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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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People just don't get how good Francisco Lindor is. I feel for the Mets (maybe Guards too) fans that have to justify him.

Ranked by post-integration fWAR all-time:
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Look buddy, if we're going down*, we're doing it comfortably, on our own terms.

*because he doesn't have enough ATCs
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:

"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Who will rake the leaves now?!
“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt its National Guard deployment to Washington while a lawsuit over the matter plays out in court… writing that the administration has ‘exceeded the bounds of [its] statutory authority.’” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump administration ordered to halt ‘unlawful’ Guard deployment in D.C.
A judge granted an injunction in D.C.’s lawsuit against Trump’s National Guard deployment, but it won’t take effect for 21 days so that the government can appeal.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
TIL: Fetterman was born and raised in a Barnes & Noble.
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Jeffries responds:
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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President Trump has called for Democrats to be executed for sedition. The voters expect Democrats to come to the table with a real counter-proposal and negotiate a mutually acceptable compromise. That’s doing politics the right way.

-Ezra Klein, New York TImes
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If she talked, it became her sin.

www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Much worse than last September, even if we trust these numbers, which we shouldn’t.

www.jpmorgan.com/insights/mar...
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m ded
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I am obligate to link this post this article:
www.huffpost.com/entry/she-di...
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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We have to outlaw wildfire and invasive plant metaphors until someone can figure out what the hell is going on
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Never miss Phil's work.
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“They were careless people, Olivia and Ryan- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
GOP's War on Christmas
The economy is so bad, Fox News hosts are encouraging people to stop buying gifts for their adult family and friends. So... is this part of the war on Christmas they’re always shouting about?
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Just a reminder that if you want some help figuring out what to do right now, I wrote a book for you. It’s basically organizing 101 with a creative twist!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We've meddled in the affairs of Latin America to our detriment for well over 100 years.

Bret Stephens: This time it's different.
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I’ve been chosen by the cat distribution system. We’ll see if my neighbor tries to fight it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
She’s doesn’t even have a garden? Is the asphalt her garden?
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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"There are about a thousand of us" is devastating.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He’s younger than I am and looks like my dad.
Brendan Carr and I are the same age.
We're ruled by people with all the wit of a snotty 12-year-old: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Also seems like the victims only matter if they’re his voters.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump is lying about her interactions with him — and posted their text exchanges today about the Epstein files.

A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.

So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM