
TPUBLICAN is perfect if the "T" stands for TRAITOR.
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It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
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I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
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I’ve said this for years, but the real scandal of Russiagate wasn’t that Putin had something on Trump, but that Trump wanted to make the US like Putin’s Russia.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’ve said this for years, but the real scandal of Russiagate wasn’t that Putin had something on Trump, but that Trump wanted to make the US like Putin’s Russia.
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Maybe the next generation will set its sights on solving systemic problems instead of “My burrito is at a restaurant, but I’m all cozy here so, can a guy with a medical degree from another country bring it to me.” We’ve got that covered, and then some.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Maybe the next generation will set its sights on solving systemic problems instead of “My burrito is at a restaurant, but I’m all cozy here so, can a guy with a medical degree from another country bring it to me.” We’ve got that covered, and then some.
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We won together, now we’re building together.
Thank you for chipping in and helping us build a City Hall for the people.
Thank you for chipping in and helping us build a City Hall for the people.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We won together, now we’re building together.
Thank you for chipping in and helping us build a City Hall for the people.
Thank you for chipping in and helping us build a City Hall for the people.
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
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If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
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It’s clear that Democrats won the shutdown, even after caving in.
That’s how bad things are for Trump.
That’s how bad things are for Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s clear that Democrats won the shutdown, even after caving in.
That’s how bad things are for Trump.
That’s how bad things are for Trump.
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DEMAND AN END TO
THIS UNLAWFUL
REGIME... HEADED BY A TYRANT
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
IMPEACH HIM
THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
ENOUGH!
THIS UNLAWFUL
REGIME... HEADED BY A TYRANT
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
IMPEACH HIM
THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
ENOUGH!
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
DEMAND AN END TO
THIS UNLAWFUL
REGIME... HEADED BY A TYRANT
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
IMPEACH HIM
THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
ENOUGH!
THIS UNLAWFUL
REGIME... HEADED BY A TYRANT
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
IMPEACH HIM
THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
ENOUGH!
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If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
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We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
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Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.