Connor Ruggles
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I'd also note they already invalidated Section 3 that says that you can't hold federal office if you engaged in insurrection against the United States. These are not judges impartially applying the law. They are racist despots who despise American progress. (3/3)
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'd also note they already invalidated Section 3 that says that you can't hold federal office if you engaged in insurrection against the United States. These are not judges impartially applying the law. They are racist despots who despise American progress. (3/3)
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Why would any legislator vote for a budget the executive will ignore?
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
The White House is canceling food research funding popular with the GOP despite budget chief Russell Vought's promise to leave that money untouched.
Trump cancels food research funding popular with Republicans
Budget chief Russell Vought proposed cutting $72 million for universities after promising lawmakers the funding would remain untouched.
www.politico.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Why would any legislator vote for a budget the executive will ignore?
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
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yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats
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once again trump’s great political asset is that voters literally do not believe anything he says
supreme court please stunt on these people and allow Trump to nuke their finances
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
once again trump’s great political asset is that voters literally do not believe anything he says
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this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen
September 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen
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RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children
New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.
www.wsj.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
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I will go to my deathbed, which god willing will be in like seven decades, absolutely hating these people for their sheer hubris and decadence. We had the world, and they are risking it all because they can't see past the bridge of their nose shoved up their ass
The thing that's astounding is they don't seem to understand how what they're exactly playing at, their cowardice actually increases their personal risk! Their entire being is predicted on the stability and order that they are choosing to compromise!
American elites are deeply corrupt scum. Dimon fluffing the GOP Senate caucus today was a perfect example of it.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I will go to my deathbed, which god willing will be in like seven decades, absolutely hating these people for their sheer hubris and decadence. We had the world, and they are risking it all because they can't see past the bridge of their nose shoved up their ass
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shoutout to ben shapiro for being sincerely interested in moving past racism
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
shoutout to ben shapiro for being sincerely interested in moving past racism
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"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
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More tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
More tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
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Which is to say a functional democracy can’t just give the people what they want. It has to call people, in their capacity as citizens, to be their better selves and want decent things. And maybe there’s an unseemly whiff of aristocracy around that, but it looks like maybe it’s not optional.
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Which is to say a functional democracy can’t just give the people what they want. It has to call people, in their capacity as citizens, to be their better selves and want decent things. And maybe there’s an unseemly whiff of aristocracy around that, but it looks like maybe it’s not optional.
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Look, at some level you cannot have a functioning democracy where both parties presuppose an electorate of selfish, ignorant louts and compete to offer them the best array of goodies, which is more or less what “focus on kitchen table issues” means. You have to activate some kind of civic impulse.
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Look, at some level you cannot have a functioning democracy where both parties presuppose an electorate of selfish, ignorant louts and compete to offer them the best array of goodies, which is more or less what “focus on kitchen table issues” means. You have to activate some kind of civic impulse.
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The Constitution explicitly DENIES SCOTUS original jurisdiction over nearly all matters, but the court is usurping the functions of a court of original jurisdiction.
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Constitution explicitly DENIES SCOTUS original jurisdiction over nearly all matters, but the court is usurping the functions of a court of original jurisdiction.
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oh i forgot about hochman. that's probably the nazi who wrote this www.liberalcurrents.com/missouri-sen...
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi Staffer
Nathan Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign for making a transparently neoNazi video featuring the Governor, and has only doubled down on his white nationalism since.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
oh i forgot about hochman. that's probably the nazi who wrote this www.liberalcurrents.com/missouri-sen...
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NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
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this is exactly right. it's the same stupid bet every republican has made since 2015.
SCOTUS thought they could ride the tiger and get what they wanted ideologically. In exchange, they would give him everything he wanted except the Fed. Just leave the Fed alone and you can ignore all federal law. But it ended the same way it has for everyone who tried to ride the tiger since 2016.
August 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
this is exactly right. it's the same stupid bet every republican has made since 2015.
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Question for Kukathas: Why *not* just open borders? Control is costly. Immigration has enormous benefits. When we frame immigration as a problem, we just cede the narrative of the far right. Why not create a narrative of inclusive liberal cosmopolitanism? #LibCon2025
Chandra Kukathas: "The more vigorously you want to control immigration, the more vigorously you have to control your own citizens." #LibCon2025
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Question for Kukathas: Why *not* just open borders? Control is costly. Immigration has enormous benefits. When we frame immigration as a problem, we just cede the narrative of the far right. Why not create a narrative of inclusive liberal cosmopolitanism? #LibCon2025
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the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
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July 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump and Vance envision a world of tiered citizenship, each in his own way, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience. The best traditions of our country make this difficult. And so they have found refuge in our worst,” writes Jamelle Bouie.
“Trump and Vance envision a world of tiered citizenship, each in his own way, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience. The best traditions of our country make this difficult. And so they have found refuge in our worst,” writes Jamelle Bouie.
Opinion | JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own
The vice president envisions a world of tiered citizenship, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump and Vance envision a world of tiered citizenship, each in his own way, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience. The best traditions of our country make this difficult. And so they have found refuge in our worst,” writes Jamelle Bouie.
“Trump and Vance envision a world of tiered citizenship, each in his own way, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience. The best traditions of our country make this difficult. And so they have found refuge in our worst,” writes Jamelle Bouie.
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Easily the funniest Republican politicians are the ones who issue a grand statement like “My party has left me, I cannot abide by this extremism, and thus I will not be seeking reelection,” and then immediately revert to obedient little boy form and do whatever Trump asks. Pathetic.
And Tillis confirms that he will vote for Bove.
July 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Easily the funniest Republican politicians are the ones who issue a grand statement like “My party has left me, I cannot abide by this extremism, and thus I will not be seeking reelection,” and then immediately revert to obedient little boy form and do whatever Trump asks. Pathetic.
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Republican in Congress once again proving to be incompetent evil morons
President Donald Trump told a room full of Republican lawmakers that he will fire Federal Reseve Chairman Jerome Powell, after receiving approval from them to make the move, a senior White House official told CNBC.
Trump 'likely' will fire Fed Chair Powell 'soon,' White House official says
President Donald Trump told a room full of Republican lawmakers that he will fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
cnb.cx
July 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Republican in Congress once again proving to be incompetent evil morons