It’s always been weird to me that we don’t really have a WWI monument in DC. There’s a small gazebo on the Mall
President Trump said that he would rename Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, as “Victory Day for World War I” and May 8, widely known as V-E Day, as “Victory Day for World War II,” so that the U.S. could celebrate its achievements in those conflicts.
Trump Says He Is Renaming Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’
The president said he would also label May 8, known as V-E Day for Victory in Europe, as “Victory Day for World War II,” and vowed to celebrate America’s military wins.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It’s always been weird to me that we don’t really have a WWI monument in DC. There’s a small gazebo on the Mall
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If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
April 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
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I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
If Bukele doesn't want to meet in D.C., I'll go to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
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The fact that the government is using charges of antisemitism to justify sending people to concentration camps is the most enraging manipulation of discourse that the current fascists have engaged in thus far.
They’ll live out their Nazi fantasies all while claiming they are doing it for the Jews.
They’ll live out their Nazi fantasies all while claiming they are doing it for the Jews.
April 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The fact that the government is using charges of antisemitism to justify sending people to concentration camps is the most enraging manipulation of discourse that the current fascists have engaged in thus far.
They’ll live out their Nazi fantasies all while claiming they are doing it for the Jews.
They’ll live out their Nazi fantasies all while claiming they are doing it for the Jews.
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DOGE abruptly cut a program called Charting My Path for Future Success—a research-based effort that helped teens with disabilities transition from high school into college, work, and independent living. Now it’s gone without explanation.
April 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
DOGE abruptly cut a program called Charting My Path for Future Success—a research-based effort that helped teens with disabilities transition from high school into college, work, and independent living. Now it’s gone without explanation.
Love to watch people in my network hired for the same job another network contact just lost due to questionable management practices. Like, “hey! So glad you got that job! Didn’t they just get rid of everyone there?”
Is the new hire a “scab” for accepting?
Is the new hire a “scab” for accepting?
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love to watch people in my network hired for the same job another network contact just lost due to questionable management practices. Like, “hey! So glad you got that job! Didn’t they just get rid of everyone there?”
Is the new hire a “scab” for accepting?
Is the new hire a “scab” for accepting?
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For the past 20 years, an 8-by-9-foot room on the top floor of a disheveled house in Connecticut was a prison cell for a boy last seen by the outside world when he was in the fourth grade. When firefighters found him, he was 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. nyti.ms/4i4zyQH
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
For the past 20 years, an 8-by-9-foot room on the top floor of a disheveled house in Connecticut was a prison cell for a boy last seen by the outside world when he was in the fourth grade. When firefighters found him, he was 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. nyti.ms/4i4zyQH
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Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record with goal No. 894.
Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his NHL career in the third period Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to draw even with Gretzky. It was his second goal of the night.
Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his NHL career in the third period Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to draw even with Gretzky. It was his second goal of the night.
Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record with No. 894
No. 894 came on home ice for Ovechkin, whose Washington Capitals are facing the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record with goal No. 894.
Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his NHL career in the third period Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to draw even with Gretzky. It was his second goal of the night.
Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his NHL career in the third period Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to draw even with Gretzky. It was his second goal of the night.
Super fun to be unemployed in DC, because then you start looking at ALL the possible jobs and see one for a senior intelligence officer that lists "Language skills such as Dari, Pashto, German or Italian" among the qualifications. Seems like a big tell, no?
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Super fun to be unemployed in DC, because then you start looking at ALL the possible jobs and see one for a senior intelligence officer that lists "Language skills such as Dari, Pashto, German or Italian" among the qualifications. Seems like a big tell, no?
The Catholic Church hopes to create more destitute so they can swoop in and help and look oh so charitable!
The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.
Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws
The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.
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March 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Catholic Church hopes to create more destitute so they can swoop in and help and look oh so charitable!
This is already outdated, @aljazeera.com. It says "Italy places no limit on how far back you can trace your ancestry to claim citizenship," but they just announced a huge change to that last week
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Why are so many Americans applying for second passports?
Political and economic uncertainty as well as fear of Trump orders are driving Americans to seek other citizenships.
aje.io
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is already outdated, @aljazeera.com. It says "Italy places no limit on how far back you can trace your ancestry to claim citizenship," but they just announced a huge change to that last week
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The time has long passed, but I find it weird and troubling that no one ever questioned the results of the 2024 election. IMHO the Dems shot themselves in the foot on that purity test, even if Kamala didn't have the numbers.
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The time has long passed, but I find it weird and troubling that no one ever questioned the results of the 2024 election. IMHO the Dems shot themselves in the foot on that purity test, even if Kamala didn't have the numbers.
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We have no evidence you are a risk. Which is why you are a risk. If Kafka were alive today, he’d be drafting national security briefs.
March 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We have no evidence you are a risk. Which is why you are a risk. If Kafka were alive today, he’d be drafting national security briefs.
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Ah, he never disappoints.
March 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ah, he never disappoints.
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Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither—
[Stabs him again.]
[Stabs him again.]
March 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither—
[Stabs him again.]
[Stabs him again.]
I passed this place in downtown dc the other day and kept thinking it would be a great name for the Johnson house 😂
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I passed this place in downtown dc the other day and kept thinking it would be a great name for the Johnson house 😂
Been happening for a while. JDV is a great example
Conservatives having nostalgia for the hipster is... breaking my brain a bit
Wow guys is this true
February 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Been happening for a while. JDV is a great example
It’s simple. If people you know aren’t freaking out about the state of the world, then you have to wonder what’s in it for them
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s simple. If people you know aren’t freaking out about the state of the world, then you have to wonder what’s in it for them
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Good that the Times is tracking his deeds and words like this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Next level would be to organize all the known steps in democracy's replacement by authoritarian governance, and report it as news when he reaches them, so that we know where we are— and what remains.
Next level would be to organize all the known steps in democracy's replacement by authoritarian governance, and report it as news when he reaches them, so that we know where we are— and what remains.
February 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Good that the Times is tracking his deeds and words like this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Next level would be to organize all the known steps in democracy's replacement by authoritarian governance, and report it as news when he reaches them, so that we know where we are— and what remains.
Next level would be to organize all the known steps in democracy's replacement by authoritarian governance, and report it as news when he reaches them, so that we know where we are— and what remains.
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He's openly admitting they're going to use the military to do illegal things and fired all the lawyers so no one will stop them.
They will use the military on US civilians and they will give the order to shoot. The question is whether the rank and file listen.
They will use the military on US civilians and they will give the order to shoot. The question is whether the rank and file listen.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
He's openly admitting they're going to use the military to do illegal things and fired all the lawyers so no one will stop them.
They will use the military on US civilians and they will give the order to shoot. The question is whether the rank and file listen.
They will use the military on US civilians and they will give the order to shoot. The question is whether the rank and file listen.
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“I took an oath not to drink anything toxic, but we’ll never know if this paint is toxic unless we drink a whole can of it”
BRENNAN: Do you believe the president has the unilateral authority to cancel funds appropriated by Congress?
JOHN CURTIS: We'll find out
BRENNAN: You don't have a point of view?
CURTIS: I believe this is how we test the Constitution
JOHN CURTIS: We'll find out
BRENNAN: You don't have a point of view?
CURTIS: I believe this is how we test the Constitution
February 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“I took an oath not to drink anything toxic, but we’ll never know if this paint is toxic unless we drink a whole can of it”