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Trump Gave 300 Babies HIV
He's also starving people, spreading malaria, and creating new allies for China
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Doing all this without warning - The staggering cruelty, and the complete lack of humanity, or decency, are heartbreaking open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
Why Trump’s Viciousness Matters
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Suki Herr on Paul Krugman
No one has done more to disprove the idea of white male superiority than Donald Trump.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why Trump’s Viciousness Matters
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That fear you have, that maybe even small decision to limit what you say or where you go, even for US citizens, it means we’re living under authoritarianism.
We're going from "foreign tourists afraid to visit the US" to "US citizens afraid to go abroad because of what could happen when they return to their own country"
April 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Perhaps the only way to save democracy in the US and freedom in Europe is to lose all hope now.
Perhaps the only way to save democracy in the US and freedom in Europe is to lose all hope now.
Hope Is A Bad Thing, Maybe The Worst Of Things
Hope With Trump Is A Literal Killer
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March 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Perhaps the only way to save democracy in the US and freedom in Europe is to lose all hope now.
Perhaps the only way to save democracy in the US and freedom in Europe is to lose all hope now.
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Trump is admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians.
This is the official position of the US Government and through that the people of the US
Trump is admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians.
This is the official position of the US Government and through that the people of the US
Weekend Update #123: The Week The USA Started Killing Ukrainians
Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia
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March 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Trump is admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians.
This is the official position of the US Government and through that the people of the US
Trump is admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians.
This is the official position of the US Government and through that the people of the US
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And there we have it—conservative argumentation is now simply whatever Trump wants, whether that is true or not is irrelevant, whether it is in US interest or not completely unimportant.
And there we have it—conservative argumentation is now simply whatever Trump wants, whether that is true or not is irrelevant, whether it is in US interest or not completely unimportant.
Phillips P. OBrien | Substack
Professor of Strategic Studies, @univofstandrew. Writing about grand strategy, war, history, Romanesque and Baroque buildings I love, Sicily, and pretty much anything else that takes my fancy.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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And there we have it—conservative argumentation is now simply whatever Trump wants, whether that is true or not is irrelevant, whether it is in US interest or not completely unimportant.
And there we have it—conservative argumentation is now simply whatever Trump wants, whether that is true or not is irrelevant, whether it is in US interest or not completely unimportant.
Two trees in the vast forest of lies:
Ukraine started the war!
Zelenski started the argument!
Ukraine started the war!
Zelenski started the argument!
March 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Two trees in the vast forest of lies:
Ukraine started the war!
Zelenski started the argument!
Ukraine started the war!
Zelenski started the argument!
Might as well hang a Russian flag in the Oval Office now, get it over with
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Might as well hang a Russian flag in the Oval Office now, get it over with
What happened today in the Oval Office, in addition to being wrong and completely disgusting, was 100% a Putin set up.
Mission accomplished Vladimir!
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Mission accomplished Vladimir!
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What happened today in the Oval Office, in addition to being wrong and completely disgusting, was 100% a Putin set up.
Mission accomplished Vladimir!
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Mission accomplished Vladimir!
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Doing all this without warning - The staggering cruelty, and the complete lack of humanity, or decency, are heartbreaking open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
Trump Gave 300 Babies HIV
He's also starving people, spreading malaria, and creating new allies for China
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Doing all this without warning - The staggering cruelty, and the complete lack of humanity, or decency, are heartbreaking open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
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Americans don't do history.
That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.
That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.
February 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Americans don't do history.
That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.
That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.
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not to downplay the ugliness of this but this is the equivalent of busywork. they are giving him executive orders to sign so that it feels like he’s doing something.
Insanity — Trump signs an order blaming Biden and DEI for flight dangers
January 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
not to downplay the ugliness of this but this is the equivalent of busywork. they are giving him executive orders to sign so that it feels like he’s doing something.
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Bringing a pen to a gunfight is not working. They can believe in lofty ideals all they want but they need power to implement. The GOP figured this out 25 years ago.
January 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Bringing a pen to a gunfight is not working. They can believe in lofty ideals all they want but they need power to implement. The GOP figured this out 25 years ago.
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Not sure why every story on this subject doesn't lead with Trump firing people responsible for air safety
January 31, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Not sure why every story on this subject doesn't lead with Trump firing people responsible for air safety
What kind of husband doesn't FFS?
January 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What kind of husband doesn't FFS?
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I nspectors general
M ust not be fired by a
P resident unless there has
E lapsed a period of 30 days
A fter notification was sent to
C ongress, you absolute
H orror show.
M ust not be fired by a
P resident unless there has
E lapsed a period of 30 days
A fter notification was sent to
C ongress, you absolute
H orror show.
Back in 2020, Trump fired 5 inspectors general over the course of two months.
At the time, @amandacarpenter.bsky.social wrote in The Bulwark, "had Trump fired all of the inspectors general in a single night, it might have aroused more outrage."
Now comes news he fired 17 all at once tonight—
At the time, @amandacarpenter.bsky.social wrote in The Bulwark, "had Trump fired all of the inspectors general in a single night, it might have aroused more outrage."
Now comes news he fired 17 all at once tonight—
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I nspectors general
M ust not be fired by a
P resident unless there has
E lapsed a period of 30 days
A fter notification was sent to
C ongress, you absolute
H orror show.
M ust not be fired by a
P resident unless there has
E lapsed a period of 30 days
A fter notification was sent to
C ongress, you absolute
H orror show.
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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
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They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.