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Eric Leitzen for Bluff Country
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I support taxing the rich and getting your money back
I support a shared wealth tax between blue states to guarantee m4a within our borders
I support a ubi and universal guaranteed basic needs.
I leg press 500lbs & I sing opera
I've baled hay & bagged bread
I'm ready
I support taxing the rich and getting your money back
I support a shared wealth tax between blue states to guarantee m4a within our borders
I support a ubi and universal guaranteed basic needs.
I leg press 500lbs & I sing opera
I've baled hay & bagged bread
I'm ready
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They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
The Trump administration sent out letters tonight to 5 blue states, freezing about $10 billion in funding for child care and social services programs pending a "thorough review," citing concerns over "systemic fraud."
5 Democratic-run states are told that their child care funds have been frozen
The suspension of the funds could hurt low-income families in those states, depending on how long it lasts, advocates say.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
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Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out
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Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out
Big businesses like Hilton will always side with fascistic forces like ICE, so we need to stand up for the workers who push back.
theintercept.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out
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While this outcome is funny, I can't get over how insanely childish/cringe this is when you break it down, "WAAAH DADDY EWON PWEASE FIX YOUR PORN/CP MACHINE TO DUNK ON THE GUY I DON'T WIIIKE!"
MAGA followers are asking Elon Musk to ‘fix’ Grok over this Twitter (X) post:
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
While this outcome is funny, I can't get over how insanely childish/cringe this is when you break it down, "WAAAH DADDY EWON PWEASE FIX YOUR PORN/CP MACHINE TO DUNK ON THE GUY I DON'T WIIIKE!"
I would have loved to just be that kindly old teacher in a cardigan up the lane...but those bastards had to go and ruin the world for all of us
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I would have loved to just be that kindly old teacher in a cardigan up the lane...but those bastards had to go and ruin the world for all of us
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
Muppet Black Cauldron
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Muppet Black Cauldron
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It is 100% valid and okay to love bad art!
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 AM
It is 100% valid and okay to love bad art!
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you know one thing dems do not need and have never needed overwhelming majorities to do is to stop talking about republicans as their respectable colleagues who they hope will do the right thing and the fever will break any minute now, and to start talking about them as enemies who must be defeated
A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
you know one thing dems do not need and have never needed overwhelming majorities to do is to stop talking about republicans as their respectable colleagues who they hope will do the right thing and the fever will break any minute now, and to start talking about them as enemies who must be defeated
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so, so often this isn't 'blue team good, red team bad', exactly, it's "*i'm* a good person BECAUSE i'm a democrat", and that kind of self-definition having to torture itself into all kinds of shapes to accommodate what people with actual power in their party do
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
so, so often this isn't 'blue team good, red team bad', exactly, it's "*i'm* a good person BECAUSE i'm a democrat", and that kind of self-definition having to torture itself into all kinds of shapes to accommodate what people with actual power in their party do
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wendell Anderson was elected governor at 37 and House at 25. floyd b Olson was 40. the dfl has to keep is age bias mentality in check really
January 6, 2026 at 3:32 AM
wendell Anderson was elected governor at 37 and House at 25. floyd b Olson was 40. the dfl has to keep is age bias mentality in check really
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Eric Leitzen for Bluff Country
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January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
@dflprogressives.bsky.social i will happily accept a nomination to run for governor on a "tax the rich and jail the fascists" platform
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Eric Leitzen for Bluff Country
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January 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
@dflprogressives.bsky.social i will happily accept a nomination to run for governor on a "tax the rich and jail the fascists" platform
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just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
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Nothing like 2 weeks in a row of 4 days day weekends to remind me how absolutely dire it is to have a future where we only work 4 days a week. It’s incredible how much I was able to get done, rest, and recover during my personal time and it’s a crime that we waste so much time working and exhausted.
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Nothing like 2 weeks in a row of 4 days day weekends to remind me how absolutely dire it is to have a future where we only work 4 days a week. It’s incredible how much I was able to get done, rest, and recover during my personal time and it’s a crime that we waste so much time working and exhausted.
Pluto is a 2023 anime where a United States embraces an AI that nearly decimates humanity through ecological catastrophe.
I love escapism.
I love escapism.
January 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Pluto is a 2023 anime where a United States embraces an AI that nearly decimates humanity through ecological catastrophe.
I love escapism.
I love escapism.
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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American imperialism collapsing because the ruling oligarch wants to keep all the hollowed out participation trophies for himself is so goddamn funny.
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
American imperialism collapsing because the ruling oligarch wants to keep all the hollowed out participation trophies for himself is so goddamn funny.
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The thing about those kids, is they might not have the accepting mom that Frankie does. They probably don't have a group of magical dogs that accept them for who they are.
That doesn't mean they don't have a magical destiny.
What they could and should have is a book that tells them they're not alone
That doesn't mean they don't have a magical destiny.
What they could and should have is a book that tells them they're not alone
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The thing about those kids, is they might not have the accepting mom that Frankie does. They probably don't have a group of magical dogs that accept them for who they are.
That doesn't mean they don't have a magical destiny.
What they could and should have is a book that tells them they're not alone
That doesn't mean they don't have a magical destiny.
What they could and should have is a book that tells them they're not alone
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There are thousands of kids like Frankie out there, dealing with the realization that they're not who other people thought that would be.
They're non-binary, they're queer, they're disabled, they look different or are a different size or shape than the world expected.
And they are heroes too.
They're non-binary, they're queer, they're disabled, they look different or are a different size or shape than the world expected.
And they are heroes too.
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 AM
There are thousands of kids like Frankie out there, dealing with the realization that they're not who other people thought that would be.
They're non-binary, they're queer, they're disabled, they look different or are a different size or shape than the world expected.
And they are heroes too.
They're non-binary, they're queer, they're disabled, they look different or are a different size or shape than the world expected.
And they are heroes too.