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· Sep 20
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
Recognize that you've grown up in unusual, hyperpartisan times, and that your views of both American values and how government works have been severely skewed as a result.
Great job, everyone. 🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court extends Trump pause on $4bn in food aid benefits
More uncertainty after justices allow temporary block on full payments for Snap, relied upon by 42 million Americans
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Great job, everyone. 🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Plan like Lil Wayne." 🤷♂️
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Plan like Lil Wayne." 🤷♂️
Here's the thing. I can understand any of this behind the scenes behavior. You think that wasn't going on on the other side?
What I can't abide, as I and many others have said, is giving up just days after the election having apparently had no endgame and nothing to show for surrendering.
What I can't abide, as I and many others have said, is giving up just days after the election having apparently had no endgame and nothing to show for surrendering.
Publicly, Dems projected a unified front for 40 days.
But behind the scenes, they were anything but together.
They spent weeks agonizing about their strategy, poring over polling and debating how long to keep going.
But behind the scenes, they were anything but together.
They spent weeks agonizing about their strategy, poring over polling and debating how long to keep going.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here's the thing. I can understand any of this behind the scenes behavior. You think that wasn't going on on the other side?
What I can't abide, as I and many others have said, is giving up just days after the election having apparently had no endgame and nothing to show for surrendering.
What I can't abide, as I and many others have said, is giving up just days after the election having apparently had no endgame and nothing to show for surrendering.
Another day, another atrocity.
"an unusual mass deportation to a country with a poor human rights record that the United States had bombed earlier this year in an effort to set back its nuclear program"
but we're sending them back dissidents "who repeatedly told American authorities that Iran would persecute them"
but we're sending them back dissidents "who repeatedly told American authorities that Iran would persecute them"
“For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Another day, another atrocity.
Well, fuck, looks like it went down so well last night they wanted to do it again tonight! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Senate approves funding package to end longest US government shutdown
In 60-40 tally, coalition of Democrats break from their party and vote with Republicans, enraging many in their caucus
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well, fuck, looks like it went down so well last night they wanted to do it again tonight! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As I was saying earlier...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As I was saying earlier...
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TRUMP: INFLATION WILL DROP TO 1.5% “PRETTY SOON”
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This is it.
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is it.
Re: Trump STILL seeking halt of judge’s order to fund SNAP.
Wait, they’ve already broken the so called ‘deal’ made last night?
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Re: Trump STILL seeking halt of judge’s order to fund SNAP.
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Politically I don't think this will matter all that much come November 2026. It may matter in the primaries though.
I tend to think "cause a lot of collateral damage to the economy/people's well being for no gain" is bad. But the politics are not as clear as the policy yeah.
I tend to think "cause a lot of collateral damage to the economy/people's well being for no gain" is bad. But the politics are not as clear as the policy yeah.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Politically I don't think this will matter all that much come November 2026. It may matter in the primaries though.
I tend to think "cause a lot of collateral damage to the economy/people's well being for no gain" is bad. But the politics are not as clear as the policy yeah.
I tend to think "cause a lot of collateral damage to the economy/people's well being for no gain" is bad. But the politics are not as clear as the policy yeah.
This is the only, ONLY justification I can see for ending the shutdown.
But it’s still a defeat.
Yes, people will get paid. That’s good. Travel will pick back up. Thanksgiving will be brighter.
But strategically this gained the Dems nothing. Leadership must change.
But it’s still a defeat.
Yes, people will get paid. That’s good. Travel will pick back up. Thanksgiving will be brighter.
But strategically this gained the Dems nothing. Leadership must change.
I mean, if the Dems were gonna let the Republicans put their hands on the burner then that was one thing.
But I know some argued that Republicans were *never* going to cave and were *also* never going to nuke the filibuster. Maybe that’s true? If so continuing the shutdown would have been wrong.
But I know some argued that Republicans were *never* going to cave and were *also* never going to nuke the filibuster. Maybe that’s true? If so continuing the shutdown would have been wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is the only, ONLY justification I can see for ending the shutdown.
