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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
This is what it has come to.
September 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This is what it has come to.
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These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
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By distracting us with fake terrorism, this administration is inviting the real thing.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
snyder.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
By distracting us with fake terrorism, this administration is inviting the real thing.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
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it’s so funny to see this woman get all huffy in the times story about trump backing off harvard bc someone flagged her for me recently as a white house rando who’d been elevated to a big job with no experience and really sucks at it
April 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
it’s so funny to see this woman get all huffy in the times story about trump backing off harvard bc someone flagged her for me recently as a white house rando who’d been elevated to a big job with no experience and really sucks at it
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This is important.
At Law Dork, I wrote about that Oval Office visit — and what it means:
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.
The Trump administration wants to send Americans to foreign prisons. Keeping Abrego Garcia in El Salvador is key to that lawless plan.
www.lawdork.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is important.
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There is no clearer way to say it.
Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There is no clearer way to say it.
Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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www.wealthsimple.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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I've seen and heard the same from federal employees. These patriotic civil servants feel terrorized by the Trump administration. All I can say is this: This isn't going to end well for the Republic until MAGA officials are terrorized in the same way. The opposition needs to get straight about that.
They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happening
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've seen and heard the same from federal employees. These patriotic civil servants feel terrorized by the Trump administration. All I can say is this: This isn't going to end well for the Republic until MAGA officials are terrorized in the same way. The opposition needs to get straight about that.
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‘Woefully Insufficient’: Trump DOJ Keeps Giving Alien Enemies Act Judge The Runaround talkingpointsmemo.com/news/woefull...
‘Woefully Insufficient’: Trump DOJ Keeps Giving Alien Enemies Act Judge The Runaround
The federal judge overseeing the Alien Enemies Act case is growing increasingly...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
‘Woefully Insufficient’: Trump DOJ Keeps Giving Alien Enemies Act Judge The Runaround talkingpointsmemo.com/news/woefull...
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You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including
March 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including
If our democracy ends up in ashes it will largely be due to the overwhelming ignorance of far too many of our fellow citizens, their arrogance in believing otherwise, and their laziness in not attempting to correct it.
March 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If our democracy ends up in ashes it will largely be due to the overwhelming ignorance of far too many of our fellow citizens, their arrogance in believing otherwise, and their laziness in not attempting to correct it.
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this is genuinely shocking. this is a very particular strain of american nazi shit - this isn’t a conspiracy theory that exists outside of that belief system. this is not something you would say if you aren’t well versed in neonazi talking points.
Kingsley Wilson, the newly-appointed DoD Deputy Press Secretary, believes in a thoroughly-debunked antisemitic conspiracy theory. I've mostly only seen this theory promoted by mask-off neo-Nazis.
archive.is/dPvse
archive.is/dPvse
March 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
this is genuinely shocking. this is a very particular strain of american nazi shit - this isn’t a conspiracy theory that exists outside of that belief system. this is not something you would say if you aren’t well versed in neonazi talking points.
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You should read this article. I have never seen as clear a mission statement as this.
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
You should read this article. I have never seen as clear a mission statement as this.
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Just going to pretend the data or economic concepts we dislike doesn't exist.
March 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just going to pretend the data or economic concepts we dislike doesn't exist.
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BREAKING: Novel Alphacoronavirus Jumps from Rats to Human in South Korea Infant Infected.
March 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Novel Alphacoronavirus Jumps from Rats to Human in South Korea Infant Infected.
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Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
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That’s a patriot
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe fired from coaching job after calling MAGA 'a Nazi movement'
“They did give me the offer to resign, but I told them that they would have to fire me because I wanted this community to know that this is what MAGA does
#News
“They did give me the offer to resign, but I told them that they would have to fire me because I wanted this community to know that this is what MAGA does
#News
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe fired from coaching job after calling MAGA 'a Nazi movement'
Chris Kluwe said he was fired as a coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., after his anti-MAGA protest and arrest last week.
www.yahoo.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s a patriot
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This is a conversation that needs to be happening right here, right now, because too many white folk are still out here laboring under the delusion that their relatives were “misinformed.”
No. They voted to unleash this malice, driven by their racism and bigotry.
No. They voted to unleash this malice, driven by their racism and bigotry.
All that “ let’s coddle and hold hands with white supremacists so we can all come together to fight the class war” bullshit needs to cease immediately. I’m sick of YT progressives/leftists expecting me to put my civil rights on hold, so they can achieve their socialist wet dream 😒
Anyway white liberals are going to have to contend with their rabid need to be polite to domestic terrorists simply because they share a skin tone
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is a conversation that needs to be happening right here, right now, because too many white folk are still out here laboring under the delusion that their relatives were “misinformed.”
No. They voted to unleash this malice, driven by their racism and bigotry.
No. They voted to unleash this malice, driven by their racism and bigotry.
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Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here:
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
Someone from Russian state media just slips into the Oval Office?????
February 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here:
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
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The quasi unanimous reactions of the leaders of Europe and Canada in support of Ukraine should be a first step followed by decisive action. The issue is no longer to live with a poor deal but to develop a credible alternative to the Trump/Putin plan 2/
February 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The quasi unanimous reactions of the leaders of Europe and Canada in support of Ukraine should be a first step followed by decisive action. The issue is no longer to live with a poor deal but to develop a credible alternative to the Trump/Putin plan 2/