Andrew Galbraith Ryer
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Horrifying, yet barely scratching the surface of what is being done.
Opinion | We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Horrifying, yet barely scratching the surface of what is being done.
"we’ve got battles ahead of us that will need to be taken on, and won.
but for today, let’s congratulate ourselves. tomorrow we return to the fight."
Amen.
but for today, let’s congratulate ourselves. tomorrow we return to the fight."
Amen.
here's today's post: "Democrats, fuck yeah!" — scenes from a very good night.
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Democrats, fuck yeah!
scenes from a very good night
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"we’ve got battles ahead of us that will need to be taken on, and won.
but for today, let’s congratulate ourselves. tomorrow we return to the fight."
Amen.
but for today, let’s congratulate ourselves. tomorrow we return to the fight."
Amen.
This. Great night, but we have a lot of work left.
If anyone needed another reminder of how deeply unpopular the Trump-MAGA Republican agenda is, tonight was the night.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This. Great night, but we have a lot of work left.
We really need to spend more time discussing how Jack Ciattarelli is a three-time loser.
Mikie Sherrill, a Democratic congresswoman, was elected governor of New Jersey on Tuesday by a convincing margin, beating Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican running his third race for governor. nyti.ms/47TdpmF
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We really need to spend more time discussing how Jack Ciattarelli is a three-time loser.
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If you have a bigot or a fascist or a bigoted fascist in your life, go easy on them. They've had a really, really bad night.
I'm kidding. Eat shit, assholes. The people have spoken.
I'm kidding. Eat shit, assholes. The people have spoken.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If you have a bigot or a fascist or a bigoted fascist in your life, go easy on them. They've had a really, really bad night.
I'm kidding. Eat shit, assholes. The people have spoken.
I'm kidding. Eat shit, assholes. The people have spoken.
Okay. Yes. Hell yeah. ✌️
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Okay. Yes. Hell yeah. ✌️
Your tax dollars at work.
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Your tax dollars at work.
My exact reaction to this headline. Grow a spine.
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My exact reaction to this headline. Grow a spine.
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It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
We just canceled Disney Plus. Appeasing authoritarians only makes them ask for more.
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We just canceled Disney Plus. Appeasing authoritarians only makes them ask for more.
Kilmeade on the homeless: "Or, involuntary lethal injection — or something. Just kill them."
Apologizes. Keeps his job.
Dowd on the Kirk killing: "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
Apologizes. Loses his job.
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Apologizes. Keeps his job.
Dowd on the Kirk killing: "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
Apologizes. Loses his job.
wapo.st/3ImbNba
Fox host Brian Kilmeade apologizes for ‘extremely callous’ remark on air
The ‘Fox & Friends’ co-anchor said homeless people should receive “involuntary lethal injection” while discussing the killing of Iryna Zarutska.
wapo.st
September 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Kilmeade on the homeless: "Or, involuntary lethal injection — or something. Just kill them."
Apologizes. Keeps his job.
Dowd on the Kirk killing: "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
Apologizes. Loses his job.
wapo.st/3ImbNba
Apologizes. Keeps his job.
Dowd on the Kirk killing: "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
Apologizes. Loses his job.
wapo.st/3ImbNba
"Just kill them." The homeless. People losing their job for saying what a shitbag CK was, but this is fine.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Just kill them." The homeless. People losing their job for saying what a shitbag CK was, but this is fine.
This.
COWARD DONALD TRUMP (DISGRACEFUL!) DODGED THE VIETNAM DRAFT BECAUSE HIS "FOOT" HAD A BOO-BOO! BUT NOW HE WANTS TO "GO TO WAR" WITH CHICAGO. YOUR FAVORITE WRITER (JEFF TIEDRICH!) EXPLAINS THIS IN A VERY POWERFUL POST, USING WORDS THAT NO ONE'S EVER SEEN BEFORE. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/485u7Qd
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This.
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Supreme Court lifts limits on immigration raids in the Los Angeles area
The raid sparked major protests in Southern California. President Donald Trump deployed troops from the California National Guard and Marines in response.
wapo.st
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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I spent today at the Takoma Park Folk Festival and this Pink Pony Club parody in honor of the guy who threw a sandwich at CBP (while wearing a pink polo shirt) was by far the highlight of the day. 🤣💗🥪
We're gonna get real loud
All across DC
You know it's time to hurl
Salami, bread and cheese
We're gonna get real loud
All across DC
You know it's time to hurl
Salami, bread and cheese
Pink Polo Sub by Best Machine
YouTube video by Elizabeth Hargrave
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I spent today at the Takoma Park Folk Festival and this Pink Pony Club parody in honor of the guy who threw a sandwich at CBP (while wearing a pink polo shirt) was by far the highlight of the day. 🤣💗🥪
We're gonna get real loud
All across DC
You know it's time to hurl
Salami, bread and cheese
We're gonna get real loud
All across DC
You know it's time to hurl
Salami, bread and cheese
"When you see the premeditated killing of another person outside of an armed conflict, there's a term for that, and that term is murder."
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International Crisis Group adviser on legality of U.S. strike on Venezuelan boat
President Trump ordered a strike on what he says was a Venezuelan vessel carrying drugs, killing 11 people. NPR asks Brian Finucane of the International Crisis Group if it violated laws.
www.npr.org
September 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"When you see the premeditated killing of another person outside of an armed conflict, there's a term for that, and that term is murder."
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Synergy is an overused business term, but *this*
www.nj.com/food/2025/09...
www.nj.com/food/2025/09...
Legendary N.J. pizzeria closes for renovations to add weed dispensary
The pizzeria's owner announced plans to house a dispensary under the same roof earlier this year after a tumultuous tax situation
www.nj.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Synergy is an overused business term, but *this*
www.nj.com/food/2025/09...
www.nj.com/food/2025/09...
MA, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, NJ, & PA residents, tell your state governments this needs to happen. Hell, DE, MD, you should get in on this also.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/n...
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Northeastern states consider regional approach to vaccine guidance after CDC changes
Shifting national vaccine policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has Massachusetts and other states exploring a regional approach.
www.nbcboston.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
MA, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, NJ, & PA residents, tell your state governments this needs to happen. Hell, DE, MD, you should get in on this also.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/n...
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/n...
Make Polio Great Again.
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Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Make Polio Great Again.
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Beautiful day in Trenton today. #Freedom #Hope @50501movement.bsky.social @nj50501.bsky.social @njindivisible.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Now is the time for peace." The fuck
June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Now is the time for peace." The fuck
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Huge turnout despite the rain
"We are a country of immigrants and that's why we are so great!" Rep Bonnie Watson Coleman in Trenton NJ today 6/14 #NoKings @repbonnie.bsky.social @nj50501.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Huge turnout despite the rain