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“It’s not just branding; I look at it as more of a symbolic invitation back into a hierarchical, authoritarian family structure where power flows one way, and obedience is rewarded.”
I regret to inform you I wrote a story that includes the words "Daddy Trump." www.huffpost.com/entry/is-don...
I regret to inform you I wrote a story that includes the words "Daddy Trump." www.huffpost.com/entry/is-don...
MAGA Has A Kink For ‘Daddy Trump’ — And Therapists Say It Makes Perfect Sense
Who is actually into all this stuff? We asked experts to find out.
www.huffpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“It’s not just branding; I look at it as more of a symbolic invitation back into a hierarchical, authoritarian family structure where power flows one way, and obedience is rewarded.”
I regret to inform you I wrote a story that includes the words "Daddy Trump." www.huffpost.com/entry/is-don...
I regret to inform you I wrote a story that includes the words "Daddy Trump." www.huffpost.com/entry/is-don...
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"The Republican-appointed justices are not just gerrymandering rights to produce their preferred outcomes. They are gerrymandering and gerry-rigging the law itself to track the political objectives of the Republican Party." - @leahlitman.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"The Republican-appointed justices are not just gerrymandering rights to produce their preferred outcomes. They are gerrymandering and gerry-rigging the law itself to track the political objectives of the Republican Party." - @leahlitman.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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"Construction on the White House Rose Garden is underway, and the historic garden’s green grass is now completely torn up...
Trump told Fox News he planned to remodel the space with pavers, saying the grass 'doesn’t work'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/p...
Trump told Fox News he planned to remodel the space with pavers, saying the grass 'doesn’t work'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/p...
‘The best poles anywhere in the country’: Trump installs gigantic US flags at the White House | CNN Politics
While President Donald Trump weighs the single most consequential decision of his time in office so far — the possibility of US military intervention in Iran — he’s also completing a personal project ...
www.cnn.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"Construction on the White House Rose Garden is underway, and the historic garden’s green grass is now completely torn up...
Trump told Fox News he planned to remodel the space with pavers, saying the grass 'doesn’t work'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/p...
Trump told Fox News he planned to remodel the space with pavers, saying the grass 'doesn’t work'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/p...
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I watched a screener of this from PBS — it airs next week.
Highly recommended.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Highly recommended.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.
www.pbs.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I watched a screener of this from PBS — it airs next week.
Highly recommended.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Highly recommended.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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"Wearing their Illinois National Guard uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother at the immigration office Tuesday morning.
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
National Guard siblings escort mother to ICE facility, where Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jackson are ejected
The Reyes brothers, both members of the Illinois National Guard, came to the facility as U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jonathan Jackson tried to tour the building at 2245 S. Michigan Ave., where ...
chicago.suntimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Wearing their Illinois National Guard uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother at the immigration office Tuesday morning.
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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"It’s rare to find a prominent political leader who is neither a champion of business nor a champion of workers, but Trump has managed to pull it off..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
June 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"It’s rare to find a prominent political leader who is neither a champion of business nor a champion of workers, but Trump has managed to pull it off..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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"Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are questioning the move...
"NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country in recent weeks who say they are upset. About 80,000 vets in the US are behind on their mortgages and heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
"NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country in recent weeks who say they are upset. About 80,000 vets in the US are behind on their mortgages and heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Republicans have questions
NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.
www.npr.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are questioning the move...
"NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country in recent weeks who say they are upset. About 80,000 vets in the US are behind on their mortgages and heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
"NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country in recent weeks who say they are upset. About 80,000 vets in the US are behind on their mortgages and heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
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Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond:
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
Long Island community demands justice for beloved bagel manger detained by ICE
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11)– The Port Washington community came together Saturday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Fernando Mejia Thursday morning, a beloved…
pix11.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond:
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Amid the threats of retribution from Iran following the U.S. military strike on three Iranian nuclear sites, critics have ramped up their scrutiny of the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major terrorism-prevention post by President Donald Trump.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Who is Thomas Fugate? 22 Yr Old Picked By Trump for DHS Job
Amid threats of retribution from Iran, critics have ramped up scrutiny on the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major terrorism-prevention post by Trump.
www.mediaite.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Amid the threats of retribution from Iran following the U.S. military strike on three Iranian nuclear sites, critics have ramped up their scrutiny of the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major terrorism-prevention post by President Donald Trump.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
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"Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics which are used to track the agency’s struggling customer service programs...."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics which are used to track the agency’s struggling customer service programs...."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Senate Republicans' one-finger salute to rural America:
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Senate Republicans propose deeper Medicaid cuts. Here’s what that means.
Senate Republicans are taking Medicaid cuts even further than their House counterparts with legislation that targets hospital payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Senate Republicans' one-finger salute to rural America:
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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My thoughts (still!) on why it's supposed to be Congress and not a president who makes these decisions...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105954...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105954...
Drift by Rachel Maddow: 9780307460998 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war. Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My thoughts (still!) on why it's supposed to be Congress and not a president who makes these decisions...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105954...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105954...
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The House bill adds more to deficits than any recent major legislation — even covid stimulus.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
June 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The House bill adds more to deficits than any recent major legislation — even covid stimulus.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
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When it comes to the debt, the GOP needs to learn that tax cuts are just as irresponsible as spending increases.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
June 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When it comes to the debt, the GOP needs to learn that tax cuts are just as irresponsible as spending increases.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
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The House bill is sending America deep into the red in the long term for the short-term political gain of pandering tax cuts.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The House bill is sending America deep into the red in the long term for the short-term political gain of pandering tax cuts.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart