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Tried to get away from posting politics- but this fascist regime pulled me back.
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It was extremely successful! Strongest recovery in the world, best labor market in generations, benefits heavily distributed towards the low end, real income growth. And he tried endlessly to sell it. But there’s something structurally broken that can’t be solved by “better speeches”
it's kind of funny from a economic policy perspective, Bidenomics was actually fairly successful (full employment, IRA + other state-driven investment)
he just... never really managed to figure out how to sell any of it with comms
he just... never really managed to figure out how to sell any of it with comms
Pretty sure a president who could communicate well and wasn’t a bazillion years old could have explained to the public why this is Actually Good.
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It was extremely successful! Strongest recovery in the world, best labor market in generations, benefits heavily distributed towards the low end, real income growth. And he tried endlessly to sell it. But there’s something structurally broken that can’t be solved by “better speeches”
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This administration is so cruel & twisted that they force toddlers to defend themselves in #immigration court! Toddlers!
This is pure insanity.
I explained this as well as the horrifying conditions in detention & the #ICELawlessness & abuse to my MAGA neighbor & he said the kids deserved it.
This is pure insanity.
I explained this as well as the horrifying conditions in detention & the #ICELawlessness & abuse to my MAGA neighbor & he said the kids deserved it.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This administration is so cruel & twisted that they force toddlers to defend themselves in #immigration court! Toddlers!
This is pure insanity.
I explained this as well as the horrifying conditions in detention & the #ICELawlessness & abuse to my MAGA neighbor & he said the kids deserved it.
This is pure insanity.
I explained this as well as the horrifying conditions in detention & the #ICELawlessness & abuse to my MAGA neighbor & he said the kids deserved it.
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Exclusive: Federal documents reveal border officials are pressuring unaccompanied children to agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear for their safety there
Unaccompanied children being pressed to return to their countries by US border officials
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Exclusive: Federal documents reveal border officials are pressuring unaccompanied children to agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear for their safety there
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Trump’s speech exposed a broad spectrum of unwellness. Rushed, ranty, grievance-laden and a brutal slog for fact-checkers, the diatribe was a dog’s breakfast of barking self-pity, finger-pointing, statistical bullshit, and political tone-deafness.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Envisioning a World Without Trump
A conversation with Tom Nichols
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump’s speech exposed a broad spectrum of unwellness. Rushed, ranty, grievance-laden and a brutal slog for fact-checkers, the diatribe was a dog’s breakfast of barking self-pity, finger-pointing, statistical bullshit, and political tone-deafness.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
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Unemployment rates for Black workers and young workers have risen particularly sharply this year — a harbinger of future pain in the broader labor market.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Unemployment rates for Black workers and young workers have risen particularly sharply this year — a harbinger of future pain in the broader labor market.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
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Highly recommend that journalists visit some local grocery stores tomorrow to get voter reax to these false claims about food prices…
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Highly recommend that journalists visit some local grocery stores tomorrow to get voter reax to these false claims about food prices…
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When you let Facebook uncle give a toast at the wedding
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
When you let Facebook uncle give a toast at the wedding
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Fantastic piece.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Fantastic piece.
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“.. From Maryland to Missouri, at least fourteen states are home to towns or counties that have implemented moratoriums: a complete pause on data center development.”
@techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...
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techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“.. From Maryland to Missouri, at least fourteen states are home to towns or counties that have implemented moratoriums: a complete pause on data center development.”
@techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...
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That Felon & the GOP are doing all they can to stay in pwr no matter what after the midterms isn't a secret
Voting is our primary plan; it can't be our only plan when dealing w these rogues
"call your state legislators & your gov’s office. Ask them [to make real plans to handle the rogues' grabs]"
Voting is our primary plan; it can't be our only plan when dealing w these rogues
"call your state legislators & your gov’s office. Ask them [to make real plans to handle the rogues' grabs]"
The 2026 Election Has Already Been Rigged and I Can Prove It
In November 2026, Americans will vote in a midterm election.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
That Felon & the GOP are doing all they can to stay in pwr no matter what after the midterms isn't a secret
Voting is our primary plan; it can't be our only plan when dealing w these rogues
"call your state legislators & your gov’s office. Ask them [to make real plans to handle the rogues' grabs]"
Voting is our primary plan; it can't be our only plan when dealing w these rogues
"call your state legislators & your gov’s office. Ask them [to make real plans to handle the rogues' grabs]"
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I mean everyone knows what's he's saying isn't even true. Pitching this on Fox News is one thing but saying this to regular people is gonna piss them off. Like he interrupted Survivor for this. They're gonna lose it
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I mean everyone knows what's he's saying isn't even true. Pitching this on Fox News is one thing but saying this to regular people is gonna piss them off. Like he interrupted Survivor for this. They're gonna lose it
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2013 was the first time in 30 years the Maine shrimp season was canceled. It never reopened (if you had Maine shrimp in the intervening years, it was from the small "test catch" done to see if they could reopen. This year's catch was < 7 pounds).
This is just so sad. We did this.
This is just so sad. We did this.
When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for the long haul after years of decline
Fishing regulators are extending a shutdown for New England’s historic shrimp fishing business, effectively shuttering an industry that fell victim to warming oceans.
www.pressherald.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
2013 was the first time in 30 years the Maine shrimp season was canceled. It never reopened (if you had Maine shrimp in the intervening years, it was from the small "test catch" done to see if they could reopen. This year's catch was < 7 pounds).
This is just so sad. We did this.
This is just so sad. We did this.
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The trump meme coin is the new trump casino.
Pass it on...
Pass it on...
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The trump meme coin is the new trump casino.
Pass it on...
Pass it on...
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Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
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He is the absolute worst of us.
Trump has added new plaques under his ‘presidential walk of fame’ in the White House.
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He is the absolute worst of us.
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McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
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McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
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MAGA’s refusal to extend ACA tax subsidies hurts people like my constituent Rebecca, a cancer survivor who recently lost her job. For Rebecca, giant premium hikes mean she risks missing treatments and losing health insurance altogether.
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
MAGA’s refusal to extend ACA tax subsidies hurts people like my constituent Rebecca, a cancer survivor who recently lost her job. For Rebecca, giant premium hikes mean she risks missing treatments and losing health insurance altogether.
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"I have NOT lost control of the House. There are mechagni- Look. We have the smallest majority in US history. There are procees and procedures in the House that are less frequently used -"
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"I have NOT lost control of the House. There are mechagni- Look. We have the smallest majority in US history. There are procees and procedures in the House that are less frequently used -"
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.