Michael Bruce
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Republicans are celebrating after they gutted healthcare in their deeply unpopular bill.
The American people will remember the cruelty of it all next November.
Press on.
The American people will remember the cruelty of it all next November.
Press on.
July 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Republicans are celebrating after they gutted healthcare in their deeply unpopular bill.
The American people will remember the cruelty of it all next November.
Press on.
The American people will remember the cruelty of it all next November.
Press on.
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As just a general point it's remarkable to me that Trump (+GOP) managed to come up with a bill that combines savage cuts and big electorally scary numbers of people who lose health care AND drive the debt through the roof.
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As just a general point it's remarkable to me that Trump (+GOP) managed to come up with a bill that combines savage cuts and big electorally scary numbers of people who lose health care AND drive the debt through the roof.
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MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
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HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
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So today:
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
April 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So today:
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
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From “The Economist”
April 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From “The Economist”
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
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REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: No
April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: No
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I saw a trainer at my gym today wearing a tshirt that said “Crypto is for Virgins” and her shirt basically made my day.
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I saw a trainer at my gym today wearing a tshirt that said “Crypto is for Virgins” and her shirt basically made my day.
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Feels like we’re watching the endgame of a decades-long project on the right to make it uncool to understand stuff
April 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Feels like we’re watching the endgame of a decades-long project on the right to make it uncool to understand stuff
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Absolutely every business should do this.
Fabletics is posting a “Tariff Surcharge” on their receipts. I hope other companies follow suit.
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Absolutely every business should do this.
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The Dow closed at 43,480 on the final day of Biden's presidency. Today it closed at 37,646
April 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Dow closed at 43,480 on the final day of Biden's presidency. Today it closed at 37,646
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“My friend, Madame President: I yield the floor.”
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“My friend, Madame President: I yield the floor.”
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"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
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👀 Canadians are calling for authorities in the Land of the Maple Leaf to hit Americans where it hurts most—by banning Canadian-owned Pornhub.
March 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
👀 Canadians are calling for authorities in the Land of the Maple Leaf to hit Americans where it hurts most—by banning Canadian-owned Pornhub.
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March 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard tried to appoint a rightwing podcaster who regularly promotes pro-Putin commentators to one of the most important jobs in the US intelligence community. She's a problem.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tulsi Gabbard wanted a promoter of pro-Putin commentators to be her deputy
But Daniel Davis' appointment was killed because of his criticisms of Israel.
www.motherjones.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard tried to appoint a rightwing podcaster who regularly promotes pro-Putin commentators to one of the most important jobs in the US intelligence community. She's a problem.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
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"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."
"Antisemitism in the Oval Office: A confrontation seen with a historian's eye"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
Antisemitism in the Oval Office
A confrontation seen with a historian's eye
snyder.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."
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Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)
March 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)
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Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter.
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
Atlanta Fed model forecasts nearly -3% GDP growth in first quarter of this year
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model updated on Monday.
bit.ly
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter.
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
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lol crylol. WAPO reporting that Elon actually didn't bring back ebola prevention after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Strong day for Ebola Freedom Movement.
February 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
lol crylol. WAPO reporting that Elon actually didn't bring back ebola prevention after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Strong day for Ebola Freedom Movement.
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New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
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Corporate leaders who were fine with Trump sadistically imposing mass suffering on vulnerable groups as long as they got their tax cuts deserve every last bit of what this madman is now unleashing on them with these tariffs. Assholes.
February 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Corporate leaders who were fine with Trump sadistically imposing mass suffering on vulnerable groups as long as they got their tax cuts deserve every last bit of what this madman is now unleashing on them with these tariffs. Assholes.