But it’s still a defeat.
Yes, people will get paid. That’s good. Travel will pick back up. Thanksgiving will be brighter.
But strategically this gained the Dems nothing. Leadership must change.
But it’s still a defeat.
Yes, people will get paid. That’s good. Travel will pick back up. Thanksgiving will be brighter.
But strategically this gained the Dems nothing. Leadership must change.
That's two major Dems calling for a change.
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
That's two major Dems calling for a change.
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
See, we get rid of Obamacare Subsidies and Social Security so people have to work until they die--
--because how else will they pay off their *50-YEAR* MORTGAGE?
Checkmate, Libs!
--because how else will they pay off their *50-YEAR* MORTGAGE?
Checkmate, Libs!
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
See, we get rid of Obamacare Subsidies and Social Security so people have to work until they die--
--because how else will they pay off their *50-YEAR* MORTGAGE?
Checkmate, Libs!
--because how else will they pay off their *50-YEAR* MORTGAGE?
Checkmate, Libs!
If someone said this last year people would have called them hyperbolic.
Even I wouldn't have believed Trump would be this blind to the optics.
Even I wouldn't have believed Trump would be this blind to the optics.
The Trump Administration, in the middle of demolishing a wing of the White House to create a ballroom funded with bribe money, wants their friends on the Supreme Court to rule in their favor to avoid providing food assistance to low income people weeks before Thanksgiving.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If someone said this last year people would have called them hyperbolic.
Even I wouldn't have believed Trump would be this blind to the optics.
Even I wouldn't have believed Trump would be this blind to the optics.
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A lot of people on this site resist understanding that we are in the bad place with few good choices til at least Jan 2027
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A lot of people on this site resist understanding that we are in the bad place with few good choices til at least Jan 2027
I’ve probably seen too many of these videos for my mental health, and this is by far the worst one.
This is inhuman.
The Democrats need to have the midterm convention they’ve discussed, and it needs to feature a sobering supercut of these videos.
This is inhuman.
The Democrats need to have the midterm convention they’ve discussed, and it needs to feature a sobering supercut of these videos.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’ve probably seen too many of these videos for my mental health, and this is by far the worst one.
This is inhuman.
The Democrats need to have the midterm convention they’ve discussed, and it needs to feature a sobering supercut of these videos.
This is inhuman.
The Democrats need to have the midterm convention they’ve discussed, and it needs to feature a sobering supercut of these videos.
This isn’t “family policy.” It’s rigging elections via disenfranchisement of single adults.
The emphasis on family policy is very evident in Heritage’s policy work.
One draft paper we obtained proposed a “Manhattan Project” for more babies.
A subsequent draft floats giving straight married couples an extra “half vote” in federal elections for each of their children.
One draft paper we obtained proposed a “Manhattan Project” for more babies.
A subsequent draft floats giving straight married couples an extra “half vote” in federal elections for each of their children.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This isn’t “family policy.” It’s rigging elections via disenfranchisement of single adults.
Literally laughed out loud at this.
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
New sign outside the Oval Office..
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Literally laughed out loud at this.
This is beautiful.
to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is beautiful.
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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In Kensington, at least one voter was thinking about her daughter's future:
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hellgatenyc.com/election-day...
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In Kensington, at least one voter was thinking about her daughter's future:
hellgatenyc.com/election-day...
hellgatenyc.com/election-day...
Someone’s obituary was changed by a stance that, when the chips were down, he and his family didn’t have to make. A stance that ended his daughter’s career. Regardless of past misdeeds, I can respect that and not be a jerk today…and perhaps some of the rest of you can, as well, if you try.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Someone’s obituary was changed by a stance that, when the chips were down, he and his family didn’t have to make. A stance that ended his daughter’s career. Regardless of past misdeeds, I can respect that and not be a jerk today…and perhaps some of the rest of you can, as well, if you try.