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America needs more patriots like Senator Mark Kelly and fewer miserable cowards like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
Sen. Mark Kelly facing military investigation after clashing with Trump
A statement from the Pentagon said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
America needs more patriots like Senator Mark Kelly and fewer miserable cowards like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
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#ResistanceEarth
Beavers, nature's engineers, excel at building habitat for land- and water-dwelling species. Turns out, the wetlands beavers create are also good for bats and pollinator insects that are under threat due to climate change and habitat loss.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Beavers, nature's engineers, excel at building habitat for land- and water-dwelling species. Turns out, the wetlands beavers create are also good for bats and pollinator insects that are under threat due to climate change and habitat loss.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Beavers are Dam Good for Biodiversity, Bringing Bats, Butterflies and Other Critters to Their Neighborhoods
Two new studies suggest that the semi-aquatic rodents provide food and habitat for bats and pollinator insects within their engineered ecosystems
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#ResistanceEarth
Beavers, nature's engineers, excel at building habitat for land- and water-dwelling species. Turns out, the wetlands beavers create are also good for bats and pollinator insects that are under threat due to climate change and habitat loss.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Beavers, nature's engineers, excel at building habitat for land- and water-dwelling species. Turns out, the wetlands beavers create are also good for bats and pollinator insects that are under threat due to climate change and habitat loss.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
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Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.
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MAGAs are so racist they made up a lie to scare Americans about Obama being a socialist and secret Muslim born in Kenya—and karma responded by electing a Ugandan born Muslim and proud democratic socialist to mayor of New York City.😅
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
MAGAs are so racist they made up a lie to scare Americans about Obama being a socialist and secret Muslim born in Kenya—and karma responded by electing a Ugandan born Muslim and proud democratic socialist to mayor of New York City.😅
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
I originally came across this image in 2016. With the east wing now demolished, it feels more literal :-(
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I originally came across this image in 2016. With the east wing now demolished, it feels more literal :-(
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ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
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Day 16 of the Trump shutdown, where every day feels like a year for American citizens.
#TrumpShutdownBadForUS
#TrumpShutdownBadForUS
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Day 16 of the Trump shutdown, where every day feels like a year for American citizens.
#TrumpShutdownBadForUS
#TrumpShutdownBadForUS
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Stephen froze like a deer in the headlights and pretended to have connection issues because he unintentionally gave away the game plan.
“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."
Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.
“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."
Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stephen froze like a deer in the headlights and pretended to have connection issues because he unintentionally gave away the game plan.
“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."
Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.
“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."
Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.
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When you have an administration that so constantly, shamelessly, openly lies, pretty soon there’s no faith in any information streams coming from the administration, so there’s no way to convey true information in a way that lands right, which leads to more chaos.
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When you have an administration that so constantly, shamelessly, openly lies, pretty soon there’s no faith in any information streams coming from the administration, so there’s no way to convey true information in a way that lands right, which leads to more chaos.
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
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If you’re wondering why real incomes are collapsing, here’s one reason:
“.. almost 14% of workers are getting no raises.”
(via MetLife)
“.. almost 14% of workers are getting no raises.”
(via MetLife)
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If you’re wondering why real incomes are collapsing, here’s one reason:
“.. almost 14% of workers are getting no raises.”
(via MetLife)
“.. almost 14% of workers are getting no raises.”
(via MetLife)
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There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
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Vance: We launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on a hunch.
WELKER: Do you and President Trump trust the US intelligence community and its assessments?
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Vance: We launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on a hunch.
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The argument is “we started a war because we felt like it” because they know the servile Republican Party will defend literally anything they do
WELKER: Do you and President Trump trust the US intelligence community and its assessments?
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
June 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The argument is “we started a war because we felt like it” because they know the servile Republican Party will defend literally anything they do
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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In a similar vein, I’d like to urge Van Jones to go fuck himself.
CNN’s Van Jones urges “progressives” to “get on board” with bombing Iran:
“I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is. Iran is not a normal country,” he said on air.
Jones did not share whether he considers Israel—an apartheid state currently committing genocide—a “normal country.”
“I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is. Iran is not a normal country,” he said on air.
Jones did not share whether he considers Israel—an apartheid state currently committing genocide—a “normal country.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In a similar vein, I’d like to urge Van Jones to go fuck himself.
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We have to stop talking about him as if he is he is a man who has the ability to understand diplomacy or military tactics….or anything else for that matter. He is a pathological narcissist with limited cognitive functioning. No one should discuss him with any other lens.
Or maybe he’s psychologically incapable of acting and speaking on anything but pure impulse.
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We have to stop talking about him as if he is he is a man who has the ability to understand diplomacy or military tactics….or anything else for that matter. He is a pathological narcissist with limited cognitive functioning. No one should discuss him with any other lens.
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
June 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.
Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.