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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
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they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
MPR News is live right now bringing you updates on this. mprnews.org/listen
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
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Donald Trump is not the lawful president, having been disqualified under the constitution for inciting an insurrection to overturn his election defeat.
We can’t have a democracy if those who try to overthrow it are allowed to obtain power again without consequences
We can’t have a democracy if those who try to overthrow it are allowed to obtain power again without consequences
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Donald Trump is not the lawful president, having been disqualified under the constitution for inciting an insurrection to overturn his election defeat.
We can’t have a democracy if those who try to overthrow it are allowed to obtain power again without consequences
We can’t have a democracy if those who try to overthrow it are allowed to obtain power again without consequences
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
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complete batshit insanity
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
complete batshit insanity
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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man what the fuck
So many horrific things have been done in just one goddamn year, but this hits me personally harder than I would have thought.
And then to think that Mr. Rogers probably saved this from happening 30 years ago.
They would have deported Mr. Rogers to Toronto or some shit.
So many horrific things have been done in just one goddamn year, but this hits me personally harder than I would have thought.
And then to think that Mr. Rogers probably saved this from happening 30 years ago.
They would have deported Mr. Rogers to Toronto or some shit.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
man what the fuck
So many horrific things have been done in just one goddamn year, but this hits me personally harder than I would have thought.
And then to think that Mr. Rogers probably saved this from happening 30 years ago.
They would have deported Mr. Rogers to Toronto or some shit.
So many horrific things have been done in just one goddamn year, but this hits me personally harder than I would have thought.
And then to think that Mr. Rogers probably saved this from happening 30 years ago.
They would have deported Mr. Rogers to Toronto or some shit.
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Walz: "We've got conspiracy theorists, right-wing YouTubers, breaking into our daycares, demanding access to our children. We've got the president demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous."
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Walz: "We've got conspiracy theorists, right-wing YouTubers, breaking into our daycares, demanding access to our children. We've got the president demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous."
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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Also Trump r*ped a woman and when she reported it to police had her murdered. Like that just came out today in the Epstein files. Haven't really heard much about it. Seems like something you should journalists should maybe follow up on.
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Also Trump r*ped a woman and when she reported it to police had her murdered. Like that just came out today in the Epstein files. Haven't really heard much about it. Seems like something you should journalists should maybe follow up on.
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Recasting free speech as “you have to listen to what I have to say” has been quite the reveal over the past decade or so. There’s genuinely a group of people out there who think their rights are being violated if their opinions aren’t universally promulgated.
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Recasting free speech as “you have to listen to what I have to say” has been quite the reveal over the past decade or so. There’s genuinely a group of people out there who think their rights are being violated if their opinions aren’t universally promulgated.
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All I want for the holidays is for our own government to stop hurting people.
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
All I want for the holidays is for our own government to stop hurting people.
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This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. https://to.pbs.org/48Q4cL0
Consumers aren't having a very merry holiday season, AP-NORC poll finds
Roughly half of Americans say it’s harder than usual to afford the things they want to give as holiday gifts, and similar numbers are delaying big purchases or cutting back on nonessential purchases m...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. https://to.pbs.org/48Q4cL0
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"The swift degradation of CBS's reputation under Weiss’ leadership is just one more proof point that the American media is being commandeered by an aggressive and coordinated conservative movement that is moving as quickly as possible to usurp control and rewrite history in deference to Trump."
Nixty Minutes
Bari Weiss was installed at CBS to play nice with Trump-- and she delivered
plus.briantylercohen.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"The swift degradation of CBS's reputation under Weiss’ leadership is just one more proof point that the American media is being commandeered by an aggressive and coordinated conservative movement that is moving as quickly as possible to usurp control and rewrite history in deference to Trump."
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I’ve heard most journalists and politicians say that Trump hasn’t been directly accused of wrongdoing or implicated in the Epstein Files.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
December 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’ve heard most journalists and politicians say that Trump hasn’t been directly accused of wrongdoing or implicated in the Epstein Files.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Trump’s DOJ is choosing to break the law to stall the release of the Epstein files.
The law requires ALL documents released. Congress is being challenged to enforce it. If it fails it’ll give Trump the green light to omit and redact information in violation of the law. #OpDeathEaters
The law requires ALL documents released. Congress is being challenged to enforce it. If it fails it’ll give Trump the green light to omit and redact information in violation of the law. #OpDeathEaters
![Nov. 19, 2025
(H.R. 4405]
Epstein Files Transparency
Act.
Deadline.
Public information.
Ghislaine
Maxwell.
Public Law 119-38
119th Congress
An Act
To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Epstein Files Transparency
Act".
SEC. 2. RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, subject to subsection
make publicly available in
a
searchable and
downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, commu-nications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and United States Attorneys Offices, that relate to:
(1) Jeffrey Epstein including all investigations, prosecu-tions, or custodial matters.
(2) Ghislaine Maxwell.
(3) Flight logs or travel records, including but not limited to manifests, itineraries, pilot records, and customs or immigration documentation, for any aircraft, vessel, or vehicle owned, operated, or used by Jeffrey Epstein or any related entity.
(4) Individuals, including government officials, named or referenced in connection with Epstein's criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity or plea agreements, or investigatory pro-ceedings.
(5) Entities (corporate, nonprofit, academic, or govern-
mental with known or alleged ties to Epstein's trafficking or financial networks.
(6) Any immunity deals, non-prosecution agreements, plea bargains, or sealed settlements involving Epstein or his associ-ates.
(7) Internal DOJ communications, including emails, memos, meeting notes, concerning decisions to charge, not charge, inves-tigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6tu2htulhvnivixtdype45hs/bafkreifcvykucpfqxempsieeqgxwizmbxdiuq26yiujd3o64wqbf6o7r4u@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump’s DOJ is choosing to break the law to stall the release of the Epstein files.
The law requires ALL documents released. Congress is being challenged to enforce it. If it fails it’ll give Trump the green light to omit and redact information in violation of the law. #OpDeathEaters
The law requires ALL documents released. Congress is being challenged to enforce it. If it fails it’ll give Trump the green light to omit and redact information in violation of the law. #OpDeathEaters
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They really think everyone else is as stupid as they are.
QUICK SEARCH OF EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:
109 hits on the word "Clinton."
2 hits on the word "Trump."
109 hits on the word "Clinton."
2 hits on the word "Trump."
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They really think everyone else is as stupid as they are.
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If Trump and his DOJ thought this semi- release of Epstein documents was going to quiet things down, they were dead wrong.
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If Trump and his DOJ thought this semi- release of Epstein documents was going to quiet things down, they were dead wrong.
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Christ
In other contexts this note would be incredibly mundane. In the context of Jeffrey Epstein, it makes my skin crawl.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Christ
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball