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Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Through the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
-- Andrew Marvell
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Through the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
-- Andrew Marvell
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· Nov 17
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs.
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I agree with Ted Cruz that now isn’t the time to politicize any deaths.
I just wish Ted Cruz would agree with Ted Cruz the next time something happens in a blue state and he decides to be a partisan fuckwit.
I just wish Ted Cruz would agree with Ted Cruz the next time something happens in a blue state and he decides to be a partisan fuckwit.
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I agree with Ted Cruz that now isn’t the time to politicize any deaths.
I just wish Ted Cruz would agree with Ted Cruz the next time something happens in a blue state and he decides to be a partisan fuckwit.
I just wish Ted Cruz would agree with Ted Cruz the next time something happens in a blue state and he decides to be a partisan fuckwit.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Hey NY Times--
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
May 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey NY Times--
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
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Dereliction of duty.
May 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dereliction of duty.
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Maybe the billionaires should try to be happy with two yachts
May 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Maybe the billionaires should try to be happy with two yachts
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Reading is a privilege that many have died for. Don’t take it for granted
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reading is a privilege that many have died for. Don’t take it for granted
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I know from experience: When we fight, we win. This week, we stopped the GOP from stealing a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.
Democracy Docket reported every update on this case. Subscribe to its free newsletters for the latest on all the lawsuits to come: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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May 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I know from experience: When we fight, we win. This week, we stopped the GOP from stealing a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.
Democracy Docket reported every update on this case. Subscribe to its free newsletters for the latest on all the lawsuits to come: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Democracy Docket reported every update on this case. Subscribe to its free newsletters for the latest on all the lawsuits to come: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON
Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
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There we go. Support this man.
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There we go. Support this man.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Did anyone notice that Buekele didn’t wear a tie? I thought that outraged people when Zelensky didn’t
April 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Did anyone notice that Buekele didn’t wear a tie? I thought that outraged people when Zelensky didn’t
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NEW: With today's filings, it appears the Trump administration has decided on a showdown with the federal court. At this point, a finding of contempt seems likely. Then we are in uncharted territory.
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April 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NEW: With today's filings, it appears the Trump administration has decided on a showdown with the federal court. At this point, a finding of contempt seems likely. Then we are in uncharted territory.
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The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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What in the world is happening?
Erik Prince has proposed designating a section of a foreign prison as US territory to bypass American immigration laws.
If Prince is involved, it can't be good.
#ProudBlue
Erik Prince has proposed designating a section of a foreign prison as US territory to bypass American immigration laws.
If Prince is involved, it can't be good.
#ProudBlue
Exclusive: Military contractors are pitching the White House on an unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants.
Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the U.S. to El Salvador.
Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the U.S. to El Salvador.
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants
Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What in the world is happening?
Erik Prince has proposed designating a section of a foreign prison as US territory to bypass American immigration laws.
If Prince is involved, it can't be good.
#ProudBlue
Erik Prince has proposed designating a section of a foreign prison as US territory to bypass American immigration laws.
If Prince is involved, it can't be good.
#ProudBlue
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It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
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People were mean to him on Twitter, so he bought Twitter.
People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government.
And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!
People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government.
And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!
March 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
People were mean to him on Twitter, so he bought Twitter.
People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government.
And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!
People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government.
And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!
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White House Correspondent Association canceling comedian after Trump regime complains demands far more attention! Like all fascists, Trump wants to be feared not laughed at. By cancelling the comedian the WHCA has helped Trump achieve his goals-My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/white-hous...
White House Correspondent Association canceling comedian after Trump regime complains demands far more attention!
The WHCA should be fighting back not submitting
deanobeidallah.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
White House Correspondent Association canceling comedian after Trump regime complains demands far more attention! Like all fascists, Trump wants to be feared not laughed at. By cancelling the comedian the WHCA has helped Trump achieve his goals-My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/white-hous...
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My uber driver (from the Caribbean) is going off on Marco Rubio. “He knows NOTHING.”
But also “I thought he was a reasonable guy, before this.”
And I’m just sitting here thinking “This Uber guy should be a Democratic Senator because NOT KNOWING RUBIO IS A PUNK is apparently a qualification.” :(
But also “I thought he was a reasonable guy, before this.”
And I’m just sitting here thinking “This Uber guy should be a Democratic Senator because NOT KNOWING RUBIO IS A PUNK is apparently a qualification.” :(
March 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My uber driver (from the Caribbean) is going off on Marco Rubio. “He knows NOTHING.”
But also “I thought he was a reasonable guy, before this.”
And I’m just sitting here thinking “This Uber guy should be a Democratic Senator because NOT KNOWING RUBIO IS A PUNK is apparently a qualification.” :(
But also “I thought he was a reasonable guy, before this.”
And I’m just sitting here thinking “This Uber guy should be a Democratic Senator because NOT KNOWING RUBIO IS A PUNK is apparently a qualification.” :(
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If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
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Breathtaking.
A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
March 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Breathtaking.
A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
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You know that scene in Braveheart where Wallace is betrayed by the Scottish nobles and he chases one down and finds out it was Robert-the-Bruce.
And then Wallace just lays on the ground in disbelief at the betrayal?
That’s how I feel right now. Chuck Schumer is a weaker Robert the Bruce.
And then Wallace just lays on the ground in disbelief at the betrayal?
That’s how I feel right now. Chuck Schumer is a weaker Robert the Bruce.
March 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You know that scene in Braveheart where Wallace is betrayed by the Scottish nobles and he chases one down and finds out it was Robert-the-Bruce.
And then Wallace just lays on the ground in disbelief at the betrayal?
That’s how I feel right now. Chuck Schumer is a weaker Robert the Bruce.
And then Wallace just lays on the ground in disbelief at the betrayal?
That’s how I feel right now. Chuck Schumer is a weaker Robert the Bruce.
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For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era
Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.
slate.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
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"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????