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Husband, father, grandparent, care provider, dog lover, militant pedestrian, computer engineer, frisbee thrower, transit lover, gardener, handyman, atheist, skeptic, and old white guy pissed off about everything.
She’s going to get a fucking pardon, I’ll bet.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
She’s going to get a fucking pardon, I’ll bet.
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The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships.
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships.
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
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It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
“I’m ending this news conference since I don’t have answers to any of your questions.”
- Mr. Three Heartbeats from POTUS
- Mr. Three Heartbeats from POTUS
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“I’m ending this news conference since I don’t have answers to any of your questions.”
- Mr. Three Heartbeats from POTUS
- Mr. Three Heartbeats from POTUS
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While AI companies are allowed to slurp everything they want, Quad9 warns that legal fees are drowning DNS resolvers, which are now being targeted by copyright owners to enforce blocks on piracy sites
quad9.net/news/blog/wh...
quad9.net/news/blog/wh...
Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
quad9.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
While AI companies are allowed to slurp everything they want, Quad9 warns that legal fees are drowning DNS resolvers, which are now being targeted by copyright owners to enforce blocks on piracy sites
quad9.net/news/blog/wh...
quad9.net/news/blog/wh...
And Democrats can’t rely on social media, town halls, or county fairs for “retail politics.” Get your candidates and volunteers out into the neighborhoods and talk to the real “silent majority” - the rest of us.
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
publiccomment.blog
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
And Democrats can’t rely on social media, town halls, or county fairs for “retail politics.” Get your candidates and volunteers out into the neighborhoods and talk to the real “silent majority” - the rest of us.
“Raising taxes” is a generic, meaningless term.
hm. from CATO but you gotta wonder how this ends up looking politically
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Raising taxes” is a generic, meaningless term.
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hm. from CATO but you gotta wonder how this ends up looking politically
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
hm. from CATO but you gotta wonder how this ends up looking politically
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Republicans have "won" the right to uninsure millions of Americans, nearly all of them self-employed, farmers, and business owners, the exact people they pretend they want us to be.
Millions of Americans are going to be destroyed by their insurance costs, at best, or lose their insurance and possibly die at worst. And millions more every year of Trump's term due to Trump's bill. This has never happened in American history, and I don't think anyone can predict what happens next.
A deal that does nothing to lower costs does not serve my constituents and it is not what the American people want. They need relief ASAP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Republicans have "won" the right to uninsure millions of Americans, nearly all of them self-employed, farmers, and business owners, the exact people they pretend they want us to be.
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POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
A new low for the Democratic Senate
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
Didn’t Trump promise that pasta factories would open up all over America in response to tariffs?
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Didn’t Trump promise that pasta factories would open up all over America in response to tariffs?
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
Most people do make the median wage or higher
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
I will not get sucked into arguments about medians.
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Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault).
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault).
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
The shits at Intuit also shuttered their “It’s Deductible” website, probably because it was useful and free.
This is because Intuit, Inc. gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his "inauguration." Intuit owns Turbo Tax, which makes money off charging taxpayers to file their returns.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The shits at Intuit also shuttered their “It’s Deductible” website, probably because it was useful and free.
Nobody should be surprised. And neither political party has anything to say about the impact of sports betting on society, now that the floodgates are open.
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nobody should be surprised. And neither political party has anything to say about the impact of sports betting on society, now that the floodgates are open.
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Incredibly beautiful day to be at Tunnel Tops park. In a city full of amazing (and increasingly interconnected parks) GGP obviously chief among them, this still stands out as a phenomenal one. Pelosi helped make it happen
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Incredibly beautiful day to be at Tunnel Tops park. In a city full of amazing (and increasingly interconnected parks) GGP obviously chief among them, this still stands out as a phenomenal one. Pelosi helped make it happen
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The Democratic Party’s fixation on Pollingism and Electionism, in which we conduct our politics primarily by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stale ads in the fall before the election, has helped bring us to this point.
Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics
This is something we do, or it is done to us.
www.thefarce.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Democratic Party’s fixation on Pollingism and Electionism, in which we conduct our politics primarily by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stale ads in the fall before the election, has helped bring us to this point.
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Could someone please ask Ro Khanna how many homes in Cupertino, Fremont, Milpitas, Newark, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, where the median price is ~$1.5M, are purchased by private equity?
In 2025, first-time home buyers sank to a record low of 21%. Housing is unaffordable.
We need to take private equity out of the housing market and return purchasing power to ordinary Americans.
We need to take private equity out of the housing market and return purchasing power to ordinary Americans.
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Could someone please ask Ro Khanna how many homes in Cupertino, Fremont, Milpitas, Newark, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, where the median price is ~$1.5M, are purchased by private equity?
The thing I admire most about Sunderland is their defense.
#PremierLeague
#PremierLeague
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The thing I admire most about Sunderland is their defense.
#PremierLeague
#PremierLeague
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DHS is missing records for over 3,000 people detained in Chicago and over 1,200 held in a Florida detention center. Their location and, in some cases, identities are unknown. trumpfile.org/over-4200-pe...
Over 4,200 people missing in DHS / ICE custody (October 27, 2025)
NBC Chicago reports that over 3,000 people arrested by federal agents, nearly every Chicago detainee in the past seven weeks, are missing from DHS records. Around 1,200 Florida detainees missing since...
trumpfile.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
DHS is missing records for over 3,000 people detained in Chicago and over 1,200 held in a Florida detention center. Their location and, in some cases, identities are unknown. trumpfile.org/over-4200-pe...
Resilient neighborhoods need a local power grid and a satellite connection to survive disasters without a functioning government.
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Resilient neighborhoods need a local power grid and a satellite connection to survive disasters without a functioning government.
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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Over the almost 40 days the government has been shut down, Trump:
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
An official accounting of Trump’s golf and customer service time
It remains the case that President Trump doesn't particularly seem to like the White House. During his first time in office, there was reporting to this effect; in 2017, he allegedly told members of h...
www.pbump.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Over the almost 40 days the government has been shut down, Trump:
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
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Republicans (shrieking): STOP OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS WE ARE SO PERSECUTED WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN PUBLIC WITHOUT YOUR SCORN
Also Republicans:
Also Republicans:
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Republicans (shrieking): STOP OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS WE ARE SO PERSECUTED WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN PUBLIC WITHOUT YOUR SCORN
Also Republicans:
Also Republicans: