Joe
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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Chicago congresswoman @repdeliaramirez hands Kristi Noem a letter of resignation and encourages her to use it 👀
June 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Chicago congresswoman @repdeliaramirez hands Kristi Noem a letter of resignation and encourages her to use it 👀
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.
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I know others have said this, but all this tomfoolery could end literally tonight if Congress had 1 ounce of its historical forebears’ gumption
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I know others have said this, but all this tomfoolery could end literally tonight if Congress had 1 ounce of its historical forebears’ gumption
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
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Musk literally a few weeks ago
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Musk literally a few weeks ago
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once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
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We're approaching dangerous levels of "so back."
March 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We're approaching dangerous levels of "so back."
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release the long form texts or we can only assume that there is cover up of crimes.
questions swirl.
questions swirl.
CIA Dir. Ratcliffe: My communications to be clear in a signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information.
Sen. Warner: If it's not classified, share the texts with the committee
Sen. Warner: If it's not classified, share the texts with the committee
March 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
release the long form texts or we can only assume that there is cover up of crimes.
questions swirl.
questions swirl.
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The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
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Great fucking job @schumer.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @fetterman.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov.
Tell me again how this was worth it, now that the GOP is laughing at you and planning to continue to abuse and humiliate you while destroying the US
Tell me again how this was worth it, now that the GOP is laughing at you and planning to continue to abuse and humiliate you while destroying the US
Two Republican senators told me tonight this vote shows they can execute the same strategy again — cut Democrats out of the negotiations on a gov’t funding bill, pass it thru the House, and expect Senate Dems to back down and not filibuster it.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
March 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Great fucking job @schumer.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @fetterman.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov.
Tell me again how this was worth it, now that the GOP is laughing at you and planning to continue to abuse and humiliate you while destroying the US
Tell me again how this was worth it, now that the GOP is laughing at you and planning to continue to abuse and humiliate you while destroying the US
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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“Globalist” “polluted” “weak”
I mean the man knows his genre, am I right
I mean the man knows his genre, am I right
This is a Hitler-screaming-in-his-bunker-at-generals level of lunacy
March 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Globalist” “polluted” “weak”
I mean the man knows his genre, am I right
I mean the man knows his genre, am I right
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A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
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Did you know the Seattle Public Library provides 72-hour access codes to the New York Times website — including Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic — as well as web access to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post?
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March 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Did you know the Seattle Public Library provides 72-hour access codes to the New York Times website — including Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic — as well as web access to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post?
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The right’s decade-long lurch toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia -- a thread.
March 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The right’s decade-long lurch toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia -- a thread.
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This paragraph is one of the dumbest things I've seen written by a Supreme Court justice. It's literally suggesting that a judge has no right to stop the executive branch from blatantly ignoring Congressionally ordered payments.
Alito, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, dissents.
March 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This paragraph is one of the dumbest things I've seen written by a Supreme Court justice. It's literally suggesting that a judge has no right to stop the executive branch from blatantly ignoring Congressionally ordered payments.
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tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.
* TRUMP SAYS ALL FEDERAL FUNDING WILL STOP FOR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS THAT ALLOWS "ILLEGAL" PROTESTS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.