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I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.
Trump declares war on cities

“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.

When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
May 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What could go wrong? 🤷‍♂️
The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according to the drugmaker.
US cancels more $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according to the drugmaker.
reut.rs
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Explain to me how there’s a *national state of emergency* necessitating unilateral presidential authority to impose tariffs on imports, but also notwithstanding the *emergency* some (but not all) of the tariffs can be held in abeyance for an arbitrary 90 days
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?

They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin

Cowabunga
March 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.

I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense

I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New Orleans Book Festival 2025 - the schedule is out and we have a killer lineup! Come join us 3 weeks from today, March 27-29 on the campus of @tulaneu.bsky.social bookfest.tulane.edu/schedule
2025 Schedule | The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane
bookfest.tulane.edu
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There’s truly nothing better in life than listening to @djsoulsister.bsky.social on Mardi Gras weekend, Saturday night after Tucks and Iris, on the grill at the house and it’s 75 at 8:30
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."

Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@gruber.foo There's a typo in the first line of your Apple in China post - "Simon and Schuster" has a "c" in it.
February 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM