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MAJOR BREAKING: Despite Trump's threats, the Indiana State Senate has REJECTED the Trump-backed 9-0 gerrymandered map, leaving the existing 7-2 map in place.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
MAJOR BREAKING: Despite Trump's threats, the Indiana State Senate has REJECTED the Trump-backed 9-0 gerrymandered map, leaving the existing 7-2 map in place.
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Trump's deranged threat to fire federal workers and his killing of NY-NJ project are backfiring: Both are now big issues in VA-NJ gov races!
And new CNBC poll shows indys blaming Trump/GOP over Dems by 58-21.
On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social explains all this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
And new CNBC poll shows indys blaming Trump/GOP over Dems by 58-21.
On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social explains all this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
Trump’s Fury at Dems Goes Nuclear as Crushing New Shutdown Poll Hits
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
newrepublic.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump's deranged threat to fire federal workers and his killing of NY-NJ project are backfiring: Both are now big issues in VA-NJ gov races!
And new CNBC poll shows indys blaming Trump/GOP over Dems by 58-21.
On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social explains all this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
And new CNBC poll shows indys blaming Trump/GOP over Dems by 58-21.
On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social explains all this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
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You may be living in an absolutely racist country when 13-year-old Black boys are tried and sentenced as adults, but white dudes who *are* adults are called "kids" by JD Vance to shield them from culpability.
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You may be living in an absolutely racist country when 13-year-old Black boys are tried and sentenced as adults, but white dudes who *are* adults are called "kids" by JD Vance to shield them from culpability.
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The FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...
DOJ Shut Down Probe Into Alleged Tom Homan Bribe: Report
A bombshell new report claims Tom Homan was being investigated for allegedly accepting a $50,000 bribe before the Trump DOJ shut it down.
www.mediaite.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...
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Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.
nyti.ms
September 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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We just want to say thank you to everyone who’s taken action! So far, three doxxing websites and one app have been successfully taken down.
Doxxing is illegal in the United States, and so are true threats. Several MAGA-affiliated individuals have already been arrested for making violent threats.
Doxxing is illegal in the United States, and so are true threats. Several MAGA-affiliated individuals have already been arrested for making violent threats.
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We just want to say thank you to everyone who’s taken action! So far, three doxxing websites and one app have been successfully taken down.
Doxxing is illegal in the United States, and so are true threats. Several MAGA-affiliated individuals have already been arrested for making violent threats.
Doxxing is illegal in the United States, and so are true threats. Several MAGA-affiliated individuals have already been arrested for making violent threats.
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Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
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Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
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The years pass, but their heroism and loss on this terrible day 24 years ago does not. As always, I pause to pray for Terry Hatton of FDNY Rescue 1, Barbara Olson, and FDNY Chaplin Father Mychal Judge, OFM.
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The years pass, but their heroism and loss on this terrible day 24 years ago does not. As always, I pause to pray for Terry Hatton of FDNY Rescue 1, Barbara Olson, and FDNY Chaplin Father Mychal Judge, OFM.
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Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
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NEW:
"War is here"
With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
"War is here"
With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
‘War Is Here’: The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence
Prominent far-right figures and elected officials have called for vengeance following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
www.wired.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
NEW:
"War is here"
With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
"War is here"
With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
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Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
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I call on media to REFUSE the framing pushed by right wing chaos agents like Cernovitch & Rufo on this act of what appears to be political violence. The Democratic former Speaker of the Minnesota House was assasinated along with/her husband. The killers was hunting Dems. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Minnesota shooting suspect had a list of dozens of potential Democratic targets, prosecutors say
All of the politicians named in his writing were Democrats, including more than 45 state and federal officials in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I call on media to REFUSE the framing pushed by right wing chaos agents like Cernovitch & Rufo on this act of what appears to be political violence. The Democratic former Speaker of the Minnesota House was assasinated along with/her husband. The killers was hunting Dems. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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“Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting suspect.”
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado leaves several students hurt; suspect among those injured
Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting s...
www.cbsnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting suspect.”
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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To everyone else, it’s time to fight back however you can.
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
nokings.org
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
nokings.org
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
September 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
To everyone else, it’s time to fight back however you can.
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
nokings.org
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
nokings.org
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
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“[Bill] Pulte got his job in the administration about three years after his wife, Diana Pulte, donated $500,000 to a super PAC backing Trump. The donation was channeled through a Delaware shell company, ML Organization LLC, that Bill Pulte controlled.”
The “Mini-Trump” attacking Lisa Cook had paperwork problems of his own
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump's political enemies.
www.motherjones.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“[Bill] Pulte got his job in the administration about three years after his wife, Diana Pulte, donated $500,000 to a super PAC backing Trump. The donation was channeled through a Delaware shell company, ML Organization LLC, that Bill Pulte controlled.”
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Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
August 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
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European leaders dropping everything, last minute, to rally behind Zelensky in Washington is one of the Continent’s finest political moments this century.
August 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
European leaders dropping everything, last minute, to rally behind Zelensky in Washington is one of the Continent’s finest political moments this century.
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!! DC MUSIC FESTIVAL CONFIRMED !!
A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Aug 13th 6:30pm
37 Randle Circle SE
A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Aug 13th 6:30pm
37 Randle Circle SE
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
!! DC MUSIC FESTIVAL CONFIRMED !!
A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Aug 13th 6:30pm
37 Randle Circle SE
A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Aug 13th 6:30pm
37 Randle Circle SE
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BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.”
August 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.”
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Let me expand on points raised in this thread. A great bulk of the internal conduct of the federal govt is governed by admin procedures, norm or laws that have no criminal penalties attached to them. The use of IRS/tax payer info is a major exception to that. The law envisions various ways ...
As expected, dispute appears to be over White House demands to break the law. These aren't 'disputes'. Law is clear on this. Only mystery is how it was that Long, a very Trumpy guy and not part of the ethics community, seems to have not gone along, or not enough.
🚨 WaPo EXCLUSIVE
Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.
Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.
August 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Let me expand on points raised in this thread. A great bulk of the internal conduct of the federal govt is governed by admin procedures, norm or laws that have no criminal penalties attached to them. The use of IRS/tax payer info is a major exception to that. The law envisions various ways ...