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New in PN: RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode

"What’s really notable is the extent to which GOP leaders have remained supine even in the face of a radical assault on their grandchildren by a transparent death-dealing fraud who wasn’t even a member of the party a year ago."
RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode
They're failing — so far.
www.publicnotice.co
September 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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one question to ask the editorial board is whether there is a minimum bar for what constitutes "american democracy." if most people in most states are gerrymandered out of effective political representation, is that democracy?
What in gods name is this
August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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these guys have no theory of his mind. “he wants to change the subject from epstein!!” my man, he wants to rule over the country as a military-backed dictator and permanently disempower you politically, and probably eventually send me and my friends to camps. a domestic deployment is a big deal!
August 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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👀👀👀"The difference between Susan Collins and Ted Cruz is at least Ted Cruz is honest about selling us out and not giving a damn."
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
August 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Yup. This is where it's going. And everyone saying they can't do it has no answer for why not, other than (as with all the other things) "that's not legal"

bsky.app/profile/mcop...
My 2026 nightmare scenario. Current GOP majorities in Congress steal the election by using false accusations of voter fraud as a reason not to seat elected Democrats.
August 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I guess it will at least be amusing to watch the Roberts Court twist itself into knots to declare the new Texas map legal, moral, and virtuous, and the new California map a brazen perversion of democracy.
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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If the Democrats lose this messaging war, primary everyone. I want Dems to run who will make calling out pedophiles their ENTIRE platform. We have so much evidence, not the least of which is the President was buddies and business partners with the World's most famous pedophile.
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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👇🎯 First, you fight fire with fire. Democracy Dies In Unilateral Disarmament.

But then/at the same time, yes, absolutely, you do this.

The. Platform. Must. Be. Institutional. Reform: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Rather than being protectors of the status quo (as they run in 2024), democrats should be the party of "our institutions are broken and here's a set of reforms we propose: multi-member districts/PR, congress expansion, term limits for judges...."
A new House map proposed by the Texas GOP would take 5 seats away from Democrats.

Remind me, how is this not just cheating?

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-house-...
July 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Want to get back at that prof who gave you an A- on an exam? Or maybe you don't think people of color or women should be professors?

Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."
And the following language: "Student course evaluations that are collected on an anonymous basis at the end of each semester will be regularly reviewed to identify any reports of antisemitism, which will be promptly referred to OECR for appropriate action."
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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July 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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AI is the fascist aesthetic. It is a tool that allows authoritarians to bend reality to suit their ideology, rather than having to bend their ideology to match the facts. It also provides "answers" that are detached from the knowledge generating base of universities, bureaucrats, scientists, etc.
President Trump shared a fake video of Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office that appeared to be made by A.I. It comes as Trump seeks to redirect conversation from the Epstein files.
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video of former President Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office.
trib.al
July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This is, to me, the defining dyamic of everything the last six months. Any game theory notion of deterrence or the shoe being on the other foot ever is entirely gone. Either 1) They don't think they'll ever lose power again or 2) they're confident Democrats won't ever do the same things back to them
Budget agreements won’t matter, funding obligations won’t matter, expended funds on the basis of promised reimbursement won’t matter.

You really don’t get the impression the GOP is thinking through what this means for the second they’re not in control.
“We don’t have an appropriations process. It’s broken. It’s been broken for a while,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

He predicted that there will be CRs and rescission packages for the next four years.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Take a look. Not ICE. Just ordinary “officer friendlies” doing what this country allows them to do to unarmed Black men. Remember?
JACKSONVILLE — TW ⚠️: Unarmed Black driver has his window smashed + face punched by a sheriff’s deputy after being pulled over for not having his headlights on… during the day. 🤔

Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
July 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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really useful disambiguation resource for figuring out which agencies are doing what in these big militarized immigration raids:

calmatters.org/justice/2025...
They're not just ICE. Who's carrying out out Southern California immigration raids
The presence of masked federal agents is an unnerving part of life in Southern California this summer. Here's a look at who's carrying out the immigration raids.
calmatters.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The explicit plan is to ethnically cleanse Gaza with US help while the whole world watches.
(AXIOS) - The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of issue tell Axios.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/07/18/i...
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Most people on Medicaid already have jobs, so this is about something else.

Sucks we don't have a press that will report that fact and then frame this story properly as real fucking ominous
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Ah the complete reorganization of society. Simple as.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I do not want to hear a Democrat say the word “bipartisan” in a positive manner ever again
I don't care what we have to do but if you support Hakeem Jeffries becoming the next Speaker you are not serious about fighting fascism
July 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Won’t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital

Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Big win for the close the hospitals, open the camps caucus today.
July 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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It’s a cult.
Mike Johnson: "All of us have to give up on our personal preferences."
July 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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No sales tax on gun silencers? This is crazy shit.
Rep. Dean: "The senators voted on this not knowing exactly what was in the bill. I bet they loved the part about no sales tax on silencers. Really, folks? We want to make silencers more plentiful in this country at the behest of the representative who owns gun stores? Conflicts of interest abound."
July 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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If Mike Johnson’s right and the Big Ugly Bill doesn’t cut Medicaid…

Why did Tillis decry it?

Why did Hawley slam it in a NYT op-ed?

Why did Murkowski admit it’ll hurt other states?

The truth is breaking through. They can’t defend the indefensible.

#VoteHellNo
July 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM