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"While Trump may want to be a king, it is still up to us, as Americans, whether we treat him like one..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
Opinion | All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"While Trump may want to be a king, it is still up to us, as Americans, whether we treat him like one..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
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Social Security and Medicaid aren’t red or blue—they’re dignity or despair.
HANDS OFF these life-saving programs!
HANDS OFF these life-saving programs!
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Social Security and Medicaid aren’t red or blue—they’re dignity or despair.
HANDS OFF these life-saving programs!
HANDS OFF these life-saving programs!
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This is all going to come down to who controls the military. Dems better start polling senior military to find out what side they will be on. Do they support suborning their oath and the constitution? Or will they stand with the people and help throw the bum out? Violence is in our future.
August 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is all going to come down to who controls the military. Dems better start polling senior military to find out what side they will be on. Do they support suborning their oath and the constitution? Or will they stand with the people and help throw the bum out? Violence is in our future.
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You have to lock up everyone around Trump as soon as the regime is brought down. Especially Miller. Life in prison for all.
August 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You have to lock up everyone around Trump as soon as the regime is brought down. Especially Miller. Life in prison for all.
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"Those kids have to come home first because otherwise you send a message that kids can be a bargaining chip..." Senator Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com explains that the return of Ukrainian children stolen by Vladimir Putin is more than just a matter of humanity and decency.
Watch:
Watch:
August 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Those kids have to come home first because otherwise you send a message that kids can be a bargaining chip..." Senator Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com explains that the return of Ukrainian children stolen by Vladimir Putin is more than just a matter of humanity and decency.
Watch:
Watch:
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Worth a read. 🔽
Given that the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the Trump Administration has denied immigrants their constitutional due process right, one would think that would be good and sufficient reason for local city & state governments not to assist in that endeavor, no?
Given that the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the Trump Administration has denied immigrants their constitutional due process right, one would think that would be good and sufficient reason for local city & state governments not to assist in that endeavor, no?
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Worth a read. 🔽
Given that the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the Trump Administration has denied immigrants their constitutional due process right, one would think that would be good and sufficient reason for local city & state governments not to assist in that endeavor, no?
Given that the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the Trump Administration has denied immigrants their constitutional due process right, one would think that would be good and sufficient reason for local city & state governments not to assist in that endeavor, no?
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"It is a clear sign that this administration picked somebody who they think is unqualified and incapable of doing the job." @weissmann.substack.com reads between the lines on why the FBI needed a co-deputy director for Dan Bongino. (Rep. Goldman suggests what else might be going on.)
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"It is a clear sign that this administration picked somebody who they think is unqualified and incapable of doing the job." @weissmann.substack.com reads between the lines on why the FBI needed a co-deputy director for Dan Bongino. (Rep. Goldman suggests what else might be going on.)
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BREAKING: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey breaks state Republican supermajority with Senate special election win
August 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
BREAKING: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey breaks state Republican supermajority with Senate special election win
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Psaki: The firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook "is a part of a larger pattern of Trump attempting to grab power ... He wants interest rates to rise and fall at his command, so he can juice the economy whenever he wants to for short term political gain."
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Psaki: The firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook "is a part of a larger pattern of Trump attempting to grab power ... He wants interest rates to rise and fall at his command, so he can juice the economy whenever he wants to for short term political gain."
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"Scapegoat and a diversion" is how Sen. Elizabeth Warren casts Trump's firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook. "When the economy is slipping sideways, when costs are going up, to say it's their fault and not Donald Trump's fault."
August 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Scapegoat and a diversion" is how Sen. Elizabeth Warren casts Trump's firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook. "When the economy is slipping sideways, when costs are going up, to say it's their fault and not Donald Trump's fault."
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"They at one time were against this." Indiana State Sen. Shelli Yoder says her Republican colleagues have begun to fold on their resistance to redistricting. "Slowly they've been falling in line."
August 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"They at one time were against this." Indiana State Sen. Shelli Yoder says her Republican colleagues have begun to fold on their resistance to redistricting. "Slowly they've been falling in line."
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"Acosta took what was a prepared, 60-count federal indictment that could have landed Epstein in prison for the rest of this life many times over, and turned it into the sweetest plea bargain in the world." Rep. Raskin previews why congressional Democrats are so eager to hear from Alex Acosta.
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"Acosta took what was a prepared, 60-count federal indictment that could have landed Epstein in prison for the rest of this life many times over, and turned it into the sweetest plea bargain in the world." Rep. Raskin previews why congressional Democrats are so eager to hear from Alex Acosta.
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Psaki: "If you have to keep telling people you aren’t a dictator, maybe your actions are getting a little dictator-y."
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Psaki: "If you have to keep telling people you aren’t a dictator, maybe your actions are getting a little dictator-y."
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ELECTION RESULT from Alabama: Paul Prine, the former police chief of Mobile who was fired last year while facing a damning report about his department’s use of force against Black residents, has lost the mayoral race.
He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
August 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
ELECTION RESULT from Alabama: Paul Prine, the former police chief of Mobile who was fired last year while facing a damning report about his department’s use of force against Black residents, has lost the mayoral race.
He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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An expansive network of labor juggernauts and Democratic-aligned groups is pledging to help the campaign to gerrymander California’s congressional map with its ground game and field operation.
'Champing at the bit': Newsom's labor allies plan redistricting ground game
Powerhouse California unions and advocacy groups are gearing up for a massive campaign.
www.politico.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
An expansive network of labor juggernauts and Democratic-aligned groups is pledging to help the campaign to gerrymander California’s congressional map with its ground game and field operation.
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Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland www.politico.eu/article/cove...
Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland
“We do not spy on friends,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says.
www.politico.eu
August 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland www.politico.eu/article/cove...
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The televised multi-hour "Dear Mr. President, are you a great president or the greatest president?" cabinet meetings are just such an embarrassment for everyone involved. All the bad politics aside, these people have no self-respect.
August 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The televised multi-hour "Dear Mr. President, are you a great president or the greatest president?" cabinet meetings are just such an embarrassment for everyone involved. All the bad politics aside, these people have no self-respect.
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THIS is the guy that Donald Trump has sent to Moscow multiple times to negotiate on behalf of the United States. And he talks about “peace through strength”. THIS is strength? THIS is our tough negotiator? Zero foreign policy or diplomatic experience. To deal with Putin. Sheesh.
August 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
THIS is the guy that Donald Trump has sent to Moscow multiple times to negotiate on behalf of the United States. And he talks about “peace through strength”. THIS is strength? THIS is our tough negotiator? Zero foreign policy or diplomatic experience. To deal with Putin. Sheesh.
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Absolutely NO LIES TOLD....
August 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Absolutely NO LIES TOLD....
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I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
August 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
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First, they came for John Bolton
And I did speak out
Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache,
I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
And I did speak out
Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache,
I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
First, they came for John Bolton
And I did speak out
Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache,
I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
And I did speak out
Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache,
I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.