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"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This guy is a puppet…
CNN: Do you think Trump should pull Ingrassia's nomination?

REP. MARLIN STUTZMAN: Well I think just like any accusation that there has to be verification, there has to be further diligence done. I'm sure they're looking into that.

(That's not a yes!)
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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That’s not how I expected the second half of this headline to go. “Part of White House Reduced to Rubble” should be followed by “What the Fuck.”
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Treasury Dept. tells employees not to share any photos of the White House as Trump demolishes it

(The Treasury Dept is next door to the WH)
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Treasury Tells Employees Not To Share Pictures Of White House After Shocking Demolition Pictures Go Viral
www.huffpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Here are some images of what the White House looks like right now as Trump demolishes the East Wing.

Pics via AP
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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"According to reporting by [the AP], the project went ahead despite not being formally approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal agency that oversees such operations, which is currently closed due to a nationwide government shutdown." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
What to know about Trump’s plan to build $250m White House ballroom
It's the first major structural change to the mansion since extensive renovations under President Truman in 1948.
www.aljazeera.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
These f’ing people…
BROWN: There's an estimate that millions of Americans could lose their insurance if something isn't done about these premiums

REP. STUTZMAN: I think that's just a Democrat talking point to promote fear

B: No. The source is the Urban Institute. They estimate 4 mil Americans will become uninsured
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Because he’s a vile human.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 20
President Trump was gracious on Sunday when former President Joe Biden announced his cancer diagnosis. But on Monday, Trump quickly pivoted to allege, without evidence, that there had been a cover-up.
Trump suggests without evidence that Biden delayed sharing his cancer diagnosis
President Trump was gracious on Sunday when former President Joe Biden announced his cancer diagnosis. But on Monday, Trump quickly pivoted to allege, without evidence, that there had been a cover-up.
www.npr.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A budget is a moral document.

Trump and the Republicans are set to make ICE the highest funded federal as enforcement agency ever.

$12 BILLION to lock people up while his Core Civic buddies get rich.

Twisted.
May 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Really impressive that so many of the experts on vaccines and election integrity are also apparently quite knowledgeable about urology too.
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Make it make sense. What the fuck are we doing?
the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
May 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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This seems like a big deal
May 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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“But some worry” is two people in this article.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the Democratic Party’s leading voices. But some worry she will turn off the centrist voters needed to win competitive races.
AOC Isn’t Ruling Anything Out, Including the White House
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise to prominence worries some Democrats who say the base is taking the wrong lessons from the 2024 election.
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Republicans' big tax bill could result in at least 13.7 million people losing their health insurance by 2034, according to analysis from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I'm not a lawyer, nor do I work for the New York Times, but I'm pretty sure corruption does not require an explicit quid pro quo.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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So House Republicans are fighting about the Medicaid cuts in the tax bill for the rich - not because it kicks nearly 9 million people off Medicaid - but because it doesn't kick *enough* people off Medicaid. Vote accordingly.
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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We should be ashamed of ourselves for not appreciating him breaking the law. ✈️ 💰 🙏
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Trump, who is set to accept a $400M floating palace airplane from Qatar, tweeted this about Obama in 2012:
May 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Sounds about white, as they say…
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?

TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Jesus... the racism is just right there... overt, unashamed, and vile.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?

TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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In other words, in order to avoid angering Trump, Apple plans on lying to consumers. The company will raise prices due to tariffs but invent other reasons.

www.wsj.com/tech/apple-i...
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“Indefensible.” “It’s a bribe.” “Such a stain”

#SwampForceOne ✈️

www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/m...
May 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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High school students at the Capitol: “Why is [Trump] so orange?”

GOP Rep. Brian Jack: “Uh, that’s, you know what, it’s, it’s, it’s your perspective...”
May 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM