Alan2oo
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Barbara, we want a sequel of this book.
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Barbara, we want a sequel of this book.
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Given that Trump’s agenda is so unpopular, you have to seriously question what the Republicans in Congress are doing
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
New in PN: Trump couldn't (legitimately) win a third term If he tried
"What’s astonishing about the media’s 'third term' coverage is how it doesn’t clearly state the obvious: Voters are openly rejecting Trump, as seen in poll after poll."
"What’s astonishing about the media’s 'third term' coverage is how it doesn’t clearly state the obvious: Voters are openly rejecting Trump, as seen in poll after poll."
Trump couldn't (legitimately) win a third term If he tried
The emperor has no polls.
www.publicnotice.co
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Given that Trump’s agenda is so unpopular, you have to seriously question what the Republicans in Congress are doing
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
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The parallel is almost too neat: a demolition of something sacred carried out under the auspices of improvement. In both cases, the act is cloaked in the language of renewal but animated by ego, sustained by spectacle, and shadowed by the pursuit of personal gain.
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The parallel is almost too neat: a demolition of something sacred carried out under the auspices of improvement. In both cases, the act is cloaked in the language of renewal but animated by ego, sustained by spectacle, and shadowed by the pursuit of personal gain.
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June 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Silence
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
June 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Silence
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
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For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
This Is a Constitutional Crisis
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
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“The chief justice is right. Trump’s attack on Judge Boasberg is juvenile, civically illiterate, and perilous to the rule of law.” It also jeopardizes the safety and even the survival of judges who apply the law without fear or favor.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
What John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Left Out
In pushing back against Trump’s attack on a federal judge, the chief justice neglected to mention the substantive dispute of the case.
www.theatlantic.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“The chief justice is right. Trump’s attack on Judge Boasberg is juvenile, civically illiterate, and perilous to the rule of law.” It also jeopardizes the safety and even the survival of judges who apply the law without fear or favor.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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March 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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That silence is deafening. You can’t just assume that you will be able to make this right again in 4 years. 4 months might be too late. These power hungry people are not going to relinquish anything when completely entrenched.
March 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
That silence is deafening. You can’t just assume that you will be able to make this right again in 4 years. 4 months might be too late. These power hungry people are not going to relinquish anything when completely entrenched.
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“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.
Why Trump Thanked John Roberts
The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.
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Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead: The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.
Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead
The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.
www.vanityfair.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead: The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.
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US intelligence indicates that Russia and China are attempting to recruit federal employees fired by the Trump administration, sources say
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
US intelligence indicates that Russia and China are attempting to recruit federal employees fired by the Trump administration, sources say
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I’m glad this happened. Now the entire world knows once and for all that Trump & Vance stand with Putin.
February 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’m glad this happened. Now the entire world knows once and for all that Trump & Vance stand with Putin.
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“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” the president of the White House correspondents’ association wrote. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” the president of the White House correspondents’ association wrote. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
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"What Senator Tillis said publicly is what almost every Republican senator is saying privately."
'Horrified': MSNBC host claims Trump has set off frantic 'whispering in the GOP cloakroom'
A clip of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) brutally dismantling the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man to be trusted, as Donald Trump has claimed, is indicative of how the majority of GOP la...
www.rawstory.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"What Senator Tillis said publicly is what almost every Republican senator is saying privately."
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Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.
February 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.
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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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Putin has something on Trump. He’s always had something on Trump.
February 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Putin has something on Trump. He’s always had something on Trump.
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The United States is joining an international fascist network before our very eyes.
JD Vance’s Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA’s Sinister Global Endgame
Did you know that the United States is joining an international fascist network?
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The United States is joining an international fascist network before our very eyes.
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Democrat: Vance used 'same language' as Hitler did to 'justify' Holocaust: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) criticized Vice President Vance for the rhetoric he used during his address to European leaders last week during the Munich Security Conference. “He was talking about the enemy within. This is…
Democrat: Vance used 'same language' as Hitler did to 'justify' Holocaust
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) criticized Vice President Vance for the rhetoric he used during his address to European leaders last week during the Munich Security Conference. “He was talking about the enemy within. This is some of the same language that…
thehill.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Democrat: Vance used 'same language' as Hitler did to 'justify' Holocaust: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) criticized Vice President Vance for the rhetoric he used during his address to European leaders last week during the Munich Security Conference. “He was talking about the enemy within. This is…
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New Column: Step by sickening step, the United States is joining a global fascist network. 😢 newrepublic.com/article/1916... via @newrepublic.com
JD Vance’s Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA’s Sinister Global Endgame
Did you know that the United States is joining an international fascist network?
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New Column: Step by sickening step, the United States is joining a global fascist network. 😢 newrepublic.com/article/1916... via @newrepublic.com
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The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.
West Texas measles outbreak doubles to 48 cases | CNN
The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases in the last four days, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.