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“The United States is not an autocracy today. … But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
“The United States is not an autocracy today. … But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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“The United States is not an autocracy today. … But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
“The United States is not an autocracy today. … But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
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Trump’s Border Patrol thought they could trample Chicago. Judge Sara Ellis proved them wrong. She dragged their commander into court & made the Constitution bite back. This is what democracy looks like when it fights & wins. Read, post, & share it everywhere:
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The Constitution Strikes Back in Chicago
In a Chicago courtroom, Judge Sara Ellis reminded federal power who it answers to: the Constitution.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Trump’s Border Patrol thought they could trample Chicago. Judge Sara Ellis proved them wrong. She dragged their commander into court & made the Constitution bite back. This is what democracy looks like when it fights & wins. Read, post, & share it everywhere:
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I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
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When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.
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Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.
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NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
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The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.
Let that sink in
Let that sink in
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.
Let that sink in
Let that sink in
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He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/c...
Handing the future to
China.
Handing the future to
China.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
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September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/c...
Handing the future to
China.
Handing the future to
China.
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“… no legitimate reason for the U.S. government to risk billions in American taxpayer dollars in an almost surely doomed effort to bail Milei out. It is an outrage that we are doing this while condemning African children to die to save a similar amount of money.”
“… no legitimate reason for the U.S. government to risk billions in American taxpayer dollars in an almost surely doomed effort to bail Milei out. It is an outrage that we are doing this while condemning African children to die to save a similar amount of money.”
Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina?
This is about ideology and Trumpian fealty, not America’s interests
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September 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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“… no legitimate reason for the U.S. government to risk billions in American taxpayer dollars in an almost surely doomed effort to bail Milei out. It is an outrage that we are doing this while condemning African children to die to save a similar amount of money.”
“… no legitimate reason for the U.S. government to risk billions in American taxpayer dollars in an almost surely doomed effort to bail Milei out. It is an outrage that we are doing this while condemning African children to die to save a similar amount of money.”
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Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.
It’s not just that Trump is nuts. It’s that he’s unilaterally acting as judge and jury in deciding who’s guilty of actions that are being punished with deportation, prison, or murder.”
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Warning to you and your loved ones
None of us is safe when Trump acts as judge and jury.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It’s not just that Trump is nuts. It’s that he’s unilaterally acting as judge and jury in deciding who’s guilty of actions that are being punished with deportation, prison, or murder.”
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800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
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Sounds a little too much like Stalin and Mao before they started purging people. This is very dangerous and an abuse of his power an his office.
Sounds a little too much like Stalin and Mao before they started purging people. This is very dangerous and an abuse of his power an his office.
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
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September 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Sounds a little too much like Stalin and Mao before they started purging people. This is very dangerous and an abuse of his power an his office.
Sounds a little too much like Stalin and Mao before they started purging people. This is very dangerous and an abuse of his power an his office.
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Market Realist: The poverty rate is expected to rise to 10.7% after Trump imposes strict tariffs on other nations. This will lead to a catastrophic situation where more than one million Americans will be forced to downgrade their lifestyle.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
September 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Market Realist: The poverty rate is expected to rise to 10.7% after Trump imposes strict tariffs on other nations. This will lead to a catastrophic situation where more than one million Americans will be forced to downgrade their lifestyle.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Which is it, Mr. Kennedy: Was President Trump’s vaccine operation a triumph or a government catastrophe?
Vance as usual a pathetic childish tool. Even the WSJ dripping with sarcasm: “Classy, as ever, Mr. Vice President.”
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Vance as usual a pathetic childish tool. Even the WSJ dripping with sarcasm: “Classy, as ever, Mr. Vice President.”
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Opinion | RFK Jr.’s Operation Warped Memory
The health secretary can’t keep his vaccine story straight.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Which is it, Mr. Kennedy: Was President Trump’s vaccine operation a triumph or a government catastrophe?
Vance as usual a pathetic childish tool. Even the WSJ dripping with sarcasm: “Classy, as ever, Mr. Vice President.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Vance as usual a pathetic childish tool. Even the WSJ dripping with sarcasm: “Classy, as ever, Mr. Vice President.”
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We have lost our minds. Rule of law? People arrested included South Koreans on business travel!!
A $7.6 billion Hyundai complex that is the largest manufacturing project in Georgia’s history.
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A $7.6 billion Hyundai complex that is the largest manufacturing project in Georgia’s history.
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Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia
South Korea said it had expressed concerns to the U.S. about the raid and that it was trying to secure the release of its citizens.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We have lost our minds. Rule of law? People arrested included South Koreans on business travel!!
A $7.6 billion Hyundai complex that is the largest manufacturing project in Georgia’s history.
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A $7.6 billion Hyundai complex that is the largest manufacturing project in Georgia’s history.
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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“These revised figures now suggest that over the last three months, the US economy has created fewer than 8,000 new jobs, on average.”
Trump destruction and self-immolation on full display.
“These revised figures now suggest that over the last three months, the US economy has created fewer than 8,000 new jobs, on average.”
Trump destruction and self-immolation on full display.
August jobs report shows US labor market continues dramatic summer slowdown
The US labor market showed signs of a further slowdown in August.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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“These revised figures now suggest that over the last three months, the US economy has created fewer than 8,000 new jobs, on average.”
Trump destruction and self-immolation on full display.
“These revised figures now suggest that over the last three months, the US economy has created fewer than 8,000 new jobs, on average.”
Trump destruction and self-immolation on full display.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM