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With an opposition party like this, what is the point?
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The Kyiv Independent successfully ordered American chips through Russian suppliers in February 2025, proving that dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers find ways to circumvent U.S. and European bans and resell imported chips to arms manufacturers.
Investigation: We tried to buy American chips as a Russian defense manufacturer — and it worked
Despite bans put in place by the U.S. and Europe on the supply of electronic components to Russia, dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers continue to obtain and resell imported chips to Russian ...
kyivindependent.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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This is exactly what a frightened abused wife would send to her family about her abusive husbands actions at thanksgiving, because he’s checking her phone

It’s sick and sad
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.

But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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One of the great questions starting Jan 21 is how will Elon and Donald communicate?

Trump is all phone. Nothing in writing.

Elon isn't going to take 10+ calls a day.

I wouldn't be surprised if more than half their communications are via posts on Truth Social and X

Literally.
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Christopher Wray is going to resign. He should wait for Trump to fire him. It would look good on his resume: “I got fired by the world’s biggest elected dingbat.
December 12, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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So true.
I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.

I like this version of social media, and the world.

Thanks, folks.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 8:07 PM