Maria
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Terry Pratchett, in The Last Continent:
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?”
“Why?”
“It saves time.”
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?”
“Why?”
“It saves time.”
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Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
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DR OZ: If you're sitting at home as an able-bodied person on Medicaid & on average you'll watch 6.1 hours of TV or leisure time at home, you actually don't want that. Opiate use skyrockets
CNBC: There are a lot of people who are on Medicaid who are there actually as caregivers, so they are working
CNBC: There are a lot of people who are on Medicaid who are there actually as caregivers, so they are working
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
DR OZ: If you're sitting at home as an able-bodied person on Medicaid & on average you'll watch 6.1 hours of TV or leisure time at home, you actually don't want that. Opiate use skyrockets
CNBC: There are a lot of people who are on Medicaid who are there actually as caregivers, so they are working
CNBC: There are a lot of people who are on Medicaid who are there actually as caregivers, so they are working
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Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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There is no left wing terrorism organization or machine in America.
They just want to kill Americans.
They just want to kill Americans.
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There is no left wing terrorism organization or machine in America.
They just want to kill Americans.
They just want to kill Americans.
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Here’s an idea for a reporter:
Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.
I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.
Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.
I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.
No effort to deescalate, no effort to walk away, just sling the rifle and physically attack
October 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here’s an idea for a reporter:
Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.
I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.
Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.
I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.
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They rapelled down from Blackhawk helicopters in this raid.
I promise you this raid was done for a cinematic 4K promo video that will be released shortly. This stuff doesn’t just happen. It’s almost always for digital content.
I promise you this raid was done for a cinematic 4K promo video that will be released shortly. This stuff doesn’t just happen. It’s almost always for digital content.
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
They rapelled down from Blackhawk helicopters in this raid.
I promise you this raid was done for a cinematic 4K promo video that will be released shortly. This stuff doesn’t just happen. It’s almost always for digital content.
I promise you this raid was done for a cinematic 4K promo video that will be released shortly. This stuff doesn’t just happen. It’s almost always for digital content.
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"That was the whole point of the event. It had nothing to do with improving our national security and military readiness. It was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could."
For the Smallest Men in the World
And a celebration of them.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"That was the whole point of the event. It had nothing to do with improving our national security and military readiness. It was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could."
It will be a horrifying winter. Imo. So many out of work. I hope the generals coup this regime, and fast.
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It will be a horrifying winter. Imo. So many out of work. I hope the generals coup this regime, and fast.
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Nothing like holding a well-publicized "war summit," with incendiary speakers, to distract the country from a government shutdown that is your fault.
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Nothing like holding a well-publicized "war summit," with incendiary speakers, to distract the country from a government shutdown that is your fault.
The generals need to coup this regime, and fast.
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The generals need to coup this regime, and fast.
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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Based on both merit and marketing, Bad Bunny is an obvious choice to headline the Super Bowl. He's one of the biggest artists in the world.
However...
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However...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Based on both merit and marketing, Bad Bunny is an obvious choice to headline the Super Bowl. He's one of the biggest artists in the world.
However...
(short thread)
However...
(short thread)
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Here is James Comey, refusing to admit that in hindsight he made an obvious terrible mistake leading up to the 2016 election that ultimately set American Democracy on its current course. Would he have done that if the candidate were a man?
Comey deserves everything he gets.
Comey deserves everything he gets.
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Here is James Comey, refusing to admit that in hindsight he made an obvious terrible mistake leading up to the 2016 election that ultimately set American Democracy on its current course. Would he have done that if the candidate were a man?
Comey deserves everything he gets.
Comey deserves everything he gets.
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We shall see if one of the most unpopular presidents in American history who is presiding over an economy he’s trying to wreck and the poisoning of our diplomatic relations can consolidate a dictatorship. I’m pretty skeptical he has the juice, especially in his decayed state.
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We shall see if one of the most unpopular presidents in American history who is presiding over an economy he’s trying to wreck and the poisoning of our diplomatic relations can consolidate a dictatorship. I’m pretty skeptical he has the juice, especially in his decayed state.
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Here's an idea: Maybe Dems should stop listening to people like Ezra Klein?
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
![Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreielbywjkgthjrsgp5s7na3nxbcn3wrdpwegj7vtrqswh6goqydgra@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Here's an idea: Maybe Dems should stop listening to people like Ezra Klein?
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It’s pretty crazy that this administration wants to charge minors as adults, but not adults for abusing minors.
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s pretty crazy that this administration wants to charge minors as adults, but not adults for abusing minors.
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🚨 Unlike TraitorFelon45, Robert Redford cared deeply about America and Democracy‼️
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 Unlike TraitorFelon45, Robert Redford cared deeply about America and Democracy‼️
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the back-up plan to uphold the tariffs could be the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
The Smoot-HawleyTariff Act is described by an article on the U.S. Senate website as “among the most catastrophic acts in congressional history.”
Buckle up America.
The Smoot-HawleyTariff Act is described by an article on the U.S. Senate website as “among the most catastrophic acts in congressional history.”
Buckle up America.
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the back-up plan to uphold the tariffs could be the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
The Smoot-HawleyTariff Act is described by an article on the U.S. Senate website as “among the most catastrophic acts in congressional history.”
Buckle up America.
The Smoot-HawleyTariff Act is described by an article on the U.S. Senate website as “among the most catastrophic acts in congressional history.”
Buckle up America.
To: RFK and
Re: "Germ Theory"
It is not a theory! It is a known FACT!
It should be known as: "LET'S NOT REVISIT THE MIDDLE AGES!"
Just wait til you get your next facelift and the medical team doesn't wash their hands or use sterile equipment, you raggedy-arse grifter.
Re: "Germ Theory"
It is not a theory! It is a known FACT!
It should be known as: "LET'S NOT REVISIT THE MIDDLE AGES!"
Just wait til you get your next facelift and the medical team doesn't wash their hands or use sterile equipment, you raggedy-arse grifter.
August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To: RFK and
Re: "Germ Theory"
It is not a theory! It is a known FACT!
It should be known as: "LET'S NOT REVISIT THE MIDDLE AGES!"
Just wait til you get your next facelift and the medical team doesn't wash their hands or use sterile equipment, you raggedy-arse grifter.
Re: "Germ Theory"
It is not a theory! It is a known FACT!
It should be known as: "LET'S NOT REVISIT THE MIDDLE AGES!"
Just wait til you get your next facelift and the medical team doesn't wash their hands or use sterile equipment, you raggedy-arse grifter.
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🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!
August 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!