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Just a reminder that one of the January 6ers Trump pardoned was arrested last month for threatening to murder Jeffries. Another was sentenced to life this year for plotting to murder the officials who prosecuted him.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just a reminder that one of the January 6ers Trump pardoned was arrested last month for threatening to murder Jeffries. Another was sentenced to life this year for plotting to murder the officials who prosecuted him.
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I was curious about this number. Here it is.
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was curious about this number. Here it is.
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Weird, it's almost like most of the pundits are all hanging out at a white supremacist's social club for angry incels and having their sense of what's "real" wildly distorted.
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Weird, it's almost like most of the pundits are all hanging out at a white supremacist's social club for angry incels and having their sense of what's "real" wildly distorted.
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Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
Virginia is a bluer state than New Jersey. This is just a fact.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Virginia is a bluer state than New Jersey. This is just a fact.
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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Kimmel didn’t even really say anything negative about Kirk. He noted the cynical and almost giddy exploitation of the killing by right-wing propagandists, absolutely accurately, and in gentler terms than I would have used.
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Kimmel didn’t even really say anything negative about Kirk. He noted the cynical and almost giddy exploitation of the killing by right-wing propagandists, absolutely accurately, and in gentler terms than I would have used.
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This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
September 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.
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You cannot claim the left’s speech is inflammatory when yours is.
September 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
You cannot claim the left’s speech is inflammatory when yours is.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Beginning to think this is not actually about efficiency
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Beginning to think this is not actually about efficiency
Tired of winning yet?
August 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Tired of winning yet?
They pulled a “Playmakers” on Kaepernick.
ESPN on August 6: we are proud to announce that the NFL has acquired of 10% of our company
ESPN on August 16: yeah we ain’t making that fuckin Kaepernick joint anymore
ESPN on August 16: yeah we ain’t making that fuckin Kaepernick joint anymore
Exclusive: ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, citing 'creative differences'
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick ignited a national debate in 2016 when he knelt during the U.S. national anthem to protest systemic racism and police brutality.
www.reuters.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
They pulled a “Playmakers” on Kaepernick.
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NYT reporting that the President is talking to Cuomo about the NYC mayoral campaign, to which I can only respond: masterful gambit sir!
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NYT reporting that the President is talking to Cuomo about the NYC mayoral campaign, to which I can only respond: masterful gambit sir!
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Remember when Trump suggested we just stop testing for SARS-CoV-2 near the start of the pandemic, as then cases would remain low? Now he's demanding economic data only be positive.
New, from me:
Trump just fired the head of the BLS, accusing her of rigging data.
The reality is that by shooting the messenger reporting on the negative effects of his economic policies, Trump pushed America further into banana republic territory.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-shoo...
Trump just fired the head of the BLS, accusing her of rigging data.
The reality is that by shooting the messenger reporting on the negative effects of his economic policies, Trump pushed America further into banana republic territory.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-shoo...
Trump Shoots the Messenger
Firing the BLS Commissioner moves us into banana republic territory
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Remember when Trump suggested we just stop testing for SARS-CoV-2 near the start of the pandemic, as then cases would remain low? Now he's demanding economic data only be positive.
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the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
The Supreme Court knocked down one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in the Shelby County case. It has now gone out of its way to consider whether it should knock down the other, by rescheduling arguments in a case it could have resolved in June under existing precedent.
****Breaking:**** Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question electionlawblog.org?p=151301
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
I see Trump has moved on from talking about fictional serial murderers.
July 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I see Trump has moved on from talking about fictional serial murderers.
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Released on a $3,000 bond Narciso Barranco is still wearing the same clothes now covered in blood stains after being severely beaten by ICE almost 3 weeks ago.
The Barranco family is taking their father directly to a physician.
The Barranco family is taking their father directly to a physician.
UPDATE: Narisco Barranco, the landscaper father of 3 U.S. marines who was viciously beaten by Trump’s Gestapo, was just released
July 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Released on a $3,000 bond Narciso Barranco is still wearing the same clothes now covered in blood stains after being severely beaten by ICE almost 3 weeks ago.
The Barranco family is taking their father directly to a physician.
The Barranco family is taking their father directly to a physician.
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Also this.
Even more cynically, it shows a pretty clear intent to alienate Black voters from Mamdani by painting him as an imposter. They did the same thing to Harris a year ago!
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Also this.
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one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
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The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
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Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
See, the crime here is that she did it the old fashioned way and just took the money. Had she created a meme coin or threatened funding unless they donated to a nonexistent library, that would be fine.
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
See, the crime here is that she did it the old fashioned way and just took the money. Had she created a meme coin or threatened funding unless they donated to a nonexistent library, that would be fine.
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In St Joe County, #Indiana, members of our county council are trying to stop solar farm development while approving DATA CENTERS which are energy VAMPIRES. This anti-renewable energy push is brought to you by the fossil fuel industry.
It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to tax new solar and wind capacity, as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB, when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022, and the grid is ever more fragile.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In St Joe County, #Indiana, members of our county council are trying to stop solar farm development while approving DATA CENTERS which are energy VAMPIRES. This anti-renewable energy push is brought to you by the fossil fuel industry.