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“May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong side.” - Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly
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Project 2025 Tracker.
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 has progressed to 50% completion.

It took ~10 months after Inauguration Day for us to get here (January 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025).
Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
www.project2025.observer
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Mmkay. I got a huge Jack the Ripper slash across my throat and it’s off center. Lots of phlegm because asthma hates intubation. Low Vitamin D from missing the outdoors (omfg, ME?!) and low calcium because evicting the thyroid can do that.

But I’m alert and the calmest I’ve felt in fucking years. 🥹
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Well, yes Angus, it ceases to work at the point where you cease to do it too early
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Shame. Shame. Shame.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I've voted blue my whole life.

It's not good enough. They're were always the lesser evil. Now a joke.

And if leadership hasn't read up on fascism/Nazism by now and not put 2+2 together about America's state right now, we don't deserve to have them leading us.

"Voice of the people" my ass.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
We get to demolish this party and start anew now, right? RIGHT?

Fucking hell. Dem "leadshership" is nothing but spineless history dunces and their heads are lost in Delulu land.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Where the fuck is Schumer’s brain?

It’s not here with us, that’s for sure.
The Democratic caucus trying to stop Chuck Schumer from agreeing to a CR with a nationwide abortion ban attached
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Bright light on the dark truth.
I believe that the starving families were not considered bad enough to end the shutdown but the canceled flights will be, which is so incredibly depressing
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“‘You put your finger in and remove it instantaneously, it’s unbearable.’”

Floating carcasses of up to 200 river dolphins washed up over a six-week period around September 2023. No one in the region had seen this happen over the past century[…]”
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
There were recent studies that indicated people with Graves’ lose visible, measurable amounts of grey matter in the brain. The good news is that it grows back after successful treatment.

The bad news is it also rewires the brain in several ways. This isn’t reversible.

Swell.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Yay! This poor guy has been through the wringer, but he keeps winning.
Sandwich guy found not guilty! A jury cleared Sean C. Dunn of misdemeanor assault charges. Dunn had gained viral attention after tossing a sandwich at a federal agent during a protest in Washington against Trump’s law enforcement policies.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Totes unoriginal, but this is the playbook that works time and again.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
They're like predators who are programmed to hunt in packs as they hone in on taking down a target.

But for them, it's for satisfying a dark blood-lust that only an abuse of power can give them. Not food.
Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
There it is. Full throttle now.
After Trump’s major losses yesterday, the White House says it’s preparing executive orders aimed at changing how U.S. elections are run, citing so-called “blatant fraud” as the reason. It’s clear they just can’t accept losing.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Trump is going to triple down on his authoritarian tactics after voters rejected his election rigging plans

Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:

-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats

-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances

-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative

-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
New sign outside the Oval Office..
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Last night was enjoyable for a little minute.

Watch the Repubs further normalize Trump staying on and attacking our future elections.

I don’t want to hear calls for unity or that our midterms have the power to save us.

These are fascist Nazis. They don’t play clean. Don’t forget it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This helped me recover from my last post.

I guess that 42% for Cuomo was mainly men.

That literally figures. *scoffs*
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
42% voted for this rapey man???

That’s horrifying. He was defeated, but nearly 1 in 2 NYC voters supported him.

America, I don’t get you.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
You vote a manbaby into the White House and this is what you get.

Ugh, let’s kick them all out of there. After that? Let’s never ever do this again.
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Megalomaniac says what?
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
🥲
After the free marketing from Trump & Elon, Zohran Mamdani wins Mayor of NYC! 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is terrible.

I know indie zines exist today and struggle, but seriously, if there was ever a time to get back to underground newspapers and news zines while creating indie support for their journalists? It’s this year.
Every single journalist with expertise in extremism I know has been fired or their publication has folded.

Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Nicely done.
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.

Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.

[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM