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I was offline and just started scrolling back through Trump’s press conference and I think I’m having an aneurysm.
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I was offline and just started scrolling back through Trump’s press conference and I think I’m having an aneurysm.
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I put on Pod Save America for the first time in a while and in like the first 5 minutes there was a “Bluesky people” eye roll joke. I don’t really care, but I’m fascinated by who do these guys think listens to them. It’s like an NFL announcer mocking beer and buffalo wings.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I put on Pod Save America for the first time in a while and in like the first 5 minutes there was a “Bluesky people” eye roll joke. I don’t really care, but I’m fascinated by who do these guys think listens to them. It’s like an NFL announcer mocking beer and buffalo wings.
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The GOP literally does not have a single idea what to do with anything any more. Their biggest legislative accomplishment in two separate trifectas is? Debt financed tax cuts for the wealthy?
One of the big reasons why the GOP can't win on affordability is that they, as a party, have been so captured by special interests that they're unable to deploy their ideological solutions to the problems. They're fully tied up, and we can eat their lunches if we're nimble enough.
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The GOP literally does not have a single idea what to do with anything any more. Their biggest legislative accomplishment in two separate trifectas is? Debt financed tax cuts for the wealthy?
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Hooray for Wall Streets brief moment of lucidity
If you were wondering when the markets would finally react to Trump's Greenland/EU insanity, well, today was apparently the day.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/19/s...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/19/s...
Dow slides 870 points, S&P 500 drops 2% for worst day since October on Trump tariff threat over Greenland: Live updates
Treasury yields spiked and the U.S. dollar declined as Trump's threat caused a flight from U.S. assets.
www.cnbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hooray for Wall Streets brief moment of lucidity
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MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
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Trump's weird letter to Norway's prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk:
Sen. Ed Markey is calling on Trump’s Cabinet and Vice JD Vance to remove him from office via the 25th Amendment over his latest threat to Greenland.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Sen. Ed Markey is calling on Trump’s Cabinet and Vice JD Vance to remove him from office via the 25th Amendment over his latest threat to Greenland.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump’s weird text to Norway’s prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk
The last time the president confronted chatter about the 25th Amendment, it was in the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6.
www.ms.now
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Trump's weird letter to Norway's prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk:
Sen. Ed Markey is calling on Trump’s Cabinet and Vice JD Vance to remove him from office via the 25th Amendment over his latest threat to Greenland.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Sen. Ed Markey is calling on Trump’s Cabinet and Vice JD Vance to remove him from office via the 25th Amendment over his latest threat to Greenland.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation reut.rs/3YLROYb
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement on Tuesday to join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the latest step in a rapprochement with Washington after years of international isolation.
reut.rs
January 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.
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More American public figures should be making statements like this, IMO. Making clear that when the Trump regime acts belligerently toward European democracies, a great many Americans are on the side of the European democracies.
Don't back down, Europe: youtu.be/SS5Ep3LTqnE
Europe: Don't Back Down
YouTube video by Frankly Fukuyama
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
More American public figures should be making statements like this, IMO. Making clear that when the Trump regime acts belligerently toward European democracies, a great many Americans are on the side of the European democracies.
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Bessent Says Powell Attending Supreme Court Hearing Is ‘Mistake’
No Scott, Powell is attending on purpose.
No Scott, Powell is attending on purpose.
Bessent Says Powell Attending Supreme Court Hearing Is ‘Mistake’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his plans to attend a Supreme Court hearing regarding the president’s attempt to dismiss a central bank governor.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Bessent Says Powell Attending Supreme Court Hearing Is ‘Mistake’
No Scott, Powell is attending on purpose.
No Scott, Powell is attending on purpose.
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This makes me want to spit fire
This beautiful child, an American citizen just like his parents, is being bullied because Donald Trump is a racist piece of shit and white supremacy feels emboldened to act without shame. This hatred is taught and it is wrong.
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This makes me want to spit fire
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how many homes do the average American have, Michael? ten?
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
how many homes do the average American have, Michael? ten?
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Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
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The US is literally the only NATO country that's ever used Article 5. Everyone else showed up.
Like... what are you even taking about???
Like... what are you even taking about???
Trump: "The big fear I have with NATO is we spend tremendous amounts of money with NATO and I know we'll come to their rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours. Just saying."
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The US is literally the only NATO country that's ever used Article 5. Everyone else showed up.
Like... what are you even taking about???
Like... what are you even taking about???
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You couldn't make up a more obvious antichrist.
*TRUMP: I THINK GOD IS VERY PROUD OF THE JOB I'VE DONE
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
You couldn't make up a more obvious antichrist.
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FWIW, the one and only time Article 5 has formally been invoked was following 9/11 -- by NATO and on behalf of the United States, without it having to make any request.
Trump: "The big fear I have with NATO is we spend tremendous amounts of money with NATO and I know we'll come to their rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours. Just saying."
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
FWIW, the one and only time Article 5 has formally been invoked was following 9/11 -- by NATO and on behalf of the United States, without it having to make any request.
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i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
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trying to imagine what kind of democratic party messaging would have resonated with this person and my brain just BSODs
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
trying to imagine what kind of democratic party messaging would have resonated with this person and my brain just BSODs
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The S&P 500 has been falling ever since he started talking
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The S&P 500 has been falling ever since he started talking
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24 convictions? Wow. I heard about a guy who had 34 convictions, all for felonies.
Trump as he flips through mugshots: "24 convictions. 24 times! Convicted. Not charges. These are convictions."
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
24 convictions? Wow. I heard about a guy who had 34 convictions, all for felonies.
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We are, of course, stuck with presidentialism in my or your lifetime. But when democrats take power back from the fascists, the platform needs to be institutional reform. There are lots of things to be done, with normal legislation, to fix our broken system. They better be ready to go. Immediately.
🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We are, of course, stuck with presidentialism in my or your lifetime. But when democrats take power back from the fascists, the platform needs to be institutional reform. There are lots of things to be done, with normal legislation, to fix our broken system. They better be ready to go. Immediately.
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Fuck body cams, the masks are the first thing that needs to go. Agents of the state working with the American public should be clearly identifiable. Local cops don’t get to mask.
Minibus is out. Democrats were able to include some guardrails in about ICE:
-restricts ICE to spending $3.8 billion of its annual budget
on detention as opposed to being able to spend $10 billion
-$20 million that must be used for body cameras 1/
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
-restricts ICE to spending $3.8 billion of its annual budget
on detention as opposed to being able to spend $10 billion
-$20 million that must be used for body cameras 1/
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Fuck body cams, the masks are the first thing that needs to go. Agents of the state working with the American public should be clearly identifiable. Local cops don’t get to mask.
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Hard to believe the man who floated injecting bleach as a COVID cure would go to war with Greenland because he didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize.
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hard to believe the man who floated injecting bleach as a COVID cure would go to war with Greenland because he didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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I HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FOR YOUR LUNCH MONEY
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FOR YOUR LUNCH MONEY