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A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
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I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
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One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.
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its hard to imagine a more embarrassing unforced error for the Dems than the "ban TikTok" fiasco.
Not only did they alienate youth voters, openly waffle on the First Amendment and let Trump claim to be the defender of "free speech," now they've literally handed the platform to Trump to control
Not only did they alienate youth voters, openly waffle on the First Amendment and let Trump claim to be the defender of "free speech," now they've literally handed the platform to Trump to control
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
its hard to imagine a more embarrassing unforced error for the Dems than the "ban TikTok" fiasco.
Not only did they alienate youth voters, openly waffle on the First Amendment and let Trump claim to be the defender of "free speech," now they've literally handed the platform to Trump to control
Not only did they alienate youth voters, openly waffle on the First Amendment and let Trump claim to be the defender of "free speech," now they've literally handed the platform to Trump to control
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In the blurring of memory that comes with time, it will fall on historians to point out that the deployment of the military to cities, the disappearances of student activists and immigrants, and the federal takeovers of policing all *preceeded*, not followed, the death of a demagogue.
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In the blurring of memory that comes with time, it will fall on historians to point out that the deployment of the military to cities, the disappearances of student activists and immigrants, and the federal takeovers of policing all *preceeded*, not followed, the death of a demagogue.
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Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.
September 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.
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If the Federal Gov is to take ownership stakes in US business, cities and municipalities should have ownership stakes in the sports teams whose stadiums they subsidize.
September 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If the Federal Gov is to take ownership stakes in US business, cities and municipalities should have ownership stakes in the sports teams whose stadiums they subsidize.
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The Blue Dog Democrats, now led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and others, claimed they were concerned about CBO projections that the Build Back Better Act would have a deficit impact of $60 billion/yr. (Treasury found it would be positive.)
They demanded a vote on corporate infrastructure first.
They demanded a vote on corporate infrastructure first.
Corporate-Funded ‘Blue Dog’ Dems Plan New Super PAC and Dark Money Group
The new groups will give the Blue Dogs a new way to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on their campaigns, possibly including money from sources that go undisclosed.
readsludge.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Blue Dog Democrats, now led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and others, claimed they were concerned about CBO projections that the Build Back Better Act would have a deficit impact of $60 billion/yr. (Treasury found it would be positive.)
They demanded a vote on corporate infrastructure first.
They demanded a vote on corporate infrastructure first.
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Tired: Choose your fighter.
Wired: Choose your strongly worded letter writer.
But in all fairness, saying that they can't fight is not accurate. Because they fight really hard, and viciously, when the opponent is AOC, or Mamdani, or Black college students.
Wired: Choose your strongly worded letter writer.
But in all fairness, saying that they can't fight is not accurate. Because they fight really hard, and viciously, when the opponent is AOC, or Mamdani, or Black college students.
‘They Roll Right Over’: Many Democrats Call Their Party Weak and Ineffective, AP-NORC Poll Finds | About 15% described it using words like “weak," or “apathetic,” while an additional 10% believe it is broadly “ineffective” or "disorganized.”
‘They Roll Right Over’: Many Democrats Call Their Party Weak and Ineffective, AP-NORC Poll Finds - Bucks County Beacon
About 15% described it using words like “weak," or “apathetic,” while an additional 10% believe it is broadly “ineffective” or "disorganized.”
buckscountybeacon.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Tired: Choose your fighter.
Wired: Choose your strongly worded letter writer.
But in all fairness, saying that they can't fight is not accurate. Because they fight really hard, and viciously, when the opponent is AOC, or Mamdani, or Black college students.
Wired: Choose your strongly worded letter writer.
But in all fairness, saying that they can't fight is not accurate. Because they fight really hard, and viciously, when the opponent is AOC, or Mamdani, or Black college students.
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ICE GOON forcefully grab activists filming outside the immigration court and forcefully knock her phone out of her hand.
August 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
ICE GOON forcefully grab activists filming outside the immigration court and forcefully knock her phone out of her hand.
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Big strong men come up to me with tears in their eyes and say "Thank you Sir for guarding the bathroom. I lived in fear of the bathroom before your genital inspections"
New: I obtained an internal memo the Pentagon sent the White House about complying with anti-trans exec order
This includes "continuously" monitoring bathrooms for compliance
Also ordered a "review hold" on Stars & Stripes, a nominally independent newspaper
www.404media.co/pentagon-say...
This includes "continuously" monitoring bathrooms for compliance
Also ordered a "review hold" on Stars & Stripes, a nominally independent newspaper
www.404media.co/pentagon-say...
Pentagon Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order
An internal memo obtained by 404 Media also shows the military ordered a review hold on "questionable content" at Stars and Stripes, the military's 'editorially independent' newspaper.
www.404media.co
July 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Big strong men come up to me with tears in their eyes and say "Thank you Sir for guarding the bathroom. I lived in fear of the bathroom before your genital inspections"
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Republicans cut health care, abduct children, and protect pedos. That’s effectively all the Democrats need to keep saying.
July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Republicans cut health care, abduct children, and protect pedos. That’s effectively all the Democrats need to keep saying.
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Why are you like this?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
After years of reporting from the Middle East, Megan Stack lays out three interlocking deals President Trump could make to help stop the bloodshed — and maybe win a Nobel Peace Prize.
After years of reporting from the Middle East, Megan Stack lays out three interlocking deals President Trump could make to help stop the bloodshed — and maybe win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Opinion | Opinion: The Path to Peace in the Middle East (and a Nobel Prize for Trump)
A possible path to peace in the Middle East.
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Why are you like this?
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Whoa whoa whoa! Wait a minute! Relax! These aren't ICE agents! We only care when ICE agents do this to innocent people! We don't care when cops do this to innocent people!
Adding $45 billion to ICE to do this to immigrants is wrong! But adding $50 billion to cops to do this to innocent people is OK
Adding $45 billion to ICE to do this to immigrants is wrong! But adding $50 billion to cops to do this to innocent people is OK
July 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Whoa whoa whoa! Wait a minute! Relax! These aren't ICE agents! We only care when ICE agents do this to innocent people! We don't care when cops do this to innocent people!
Adding $45 billion to ICE to do this to immigrants is wrong! But adding $50 billion to cops to do this to innocent people is OK
Adding $45 billion to ICE to do this to immigrants is wrong! But adding $50 billion to cops to do this to innocent people is OK
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He's just trying to feed his base red meat, hoping that the morons who support him will jump at this shiny new BS to distract from the kid-fucking stuff he was involved with.
July 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He's just trying to feed his base red meat, hoping that the morons who support him will jump at this shiny new BS to distract from the kid-fucking stuff he was involved with.
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guy who sells those roller hot dog machines to 7-11 announces that the top skill our students must be mastering is "eating hot dogs"
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
guy who sells those roller hot dog machines to 7-11 announces that the top skill our students must be mastering is "eating hot dogs"
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When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm
Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Democratic leaders insist they're very angry that Trump is cutting taxes for billionaires...but Democratic leaders are also very angry that Mamdani is proposing to raise taxes on billionaires.
July 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Democratic leaders insist they're very angry that Trump is cutting taxes for billionaires...but Democratic leaders are also very angry that Mamdani is proposing to raise taxes on billionaires.
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bill clinton putting together a team of sex offenders to endorse cuomo like he’s in oceans 11
June 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
bill clinton putting together a team of sex offenders to endorse cuomo like he’s in oceans 11
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All I want to hear out of Democrats is that we had a deal and no bomb. Then Trump tore it up and he is now putting American lives in danger.
That’s it.
That’s it.
June 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All I want to hear out of Democrats is that we had a deal and no bomb. Then Trump tore it up and he is now putting American lives in danger.
That’s it.
That’s it.
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really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency