Byzantine Dixie
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Oma to the best grandkids ever! "May you live to see your children's children". Eastern Orthodox, Bulwark Type Never Trumper.
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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Despicable
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Despicable
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge
I love it when two of my favorite podcasters get together. This time it was David Frum and Sarah Longwell. I can't say enough good things about these two. Listen, enjoy and feed your brain.
MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women
Sarah Longwell on the growing voting divide between the sexes, the 2025 elections, and how Donald Trump remade electoral politics. Plus: David Frum discusses the deal to end the government shutdown an...
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I love it when two of my favorite podcasters get together. This time it was David Frum and Sarah Longwell. I can't say enough good things about these two. Listen, enjoy and feed your brain.
Way back when he was doing the Apprentice my initial reaction was "what a terrible manager he is". I lost interest in the show almost immediately because of this. Had the show been what not to do as a manager, that might have changed things for me. Here he proves my point AGAIN.
Trump threatens to punish air traffic controllers who missed working unpaid days during the shutdown, implies there aren’t patriotic
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Way back when he was doing the Apprentice my initial reaction was "what a terrible manager he is". I lost interest in the show almost immediately because of this. Had the show been what not to do as a manager, that might have changed things for me. Here he proves my point AGAIN.
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If I were a NY voter, I'd remember that Elise Stefanik consciously remade herself as super-Trumpy when that's the way the wind blew. Personally, I'd elect a governor w a solid core.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If I were a NY voter, I'd remember that Elise Stefanik consciously remade herself as super-Trumpy when that's the way the wind blew. Personally, I'd elect a governor w a solid core.
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Sometimes GOP press conferences…
resemble videos where hostages vainly try to send coded messages for help.
resemble videos where hostages vainly try to send coded messages for help.
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sometimes GOP press conferences…
resemble videos where hostages vainly try to send coded messages for help.
resemble videos where hostages vainly try to send coded messages for help.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have so many Bulwark favorites and Will Saletan is near the top of the list.
Don't fall for the Republican excuses about Tuesday's elections. By every measure — militarization, deportation, gerrymandering, job approval, and asking voters whether he affected their decisions — the exit polls show Trump cost his party hundreds of thousands of votes.
Hey, Republicans: Blame Trump
Exit polls show Tuesday’s election was a referendum on the president and his policies.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have so many Bulwark favorites and Will Saletan is near the top of the list.
My NYT daily email: "Democrats, furious about President Trump’s remaking of American government and society, turned out in extraordinary numbers for an off-year election to sweep virtually every competitive race." They need better political analysis. Some of those votes were not made by Democrats.
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My NYT daily email: "Democrats, furious about President Trump’s remaking of American government and society, turned out in extraordinary numbers for an off-year election to sweep virtually every competitive race." They need better political analysis. Some of those votes were not made by Democrats.
"The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others." May we become a good and decent society.
What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others." May we become a good and decent society.
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Great wealth does not equal wisdom. Stop treating monied people like their opinions are of more value than learned people.
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Great wealth does not equal wisdom. Stop treating monied people like their opinions are of more value than learned people.
Generally attributed to Churchill re: the Greeks, "Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks!" For all the Greeks celebrating Όχι Day, today. ζήτω η Ελλάδα! Your example is an inspiration to the rest of us.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Generally attributed to Churchill re: the Greeks, "Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks!" For all the Greeks celebrating Όχι Day, today. ζήτω η Ελλάδα! Your example is an inspiration to the rest of us.
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Maybe repeating but here’s the entire video that manbaby was upset about
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Maybe repeating but here’s the entire video that manbaby was upset about
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Trump is a failing authoritarian whose approval ratings are tanking.
Like any bully, when he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
But what he doesn’t realize is that his authoritarianism and his bullying are waking up America’s great sleeping giant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg
Like any bully, when he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
But what he doesn’t realize is that his authoritarianism and his bullying are waking up America’s great sleeping giant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg
Trump Has Awakened America's Sleeping Giant
Robert Reich
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October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Trump is a failing authoritarian whose approval ratings are tanking.
Like any bully, when he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
But what he doesn’t realize is that his authoritarianism and his bullying are waking up America’s great sleeping giant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg
Like any bully, when he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
But what he doesn’t realize is that his authoritarianism and his bullying are waking up America’s great sleeping giant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg
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SO MANY GREAT posters and costumes for No Kings but this is my absolutely favorite!
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
SO MANY GREAT posters and costumes for No Kings but this is my absolutely favorite!
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This an awesome music video by scaredketchup. He has produce some of the greatest videos monking the Regime. Please support his work!
youtube.com/watch?v=8w3o...
youtube.com/watch?v=8w3o...
NO KINGS 2.0 - The Music Video
YouTube video by scaredketchup
youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This an awesome music video by scaredketchup. He has produce some of the greatest videos monking the Regime. Please support his work!
youtube.com/watch?v=8w3o...
youtube.com/watch?v=8w3o...
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Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
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A Message From The Frog Resistance
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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"...the farthest left, the hardest core..."
Me, looking around at all the grandmas at the protest: yeah dude
Me, looking around at all the grandmas at the protest: yeah dude
October 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"...the farthest left, the hardest core..."
Me, looking around at all the grandmas at the protest: yeah dude
Me, looking around at all the grandmas at the protest: yeah dude
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Schrödinger’s Plenary Authority
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Schrödinger’s Plenary Authority
Who will be our present day Deep Throat? Secrets are difficult to keep. Eventually enough evidence will be gathered and the regime will fall. (Nothing specific. Just enjoying “All the Presidents’ Men” again and hoping.)
September 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Who will be our present day Deep Throat? Secrets are difficult to keep. Eventually enough evidence will be gathered and the regime will fall. (Nothing specific. Just enjoying “All the Presidents’ Men” again and hoping.)
The data doesn’t lie.
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The data doesn’t lie.
This event has exposed so many of my friends/relatives to me. I was saddened for the country and now that sadness hits home in a bitter way. Popehat (now "changes names with the times" hat - follow him just for that) has set my thinking to rights. I am still sad but at least I am not the crazy one.
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This event has exposed so many of my friends/relatives to me. I was saddened for the country and now that sadness hits home in a bitter way. Popehat (now "changes names with the times" hat - follow him just for that) has set my thinking to rights. I am still sad but at least I am not the crazy one.