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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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This.
He cried on MSNBC and called every other adult around them that let this happen, cowards. He also called out Major League Baseball
and all of its Hispanic players out for staying silent through all of this!!!!!! We must stop enabling this!!!!!!!!!!!
and all of its Hispanic players out for staying silent through all of this!!!!!! We must stop enabling this!!!!!!!!!!!
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This.
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This is bullshit.
Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.
Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
(Anaheim, CA)
Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.
Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
(Anaheim, CA)
July 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is bullshit.
Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.
Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
(Anaheim, CA)
Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.
Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
(Anaheim, CA)
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Update: We have now been at this for 22 hours and Republicans are still hard at work trying to kick 17 million Americans off their health care to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
July 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Update: We have now been at this for 22 hours and Republicans are still hard at work trying to kick 17 million Americans off their health care to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
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“This is budget fraud—pure and simple.”
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“This is budget fraud—pure and simple.”
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
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American fashion designer Willy Chavarria starts his show with a performance dedicated to those illegally detained by ICE.
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
American fashion designer Willy Chavarria starts his show with a performance dedicated to those illegally detained by ICE.
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
Which founders? The founders of our second founding, those who drafted and ratified the 14th Amendment did.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
the founders never imagined a country destroyed by such a proud lack of public virtue
May 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
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In Trump's first 100 days, he alienated us from our allies, crashed the stock market, decimated U.S. cancer research, expelled American toddlers, lost the Canadian election by proxy, and threatened your Social Security checks.
But at least he focused on the important stuff.
But at least he focused on the important stuff.
April 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In Trump's first 100 days, he alienated us from our allies, crashed the stock market, decimated U.S. cancer research, expelled American toddlers, lost the Canadian election by proxy, and threatened your Social Security checks.
But at least he focused on the important stuff.
But at least he focused on the important stuff.
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I have a friend that guarded Saddam Hussein after his capture. He said he was quite nice and friendly.
Reminds me of Bill Mahers meeting with Trump.
Being nice doesn’t mean you aren’t a bad bad man
Reminds me of Bill Mahers meeting with Trump.
Being nice doesn’t mean you aren’t a bad bad man
April 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I have a friend that guarded Saddam Hussein after his capture. He said he was quite nice and friendly.
Reminds me of Bill Mahers meeting with Trump.
Being nice doesn’t mean you aren’t a bad bad man
Reminds me of Bill Mahers meeting with Trump.
Being nice doesn’t mean you aren’t a bad bad man
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Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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“Trying to appeal to a voter who will congratulate you for scolding a member of your own party for peacefully protesting fascism is a losing game because that voter does not exist.”
The time for a spine
Democrats who censured Rep. Al Green are as clueless as they are feckless.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Trying to appeal to a voter who will congratulate you for scolding a member of your own party for peacefully protesting fascism is a losing game because that voter does not exist.”
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This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy.
PLEASE READ.
PLEASE READ.
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
March 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy.
PLEASE READ.
PLEASE READ.
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Rieckhoff: And what I would tell folks is: if they treat veterans like this, if they treat retired generals like this, how do you think they're going to treat everyone else? How do you think they're going to treat you? We are just first.
March 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Rieckhoff: And what I would tell folks is: if they treat veterans like this, if they treat retired generals like this, how do you think they're going to treat everyone else? How do you think they're going to treat you? We are just first.
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Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell
March 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell
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Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Bingo. I keep telling people I know that there’s no grand plan here, or to anything he does. He’s not playing 4D chess. He’s a fascistic sociopath that seeks adoration and applause for everything he does, and he wants to be the focus of EVERYTHING.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
February 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.