Cliff
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
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We anticipate potentially 100,000 Washingtonians facing evacuation orders. The situation is fluid and changing all the time. We expect rivers to hit historic levels as early as 4 a.m. tomorrow, lasting into Friday morning.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We anticipate potentially 100,000 Washingtonians facing evacuation orders. The situation is fluid and changing all the time. We expect rivers to hit historic levels as early as 4 a.m. tomorrow, lasting into Friday morning.
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If you get health care through your employer, your premiums are going up by an average of 26% no matter what.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you get health care through your employer, your premiums are going up by an average of 26% no matter what.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
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This week, Senate Dems will force a vote on our plan to avert massive increases to health care costs that will begin on January 1st.
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This week, Senate Dems will force a vote on our plan to avert massive increases to health care costs that will begin on January 1st.
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
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The killing of shipwrecked survivors at sea is a textbook violation of the laws of war.
If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes.
The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.
If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes.
The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The killing of shipwrecked survivors at sea is a textbook violation of the laws of war.
If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes.
The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.
If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes.
The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.
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Originally, the constitution allowed slaves.
So it begs the question, do originalists believe that slavery should return?
The fact that this question is never asked of “Originalists” during confirmation hearings has always confounded me.
So it begs the question, do originalists believe that slavery should return?
The fact that this question is never asked of “Originalists” during confirmation hearings has always confounded me.
Interpreting the 14A as narrowly as possible—as SCOTUS has done recently in Dobbs & Trump v. Anderson—aligns neatly with the larger GOP goal of destroying the New Deal state & reviving the overtly white nationalist apartheid regime of the Jim Crow era.
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Originally, the constitution allowed slaves.
So it begs the question, do originalists believe that slavery should return?
The fact that this question is never asked of “Originalists” during confirmation hearings has always confounded me.
So it begs the question, do originalists believe that slavery should return?
The fact that this question is never asked of “Originalists” during confirmation hearings has always confounded me.
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Perhaps Donald Trump should sign an executive order declaring June 14 (his birthday) to be National Racial Animus Day.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Perhaps Donald Trump should sign an executive order declaring June 14 (his birthday) to be National Racial Animus Day.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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🚨I think it’s important to remember that the guy now verbally abusing female reporters and calling them “stupid “ among other names, when they ask perfectly valid questions, is the same guy who asked his advisors if they could “ look into “ human injections of disinfectant. 😳
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🚨I think it’s important to remember that the guy now verbally abusing female reporters and calling them “stupid “ among other names, when they ask perfectly valid questions, is the same guy who asked his advisors if they could “ look into “ human injections of disinfectant. 😳
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and often the center of our communities and neighborhoods.
Especially now, as Trump’s tariffs are pushing so many local small businesses to the breaking point, let’s all do our part and shop small for Small Business Saturday.
Especially now, as Trump’s tariffs are pushing so many local small businesses to the breaking point, let’s all do our part and shop small for Small Business Saturday.
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and often the center of our communities and neighborhoods.
Especially now, as Trump’s tariffs are pushing so many local small businesses to the breaking point, let’s all do our part and shop small for Small Business Saturday.
Especially now, as Trump’s tariffs are pushing so many local small businesses to the breaking point, let’s all do our part and shop small for Small Business Saturday.
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A government filled with murderers and abusers is destined to make murderous and abusive policies that cause death and suffering in its populace.
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A government filled with murderers and abusers is destined to make murderous and abusive policies that cause death and suffering in its populace.