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America's National Guard protects communities. ICE preys on them.

They are NOT the same. Please spread the word.
Do you know the difference between the National Guard and ICE? The National Guard are your neighbors. They are members of your community. When deployed, they are there to help the community, not harm them.
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Even the Russians are mocking Trump’s disaster of a parade. This one’s going to sting.🤣
June 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Susan Crawford, a liberal candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, overcame $25 million in spending from Elon Musk and defeated her conservative opponent Tuesday in a contest that became a kind of referendum on Musk and his slashing of the federal government. Read more: nyti.ms/42cKEgz
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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But the obvious problem is that neither liberalism nor progressivism in the USA are synthetic movements. Liberalism is the founding ideology of the country and progressivism is more than a century old. They won't go away if you cut the funding, they'll get angry and vote harder. 6/
March 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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They’re tearing out the walls looking for the cathedral, and they’re doing it because the GOP knows its been doing wingnut welfare for decades and is looking for the same thing in its opposition
the obsession with USAID and the US Institute of Peace (which studies peaceful transitions to democracy) are particularly instructive. they believe that all protesters are paid. what's the solution? dismantle the payment agencies which pay the protesters.
ah i see bret had this observation earlier! but he's right. and it is downstream of the idea that most people are NPCs who perform whatever programming they're given. as the administration sees it, they're going after the programmers.
March 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Wish I were one of Elon's kids so I'd never see him again
February 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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He is going to say "pinky swear you will protect our border. And buy more booze and stuff from us. "

They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory

Trumpenomics
Trump: i’m speaking with Trudeau tomorrow morning and Mexico tomorrow morning too
February 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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WIRED has been doing vital work.

If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
February 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Musk’s explicit embrace of Nazi rhetoric and imagery draws speculation from some on the left.
January 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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I would be surprised if the government didn't shut down.

It's the only way to find out what services people didn't know they were missing.

Those are the ones Elon will say " see, no one noticed you were closed. Goodbye "
December 20, 2024 at 5:21 AM
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Trump's just starting to understand what he's gotten himself into talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump’s Trump
As you’ve likely seen things kind of went off the rails today on Capitol Hill. Speaker Mike Johnson had assembled one of those big spending packages to avoid a government shutdown. Then Elon Musk went...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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Democrats can complain all they want, but President Musk was given a clear mandate by the American voters in November
December 19, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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It’s scary to think that if anything happens to Elon Musk, JD Vance would become president.
December 19, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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The ultimate question.

On Jan 21, 2025, who gets to run the @POTUS account here and on twitter:

Trump or Musk ?
December 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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Exclusive: Eight Republican senators are unsure about supporting former Democratic member of congress Tulsi Gabbard to become America’s top spy, increasing doubts about whether her nomination will secure Senate confirmation reut.rs/4glAaBv
Exclusive: Some Republican senators reluctant on Gabbard for spy chief
A Trump associate also said there was serious pessimism about whether Tulsi Gabbard could secure the votes she needs to secure Senate confirmation.
reut.rs
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Should be in every newsagents window.
December 17, 2024 at 10:38 PM