MLC
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my allegiance is to the republic, to democracy | opinions my own
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
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Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
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Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.
October 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.
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something that's cool with this admin is basically anyone can say whatever about anything because there is no coherent messaging control and so you get the Treasury Secretary undercutting Article 5 while SECSTATE/APNSA talks about economic policy and the commerce secretary announces new visas
Bessent on why US troops won't get involved in defending Europe: "As I told my European counterparts about two weeks ago, 'All I hear from you is that Putin wants to march into Warsaw. The one thing I'm sure of is that Putin isn't marching into Boston.'"
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
something that's cool with this admin is basically anyone can say whatever about anything because there is no coherent messaging control and so you get the Treasury Secretary undercutting Article 5 while SECSTATE/APNSA talks about economic policy and the commerce secretary announces new visas
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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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These are right-wing terror events I covered just from 2017 to 2023. It's not even close to comprehensive. The government's trying to erase this history.
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
These are right-wing terror events I covered just from 2017 to 2023. It's not even close to comprehensive. The government's trying to erase this history.
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the white house does not belong to donald trump
Public tours of the White House have been suspended indefinitely because of planned construction on a massive ballroom expected to start next month.
While cancellations happen frequently, a hiatus that could stretch months or years is rare.
While cancellations happen frequently, a hiatus that could stretch months or years is rare.
White House tours canceled indefinitely because of Trump’s ballroom
The White House has canceled tours for September, and it’s unclear when the long-standing tradition will resume.
wapo.st
August 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the white house does not belong to donald trump
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What's so clear here -- and so terrifying -- is that these cops view themselves as Trump's goons and know that Trump will let them get away with anything. www.thehandbasket.co/p/federal-ag...
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country
Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What's so clear here -- and so terrifying -- is that these cops view themselves as Trump's goons and know that Trump will let them get away with anything. www.thehandbasket.co/p/federal-ag...
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The propagandists running the @DHSgov account are deliberately pushing thinly-veiled neo-Nazi material through the official communications channels of the U.S. government. Their goal is stirring outrage (to which they will express fake outrage) and signaling to their followers where they're going.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The propagandists running the @DHSgov account are deliberately pushing thinly-veiled neo-Nazi material through the official communications channels of the U.S. government. Their goal is stirring outrage (to which they will express fake outrage) and signaling to their followers where they're going.
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recall which side MPD took on January 6th
Weirdly, Trump is arguing against more police for MPD. "I heard 3,500 police. That’s a lot of police. I thought they were going to say we only have 30 policemen. We need more. You don’t need more. That’s an army," he says. Trump instead says D.C. needs "rough police."
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
recall which side MPD took on January 6th
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if you are worth billions of dollars — a sum that makes you wealthier than any king in antiquity — you already *have* been incentivized. you have been allowed, by the state and by your fellow citizens, to escape any material concern except death, a condition entirely unique to the modern era.
Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
August 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
if you are worth billions of dollars — a sum that makes you wealthier than any king in antiquity — you already *have* been incentivized. you have been allowed, by the state and by your fellow citizens, to escape any material concern except death, a condition entirely unique to the modern era.
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Once again, ~35 years ago, a GOP POTUS led an international coalition, under UN auspices, to reverse the unprovoked violation of territorial sovereignty of another country. Now, the GOP is a far right authoritarian party that endorses “earning” other states’ sovereign territory “on the battlefield.”
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker on Ukraine's territorial concessions: "No big chunks or sections are going to be just given that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield."
August 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Once again, ~35 years ago, a GOP POTUS led an international coalition, under UN auspices, to reverse the unprovoked violation of territorial sovereignty of another country. Now, the GOP is a far right authoritarian party that endorses “earning” other states’ sovereign territory “on the battlefield.”
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appropriate that the calvinists are now moving toward a vision of god as tyrannical leader of a cult of personality
August 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
appropriate that the calvinists are now moving toward a vision of god as tyrannical leader of a cult of personality
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.
‘Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation
YouTube video by MSNBC
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July 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.
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The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants released from immigration custody to instead detain them in state-run prison camps.
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US states to get $608 million from FEMA to build migrant detention centers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration's push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants released from immigration custody to instead detain them in state-run prison camps.
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.
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Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...