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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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all of this has to be understood in context of collective unwillingness to say emperor is mad
american journalists have a brain when framing recent us-canada relations challenge (impossible)
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
all of this has to be understood in context of collective unwillingness to say emperor is mad
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the one tiny silver lining of this nightmare is watching Mitch slowly realize that his ruthless pursuit of power at all costs has been eclipsed by an even more ruthless and less principled gang that laughs at the few beliefs he holds and it’s all his fault
I hope it eats at him every day
I hope it eats at him every day
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
the one tiny silver lining of this nightmare is watching Mitch slowly realize that his ruthless pursuit of power at all costs has been eclipsed by an even more ruthless and less principled gang that laughs at the few beliefs he holds and it’s all his fault
I hope it eats at him every day
I hope it eats at him every day
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sorry, this is the gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights (Gift Article)
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
sorry, this is the gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
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What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
February 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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the enraging thing is that the democratic governor's association called schumer *this fucking morning* and told him to get his caucus to slow these nominations down and stop confirming everyone, these calls aren't just coming from the base or from us, the state level pols are seeing the problem, too
appreciate that wyden and merkley continue to be nays on everything, but they can't do it alone
By a vote of 79-18, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior.
You can find the breakdown at dailypress.senate.gov.
You can find the breakdown at dailypress.senate.gov.
January 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
the enraging thing is that the democratic governor's association called schumer *this fucking morning* and told him to get his caucus to slow these nominations down and stop confirming everyone, these calls aren't just coming from the base or from us, the state level pols are seeing the problem, too
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Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
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there is no "defensible use case" for chatgpt. do your own work and use your own brain or fuck off
January 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
there is no "defensible use case" for chatgpt. do your own work and use your own brain or fuck off
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i think people who complain about the language police are, by and large, just cowards. say whatever you want! no one is going to stop you. but people may judge you or even, if you say the wrong thing in front of the wrong person, pop you in the mouth. but that’s life!
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
i think people who complain about the language police are, by and large, just cowards. say whatever you want! no one is going to stop you. but people may judge you or even, if you say the wrong thing in front of the wrong person, pop you in the mouth. but that’s life!
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a bunch of east coast journalists got too rattled by having female employees complain about ass grabbing and in response they smugly tilted the entire board not just toward fascism, but to the stupidest motherfuckers in the room
January 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
a bunch of east coast journalists got too rattled by having female employees complain about ass grabbing and in response they smugly tilted the entire board not just toward fascism, but to the stupidest motherfuckers in the room
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it is very telling of these guys’ conception of how power works that they see issuing a flurry of executive orders as evidence of presidential strength and vigor and not a sign that the president is too weak to pursue a serious legislative agenda
Real "Dear Leader" type shit here
May he be struck down by a bolt of lightning for this blasphemy
May he be struck down by a bolt of lightning for this blasphemy
January 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
it is very telling of these guys’ conception of how power works that they see issuing a flurry of executive orders as evidence of presidential strength and vigor and not a sign that the president is too weak to pursue a serious legislative agenda
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i was just talking to my wife about this. there is no one to say no!
I do think Trump is rapidly careening towards having completely blown apart all of his political capital and support by attempting to do every insane thing he's ever thought of at once before he even manages to have a cabinet in place.
January 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
i was just talking to my wife about this. there is no one to say no!
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Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."
January 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."
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Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
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From the Twitter archives.
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From the Twitter archives.
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Same author, 8 years apart.
January 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Same author, 8 years apart.
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i gotta say, this wasn’t even a good sieg heil. he can’t even be a nazi without fucking it up
January 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
i gotta say, this wasn’t even a good sieg heil. he can’t even be a nazi without fucking it up
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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shoutout to the dudes who insisted that a vote for harris was a vote for endless war. you crazy for that one!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump pledges in inaugural address to pursue policy that 'expands our territory' and to put US astronauts on Mars.
January 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
shoutout to the dudes who insisted that a vote for harris was a vote for endless war. you crazy for that one!
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So he can't do this, and it's going to be pretty interesting and telling to see how people treat that fact and everything that proceeds from it IMO
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So he can't do this, and it's going to be pretty interesting and telling to see how people treat that fact and everything that proceeds from it IMO
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If I could hand one directive to the Democratic Party for the next four years, it would be this:
People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose.
People will not vote for you if you do not fight.
People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose.
People will not vote for you if you do not fight.
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If I could hand one directive to the Democratic Party for the next four years, it would be this:
People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose.
People will not vote for you if you do not fight.
People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose.
People will not vote for you if you do not fight.