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Atheist, pragmatist, progressive.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. - D.P. Moynihan
Atheist, pragmatist, progressive.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. - D.P. Moynihan
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Not ever calling the Gulf of Mexico anything other than that either, FYI.
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not ever calling the Gulf of Mexico anything other than that either, FYI.
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All this will do is increase, dramatically, the suicide rate among trans kids.
Societies should be judged by how well they take care of their most vulnerable members. The United States in 2025 continues to fail this test.
Societies should be judged by how well they take care of their most vulnerable members. The United States in 2025 continues to fail this test.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
All this will do is increase, dramatically, the suicide rate among trans kids.
Societies should be judged by how well they take care of their most vulnerable members. The United States in 2025 continues to fail this test.
Societies should be judged by how well they take care of their most vulnerable members. The United States in 2025 continues to fail this test.
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ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
re: Newt Gingrich's insane statement describing Trump's speech as evidence that he's "prepared to be disciplined".
Actually, his statement is true, albeit more limited than it needs to be. Because this is certainly true: "If I were a rational human being living on Earth, tonight would leave me very unnerved."
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
re: Newt Gingrich's insane statement describing Trump's speech as evidence that he's "prepared to be disciplined".
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🤔 @stevescalise.bsky.social : “He wants all Americans on government-run health care. It’s failed everywhere it’s been tried.”
UM NO IT HASN’T, STEVE. EVERY WEALTHY COUNTRY HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BUT US. #MedicareForAllNOW
(“Everyone on Medicaid is what Dems are doing” — if only!)
UM NO IT HASN’T, STEVE. EVERY WEALTHY COUNTRY HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BUT US. #MedicareForAllNOW
(“Everyone on Medicaid is what Dems are doing” — if only!)
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🤔 @stevescalise.bsky.social : “He wants all Americans on government-run health care. It’s failed everywhere it’s been tried.”
UM NO IT HASN’T, STEVE. EVERY WEALTHY COUNTRY HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BUT US. #MedicareForAllNOW
(“Everyone on Medicaid is what Dems are doing” — if only!)
UM NO IT HASN’T, STEVE. EVERY WEALTHY COUNTRY HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BUT US. #MedicareForAllNOW
(“Everyone on Medicaid is what Dems are doing” — if only!)
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I will repeat my offer to make a contribution to a mutually acceptable charity in the name of the reporter who asks Trump how you get drug prices down 600%
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LOLLL Trump claims he’s cutting drug prices by 600 percent, which is not possible
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I will repeat my offer to make a contribution to a mutually acceptable charity in the name of the reporter who asks Trump how you get drug prices down 600%
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Even after everything, I still find it staggering that anyone could look at, or listen to, this group of people and think, "yes, that's what I want for the country's future." Just an absolute concentrated tincture of the worst of humanity.
'I Like How Racist Everyone Is': Streamers Flock to the New York Young Republican Gala
WALL ST.
judgestreetjournal.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Even after everything, I still find it staggering that anyone could look at, or listen to, this group of people and think, "yes, that's what I want for the country's future." Just an absolute concentrated tincture of the worst of humanity.
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This is what a civilized country does when someone tries to steal their democracy.
Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is what a civilized country does when someone tries to steal their democracy.
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Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Just to get ahead of this: Print the post out and bring it to the next Mike Johnson presser. You already know what his move will be. There’s no excuse to not be prepared for it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
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What kind of person mocks death, lies, and spits on a family in mourning, and thinks that’s ok?
Forget politics. No normal human with an ounce of empathy writes this. And no one who does should be anywhere near the office of presidency.
Forget politics. No normal human with an ounce of empathy writes this. And no one who does should be anywhere near the office of presidency.
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What kind of person mocks death, lies, and spits on a family in mourning, and thinks that’s ok?
Forget politics. No normal human with an ounce of empathy writes this. And no one who does should be anywhere near the office of presidency.
Forget politics. No normal human with an ounce of empathy writes this. And no one who does should be anywhere near the office of presidency.
Why is "rape is wrong", regardless of context, status of participants, etc., etc., etc., something our society is so completely incapable of embracing?
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Why is "rape is wrong", regardless of context, status of participants, etc., etc., etc., something our society is so completely incapable of embracing?
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🔥 KULINSKI: “The ENTIRE right wing agenda is tax cuts for the rich… they’re not talking about the working class, they’re talking about Elon… The problem affecting your life is not black people, trans people, immigrants - It’s the billionaires & fascists & warmongers.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🔥 KULINSKI: “The ENTIRE right wing agenda is tax cuts for the rich… they’re not talking about the working class, they’re talking about Elon… The problem affecting your life is not black people, trans people, immigrants - It’s the billionaires & fascists & warmongers.”
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Trump threatened to pull the state's federal funding, he sent Vance there multiple times, his allies (including his son) are currently threatening to oust all the Republicans who rebuked him, and he's already sicced his goons on these lawmakers, bringing them countless death threats. But ok.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trump threatened to pull the state's federal funding, he sent Vance there multiple times, his allies (including his son) are currently threatening to oust all the Republicans who rebuked him, and he's already sicced his goons on these lawmakers, bringing them countless death threats. But ok.
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Missouri Republican lawmakers do not respect Missouri voters. The only way to undo the damage is to kick them out of office.
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Microdosing Democracy
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Missouri Republican lawmakers do not respect Missouri voters. The only way to undo the damage is to kick them out of office.
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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I double-checked because I literally could not believe this was true, and he actually did say this. I wish I lived in the type of country where the press covered the current President's delusional fantasies with as much zeal as they covered the former President's age.
Trump: Don't see why we can't have 20%, 25% GDP growth.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I double-checked because I literally could not believe this was true, and he actually did say this. I wish I lived in the type of country where the press covered the current President's delusional fantasies with as much zeal as they covered the former President's age.
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Capitulation to bullies doesn't bring peace, it brings more bullying.
“Peace at any cost” is the most dangerous oxymoron in circulation.
If 🇺🇦 made “difficult concessions” and dropped its “stubborn pride,” we’d have peace, they say.
Only the callous or willfully blind buy this lunacy. If aggression pays, the war expands.
“Peace at any cost” = “more war, yes please”
If 🇺🇦 made “difficult concessions” and dropped its “stubborn pride,” we’d have peace, they say.
Only the callous or willfully blind buy this lunacy. If aggression pays, the war expands.
“Peace at any cost” = “more war, yes please”
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Capitulation to bullies doesn't bring peace, it brings more bullying.
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He's also completely uninterested in truth or facts, so he makes up whatever sounds good for Trump. So he not only doesn't know what things cost, he doesn't care. The only thing that matters is that he claims whatever makes Trump look good, and then attacks anyone who presents the actual truth.
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
He's also completely uninterested in truth or facts, so he makes up whatever sounds good for Trump. So he not only doesn't know what things cost, he doesn't care. The only thing that matters is that he claims whatever makes Trump look good, and then attacks anyone who presents the actual truth.
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Obviously this is not a defense of Greene, but it's clear that the secret sauce of Trump 2 is death threats and it's good when people who are receiving them start talking about it. That's the only way we get through this time.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Obviously this is not a defense of Greene, but it's clear that the secret sauce of Trump 2 is death threats and it's good when people who are receiving them start talking about it. That's the only way we get through this time.
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Forcing all colleges and *high schools* to have chapters of the Right-Wing Teacher Harassment Grift Machine is insane, even by Texas standards
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Forcing all colleges and *high schools* to have chapters of the Right-Wing Teacher Harassment Grift Machine is insane, even by Texas standards
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.