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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I suspect the next few weeks of living in a Dorothea Lange photo are going to shatter a lot of Americans' preconceptions about who's using SNAP and WIC.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I suspect the next few weeks of living in a Dorothea Lange photo are going to shatter a lot of Americans' preconceptions about who's using SNAP and WIC.
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The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.
And Congress is letting it happen.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
What we have here, in addition to Trump's gaudy, vacuous bric-a-brac he has glued to wall in the Cabinet Room, is our monumentally incompetent SecDef telling the most unhinged president in history about an attack on another civilian small boat, this time in the Pacific.
What we have here, in addition to Trump's gaudy, vacuous bric-a-brac he has glued to wall in the Cabinet Room, is our monumentally incompetent SecDef telling the most unhinged president in history about an attack on another civilian small boat, this time in the Pacific.
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.
And Congress is letting it happen.
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Whether it's Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Trump dumping brown liquid on protesters, both presidents have made some controversial earth-tone color choices.
October 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Whether it's Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Trump dumping brown liquid on protesters, both presidents have made some controversial earth-tone color choices.
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
A Rogue Nation on the High Seas
Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
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Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
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No. I thought Americans would stop before sacrificing the health of their children on the altar of their resentment.
This is unwatchable. Did you ever believe when you were writing the “end of expertise” that we would reach such profound anti-epistemic levels? This to me is unfathomable, that a man like this would be anywhere near a position of authority. it’s like having those Heaven’s Gate people in charge.
September 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
No. I thought Americans would stop before sacrificing the health of their children on the altar of their resentment.
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Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.
August 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
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It's baffling to me that someone could ask themselves, "what would Jesus do?" and come up with an answer that includes mocking, degrading, and exploiting other people.
August 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's baffling to me that someone could ask themselves, "what would Jesus do?" and come up with an answer that includes mocking, degrading, and exploiting other people.
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Last week, people whom I know and respect, and who are anti-Trump: "Yeah, Trump will do some bad things and symbolic stuff in D.C.--but he can't *actually* take over the D.C. Police Department. That would be crazy."
Today, Trump: I'm taking over the DC Police Department.
Today, Trump: I'm taking over the DC Police Department.
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Last week, people whom I know and respect, and who are anti-Trump: "Yeah, Trump will do some bad things and symbolic stuff in D.C.--but he can't *actually* take over the D.C. Police Department. That would be crazy."
Today, Trump: I'm taking over the DC Police Department.
Today, Trump: I'm taking over the DC Police Department.
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Being awful to Americans who honorably served the country for nearly two decades, just to be bigots.
BREAKING: The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
bit.ly
August 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Being awful to Americans who honorably served the country for nearly two decades, just to be bigots.
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This is how they managed statistics in the old USSR.
Trump wants to fire the federal government’s chief labor statistician — Erika McEntarfar — because he doesn’t like the reality of job weaknesses undermining economic growth.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooled sharply over the l...
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is how they managed statistics in the old USSR.
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Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
July 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
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We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
July 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
“Whoever the victims are, they will be heard. Whoever those who harmed them are, they will be found out. The Epstein files may never be opened on earth, but do not be deceived; they are open in heaven.”
July 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Whoever the victims are, they will be heard. Whoever those who harmed them are, they will be found out. The Epstein files may never be opened on earth, but do not be deceived; they are open in heaven.”
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A few words about America on the 4th of July.
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Weird America
A few words about America on the 4th of July.
brianzahnd.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few words about America on the 4th of July.
brianzahnd.substack.com/p/weird-amer...
brianzahnd.substack.com/p/weird-amer...
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After fifty years of reading the Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence:
Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the big people.
Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the big people.
July 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
After fifty years of reading the Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence:
Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the big people.
Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the big people.
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Because you got a nice office and a pension and people bring you coffee and drive you around and do whatever you tell them to do and you don’t have to live at home among the people you claim to represent, who you probably don’t very much like to begin with
11. The bigger question for the House GOP: why the hell do you want this job? Congress is a coequal branch. Your decisions affect every American. If you think that you should only do what Trump wants regardless of the ask and even if your constituents don't like it you aren't a representative.
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Because you got a nice office and a pension and people bring you coffee and drive you around and do whatever you tell them to do and you don’t have to live at home among the people you claim to represent, who you probably don’t very much like to begin with
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What would Jesus say about transferring wealth to the rich? No speculation needed. "Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep" (Lk. 6: 24-26).
July 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What would Jesus say about transferring wealth to the rich? No speculation needed. "Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep" (Lk. 6: 24-26).
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Jesus Christ brings to an end the most ancient of theological lies:
That God calls us to achieve righteousness by killing the bad guys.
That God calls us to achieve righteousness by killing the bad guys.
June 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Jesus Christ brings to an end the most ancient of theological lies:
That God calls us to achieve righteousness by killing the bad guys.
That God calls us to achieve righteousness by killing the bad guys.
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America is not the land of the free and the home of the brave.
America is a reality TV show out of ideas, desperate for ratings.
America is a reality TV show out of ideas, desperate for ratings.
June 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
America is not the land of the free and the home of the brave.
America is a reality TV show out of ideas, desperate for ratings.
America is a reality TV show out of ideas, desperate for ratings.