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On November 3, 2026, all 435 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 seats in the U.S. Senate are up for election.
It is our country- not his.
It is our country- not his.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
On November 3, 2026, all 435 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 seats in the U.S. Senate are up for election.
It is our country- not his.
It is our country- not his.
Immigrants are taking your JOBS and/or HOUSES seems to be today’s right-wing talking point to justify cruelty toward them.
Don’t fall for the script.
Don’t fall for the script.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Immigrants are taking your JOBS and/or HOUSES seems to be today’s right-wing talking point to justify cruelty toward them.
Don’t fall for the script.
Don’t fall for the script.
How about tax payments will only be given when the GOP-controlled government reopens and funds SNAP and healthcare?
We’re not in the business of funding ballrooms and tech bro subsidies.
We’re not in the business of funding ballrooms and tech bro subsidies.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
How about tax payments will only be given when the GOP-controlled government reopens and funds SNAP and healthcare?
We’re not in the business of funding ballrooms and tech bro subsidies.
We’re not in the business of funding ballrooms and tech bro subsidies.
Make no mistake - ICE believes themselves to be above the law.
Bovino appears to be in direct violation of Judge Ellis’s TRO, banning use of chemical weapons against protesters in most circumstances.
Bovino appears to be in direct violation of Judge Ellis’s TRO, banning use of chemical weapons against protesters in most circumstances.
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Make no mistake - ICE believes themselves to be above the law.
Bovino appears to be in direct violation of Judge Ellis’s TRO, banning use of chemical weapons against protesters in most circumstances.
Bovino appears to be in direct violation of Judge Ellis’s TRO, banning use of chemical weapons against protesters in most circumstances.
This is the most unpatriotic, divisive, and bloodthirsty sh*t we’ve seen yet.
If you’re a military member going along with this, you’re not representing our country. You’re representing enemies of freedom.
They will lose power and we will hold you accountable when they do.
If you’re a military member going along with this, you’re not representing our country. You’re representing enemies of freedom.
They will lose power and we will hold you accountable when they do.
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is the most unpatriotic, divisive, and bloodthirsty sh*t we’ve seen yet.
If you’re a military member going along with this, you’re not representing our country. You’re representing enemies of freedom.
They will lose power and we will hold you accountable when they do.
If you’re a military member going along with this, you’re not representing our country. You’re representing enemies of freedom.
They will lose power and we will hold you accountable when they do.
“Apolitical.” 😉
September 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Apolitical.” 😉
Dupage GOP Chair Kevin Coyne getting owned by Riot Fest. 🤣
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Dupage GOP Chair Kevin Coyne getting owned by Riot Fest. 🤣
TWO DAYS AGO: “Some raging, leftist lunatic put a bullet through his head and you want to talk about republicans?”
TODAY: Pray for Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS NOW.
The hypocrisy is literally killing us.
TODAY: Pray for Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS NOW.
The hypocrisy is literally killing us.
September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
TWO DAYS AGO: “Some raging, leftist lunatic put a bullet through his head and you want to talk about republicans?”
TODAY: Pray for Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS NOW.
The hypocrisy is literally killing us.
TODAY: Pray for Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS NOW.
The hypocrisy is literally killing us.
Are they pursuing a trial first or are they just done with due process?
September 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are they pursuing a trial first or are they just done with due process?
Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the 9/11 attack and that is not the same as Charlie Kirk’s passing.
He was not a national hero.
He did not sacrifice for our nation or respond to a foreign threat.
To fly our flags at half mast in co-honor of HIM on 9/11 is sacrilege.
He was not a national hero.
He did not sacrifice for our nation or respond to a foreign threat.
To fly our flags at half mast in co-honor of HIM on 9/11 is sacrilege.
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the 9/11 attack and that is not the same as Charlie Kirk’s passing.
He was not a national hero.
He did not sacrifice for our nation or respond to a foreign threat.
To fly our flags at half mast in co-honor of HIM on 9/11 is sacrilege.
He was not a national hero.
He did not sacrifice for our nation or respond to a foreign threat.
To fly our flags at half mast in co-honor of HIM on 9/11 is sacrilege.
Please don’t forget to include Turning Point’s “Professor Watch List” and “School Board Watch List” while discussing “dangerous rhetoric” and Charlie Kirk.
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Please don’t forget to include Turning Point’s “Professor Watch List” and “School Board Watch List” while discussing “dangerous rhetoric” and Charlie Kirk.
Chicago isn’t helped by posts that misrepresent the situation in the city.
Please don’t use this situation to gain clicks or follows. That’s a disservice to Chicagoans.
Per Chicago Sun Times, the salt trucks are NOT positioned to block ICE.
Link: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025...
Please don’t use this situation to gain clicks or follows. That’s a disservice to Chicagoans.
Per Chicago Sun Times, the salt trucks are NOT positioned to block ICE.
Link: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025...
September 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Chicago isn’t helped by posts that misrepresent the situation in the city.
Please don’t use this situation to gain clicks or follows. That’s a disservice to Chicagoans.
Per Chicago Sun Times, the salt trucks are NOT positioned to block ICE.
Link: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025...
Please don’t use this situation to gain clicks or follows. That’s a disservice to Chicagoans.
Per Chicago Sun Times, the salt trucks are NOT positioned to block ICE.
