Marc Whittington
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Impeach
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Impeach
A few small beers
Selling them all at once is diabolical. That 3 hour old room temp dog/beer combo is gonna absolutely destroy folks in the 8th lmao
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A few small beers
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until there's a Republican congress and a Democratic president, in which case it will suddenly be very important.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
so article i is just dead dead
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
until there's a Republican congress and a Democratic president, in which case it will suddenly be very important.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
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Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.
GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis: "Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right... I don't feel that way anymore." www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
Kimmel’s suspension prompts free-speech Republicans to reconsider their boundaries
One Republican said she no longer considers the First Amendment to “be sort of the ultimate right,” as she would “in normal circumstances.”
www.semafor.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.
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50 Schwarbombs, presented by Scott Franzke
@budweiserusa x #RingTheBell
@budweiserusa x #RingTheBell
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
50 Schwarbombs, presented by Scott Franzke
@budweiserusa x #RingTheBell
@budweiserusa x #RingTheBell
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This is censorship from an authoritarian regime that wants to project the illusion that they face no internal opposition or dissent. No other way to describe it.
What the actual fuck.
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is censorship from an authoritarian regime that wants to project the illusion that they face no internal opposition or dissent. No other way to describe it.
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just an ongoing embarrassment that this barely sentient meathead is secretary of defense
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
just an ongoing embarrassment that this barely sentient meathead is secretary of defense
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Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."
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“Every expert and scientist on earth only disagrees with me because they’re all corrupt” is literally this man’s claim.
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Every expert and scientist on earth only disagrees with me because they’re all corrupt” is literally this man’s claim.
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More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
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In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
It is horrifying
August 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
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There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
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he literally thinks he is a king. i mean, this entire media blitz for when he signs executive orders is meant to create the impression that they are royal decrees
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
he literally thinks he is a king. i mean, this entire media blitz for when he signs executive orders is meant to create the impression that they are royal decrees
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the message from the white house is that you live in a city run by people the president doesn't like, you will be occupied like you are an enemy of the state.
August 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
the message from the white house is that you live in a city run by people the president doesn't like, you will be occupied like you are an enemy of the state.
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why would any state take the trump administration's threat to withhold funds from states that don't cooperate with dhs seriously when it is abundantly clear that the trump administration will withhold any funds it wants for any reason?
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...
E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
why would any state take the trump administration's threat to withhold funds from states that don't cooperate with dhs seriously when it is abundantly clear that the trump administration will withhold any funds it wants for any reason?
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My "that girl forced into prostitution was mine, stolen from me by my friend, the sex abuse criminal Jeffrey Epstein" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
July 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My "that girl forced into prostitution was mine, stolen from me by my friend, the sex abuse criminal Jeffrey Epstein" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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Trump, Miller, Noem et al are disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp to be tortured. They know this is what they're doing. Everyone who has touched this policy belongs in prison.
Those held at CECOT were forced to sleep on cold metal benches (mattresses were brought in for photo ops) and given a single water bucket for washing and drinking.
If anyone was seen washing themselves not at 4:00 AM, they were taken into a cell, tied to a chair, and beaten.
If anyone was seen washing themselves not at 4:00 AM, they were taken into a cell, tied to a chair, and beaten.
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump, Miller, Noem et al are disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp to be tortured. They know this is what they're doing. Everyone who has touched this policy belongs in prison.
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Law is fake, power is real.
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
July 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Law is fake, power is real.
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trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
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people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
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What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
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we got some of the very worst bits out but the core of the bill remains: gutting medicaid, supercharging ICE
this is a disaster and a good reminder that there are no good republicans - murkowski betrayed us all, collins would have voted yes if murk hadn't saved her, paul wanted it to be worse
this is a disaster and a good reminder that there are no good republicans - murkowski betrayed us all, collins would have voted yes if murk hadn't saved her, paul wanted it to be worse
The Senate has officially passed the MAGA murder budget 51-50. Collins, Tillis, Paul join Dems on the no side.
This now goes back to the House, where the HFC is as usual making ugly noises. Rules Committee will meet this afternoon, which will give us an early look at what (if anything( they mean.
This now goes back to the House, where the HFC is as usual making ugly noises. Rules Committee will meet this afternoon, which will give us an early look at what (if anything( they mean.
Quick stakes reminder: with the exception of the health insurance losses being kept at 16-17 million and the gender-affirming care ban being dropped, this is all still true.
We call it the MAGA Murder Budget because it's gonna kill jobs, industries, freedom, and a lot of people.
We call it the MAGA Murder Budget because it's gonna kill jobs, industries, freedom, and a lot of people.
July 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
we got some of the very worst bits out but the core of the bill remains: gutting medicaid, supercharging ICE
this is a disaster and a good reminder that there are no good republicans - murkowski betrayed us all, collins would have voted yes if murk hadn't saved her, paul wanted it to be worse
this is a disaster and a good reminder that there are no good republicans - murkowski betrayed us all, collins would have voted yes if murk hadn't saved her, paul wanted it to be worse
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one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!