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This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...

December 17, 2025

'Vanity Fair' Reporter Has Mic Drop Response After White House Claims Awkward Interview Was 'Out Of Context'

December 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

He came with the receipts.

www.comicsands.com

December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM

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Simon Rosenberg

@simonwdc.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”

The Economist, one year ago:

December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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Simon Rosenberg

@simonwdc.bsky.social

There’s only one story tonight - Trump is unwell and unfit. Everything else is just detail.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

We are nearing the end of the Trump era.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

OMG Trump is so gone. We are in a dangerous place.

December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like

Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.

www.theatlantic.com

December 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

Susie Wiles shit-talks sewer clowns. hilarity ensues.

is Wiles a Russian asset?

December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

While President Donald J.

December 16, 2025

December 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

sack of shit mocks beloved icon’s death

shut the fuck up, Piggy

substack.com/@hrichardson...

December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

December 15, 2025

“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.

substack.com

December 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM

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Mike Ryan

@mikeryan.bsky.social

This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...

Seth Remembers Rob Reiner

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

youtu.be

December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM

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Mark Joseph Stern

@mjsdc.bsky.social

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

utterly incapable of grace

December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

‘things can happen’ — Preznit Fuckwit once again fails to meet the moment

Donny is incapable of a human response to tragedy

December 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.

December 14, 2025

December 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is

none of it is normal

December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

this week in stupid: December 13 edition

Glenn Beck wrecks it, Donny bedecks it, and so much more...

December 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.

December 12, 2025

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

December 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland

Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers

www.theguardian.com

December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

Donny’s very shitty week ends with new Epstein photos released

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

December 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

A sitting Republican Congressman in good standing said this, tweeted it out from his own account, and not a peep of outrage.

Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?

December 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

On Tuesday, President Donald J.

December 11, 2025

open.substack.com/pub/luciantr...

December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

This is what it must be like to live in North Korea

Somehow, we haven’t been told who or how or when, but someone in the White House talked Trump into struggling up the stairs into his big 747 Air Force One that he doesn’t like anymore, and going somep...

December 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

a war for oil, but with morons

get ready to throw flowers, Venezuela, Donny’s coming to liberate you

December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...

December 10, 2025

December 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM

Donna Baber

@donnababer20.bsky.social

we could all use a good news Wednesday

Democrats continue to rack up victories