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All I have to say is y’all better bank all of Biden’s victories. Today. Out loud, early and often. This is important because it’s all going to shit for a while. And the last fucking thing I want to hear is “Biden left us with this.” Biden left us with an economy that is the envy of the world.
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All I have to say is y’all better bank all of Biden’s victories. Today. Out loud, early and often. This is important because it’s all going to shit for a while. And the last fucking thing I want to hear is “Biden left us with this.” Biden left us with an economy that is the envy of the world.
November 11, 2024 at 1:03 AM
All I have to say is y’all better bank all of Biden’s victories. Today. Out loud, early and often. This is important because it’s all going to shit for a while. And the last fucking thing I want to hear is “Biden left us with this.” Biden left us with an economy that is the envy of the world.
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
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And if Bessent is correct in his projections, the Fed shouldn’t cut.
You can’t have it both ways.
You can’t have it both ways.
Bessent on the bad jobs report: "If in fact these numbers are true, it shows that President Trump was right about the Fed. They are too late & because of the bad numbers they likely would have been cutting in June ... I believe by the fourth quarter, we are going to see a substantial acceleration"
September 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
And if Bessent is correct in his projections, the Fed shouldn’t cut.
You can’t have it both ways.
You can’t have it both ways.
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Great freaking headline to post, while Ukrainians after russian attack mourns the murder of civilians, including a 2-month-old baby and his mother.
Medics fight to save a pregnant woman and her child.
7 horses killed in an equestrian club near Kyiv by 3(!) drones.
Medics fight to save a pregnant woman and her child.
7 horses killed in an equestrian club near Kyiv by 3(!) drones.
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great freaking headline to post, while Ukrainians after russian attack mourns the murder of civilians, including a 2-month-old baby and his mother.
Medics fight to save a pregnant woman and her child.
7 horses killed in an equestrian club near Kyiv by 3(!) drones.
Medics fight to save a pregnant woman and her child.
7 horses killed in an equestrian club near Kyiv by 3(!) drones.
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The Roberts Court was never going to save us.
Only we can save us.
Only we can save us.
September 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Roberts Court was never going to save us.
Only we can save us.
Only we can save us.
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Donald Trump successfully groped women at two prior U.S. Opens (1997 and 1998). Will he claim another title today? Tune in at 2 pm EDT on ABC and ESPN!
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
September 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Donald Trump successfully groped women at two prior U.S. Opens (1997 and 1998). Will he claim another title today? Tune in at 2 pm EDT on ABC and ESPN!
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Here's gov't shutdown in a nutshell:
GOP needs two things (a) pass budget bill (b) fix ACA cut that will go into effect before midterms.
The Dem strategy is to give the GOP both in exchange for nothing then blame the Dem base for not understanding how good that is.
GOP needs two things (a) pass budget bill (b) fix ACA cut that will go into effect before midterms.
The Dem strategy is to give the GOP both in exchange for nothing then blame the Dem base for not understanding how good that is.
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here's gov't shutdown in a nutshell:
GOP needs two things (a) pass budget bill (b) fix ACA cut that will go into effect before midterms.
The Dem strategy is to give the GOP both in exchange for nothing then blame the Dem base for not understanding how good that is.
GOP needs two things (a) pass budget bill (b) fix ACA cut that will go into effect before midterms.
The Dem strategy is to give the GOP both in exchange for nothing then blame the Dem base for not understanding how good that is.
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My message to Donald Trump is very simple.
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My message to Donald Trump is very simple.
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If a district court judge can’t tell from the court’s order what reasoning a majority used to reach it, there is no precedent.
Plus, shadow docket rulings are often rulings on the “likelihood of success” when the court fully reviews it, so, even if you can figure out the reasoning, what’s it mean?
Plus, shadow docket rulings are often rulings on the “likelihood of success” when the court fully reviews it, so, even if you can figure out the reasoning, what’s it mean?
September 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If a district court judge can’t tell from the court’s order what reasoning a majority used to reach it, there is no precedent.
Plus, shadow docket rulings are often rulings on the “likelihood of success” when the court fully reviews it, so, even if you can figure out the reasoning, what’s it mean?
Plus, shadow docket rulings are often rulings on the “likelihood of success” when the court fully reviews it, so, even if you can figure out the reasoning, what’s it mean?
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This is *literally* what some district court judges have said in opinions! The bad things the Supreme Court is doing through the shadow docket aren’t too difficult to figure out if you take apart each piece of the legal process and describe what it is supposed to accomplish.
Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
Brett Kavanaugh says there’s a good reason Supreme Court rulings can sometimes be so cryptic
In remarks to a judicial conference, Kavanaugh also defended Chief Justice John Roberts.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is *literally* what some district court judges have said in opinions! The bad things the Supreme Court is doing through the shadow docket aren’t too difficult to figure out if you take apart each piece of the legal process and describe what it is supposed to accomplish.
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The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
DOJ deputy chief: government will "redact every Republican" from Epstein client list
The deputy chief later said his comments were not based on what he's learned from his role at the DOJ.
www.axios.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
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DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
September 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
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J.B. Pritzker is 100% right.
Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right.
Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
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Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isn’t white.
*Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
*Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isn’t white.
*Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
*Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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The mental fitness of elderly Presidents has been such an important issue for the media lately, so I expect wall-to-wall coverage of how President Trump has once again thrown a fit about one of his own signature policies, showing no awareness of how it arose or who executed it.
September 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The mental fitness of elderly Presidents has been such an important issue for the media lately, so I expect wall-to-wall coverage of how President Trump has once again thrown a fit about one of his own signature policies, showing no awareness of how it arose or who executed it.
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It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
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I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
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Congrats again to Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told President Donald Trump to expect “announcements” in September around his quest to find the cause of autism, the developmental disorder that affects the brain.
https://to.pbs.org/45RUyGy
https://to.pbs.org/45RUyGy
WATCH: Trump claims 'we maybe know' the cause of autism, teases September announcement
The health secretary had promised the president in April that he would undertake a “research effort” using “scientists from around the world” to determine the cause of the disorder, but the health dep...
www.pbs.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Congrats again to Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins
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Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
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impossible to overstate how quickly republicans wouldve moved to impeach obama or biden had they said this and they wouldve certainly gotten dem support, and this quote would be the only thing being discussed in the media until it happened
August 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
impossible to overstate how quickly republicans wouldve moved to impeach obama or biden had they said this and they wouldve certainly gotten dem support, and this quote would be the only thing being discussed in the media until it happened
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What a waste. I feel bad for these guys. They have lives, families, and jobs. And they’re being used by a cruel, mad, fascist.
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What a waste. I feel bad for these guys. They have lives, families, and jobs. And they’re being used by a cruel, mad, fascist.
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This is probably when Trump stopped being so excited about "his general" Mad Dog Mattis, who later tried to warn the public about what a danger Trump posed. Sadly, a very stupid and oblivious country refused to listen.
Reminded that at President Trump's first cabinet meeting in 2017, when all others heaped praise on the President as they did today, then Sec Def Jim Mattis said this:
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is probably when Trump stopped being so excited about "his general" Mad Dog Mattis, who later tried to warn the public about what a danger Trump posed. Sadly, a very stupid and oblivious country refused to listen.