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Trump Administration Tells Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Food Stamp Cuts
www.nytimes.com
Trump says there are obstacles to releasing $ to feed the poor. This is a guy who sees no obstacle to bombing boats in the Caribbean, eliminating whole fed'l agencies, and snatching innocent people off the streets to deport to places they've never lived. I think we know who's the obstacle.
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One thing's quite clear: major US donors to the GOP are far more responsible for introducing fentanyl (and opioid equivalents) into US markets than are the alleged drug lords of Venezuela.
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
One thing's quite clear: major US donors to the GOP are far more responsible for introducing fentanyl (and opioid equivalents) into US markets than are the alleged drug lords of Venezuela.
Fact checkers deal in facts--the job is to ensure falsehoods are cut and speculation is labelled as such. The Trump admin says it considers facts to be censorship and will deny visas to fact-checkers. It's beyond Orwellian!
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fact checkers deal in facts--the job is to ensure falsehoods are cut and speculation is labelled as such. The Trump admin says it considers facts to be censorship and will deny visas to fact-checkers. It's beyond Orwellian!
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"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states," George Packer writes, by "erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence":
Condemning Millions for One Man’s Crime
The sanctity of the individual is an essential Western value.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states," George Packer writes, by "erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence":
Sen. Bill Cassidy, this is on you
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sen. Bill Cassidy, this is on you
Dirty dozen: "The Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dirty dozen: "The Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
Trump says there are obstacles to releasing $ to feed the poor. This is a guy who sees no obstacle to bombing boats in the Caribbean, eliminating whole fed'l agencies, and snatching innocent people off the streets to deport to places they've never lived. I think we know who's the obstacle.
Trump Administration Tells Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Food Stamp Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump says there are obstacles to releasing $ to feed the poor. This is a guy who sees no obstacle to bombing boats in the Caribbean, eliminating whole fed'l agencies, and snatching innocent people off the streets to deport to places they've never lived. I think we know who's the obstacle.
It's not just rising health insurance costs that Trump is bringing to America, but the dismantling of public health protections.
CDC’s ability to prevent injuries like drowning, traumatic brain injury and falls is severely compromised by Trump cuts
Preventable injuries and deaths kill more Americans in the first half of life than any other cause, including cancer. Yet the programs aimed at addressing them have been gutted by CDC layoffs.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's not just rising health insurance costs that Trump is bringing to America, but the dismantling of public health protections.
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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We’re sharing this because everyone claimed Project 2025 wasn’t real, yet here we are. Trump has also been talking more openly about a third term, and Steve Bannon said there’s a group actively working on it turns out, there might be one.
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We’re sharing this because everyone claimed Project 2025 wasn’t real, yet here we are. Trump has also been talking more openly about a third term, and Steve Bannon said there’s a group actively working on it turns out, there might be one.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic about the various ways Trump could rig the midterms. He notes that modern autocrats don’t cancel elections. They hold unfair elections to fool people into thinking they’re not living in a dictatorship. It’s called “competitive authoritarianism.” (Gift link)
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic about the various ways Trump could rig the midterms. He notes that modern autocrats don’t cancel elections. They hold unfair elections to fool people into thinking they’re not living in a dictatorship. It’s called “competitive authoritarianism.” (Gift link)
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Grifter and Son, a new docudrama about America's most corrupt family.
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Grifter and Son, a new docudrama about America's most corrupt family.
After officers set off two stun grenades, an officer blasted a riot control agent, likely a pepper-spray round, into the crowd, hitting Jorge Bautista, a pastor with the United Church of Christ in San Mateo, wearing all black at right, in the face. Credit: Jerome Parmer
Stun grenades, injured protesters at Coast Guard Island as feds arrive in Bay Area: live updates
Protesters came to Coast Guard Island as Customs and Border Protection agents arrived. Trump called off federal deployment to San Francisco.
www.berkeleyside.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
After officers set off two stun grenades, an officer blasted a riot control agent, likely a pepper-spray round, into the crowd, hitting Jorge Bautista, a pastor with the United Church of Christ in San Mateo, wearing all black at right, in the face. Credit: Jerome Parmer
Pay attention to this one
Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Pay attention to this one
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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When you erase history as blatently as Trump and his minions, it implies you wouldn't mind repeating the uglier bits.
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When you erase history as blatently as Trump and his minions, it implies you wouldn't mind repeating the uglier bits.
the big, beautiful grift goes on...and on....and on....
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
the big, beautiful grift goes on...and on....and on....
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Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
My god....
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My god....
So rainbow crosswalks are being painted over in MAGA land because they could be a "distraction" to drivers, but Trump and Vance say it's just fine to fire live ammo over a busy urban highway in Calif? So safe that a CHP car was damaged by shrapnel.
Shrapnel hits CHP car during I-5 closure for Marines’ firing of live shells
Freeway was shut down during showcase attended by Vice President Vance.
www.mercurynews.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So rainbow crosswalks are being painted over in MAGA land because they could be a "distraction" to drivers, but Trump and Vance say it's just fine to fire live ammo over a busy urban highway in Calif? So safe that a CHP car was damaged by shrapnel.
When one isn't enough for a princess
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When one isn't enough for a princess