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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks!
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
December 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks!
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
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🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Wait until the year-on-year comes out for November!
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wait until the year-on-year comes out for November!
It's also *expressly* not the oath.
This is *expressly* not the law
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's also *expressly* not the oath.
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Neo-Liberalism has been a disaster leading to Giant Monopolies like we've never seen before!
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Neo-Liberalism has been a disaster leading to Giant Monopolies like we've never seen before!
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
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Many food pantries in Ohio are seeing record demand as President Donald Trump has resisted court orders to provide food aid to 42 million Americans. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/11/o...
Ohio food pantries see record demand in food crisis • Ohio Capital Journal
Many food pantries in Ohio are seeing record demand as President Donald Trump has resisted court orders to provide food aid to 42 million Americans.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Many food pantries in Ohio are seeing record demand as President Donald Trump has resisted court orders to provide food aid to 42 million Americans. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/11/o...
65 years to this point, and counting.
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
65 years to this point, and counting.
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can't wait to see this inspiring messaging incorporated into the DSCC fundraising appeals
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
can't wait to see this inspiring messaging incorporated into the DSCC fundraising appeals
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
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“Trump hasn’t been this embarrassed since he found out there was a Donald Trump Jr."
Jimmy Kimmel Celebrates Trump's Reaction to Democratic Wins: 'Everything He Touched Was a Loser'
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Trump hasn’t been this embarrassed since he found out there was a Donald Trump Jr."
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The unparalleled stress of a SNAP disruption on food pantries comes as they were already stretched thin. High grocery prices have pushed more Americans to look for help. But organizations providing food relief have lost more than $1 billion in federal aid ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/03/r...
Food banks were ‘operating on fumes’ even before SNAP chaos • Ohio Capital Journal
Even before the federal government shutdown posed an unparalleled challenge for food banks, nonprofits across the country were struggling with high costs and increased demand.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The unparalleled stress of a SNAP disruption on food pantries comes as they were already stretched thin. High grocery prices have pushed more Americans to look for help. But organizations providing food relief have lost more than $1 billion in federal aid ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/03/r...
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Study hard today. Pop quiz after potluck!
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Study hard today. Pop quiz after potluck!
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Like seriously, they're seeing the same polls we are, they know they're being blamed and they're thrasing for a message.
Notice how quiet the Vought stuff and punishing people is now.
Notice how quiet the Vought stuff and punishing people is now.
BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Like seriously, they're seeing the same polls we are, they know they're being blamed and they're thrasing for a message.
Notice how quiet the Vought stuff and punishing people is now.
Notice how quiet the Vought stuff and punishing people is now.
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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When I was a kid, trying to regulate cigarettes was a top tier political issue — huge partisan battles, big lawsuits, major motion pictures.
And it now feels absurd that there ever used to be ash trays in my local McDonalds.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-forgot...
And it now feels absurd that there ever used to be ash trays in my local McDonalds.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-forgot...
The forgotten politics of “big tobacco”
It’s worth learning lessons from the wins of the past.
www.slowboring.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
When I was a kid, trying to regulate cigarettes was a top tier political issue — huge partisan battles, big lawsuits, major motion pictures.
And it now feels absurd that there ever used to be ash trays in my local McDonalds.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-forgot...
And it now feels absurd that there ever used to be ash trays in my local McDonalds.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-forgot...
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If you missed the protest safety, know your rights, and de-escalation training (or you want a reminder before tomorrow’s #NoKings Day), all of the recordings are available here. 👇
TRAININGS — No Kings
www.nokings.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If you missed the protest safety, know your rights, and de-escalation training (or you want a reminder before tomorrow’s #NoKings Day), all of the recordings are available here. 👇
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I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
October 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
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Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?"
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥
October 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?"
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