Link: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025...
Will Antifa do a draft or do we have to enlist somewhere?
CHICAGO WILL NEVER BOW TO TRUMP.
CHICAGO WILL NEVER BOW TO TRUMP.
September 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Will Antifa do a draft or do we have to enlist somewhere?
CHICAGO WILL NEVER BOW TO TRUMP.
CHICAGO WILL NEVER BOW TO TRUMP.
There are more people living in Maywood, Lisle, or Montgomery, Illinois than jobs added last month for the entire nation.
September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There are more people living in Maywood, Lisle, or Montgomery, Illinois than jobs added last month for the entire nation.
August 2008 (The Great Recession): 88,736 job cuts.
August 2020 (COVID): 115,752 job cuts.
August 2025: 85,979 job cuts.
In other words, August 2025 had the most job cuts for the month since COVID and the Great Recession.
Source: Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
August 2020 (COVID): 115,752 job cuts.
August 2025: 85,979 job cuts.
In other words, August 2025 had the most job cuts for the month since COVID and the Great Recession.
Source: Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
August 2008 (The Great Recession): 88,736 job cuts.
August 2020 (COVID): 115,752 job cuts.
August 2025: 85,979 job cuts.
In other words, August 2025 had the most job cuts for the month since COVID and the Great Recession.
Source: Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
August 2020 (COVID): 115,752 job cuts.
August 2025: 85,979 job cuts.
In other words, August 2025 had the most job cuts for the month since COVID and the Great Recession.
Source: Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
When JD Vance is done praying, we look forward to him working toward gun reform.
As he says, prayer is NOT a substitute for action.
As he says, prayer is NOT a substitute for action.
August 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
When JD Vance is done praying, we look forward to him working toward gun reform.
As he says, prayer is NOT a substitute for action.
As he says, prayer is NOT a substitute for action.
Trump claims Putin advised him that mail-in voting rigs an election, after Trump pushed mail-in voting for the 2024 election.
We’d like these two creeps to elaborate on election rigging.
We’d like these two creeps to elaborate on election rigging.
August 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump claims Putin advised him that mail-in voting rigs an election, after Trump pushed mail-in voting for the 2024 election.
We’d like these two creeps to elaborate on election rigging.
We’d like these two creeps to elaborate on election rigging.
E.J. Antoni, Economist at Heritage Foundation, nominated to oversee Bureau of Labor Statistics
Antoni’s work includes an essay, “Inflation is Down Since January and Should Keep Improving.”
The inflation report indicates otherwise
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
Antoni’s work includes an essay, “Inflation is Down Since January and Should Keep Improving.”
The inflation report indicates otherwise
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
E.J. Antoni, Economist at Heritage Foundation, nominated to oversee Bureau of Labor Statistics
Antoni’s work includes an essay, “Inflation is Down Since January and Should Keep Improving.”
The inflation report indicates otherwise
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
Antoni’s work includes an essay, “Inflation is Down Since January and Should Keep Improving.”
The inflation report indicates otherwise
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
Gov. Greg Abbott attended a fundraiser for his reelection campaign in East Texas, hours after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Uvalde elementary school.
We don’t want to hear an effing thing about Dems “turning their backs on the people of Texas.”
We don’t want to hear an effing thing about Dems “turning their backs on the people of Texas.”
August 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Gov. Greg Abbott attended a fundraiser for his reelection campaign in East Texas, hours after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Uvalde elementary school.
We don’t want to hear an effing thing about Dems “turning their backs on the people of Texas.”
We don’t want to hear an effing thing about Dems “turning their backs on the people of Texas.”
Everyone: Release the Epstein Files.
TRUMP & BONDI: No. “We’re going to be cool… like Fonzi.”
TRUMP & BONDI: No. “We’re going to be cool… like Fonzi.”
July 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Everyone: Release the Epstein Files.
TRUMP & BONDI: No. “We’re going to be cool… like Fonzi.”
TRUMP & BONDI: No. “We’re going to be cool… like Fonzi.”
We don’t need to subsidize Elon Musk’s rocket launches if we can’t afford to feed children or pay for healthcare.
Let them both go to the moon or mars for all it matters.
Let them both go to the moon or mars for all it matters.
July 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We don’t need to subsidize Elon Musk’s rocket launches if we can’t afford to feed children or pay for healthcare.
Let them both go to the moon or mars for all it matters.
Let them both go to the moon or mars for all it matters.
Everything else actually matters if you’re not Peter Thiel’s lapdog.
July 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Everything else actually matters if you’re not Peter Thiel’s lapdog.
Justice Roberts can spare us any future talks on how the rule of law is endangered.
His court is the executioner.
His court is the executioner.
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Justice Roberts can spare us any future talks on how the rule of law is endangered.
His court is the executioner.
His court is the executioner.
Maybe police should just handcuff Noem and drag her away by her hair extensions.
She doesn’t give a damn about hearings or the law.
She doesn’t give a damn about hearings or the law.
June 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Maybe police should just handcuff Noem and drag her away by her hair extensions.
She doesn’t give a damn about hearings or the law.
She doesn’t give a damn about hearings or the law.
Let’s get something straight with the Town Witch of Naperville: Trans kids aren’t your punching bag.
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Let’s get something straight with the Town Witch of Naperville: Trans kids aren’t your punching bag.