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February 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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He chained up 80 immigrants, loaded them onto a deportation flight that cost taxpayers nearly a million bucks, only for Mexico to slam the door in their faces.
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Kansas hit with historic TB outbreak! Is RFK Jr. about to roll in with raccoon casserole and squirrel smoothies to save the day?
January 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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The real Gulf of America is the distance between the billionaire class and the rest of us. And it's way too fucking big.
January 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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There once was a hack named Pete,
Whose logic could never compete.
He'd rant and he'd rave,
For the GOP's cave,
While polishing Tucker’s seat.
January 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Deport the people, keep their tacos—racism with a side of guac, you hypocritical fucks. 🌮💀
January 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Trump’s goons have rounded up over 15 Navajo citizens in immigration raids—because apparently, being Native American isn’t American enough for them.
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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At this rate, Fabergé eggs will be the budget option.
January 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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The cartel’s got coke, but I’m out here pushing that Grade A yolk. 🥚💰
January 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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😉
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
The Navy's experimental underwater habitat
While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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from today's post —
go read the whole thing. link is here: bit.ly/40Aazya
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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here's today's post: "the Battle of the Big Fucking Faucet rages on" — the lunatic gaslighting continues.
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the Battle of the Big Fucking Faucet rages on
the lunatic gaslighting continues
bit.ly
January 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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ICYMI: On Day 1, Trump disbanded a critical school safety advisory board created in the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland.

Trump has made it clear once again that the gun lobby will always come before your kids’ safety. A failure to reinstate this board puts schools at greater risk.
Trump Admin. Axes Newly Created School Safety Board
The Trump administration disbanded a board that advises agencies on school safety strategies. Members include parents of school shooting victims.
www.edweek.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Last summer, @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I produced a short podcast series, Autocracy in America. We talked about the changed that preceded an assault on democracy in other countries, and we found them here. Perhaps useful background for the current moment.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...
Autocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Trying to make sense of it all. It makes no sense.
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump his second Cabinet member.
The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member
John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.
apnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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NEW: An aide to Mike Johnson has advised against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as part of his investigation into the Jan 6 investigation because it could expose sexually explicit texts she received from congressmen. www.adn.com/nation-world...
Aide to House Speaker Johnson advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was elevated to national prominence in an explosive 2022 hearing, where she testified that President Trump had wanted an armed mob to march to the Capitol o...
www.adn.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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For Elon Musk and Donald Trump, “government efficiency” means cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and veterans benefits.

I’ve got a better plan.

time.com/7209307/elon...
January 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/3CnFFRw
January 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
In Syria's Golan Heights buffer zone, residents fear Israel is making a land grab
After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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in the coming months we’ll see a shift in the us/china relationship

what should be top of mind for everyone at davos: a looming us/china trade war
The outlook for US President Trump's second term
Experts at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum discuss differing global and domestic outlooks as Donald Trump becomes US president again.
www.weforum.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Elon Musk did a nazi salute. He hasn't formally denied it. More importantly he helped get an administration that is directly targeting LGBTQ+ people, minorities, and immigrants elected and is doing propaganda for them. He supports international fascist regimes and spreads anti-Semitism
January 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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If Lisa Murkowski can say no to Hegseth what is wrong with Joni Ernst??
January 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM