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Oh, you simple-minded, wheezing gargoyle . . . you were very much on the ballot. You are blamed for the shutdown. You are blamed from SNAP shutting down. You are blamed for a bad economy. And numerous people interviewed last night mentioned that seeing the East Wing destroyed motivated them to vote.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh, you simple-minded, wheezing gargoyle . . . you were very much on the ballot. You are blamed for the shutdown. You are blamed from SNAP shutting down. You are blamed for a bad economy. And numerous people interviewed last night mentioned that seeing the East Wing destroyed motivated them to vote.
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“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino
Thinking like a dissident movement.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
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This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.
As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.
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Truth, an ethical requirement for all lawyers, is a now fireable offense.
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
April 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Truth, an ethical requirement for all lawyers, is a now fireable offense.
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Interesting that Trump apparently sees the Holocaust in terms of Germans loving their neighbors and helping them in times of distress or confinement.
Trump: "I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany."
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Interesting that Trump apparently sees the Holocaust in terms of Germans loving their neighbors and helping them in times of distress or confinement.
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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇
February 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The waste is coming from the White House. 👇
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Under His Eye
A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state.
HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."
HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."
February 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Under His Eye
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“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
In case there was any doubt, we now know the answer to the question, “At long last, have you no sense of decency, sir?”
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
In case there was any doubt, we now know the answer to the question, “At long last, have you no sense of decency, sir?”
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
January 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
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Please do not listen to anyone who's like "was this even a real problem if it's over in 36 hours?" It didn't happen BECAUSE everyone raised a completely appropriate shitstorm about it. They'll obviously try other heinous shit but this is a huge victory. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending
The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion.A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Please do not listen to anyone who's like "was this even a real problem if it's over in 36 hours?" It didn't happen BECAUSE everyone raised a completely appropriate shitstorm about it. They'll obviously try other heinous shit but this is a huge victory. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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I moved it up a bit from earlier
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I moved it up a bit from earlier
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“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
Further evidence they did not actually have any idea what stove they were touching and have started writing up exceptions every time someone brings up something
BREAKING: The Trump administration has issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
January 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
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One in nine young Germans is unaware of the Holocaust and a quarter cannot name a single concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to a survey ⬇️
One in nine young German adults ‘has not heard of the Holocaust’
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One in nine young Germans is unaware of the Holocaust and a quarter cannot name a single concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to a survey ⬇️
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January 19, 2025
January 19, 2025
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
January 19, 2025
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For Hamas, armed struggle is looking like a dead end, Hussein Ibish writes. Its future in Gaza now depends on the diplomacy of its civilian politburo.
Diplomacy Is All Hamas Has Left in the Arsenal
For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For Hamas, armed struggle is looking like a dead end, Hussein Ibish writes. Its future in Gaza now depends on the diplomacy of its civilian politburo.
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Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
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December 9, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
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Moscow faces potential loss of its Syrian bases, African supply routes after toppling of Assad regime: Russia’s naval and air bases in Syria are crucial resupply hubs, but with the sudden defeat of the Russian-backed government in Damascus, those bases are now in serious peril
Moscow faces potential loss of its Syrian bases, African supply routes after toppling of Assad regime
Russia’s naval and air bases in Syria are crucial resupply hubs, but with the sudden defeat of the Russian-backed government in Damascus, those bases are now in serious peril
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Moscow faces potential loss of its Syrian bases, African supply routes after toppling of Assad regime: Russia’s naval and air bases in Syria are crucial resupply hubs, but with the sudden defeat of the Russian-backed government in Damascus, those bases are now in serious peril
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The post included a video of Pence calling the attack “a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol” as he presided over the certification of the results hours after the riot. Trump to this day criticizes Pence for certifying the results of the 2020 election, falsely claiming it was stolen
NEW on CNN: We uncovered that Trump's incoming-White House press secretary purged tweets from her timeline praising Pence for certifying the election on January 6 and praising Capitol police .
Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier | CNN Politics
Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet...
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The post included a video of Pence calling the attack “a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol” as he presided over the certification of the results hours after the riot. Trump to this day criticizes Pence for certifying the results of the 2020 election, falsely claiming it was stolen
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Trump Team Signs Agreement to Allow F.B.I. Background Checks for Nominees
President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
Trump Team Signs Agreement to Allow F.B.I. Background Checks for Nominees
President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Trump Team Signs Agreement to Allow F.B.I. Background Checks for Nominees
President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
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Looks like this could be it for Hegseth. Allegations of drunkenness & sexual assault are one thing, but disloyalty to Big Brother is next order of magnitude important.
Hegseth: Typical Trump. All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. This is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments
December 4, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Looks like this could be it for Hegseth. Allegations of drunkenness & sexual assault are one thing, but disloyalty to Big Brother is next order of magnitude important.
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I wonder what Putin will go with now -- catastrophic humiliation in Syria or catastrophic humiliation in Ukraine.
He does not have the resources to save his buddy Assad's ass one more time AND go on with his all-out offensive in east Ukraine at all costs.
He does not have the resources to save his buddy Assad's ass one more time AND go on with his all-out offensive in east Ukraine at all costs.
November 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I wonder what Putin will go with now -- catastrophic humiliation in Syria or catastrophic humiliation in Ukraine.
He does not have the resources to save his buddy Assad's ass one more time AND go on with his all-out offensive in east Ukraine at all costs.
He does not have the resources to save his buddy Assad's ass one more time AND go on with his all-out offensive in east Ukraine at all costs.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!