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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
CA in OC had lines when I voted this afternoon. Prop 50 (redistricting) is the only thing on the ballot. Many people doing same day registration to vote, unusual even in a presidential election. I didn’t expect lines, even with fewer polling sites.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
CA in OC had lines when I voted this afternoon. Prop 50 (redistricting) is the only thing on the ballot. Many people doing same day registration to vote, unusual even in a presidential election. I didn’t expect lines, even with fewer polling sites.
Would love to know what the guy in the Marlins jersey was thinking when he picked is outfit for the Blue Jay v Dodgers game. It’s the 15th inning, my mind is wandering.
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Would love to know what the guy in the Marlins jersey was thinking when he picked is outfit for the Blue Jay v Dodgers game. It’s the 15th inning, my mind is wandering.
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There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
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A physical attack on someone exercising their constitutional right to speak is an attack on all of us. The content of the speech is irrelevant. This is another sad day for America.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A physical attack on someone exercising their constitutional right to speak is an attack on all of us. The content of the speech is irrelevant. This is another sad day for America.
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Trump's betting that people won't notice that he has inflicted - without Congres and without legal authority - one of the largest and most regressive peacetime tax increases in American history.
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Trump's betting that people won't notice that he has inflicted - without Congres and without legal authority - one of the largest and most regressive peacetime tax increases in American history.
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The CDC is one of Atlanta’s crown jewels. Dedicated public servants who are tireless advocates for public health. They deserve better than this administration’s disregard for science. We deserve much more from our government than conspiracy theories and indifference towards individuals’ well-being.
August 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The CDC is one of Atlanta’s crown jewels. Dedicated public servants who are tireless advocates for public health. They deserve better than this administration’s disregard for science. We deserve much more from our government than conspiracy theories and indifference towards individuals’ well-being.
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For every Republican who ever carried a little pocket version of the Constitution, you can turn in your souls at the rear door.
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
For every Republican who ever carried a little pocket version of the Constitution, you can turn in your souls at the rear door.
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Again, the reason Trump keeps saying & doing whatever he wants is because every societal institution has decided that <only he> is exempt from all of the things. We don't need to do that. We could decide instead to simply be a serious country.
One reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is because every societal institution, including the media, has completely normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.
July 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Again, the reason Trump keeps saying & doing whatever he wants is because every societal institution has decided that <only he> is exempt from all of the things. We don't need to do that. We could decide instead to simply be a serious country.
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Trump’s furious denial that he wrote something in 2003 might be more persuasive if he hadn’t just shown us he doesn’t remember he appointed the fucking Fed Chair in 2017.
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trump’s furious denial that he wrote something in 2003 might be more persuasive if he hadn’t just shown us he doesn’t remember he appointed the fucking Fed Chair in 2017.
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There's some giddy excitement as Republicans discover that tariffs bring in tax revenue.
Umm... yes. A tariff is a tax. Taxes raise revenue.
That's not in question.
Rather: Is this a tax that's efficient? (No.) Is it equitable? (No.) Does it serve our national interest? (No.)
Umm... yes. A tariff is a tax. Taxes raise revenue.
That's not in question.
Rather: Is this a tax that's efficient? (No.) Is it equitable? (No.) Does it serve our national interest? (No.)
July 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There's some giddy excitement as Republicans discover that tariffs bring in tax revenue.
Umm... yes. A tariff is a tax. Taxes raise revenue.
That's not in question.
Rather: Is this a tax that's efficient? (No.) Is it equitable? (No.) Does it serve our national interest? (No.)
Umm... yes. A tariff is a tax. Taxes raise revenue.
That's not in question.
Rather: Is this a tax that's efficient? (No.) Is it equitable? (No.) Does it serve our national interest? (No.)
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So, if I have this right, Israel has started a war for regime change and nuclear disarmament but has neither the strategy nor the capabilities to ensure either. It's counting on the Iranian people and US bombs to achieve its goals.
Netanyahu: “Toppling the Iranian regime depends on the Iranian people. We are creating the conditions that will help them achieve that.”
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So, if I have this right, Israel has started a war for regime change and nuclear disarmament but has neither the strategy nor the capabilities to ensure either. It's counting on the Iranian people and US bombs to achieve its goals.
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Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.
June 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.
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This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
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"Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."
May 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."
Look in the mirror, Miller!
* WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF MILLER: CHINA MUST SHOW ITS COMMITMENT TO A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Look in the mirror, Miller!
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I never want to hear again, in my lifetime, that the GOP is concerned about meeting the challenge of rising China in global economic & geopolitical competition.
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I never want to hear again, in my lifetime, that the GOP is concerned about meeting the challenge of rising China in global economic & geopolitical competition.
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It's a rich irony that a President who is obsessed by the trade balance is blocking one of our best exports: American higher ed.
International students pay fees, create high-paying jobs, learn ideas, and spread them globally.
But they can't come without reliable visas.
International students pay fees, create high-paying jobs, learn ideas, and spread them globally.
But they can't come without reliable visas.
May 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's a rich irony that a President who is obsessed by the trade balance is blocking one of our best exports: American higher ed.
International students pay fees, create high-paying jobs, learn ideas, and spread them globally.
But they can't come without reliable visas.
International students pay fees, create high-paying jobs, learn ideas, and spread them globally.
But they can't come without reliable visas.
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Real Capitalism™ is the President telling an individual corporation how to set its prices.
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Real Capitalism™ is the President telling an individual corporation how to set its prices.
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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Reports are emerging that Trump will peel back some of the auto tariffs. It is a useful step. He's introducing some gradualism which would be helpful in *every industry*. But notice these favors only go to politically connected businesses like autos, and small biz is left out.
April 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Reports are emerging that Trump will peel back some of the auto tariffs. It is a useful step. He's introducing some gradualism which would be helpful in *every industry*. But notice these favors only go to politically connected businesses like autos, and small biz is left out.
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I’ve never reacted well to small minded people who try to control others thoughts and speech and it makes absolutely no difference to me if they are from the right or the left.
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’ve never reacted well to small minded people who try to control others thoughts and speech and it makes absolutely no difference to me if they are from the right or the left.
We may all be about to take a crash course in Bonds 101. I don’t want to either!
don't make me have to understand bonds, I don't want to.
April 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We may all be about to take a crash course in Bonds 101. I don’t want to either!
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You cannot deport an American citizen from America. If this comes to pass -- and hopefully it will not -- call it what it is: state-sanctioned kidnapping and human trafficking
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You cannot deport an American citizen from America. If this comes to pass -- and hopefully it will not -- call it what it is: state-sanctioned kidnapping and human trafficking