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Broken record: The obsession with "kitchen table issues" imagines an electorate too obtuse or amoral to be reached by any appeal to abstract principle, morality, or any longer-term consideration than the immediate health of their bank account. If that's accurate, the game's already over.
Rep Adam Smith, highest ranking Dem on Armed Services Committee: The consultants keep telling me to talk about kitchen-table issues, but the rule of law is being utterly destroyed in America by Donald Trump.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Broken record: The obsession with "kitchen table issues" imagines an electorate too obtuse or amoral to be reached by any appeal to abstract principle, morality, or any longer-term consideration than the immediate health of their bank account. If that's accurate, the game's already over.
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It's extremely important for global security that every member of the Trump administration be hanged when this is over
The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to the United States:
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
January 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
It's extremely important for global security that every member of the Trump administration be hanged when this is over
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look man at that point you get yourself arrested
it's not as though "signing up for the military" didnt carry risks, you just thought they'd be mortal rather than moral
it's not as though "signing up for the military" didnt carry risks, you just thought they'd be mortal rather than moral
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
look man at that point you get yourself arrested
it's not as though "signing up for the military" didnt carry risks, you just thought they'd be mortal rather than moral
it's not as though "signing up for the military" didnt carry risks, you just thought they'd be mortal rather than moral
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With so much chaos and uncertainty in this world, it's reassuring that the responses by Democratic leadership to Trump kidnapping Maduro and killing dozens of Venezeulans has been just as ambivalent and useless as everyone predicted.
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
With so much chaos and uncertainty in this world, it's reassuring that the responses by Democratic leadership to Trump kidnapping Maduro and killing dozens of Venezeulans has been just as ambivalent and useless as everyone predicted.
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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"As with so many things, Trump didn’t invent a bloated, power-grabbing presidency, but he has brought it to its inevitable conclusion, the very thing most feared by the Founders: A madman able to plunge the country into war on a whim."
Trump’s Bogus Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Impeachable Offense
The Framers would have regarded this president as an out-of-control lunatic in desperate need of reining in by Congress
www.theunpopulist.net
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"As with so many things, Trump didn’t invent a bloated, power-grabbing presidency, but he has brought it to its inevitable conclusion, the very thing most feared by the Founders: A madman able to plunge the country into war on a whim."
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Every person in this photo can be executed by the next administration. We just need the will to power
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Every person in this photo can be executed by the next administration. We just need the will to power
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There will no doubt be, as there always is when this comes up, a bunch of bogus claims, widely reported as true, that the War Powers Resolution authorizes the president to do whatever he wants for up to 60 or 90 days. This is not true. That is not what it says.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
There will no doubt be, as there always is when this comes up, a bunch of bogus claims, widely reported as true, that the War Powers Resolution authorizes the president to do whatever he wants for up to 60 or 90 days. This is not true. That is not what it says.
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you don't hate JSOC enough
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 AM
you don't hate JSOC enough
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If, as seems likely, they grabbed Maduro but the regime doesn't otherwise change and it's just some other authoritarian stooge who takes over, what are we supposed to believe was accomplished?
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If, as seems likely, they grabbed Maduro but the regime doesn't otherwise change and it's just some other authoritarian stooge who takes over, what are we supposed to believe was accomplished?
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To do what, exactly? The House will be back on Tuesday. You, as in literally you as an individual member of the House all on your own, could force a privileged vote on impeachment (among a variety of other possible measures) and it would then get a vote no later than Thursday.
Speaker Johnson must call the House of Representatives back into session immediately to reign in this out-of-control President.
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
To do what, exactly? The House will be back on Tuesday. You, as in literally you as an individual member of the House all on your own, could force a privileged vote on impeachment (among a variety of other possible measures) and it would then get a vote no later than Thursday.
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Of course, extremely illegal and immoral. Everyone involved should be hanged. But if in your mind you're thinking another Iraq War, I don't think that's possible any time soon.
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Of course, extremely illegal and immoral. Everyone involved should be hanged. But if in your mind you're thinking another Iraq War, I don't think that's possible any time soon.
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
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The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
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This was one of the moderate, pro-family, loving Christian Republicans that we on the left were supposed to with on things like a child allowance and other family safety policies.
Surprise! Gutter racist!
Surprise! Gutter racist!
I was wondering why their is so much random racist discourse on Somalis on the TL rn but oh it’s election season for governor rn lol
January 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This was one of the moderate, pro-family, loving Christian Republicans that we on the left were supposed to with on things like a child allowance and other family safety policies.
Surprise! Gutter racist!
Surprise! Gutter racist!
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in case this wasn't obvious:
the main takeaway of the entire epstein saga is that everyone in the ruling class who's been telling us that economic democracy "doesn't work" is a pedophile
the main takeaway of the entire epstein saga is that everyone in the ruling class who's been telling us that economic democracy "doesn't work" is a pedophile
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
in case this wasn't obvious:
the main takeaway of the entire epstein saga is that everyone in the ruling class who's been telling us that economic democracy "doesn't work" is a pedophile
the main takeaway of the entire epstein saga is that everyone in the ruling class who's been telling us that economic democracy "doesn't work" is a pedophile
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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No, and when she published an opinion piece posing as one at FP, her response to a thorough debunking calling out numerous plain factual errors was to insist on a podcast debate about it, not a correction or retraction.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
No, and when she published an opinion piece posing as one at FP, her response to a thorough debunking calling out numerous plain factual errors was to insist on a podcast debate about it, not a correction or retraction.
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simply incredible
The Biden DOJ had a perfectly legal avenue to release this to the public—a response to a FOIA request. They may have even been legally obligated to produce it in response to the FOIA request. And they decided not to, to protect Donald Trump’s reputation? What?
Found the Associated Press article where the existence of this letter was first disclosed two years ago, in response to a FOIA request
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
December 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
simply incredible
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So CBS News paid President Trump millions to settle a baseless lawsuit over 60 Minutes editing a Kamala Harris interview the way they edit every interview, then a self-styled free speech champion took over CBS News and censored a 60 Minutes report exposing Trump admin actions, do I have that right?
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So CBS News paid President Trump millions to settle a baseless lawsuit over 60 Minutes editing a Kamala Harris interview the way they edit every interview, then a self-styled free speech champion took over CBS News and censored a 60 Minutes report exposing Trump admin actions, do I have that right?
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So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
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The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
The person charged with enforcing the laws is himself a law breaker. In such a state, do laws even have any legitimacy?
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
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BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.