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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
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Dasha, 8, and her little brother were playing w/ the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when fed agents approached their parents on Sunday afternoon.
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dasha, 8, and her little brother were playing w/ the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when fed agents approached their parents on Sunday afternoon.
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"
September 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"
Cancel Sinclair! Cut the cord! Youtube TV has all the sports
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Cancel Sinclair! Cut the cord! Youtube TV has all the sports
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“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
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OBAMA: Sir, I’m not the President of the United States, currently. So, there’s no point in shouting at me. I’m not in charge of foreign policy currently.
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
OBAMA: Sir, I’m not the President of the United States, currently. So, there’s no point in shouting at me. I’m not in charge of foreign policy currently.
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A great opinion piece. We must not sit by and watch as our country becomes a dictatorship run by a Con Man King
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A great opinion piece. We must not sit by and watch as our country becomes a dictatorship run by a Con Man King
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
A great opinion piece. We must not sit by and watch as our country becomes a dictatorship run by a Con Man King
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A great opinion piece. We must not sit by and watch as our country becomes a dictatorship run by a Con Man King
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
High On Life 2 - 42 Minutes of Gameplay
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
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The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
June 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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Messy: NBC poll overwhelming wants Trump to obey Supreme Court rulings, Reuters poll finds Supreme Court is politically biased in public's view, court has super charged president's power to the point of near kingship and now Trump often stonewalls key decisions.
Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split
Eight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
www.nbcnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Messy: NBC poll overwhelming wants Trump to obey Supreme Court rulings, Reuters poll finds Supreme Court is politically biased in public's view, court has super charged president's power to the point of near kingship and now Trump often stonewalls key decisions.
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HIGH ON LIFE 2 Official Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2025
YouTube video by Xbox
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
What are we doing, America?
$28M from Bezos for a documentary on the First Lady
Million-dollar “auctions” to buy access
DJT stock = a fake biz funneling cash
A $200M jet that ends up in his "library"
Foreign countries building his golf courses while lobbying for deals.
America should not be for sale
$28M from Bezos for a documentary on the First Lady
Million-dollar “auctions” to buy access
DJT stock = a fake biz funneling cash
A $200M jet that ends up in his "library"
Foreign countries building his golf courses while lobbying for deals.
America should not be for sale
May 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What are we doing, America?
$28M from Bezos for a documentary on the First Lady
Million-dollar “auctions” to buy access
DJT stock = a fake biz funneling cash
A $200M jet that ends up in his "library"
Foreign countries building his golf courses while lobbying for deals.
America should not be for sale
$28M from Bezos for a documentary on the First Lady
Million-dollar “auctions” to buy access
DJT stock = a fake biz funneling cash
A $200M jet that ends up in his "library"
Foreign countries building his golf courses while lobbying for deals.
America should not be for sale
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The bill that just passed the House costs $5 trillion, more than $4 trillion of which are tax cuts.
It’s paid for with $1.7 trillion of cuts to healthcare, education, and social welfare, plus $3.3 trillion of borrowing.
Budgets are expressions of values.
It’s paid for with $1.7 trillion of cuts to healthcare, education, and social welfare, plus $3.3 trillion of borrowing.
Budgets are expressions of values.
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The bill that just passed the House costs $5 trillion, more than $4 trillion of which are tax cuts.
It’s paid for with $1.7 trillion of cuts to healthcare, education, and social welfare, plus $3.3 trillion of borrowing.
Budgets are expressions of values.
It’s paid for with $1.7 trillion of cuts to healthcare, education, and social welfare, plus $3.3 trillion of borrowing.
Budgets are expressions of values.
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AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
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You know it’s possible that they could both be in decline, right? Did you watch the debate? This isn’t an either/or scenario. They’re both very old men. This is a country of more than 300M- there are better options than men who can’t function cognitively after sundown. We needed a real primary.
May 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You know it’s possible that they could both be in decline, right? Did you watch the debate? This isn’t an either/or scenario. They’re both very old men. This is a country of more than 300M- there are better options than men who can’t function cognitively after sundown. We needed a real primary.