Janus Zeal
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"Accountability is coming." That's a good campaign slogan for Democrats in 2026 and 2028.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Accountability is coming." That's a good campaign slogan for Democrats in 2026 and 2028.
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Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
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To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
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Nearly a decade ago I had to explain to my young daughter and wife that we were about to be broke because people were determined to prosecute me and then fire me from my teaching job. They, and other family members, encouraged me to keep speaking out.
That was separate from the death threats.
That was separate from the death threats.
This is a whole lot of sentences to just say “Well, nothing is happening to ME so I don’t see why we’re up in arms.”
Check your privilege.
Check your privilege.
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Nearly a decade ago I had to explain to my young daughter and wife that we were about to be broke because people were determined to prosecute me and then fire me from my teaching job. They, and other family members, encouraged me to keep speaking out.
That was separate from the death threats.
That was separate from the death threats.
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IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT — I’VE HEARD OF CHILDREN HAVING TO ENDURE WORSE AND NOT ONLY DID NO ONE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ELECTED A LITIGATED RAPIST TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT — I’VE HEARD OF CHILDREN HAVING TO ENDURE WORSE AND NOT ONLY DID NO ONE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ELECTED A LITIGATED RAPIST TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES.
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The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
@granttosterud.bsky.social Aurora is visible from ABQ! Even by eye!!! #nmwx
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@granttosterud.bsky.social Aurora is visible from ABQ! Even by eye!!! #nmwx
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Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
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Been banging the table about this for years. I even *wrote a whole book about it*
The vast majority of poll-sniffing punditry just refuses to take on board this very basic feature of human psychology. People make vibes decisions based on factors they're probably not fully conscious of. And then they cast about for a respectable-sounding rationalization for that decision.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Been banging the table about this for years. I even *wrote a whole book about it*
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The vast majority of poll-sniffing punditry just refuses to take on board this very basic feature of human psychology. People make vibes decisions based on factors they're probably not fully conscious of. And then they cast about for a respectable-sounding rationalization for that decision.
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The vast majority of poll-sniffing punditry just refuses to take on board this very basic feature of human psychology. People make vibes decisions based on factors they're probably not fully conscious of. And then they cast about for a respectable-sounding rationalization for that decision.
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On all fronts, the Trump regime is breaking things, rolling back science, medical, legal, social, educational standards, misinforming, lying, sabotaging, creating chaos, splitting people against each other…and fighting environmental protection. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals
The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On all fronts, the Trump regime is breaking things, rolling back science, medical, legal, social, educational standards, misinforming, lying, sabotaging, creating chaos, splitting people against each other…and fighting environmental protection. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino admitted to lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month. https://to.wttw.com/4nJOtmp
Federal Judge Says Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Lied About Being Hit With a Rock Before Deploying Tear Gas in Chicago
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino admitted to lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.
to.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino admitted to lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month. https://to.wttw.com/4nJOtmp
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The most swing state of the swing states, PA, just saw an effort to remove three Dems from the PA Supreme Court.
All three came through with 60 percent of the vote. That's how you do it: Vote.
All three came through with 60 percent of the vote. That's how you do it: Vote.
Is it also a good time to remind you of the concerted effort by individual states to put forth “fake” electors….and as yet no one has been held accountable for that little scheme. Who’s to say they don’t do it better this time around.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The most swing state of the swing states, PA, just saw an effort to remove three Dems from the PA Supreme Court.
All three came through with 60 percent of the vote. That's how you do it: Vote.
All three came through with 60 percent of the vote. That's how you do it: Vote.
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Trump tells actual supporter that she is wrong about grocery prices going up. Instead Trump says on Fox News that the prices are "way down." Tough to gaslight people when they feel the pain of higher prices. But then again Trump has dementia. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Flatly Denies When Fox Anchor Confronts Him With MAGA Voter’s Pained Plea: Prices ‘Way Down’
Baier confronted Trump with a plea from a loyal supporter who said she was “not happy” with rising prices, only for the president to insist she's wrong.
www.mediaite.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trump tells actual supporter that she is wrong about grocery prices going up. Instead Trump says on Fox News that the prices are "way down." Tough to gaslight people when they feel the pain of higher prices. But then again Trump has dementia. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
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Um, do federal prosecutors *really* want to take the position that it's not okay to receive something of value from … Qatar?
I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔
I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Um, do federal prosecutors *really* want to take the position that it's not okay to receive something of value from … Qatar?
I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔
I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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This idea that you have to say something nice about some asshole that dies - just because they are dead is a tradition that needs to die. ☠️
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This idea that you have to say something nice about some asshole that dies - just because they are dead is a tradition that needs to die. ☠️
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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This morning I can see 67 votes to convict on a bill of impeachment.
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This morning I can see 67 votes to convict on a bill of impeachment.