Janelle Lauer
@divaantics.bsky.social
Musician. Music Director. Mom. Not necessarily in that order.
Douche-ald Trump.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were murdered. This is how Trump decided to respond.
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Douche-ald Trump.
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"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
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Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
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“Battered wife” is some real word choice.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: " I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president…I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it all goes away and gets better."
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“Battered wife” is some real word choice.
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Our auction to benefit public media is live at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not just items we mentioned on the show! For the next 3 days, you can bid on things like this neon sign from a sketch about Medspas starring Rachel Dratch, AKA Wanda Jo.
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our auction to benefit public media is live at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not just items we mentioned on the show! For the next 3 days, you can bid on things like this neon sign from a sketch about Medspas starring Rachel Dratch, AKA Wanda Jo.
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"We joke in the office sometimes about Pope Leo being the Bulwark Pope....But his take on movies specifically is so close to my own thinking on the subject I practically bowed my head toward the screen in reverent acknowledgment."
Pope Leo and Theaters as Cathedrals
The power of Christ compels you (to go to the movies).
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"We joke in the office sometimes about Pope Leo being the Bulwark Pope....But his take on movies specifically is so close to my own thinking on the subject I practically bowed my head toward the screen in reverent acknowledgment."
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Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms apnews.com/article/redi...
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms apnews.com/article/redi...
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Congress might - might - be remembering that it is an independent branch of government. www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
MTG Won the Battle. Can She Win the War?
MAGA means never having to say you’re sorry.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Congress might - might - be remembering that it is an independent branch of government. www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
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"The most cleansing outcome of this scandal would be for the MAGA faithful to be brought face-to-face with what lying, shameless lowlifes the people in the Trump crowd are." From the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-maga-r...
The MAGA Revolution Is Eating Its Own
After years of stoking conspiracy theories, Trump and his allies now find themselves unable to dispel one.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The most cleansing outcome of this scandal would be for the MAGA faithful to be brought face-to-face with what lying, shameless lowlifes the people in the Trump crowd are." From the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-maga-r...
Oh my god...can we just not?
Just a pathetic, needy, egomaniacal cult leader
Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Oh my god...can we just not?
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This is a real picture captured in the white house today.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is a real picture captured in the white house today.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Raging narcissist claims that an election that rejected everything he stands for wasn't about him. Good try, Donald. Loser. 😎
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Raging narcissist claims that an election that rejected everything he stands for wasn't about him. Good try, Donald. Loser. 😎
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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
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The line from Mamdani that got the loudest cheers at last night's victory party was this: “New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants—and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”
Vive La Résistance
Waves can be blue after all.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The line from Mamdani that got the loudest cheers at last night's victory party was this: “New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants—and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”
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"If Republicans kill the filibuster, then the gloves come off the minute a Democrat gets to the White House. Say hello to the fifty-first state, Washington, D.C.!" www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
Anatomy of a Wave
Hispanic voters abandoned Republicans and the “Trump 2028” wars are next.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"If Republicans kill the filibuster, then the gloves come off the minute a Democrat gets to the White House. Say hello to the fifty-first state, Washington, D.C.!" www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
WHAT in the ACTUAL fuck????!!! Criminal.
October 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
WHAT in the ACTUAL fuck????!!! Criminal.
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The ballroom *has* to be torn down, because Trump has made it a symbol of an un-American, monarchial conception of the presidency.
@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!
@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The ballroom *has* to be torn down, because Trump has made it a symbol of an un-American, monarchial conception of the presidency.
@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!
@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!
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omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
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"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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"Antifa in 1930s Germany were emphatically not the good guys; they arguably facilitated the Nazis’ rise to power, not only by helping create a culture of political violence but by directing a lot of their energy toward undermining anti-Nazi moderates."
9 Stupid Things People Are Saying About Antifa
A terrorist organization? A fiction? All Democrats? None of the above.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Antifa in 1930s Germany were emphatically not the good guys; they arguably facilitated the Nazis’ rise to power, not only by helping create a culture of political violence but by directing a lot of their energy toward undermining anti-Nazi moderates."
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Katy Tur: Is Marjorie Taylor Greene "an effective voice for the Democrats at this point?”
@timmiller.bsky.social: “Absolutely. I've got no notes for her.”
@timmiller.bsky.social: “Absolutely. I've got no notes for her.”
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Katy Tur: Is Marjorie Taylor Greene "an effective voice for the Democrats at this point?”
@timmiller.bsky.social: “Absolutely. I've got no notes for her.”
@timmiller.bsky.social: “Absolutely. I've got no notes for her.”
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The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism
Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
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"But trust me, a few years from now, this is going to hurt." Governor JB Pritzker discusses future hearings on ICE conduct.
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"But trust me, a few years from now, this is going to hurt." Governor JB Pritzker discusses future hearings on ICE conduct.
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"The president of the United States is choosing to escalate a conflict between the federal government and the state of Illinois into, also, a state-on-state conflict."
It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"The president of the United States is choosing to escalate a conflict between the federal government and the state of Illinois into, also, a state-on-state conflict."
It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
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One week into the shutdown fight the signs of Republican weakness are impossible to miss, up to and including Trump declaring, "We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight
Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One week into the shutdown fight the signs of Republican weakness are impossible to miss, up to and including Trump declaring, "We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...