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Anxious Midwesterner
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(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This seems fine and totally normal.
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I understand the shutdown is a big news story. But this countdown clock is just gross. This isn't a movie or a great way to increase ratings, livelihoods and even lives are on the line.
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Warren: "We can't live in a world anymore where we pretend that everybody is playing by the same set of rules ... Republicans are determined to rig every rule they can, to break laws in order to seize power and to hang on to it. As Democrats, we have a responsibility to fight back & fight back hard"
August 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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just can not shake the feeling that democratic leadership really believes they are just a couple votes away from the halcyon times of enjoying senate softball and seersucker suit day
August 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Disappointed in the after coverage of the Zelenskyy meeting. Are we just going to ignore how nutso half of those (planted) questions were??
August 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I've lived in D.C. for the better part of two decades. Nearly my whole adult life. Something folks aren't talking about--a giant elephant in the room--is the amount of "brand protection" going on right now.

I don't mean fear of Trump or political persecution, although those can overlap.

(thread)
July 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Not bad fate, but if im honest, this was not the celebrity death I was hoping for.
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I mean…
July 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Could you imagine a president of the United States tanking the bond market to distract from a sex scandal?

Not possible, right? Like some kind of crazy movie script too absurd even for Hollywood?
July 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!

249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Wow. So he votes to gut Medicaid and throw 17 million people off of their healthcare and then dumps his Medicaid related stock to cover his own ass?

That’s just evil and cruel.
Republican Congressman Bresnahan recently sold his stock in Centene, a Medicaid health care provider. The stock has now fallen 43% since his sale.

His sale seemingly coincides with his vote to advance Trump's budget bill that will kick 17 million Americans off their health care.
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The most Los Angeles sign ever. And it’s true.
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Casar: "The only way to push back on this is for Democrats to be really clear that if we win back a majority, we aren't just going to let bygones be bygones. We have to go and investigate who paid Trump, who paid Musk, who made money off of these pardons because that is really serious."
May 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.

The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM