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Facing intense pressure from his billionaire donor benefactors, Tricky Dick Durbin led 7 other Dem Senators to sell out the American people, almost certainly with the blessing of Chump Chuck Schumer.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
Facing intense pressure from his billionaire donor benefactors, Tricky Dick Durbin led 7 other Dem Senators to sell out the American people, almost certainly with the blessing of Chump Chuck Schumer.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Facing intense pressure from his billionaire donor benefactors, Tricky Dick Durbin led 7 other Dem Senators to sell out the American people, almost certainly with the blessing of Chump Chuck Schumer.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
Billionaire wealth skyrocketed with today's stock market gains.
Millions will lose health care.
Footlong and fancy free
Grand jury declines to indict alleged Washington DC sandwich thrower
Sean Charles Dunn was arrested after allegedly throwing food at a Customs and Border Protection agent
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Footlong and fancy free
600,000 people killed already by the Trump/Musk aid cuts. 2/3 of them children.
Millions more to come.
The scale of the cruelty is unimaginable.
This short documentary personalizes it.
Excellent. Heartbreaking. Devastating.
Don't look away.
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ
Millions more to come.
The scale of the cruelty is unimaginable.
This short documentary personalizes it.
Excellent. Heartbreaking. Devastating.
Don't look away.
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
600,000 people killed already by the Trump/Musk aid cuts. 2/3 of them children.
Millions more to come.
The scale of the cruelty is unimaginable.
This short documentary personalizes it.
Excellent. Heartbreaking. Devastating.
Don't look away.
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ
Millions more to come.
The scale of the cruelty is unimaginable.
This short documentary personalizes it.
Excellent. Heartbreaking. Devastating.
Don't look away.
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ
The Colorado Rockies are hiring one of the main guys from Moneyball to head up baseball operations! Finally, recognition that analytics beats nepotism!
Moneyball was published 22 years ago.
Moneyball was published 22 years ago.
Sources: DePodesta to run Rockies' baseball ops
The Rockies are finalizing a deal to hire Paul DePodesta to run their baseball operations department, sources told ESPN, turning to the longtime executive to overhaul a stagnant organization coming of...
www.espn.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Colorado Rockies are hiring one of the main guys from Moneyball to head up baseball operations! Finally, recognition that analytics beats nepotism!
Moneyball was published 22 years ago.
Moneyball was published 22 years ago.
"The Trump administration expanded its campaign of summarily killing people aboard boats suspected of smuggling drugs to a new geographic theater"
"Summarily killing" accurately describes it. Way to go, NYT.
"Summarily killing" accurately describes it. Way to go, NYT.
U.S. Strikes Boat in Pacific, Expanding Operation Against Drug Running Suspects
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"The Trump administration expanded its campaign of summarily killing people aboard boats suspected of smuggling drugs to a new geographic theater"
"Summarily killing" accurately describes it. Way to go, NYT.
"Summarily killing" accurately describes it. Way to go, NYT.
Gotta love the zaniness of prediction markets.
Most likely to be elected president in 2028:
1. JD Vance
2. Gavin Newsom
3. AOC
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?!
polymarket.com/event/presid...
Most likely to be elected president in 2028:
1. JD Vance
2. Gavin Newsom
3. AOC
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?!
polymarket.com/event/presid...
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gotta love the zaniness of prediction markets.
Most likely to be elected president in 2028:
1. JD Vance
2. Gavin Newsom
3. AOC
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?!
polymarket.com/event/presid...
Most likely to be elected president in 2028:
1. JD Vance
2. Gavin Newsom
3. AOC
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?!
polymarket.com/event/presid...
This should be interesting.
If they turn out to be just Venezuelan fisherman, the regime will have to accuse them of made-up crimes, like they did Abrego-Garcia.
Lies upon lies, upon human rights violations, upon murders.
We'll see.
If they turn out to be just Venezuelan fisherman, the regime will have to accuse them of made-up crimes, like they did Abrego-Garcia.
Lies upon lies, upon human rights violations, upon murders.
We'll see.
US Navy detaining two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat | CNN Politics
The US military is holding two survivors on a Navy ship after the US carried out a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on Thursday, according to three US officials.
www.cnn.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This should be interesting.
If they turn out to be just Venezuelan fisherman, the regime will have to accuse them of made-up crimes, like they did Abrego-Garcia.
Lies upon lies, upon human rights violations, upon murders.
We'll see.
If they turn out to be just Venezuelan fisherman, the regime will have to accuse them of made-up crimes, like they did Abrego-Garcia.
Lies upon lies, upon human rights violations, upon murders.
We'll see.
One of the funniest things I've seen recently: Kermit leads the frog resistance!
A Message From The Frog Resistance
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the funniest things I've seen recently: Kermit leads the frog resistance!
The Colorado Rockies are bad.
So bad that they're using the Savannah Bananas to try to sell season tickets. 😂
So bad that they're using the Savannah Bananas to try to sell season tickets. 😂
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Colorado Rockies are bad.
So bad that they're using the Savannah Bananas to try to sell season tickets. 😂
So bad that they're using the Savannah Bananas to try to sell season tickets. 😂
"The companies might be getting a handout, but the miners ain’t getting none"
The Trump administration in a nutshell.
Pretend to support workers to get their votes.
Then let them die of preventable diseases to juice corporate profits.
The Trump administration in a nutshell.
Pretend to support workers to get their votes.
Then let them die of preventable diseases to juice corporate profits.
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The companies might be getting a handout, but the miners ain’t getting none"
The Trump administration in a nutshell.
Pretend to support workers to get their votes.
Then let them die of preventable diseases to juice corporate profits.
The Trump administration in a nutshell.
Pretend to support workers to get their votes.
Then let them die of preventable diseases to juice corporate profits.
"The practice uses a range of techniques in an attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It surged in popularity among evangelical Christian communities in the 1980s and 1990s."
I'm so confused.
So evangelical Christian support = automatically good?
Sounds really "woke".
I'm so confused.
So evangelical Christian support = automatically good?
Sounds really "woke".
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"The practice uses a range of techniques in an attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It surged in popularity among evangelical Christian communities in the 1980s and 1990s."
I'm so confused.
So evangelical Christian support = automatically good?
Sounds really "woke".
I'm so confused.
So evangelical Christian support = automatically good?
Sounds really "woke".
"American democracy needs ... grand experiments like those of a century ago"
"MAGA’s America First ethic bids, fitfully, to establish a cross-ethnicity and cross-race nationalist solidarity"
Project 2025 "matches in scale and insurgent energy the ambitions of its left-wing predecessors"
Huh?
"MAGA’s America First ethic bids, fitfully, to establish a cross-ethnicity and cross-race nationalist solidarity"
Project 2025 "matches in scale and insurgent energy the ambitions of its left-wing predecessors"
Huh?
Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"American democracy needs ... grand experiments like those of a century ago"
"MAGA’s America First ethic bids, fitfully, to establish a cross-ethnicity and cross-race nationalist solidarity"
Project 2025 "matches in scale and insurgent energy the ambitions of its left-wing predecessors"
Huh?
"MAGA’s America First ethic bids, fitfully, to establish a cross-ethnicity and cross-race nationalist solidarity"
Project 2025 "matches in scale and insurgent energy the ambitions of its left-wing predecessors"
Huh?
This is what a police state looks like.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, where are you?
You should be on the scene, at this protest.
Either calling off your ISP and Cook County cops, or explaining to your citizens and the world why what they're doing is lawful and somehow pro-democracy.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, where are you?
You should be on the scene, at this protest.
Either calling off your ISP and Cook County cops, or explaining to your citizens and the world why what they're doing is lawful and somehow pro-democracy.
Simultaneously, ISP arrest a woman who's hyperventilating as Bovino and ICE move into the lot.
October 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is what a police state looks like.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, where are you?
You should be on the scene, at this protest.
Either calling off your ISP and Cook County cops, or explaining to your citizens and the world why what they're doing is lawful and somehow pro-democracy.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, where are you?
You should be on the scene, at this protest.
Either calling off your ISP and Cook County cops, or explaining to your citizens and the world why what they're doing is lawful and somehow pro-democracy.
Chris Murphy nails it right here: "we’ll never be able to raise the minimum wage by $10 if our democracy disappears"
Voters care about the basics of a decent life: healthcare, housing, a job with a living wage.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we should all have these things. 1/
Voters care about the basics of a decent life: healthcare, housing, a job with a living wage.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we should all have these things. 1/
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Chris Murphy nails it right here: "we’ll never be able to raise the minimum wage by $10 if our democracy disappears"
Voters care about the basics of a decent life: healthcare, housing, a job with a living wage.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we should all have these things. 1/
Voters care about the basics of a decent life: healthcare, housing, a job with a living wage.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we should all have these things. 1/
@govpritzker.illinois.gov:
What is happening?
Illinois State Police collaborating with ICE to quash a peaceful protest?
Illinois, and you in particular, were a shining beacon for the rest of us around the country, showing how we can resist tyranny.
Please explain this action against protestors.
What is happening?
Illinois State Police collaborating with ICE to quash a peaceful protest?
Illinois, and you in particular, were a shining beacon for the rest of us around the country, showing how we can resist tyranny.
Please explain this action against protestors.
A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov:
What is happening?
Illinois State Police collaborating with ICE to quash a peaceful protest?
Illinois, and you in particular, were a shining beacon for the rest of us around the country, showing how we can resist tyranny.
Please explain this action against protestors.
What is happening?
Illinois State Police collaborating with ICE to quash a peaceful protest?
Illinois, and you in particular, were a shining beacon for the rest of us around the country, showing how we can resist tyranny.
Please explain this action against protestors.
WSJ's top story:
Regime concerned about fallout from doubling millions' of Americans' premiums.
Preparing to negotiate.
Dems winning shutdown.
Look at that! When you stand up to a paper tyrant, you often win!
When you appease, you always lose.
Regime concerned about fallout from doubling millions' of Americans' premiums.
Preparing to negotiate.
Dems winning shutdown.
Look at that! When you stand up to a paper tyrant, you often win!
When you appease, you always lose.
White House Senses Political Risk on Healthcare Despite Shutdown Bravado
Aides to President Trump are discussing proposals to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies on which millions of Americans rely.
www.wsj.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WSJ's top story:
Regime concerned about fallout from doubling millions' of Americans' premiums.
Preparing to negotiate.
Dems winning shutdown.
Look at that! When you stand up to a paper tyrant, you often win!
When you appease, you always lose.
Regime concerned about fallout from doubling millions' of Americans' premiums.
Preparing to negotiate.
Dems winning shutdown.
Look at that! When you stand up to a paper tyrant, you often win!
When you appease, you always lose.
OpenAI becomes the world's most valuable private company, ahead of SpaceX, ByteDance (TikTok), and Anthropic.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
OpenAI becomes the world's most valuable private company, ahead of SpaceX, ByteDance (TikTok), and Anthropic.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rape, assault, kidnapping by ICE impersonators skyrocketing. Feds not prosecuting.
"Among the two dozen incidents identified by CNN, criminal charges have been filed in 10. Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer"
Great detailed reporting
www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...
"Among the two dozen incidents identified by CNN, criminal charges have been filed in 10. Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer"
Great detailed reporting
www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Rape, assault, kidnapping by ICE impersonators skyrocketing. Feds not prosecuting.
"Among the two dozen incidents identified by CNN, criminal charges have been filed in 10. Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer"
Great detailed reporting
www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...
"Among the two dozen incidents identified by CNN, criminal charges have been filed in 10. Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer"
Great detailed reporting
www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...
This is really bad.
Kudos to CNN for rising to the moment.
Meanwhile, NYT? Nothing.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
Kudos to CNN for rising to the moment.
Meanwhile, NYT? Nothing.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is really bad.
Kudos to CNN for rising to the moment.
Meanwhile, NYT? Nothing.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
Kudos to CNN for rising to the moment.
Meanwhile, NYT? Nothing.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
Thinking more about this graph from the Atlantic showing right-wing extremist violence is way down this year.
The obvious reaction is, duh, their guy's in charge now.
But it's more than that. Far-right terror has skyrocketed. It's just not being counted. 1/
The obvious reaction is, duh, their guy's in charge now.
But it's more than that. Far-right terror has skyrocketed. It's just not being counted. 1/
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thinking more about this graph from the Atlantic showing right-wing extremist violence is way down this year.
The obvious reaction is, duh, their guy's in charge now.
But it's more than that. Far-right terror has skyrocketed. It's just not being counted. 1/
The obvious reaction is, duh, their guy's in charge now.
But it's more than that. Far-right terror has skyrocketed. It's just not being counted. 1/
"Trump has complained that prosecutors were willing to bring numerous criminal cases against him... repeatedly said that the Justice Department should bring the best case it can when it comes to his political opponents and let the court decide"
Criminal just assumes criming is what everyone does.
Criminal just assumes criming is what everyone does.
Attorney General Bondi and prosecutors have reservations over charging James Comey, sources say | CNN Politics
Attorney General Pam Bondi and other federal prosecutors have concerns about the case against former FBI Director James Comey, sources tell CNN, though an indictment could come as soon as Thursday.
www.cnn.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Trump has complained that prosecutors were willing to bring numerous criminal cases against him... repeatedly said that the Justice Department should bring the best case it can when it comes to his political opponents and let the court decide"
Criminal just assumes criming is what everyone does.
Criminal just assumes criming is what everyone does.
Trump's UN speech was all lies, all the time.
Fact check: Trump litters UN speech with false claims about climate, inflation, immigration and world peace | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was littered with numerous false claims, many of which have been debunked before.
www.cnn.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump's UN speech was all lies, all the time.
Best NYT homepage in a while.
Dare I say, finally meeting the moment.
Took 'em long enough.
Dare I say, finally meeting the moment.
Took 'em long enough.
September 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Best NYT homepage in a while.
Dare I say, finally meeting the moment.
Took 'em long enough.
Dare I say, finally meeting the moment.
Took 'em long enough.
"Many in MAGA land are trying to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk."
Obviously.
But @jimmykimmel.com is now cancelled.
In recognition of Charlie Kirk, the great champion of free speech and debate.
Obviously.
But @jimmykimmel.com is now cancelled.
In recognition of Charlie Kirk, the great champion of free speech and debate.
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Many in MAGA land are trying to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk."
Obviously.
But @jimmykimmel.com is now cancelled.
In recognition of Charlie Kirk, the great champion of free speech and debate.
Obviously.
But @jimmykimmel.com is now cancelled.
In recognition of Charlie Kirk, the great champion of free speech and debate.