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in case you are interested, the respondents to your request/? have proven there will inevitably be an insistence by some to only hear Mamdani's first sentence and not the second (a betrayal) and a media who will elevate the discord over "distracting juvenalia". You're welcome.
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
in case you are interested, the respondents to your request/? have proven there will inevitably be an insistence by some to only hear Mamdani's first sentence and not the second (a betrayal) and a media who will elevate the discord over "distracting juvenalia". You're welcome.
nah, those are irrelevant, just the extent of reform vs abolish. if you are willing to trumpet the ability of other nations to enforce then you are "reform" as opposed to "abolish".
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 AM
nah, those are irrelevant, just the extent of reform vs abolish. if you are willing to trumpet the ability of other nations to enforce then you are "reform" as opposed to "abolish".
and at this point, they'd insist on voting Democrat, since the "uninterrupted succession" they fear is clearly the GOP.
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
and at this point, they'd insist on voting Democrat, since the "uninterrupted succession" they fear is clearly the GOP.
You are a dumb O-4... you should read the rest and acknowledge the 'podcasters' understood modern weapons not at all.
The podcasters would say "vote!"
The podcasters would say "vote!"
January 20, 2026 at 11:57 PM
You are a dumb O-4... you should read the rest and acknowledge the 'podcasters' understood modern weapons not at all.
The podcasters would say "vote!"
The podcasters would say "vote!"
yes it is. and necessary to the discussion. Your answer to my question please.
January 20, 2026 at 9:52 PM
yes it is. and necessary to the discussion. Your answer to my question please.
yes, so Abolish ICE or Reform ICE?
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
yes, so Abolish ICE or Reform ICE?
"If Russia is such a threat why have you exempted them from your own tariffs and applied them to your allies multiple times?!"
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"If Russia is such a threat why have you exempted them from your own tariffs and applied them to your allies multiple times?!"
Do you acknowledge that there is a necessity for the US govt like all other govts to have a means of enforcing immigration and customs laws?
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Do you acknowledge that there is a necessity for the US govt like all other govts to have a means of enforcing immigration and customs laws?
For sure, Ten Percent, right? (pre-dates Intel)
1 Samuel 8
1 Samuel 8
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
For sure, Ten Percent, right? (pre-dates Intel)
1 Samuel 8
1 Samuel 8
Answer: THE "New York Times"
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Answer: THE "New York Times"
His theory of Award plenary powers being based in the country where awarded suggests he is in charge of the Grammys and the Oscars!
Good news for Kid Rock and Rob Schneider, I guess.
Good news for Kid Rock and Rob Schneider, I guess.
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 PM
His theory of Award plenary powers being based in the country where awarded suggests he is in charge of the Grammys and the Oscars!
Good news for Kid Rock and Rob Schneider, I guess.
Good news for Kid Rock and Rob Schneider, I guess.
The usual "moving on" oblivion of the news cycle to the routine, but distinct, calamities wrought by this Administration is not as effective when it's the same calamity over and over every day.
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The usual "moving on" oblivion of the news cycle to the routine, but distinct, calamities wrought by this Administration is not as effective when it's the same calamity over and over every day.
Our form of government is based on it answering for the potential for abuse, especially demonstrated abuses when likely to continue, more than "yeah but some good might come from this abuse".
bsky.app/profile/mari...
bsky.app/profile/mari...
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Our form of government is based on it answering for the potential for abuse, especially demonstrated abuses when likely to continue, more than "yeah but some good might come from this abuse".
bsky.app/profile/mari...
bsky.app/profile/mari...
Hey Look, a European Made "Battery" Limburg (not 1 or 2, but) 3!
www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-stora...
www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-stora...
Austria’s Limberg III pumped storage plant officially opens
Engineering firm AFRY and energy company VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH have announced the official opening of the Limberg III pumped storage power plant in Kaprun, Austria.
www.renewableenergyworld.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Hey Look, a European Made "Battery" Limburg (not 1 or 2, but) 3!
www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-stora...
www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-stora...
Macron, like any other party, inviting Trump to 'explain his reasoning' vice inmediate refusal is Deference & motion in Trump's direction. It is a perceived sign of weakness & the potential for appeasements, which even if symbolic, even if just a text, can be trumpetted as a sign of Strength.
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Macron, like any other party, inviting Trump to 'explain his reasoning' vice inmediate refusal is Deference & motion in Trump's direction. It is a perceived sign of weakness & the potential for appeasements, which even if symbolic, even if just a text, can be trumpetted as a sign of Strength.
"But the President has no tariffs on Russia! And they're invading Ukraine, killing and bombing.
How does it make sense unless...unless, he doesn't want anything at all from Russia including removing troops?"
How does it make sense unless...unless, he doesn't want anything at all from Russia including removing troops?"
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"But the President has no tariffs on Russia! And they're invading Ukraine, killing and bombing.
How does it make sense unless...unless, he doesn't want anything at all from Russia including removing troops?"
How does it make sense unless...unless, he doesn't want anything at all from Russia including removing troops?"
"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go"
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go"
Jesus: "Turn the other cheek, return blessings for curses!"
Trump/GOP: "Nah, can't look weak!"
Trump/GOP: "Nah, can't look weak!"
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Jesus: "Turn the other cheek, return blessings for curses!"
Trump/GOP: "Nah, can't look weak!"
Trump/GOP: "Nah, can't look weak!"
Lotta crying babies gonna face future jailtime on the basis of "making unwelcome noises" in a church...
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Lotta crying babies gonna face future jailtime on the basis of "making unwelcome noises" in a church...
Wait, I know this one, "Things no GOP member of Congress ever say about a Democratic President!"
ding-ding-ding!
ding-ding-ding!
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Wait, I know this one, "Things no GOP member of Congress ever say about a Democratic President!"
ding-ding-ding!
ding-ding-ding!
Hmm...should the world and EU/NATO enable a policy that creates a US only invulnerability shield allowing US to ignore the multilateralism they want and we need? Hmmm... "When I have my US invulnerability shield, I will absolutely think of others and not America First!" said the mad King.
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Hmm...should the world and EU/NATO enable a policy that creates a US only invulnerability shield allowing US to ignore the multilateralism they want and we need? Hmmm... "When I have my US invulnerability shield, I will absolutely think of others and not America First!" said the mad King.
Everyone trust the guy who says consumers don't pay tariffs! Everyone trust the guy who makes light of tragedy, antagonistic tweets and can't be bothered to explain. "it's a strategy"!
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Everyone trust the guy who says consumers don't pay tariffs! Everyone trust the guy who makes light of tragedy, antagonistic tweets and can't be bothered to explain. "it's a strategy"!
Not one man's dementia--the GOP and the moral dementia afflicting 1/3rd of their base, the greed of the remaining 2/3rds combined with an unbelievable, unacceptable indifference to political duty of a not insignificant percentage of voting age Americans.
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Not one man's dementia--the GOP and the moral dementia afflicting 1/3rd of their base, the greed of the remaining 2/3rds combined with an unbelievable, unacceptable indifference to political duty of a not insignificant percentage of voting age Americans.
Bingo, the President is a creature of the Constitution but hardly an independent operation--the take care clause combined with the veto, especially veto override, firmly establish the principle that by design he must do even what he expressly doesn't want to.
January 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Bingo, the President is a creature of the Constitution but hardly an independent operation--the take care clause combined with the veto, especially veto override, firmly establish the principle that by design he must do even what he expressly doesn't want to.