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Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
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Millions of Americans agree that this is a 1939 moment... which means of course that Trump and Hegseth are like Hitler and von Ribbentrop about to seal their deal with Stalin and Molotov. bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Millions of Americans agree that this is a 1939 moment... which means of course that Trump and Hegseth are like Hitler and von Ribbentrop about to seal their deal with Stalin and Molotov. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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Hell, I’d be shocked if he bothered to find out whether Melania was still in the East Wing before he destroyed it.
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hell, I’d be shocked if he bothered to find out whether Melania was still in the East Wing before he destroyed it.
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Oh now rich people want to pay taxes
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh now rich people want to pay taxes
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
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Conservative Justices: parents have total rights to know their children's gender identity and any school which interferes with their desire to police and control such identity violates the Constitution. Also, it's completely cool if States make it illegal for a parent to give gender-affirming care.
Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, suggest that public schools violate the Constitution when they help a student transition (by acknowledging them as trans) without their parents' knowledge or consent.
Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. v. POUDRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT R–1
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 25–89. Decided October 14, 2025
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE
THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial
of certiorari.
I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do
not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain
concerned that some federal courts are “tempt[ed]” to avoid
confronting a “particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]”: whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights “when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender
or assists in that process.” Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. ___,
___–___ (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 1–2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S.
57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that
nearly 6,000 public schools have policies—as respondent allegedly does—that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s genderidentity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and
influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The troubling—and tragic—allegations in this case underscore the
“great and growing national importance” of the question
that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting
Our Children, 604 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 1).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreibznytltv7mexkfzlraxhxhcwvilqwad7bmgdmbtd643ln7wd375y@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Conservative Justices: parents have total rights to know their children's gender identity and any school which interferes with their desire to police and control such identity violates the Constitution. Also, it's completely cool if States make it illegal for a parent to give gender-affirming care.
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Theodore Roosevelt, 1918:
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
Capitulation and the Attack on Free Speech
The crackdown on Jimmy Kimmel is an outrage that puts us all at risk
www.americaamerica.news
September 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918:
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
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SOUTH PARK HAS ME DECEASED‼️
DECEASED‼️‼️‼️
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August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
SOUTH PARK HAS ME DECEASED‼️
DECEASED‼️‼️‼️
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Funny how that works.
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Funny how that works.
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In my expert opinion, she's excellent.
Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
August 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In my expert opinion, she's excellent.
Good
Democrats leaving the state effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps (via Houston Public Media).
Texas House Democrats break quorum, bolt state after GOP congressional redistricting map passes committee | Houston Public Media
The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps.
n.pr
August 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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Embarrassing us one press conference at a time.
TRUMP: I'm not a fan of your mayor. I think he's done a terrible job. The mayor of London. A nasty person.
STARMER: He's a friend of mine
TRUMP: I think he's done a terrible job
STARMER: He's a friend of mine
TRUMP: I think he's done a terrible job
July 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Embarrassing us one press conference at a time.
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Trump has been creating these trade wars that have resulted in Americans paying more. Tariffs are taxes on Americans — consumers pay, not foreign companies.
If they really helped, why are Trump and Josh Hawley now pushing rebate checks? Because voters feel the rising cost of living due to tariffs.
If they really helped, why are Trump and Josh Hawley now pushing rebate checks? Because voters feel the rising cost of living due to tariffs.
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Trump has been creating these trade wars that have resulted in Americans paying more. Tariffs are taxes on Americans — consumers pay, not foreign companies.
If they really helped, why are Trump and Josh Hawley now pushing rebate checks? Because voters feel the rising cost of living due to tariffs.
If they really helped, why are Trump and Josh Hawley now pushing rebate checks? Because voters feel the rising cost of living due to tariffs.
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Anti-Trump protester in Scotland:
“America was our ally for so long. We relied on America so much. Now it’s an embarrassment.”
“America was our ally for so long. We relied on America so much. Now it’s an embarrassment.”
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Anti-Trump protester in Scotland:
“America was our ally for so long. We relied on America so much. Now it’s an embarrassment.”
“America was our ally for so long. We relied on America so much. Now it’s an embarrassment.”
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Taking a break from my child sex trafficking scandal to condemn the lack of manners among starving kids these days
July 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Taking a break from my child sex trafficking scandal to condemn the lack of manners among starving kids these days
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
July 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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Exactly
The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
July 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Exactly
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Morning, America.
This is what it looks like to have a President spend millions of taxpayer dollars to play golf in Scotland while his party guts healthcare and food programs.
(And on a point of golf etiquette, only a galactic piece of shit walks off & refuses to get his own ball from the hole)
This is what it looks like to have a President spend millions of taxpayer dollars to play golf in Scotland while his party guts healthcare and food programs.
(And on a point of golf etiquette, only a galactic piece of shit walks off & refuses to get his own ball from the hole)
July 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Morning, America.
This is what it looks like to have a President spend millions of taxpayer dollars to play golf in Scotland while his party guts healthcare and food programs.
(And on a point of golf etiquette, only a galactic piece of shit walks off & refuses to get his own ball from the hole)
This is what it looks like to have a President spend millions of taxpayer dollars to play golf in Scotland while his party guts healthcare and food programs.
(And on a point of golf etiquette, only a galactic piece of shit walks off & refuses to get his own ball from the hole)