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the endgame here is him withholding federal tax dollars from blue states entirely unless they let him personally rewrite all their laws
it is the end of the “states’ rights” conservatives claimed to believe in so fervently in favor of absolute dictatorship
it is the end of the “states’ rights” conservatives claimed to believe in so fervently in favor of absolute dictatorship
Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.
March 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the endgame here is him withholding federal tax dollars from blue states entirely unless they let him personally rewrite all their laws
it is the end of the “states’ rights” conservatives claimed to believe in so fervently in favor of absolute dictatorship
it is the end of the “states’ rights” conservatives claimed to believe in so fervently in favor of absolute dictatorship
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I have a lengthy thread of today's hearing over Trump's anti-trans military ban. The post-hearing summary starts here —>
OK. Let me try to explain all of this.
Reyes ruled against Trump's anti-trans policy on Tuesday, but stayed it going into effect until 10a today.
At 9:20a today, after doing nothing publicly in the interim, DOJ filed a new DOD policy that DOJ argues means the injunction should be dissolved.
Reyes ruled against Trump's anti-trans policy on Tuesday, but stayed it going into effect until 10a today.
At 9:20a today, after doing nothing publicly in the interim, DOJ filed a new DOD policy that DOJ argues means the injunction should be dissolved.
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I have a lengthy thread of today's hearing over Trump's anti-trans military ban. The post-hearing summary starts here —>
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NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump's anti-trans military ban as "soaked in animus."
Finding the ban is likely unconstitutional on several grounds, Judge Reyes's injunction blocking the ban goes into effect Friday unless a higher court stays her order.
My full report at Law Dork —>
Finding the ban is likely unconstitutional on several grounds, Judge Reyes's injunction blocking the ban goes into effect Friday unless a higher court stays her order.
My full report at Law Dork —>
Federal judge blocks Trump's anti-trans military ban as "soaked in animus"
Finding the ban is likely unconstitutional on several grounds, Judge Reyes's injunction blocking the ban goes into effect Friday unless a higher court stays her order.
www.lawdork.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump's anti-trans military ban as "soaked in animus."
Finding the ban is likely unconstitutional on several grounds, Judge Reyes's injunction blocking the ban goes into effect Friday unless a higher court stays her order.
My full report at Law Dork —>
Finding the ban is likely unconstitutional on several grounds, Judge Reyes's injunction blocking the ban goes into effect Friday unless a higher court stays her order.
My full report at Law Dork —>
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The only legal body that could stop Trump is the US Senate through finding him guilty during an impeachment trial. They won’t do that, so he is effectively above all laws.
I don’t understand why it took everyone so long to realize this. Trump and his team have been saying this since last year.
I don’t understand why it took everyone so long to realize this. Trump and his team have been saying this since last year.
One close Trump adviser simply says that the president’s ultimate leverage against certain judges who try to stand in the way of his agenda is that the judiciary does not command an army, while the president of the United States does.
'Move Fast': Inside Team Trump's Furious Defiance of the Courts
Donald Trump's advisers are attacking judges for daring to “control” him. Trump wants the one objecting to his deportation plans to be “IMPEACHED!!!”
www.rollingstone.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The only legal body that could stop Trump is the US Senate through finding him guilty during an impeachment trial. They won’t do that, so he is effectively above all laws.
I don’t understand why it took everyone so long to realize this. Trump and his team have been saying this since last year.
I don’t understand why it took everyone so long to realize this. Trump and his team have been saying this since last year.
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Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S.
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
March 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S.
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
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1. Finally some fight.
"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.
McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."
Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.
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"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.
McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."
Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
"Have You No Decency?": Republican Calls Sarah McBride "Mister," Dems Erupt And End Hearing
During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
1. Finally some fight.
"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.
McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."
Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.
McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."
Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Me, explaining yet again that the idea of 'Economic Collapse' is a misnomer for a cycle of wealth consolidation that is actually the current system functioning as it's organized to do
March 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Me, explaining yet again that the idea of 'Economic Collapse' is a misnomer for a cycle of wealth consolidation that is actually the current system functioning as it's organized to do
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Now that I'm 30, I can use this unironically
March 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Now that I'm 30, I can use this unironically
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this dumbass government is about to ban capitalism because banking transactions contains the word “trans.”
The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
this dumbass government is about to ban capitalism because banking transactions contains the word “trans.”
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“Let’s do what Republican voters already have a Republican Party for! Again!”
Fucking imbeciles. They’re fucking morons and if not for the fact their opponents are open fascists, they deserve to lose. Then again, they seem to want that - it’s like they’re made out of complicity.
Fucking imbeciles. They’re fucking morons and if not for the fact their opponents are open fascists, they deserve to lose. Then again, they seem to want that - it’s like they’re made out of complicity.
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“Let’s do what Republican voters already have a Republican Party for! Again!”
Fucking imbeciles. They’re fucking morons and if not for the fact their opponents are open fascists, they deserve to lose. Then again, they seem to want that - it’s like they’re made out of complicity.
Fucking imbeciles. They’re fucking morons and if not for the fact their opponents are open fascists, they deserve to lose. Then again, they seem to want that - it’s like they’re made out of complicity.
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I know we talk about American becoming a Russia clone in terms of oligarchy but like this is too on the nose right?
March 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I know we talk about American becoming a Russia clone in terms of oligarchy but like this is too on the nose right?
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congrats to all the liberals calling the attacks on trans people in the U.S. "tragic but inconsequential since there aren't all that many of them" for finally finding out what they'd have done in 1930s germany
March 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
congrats to all the liberals calling the attacks on trans people in the U.S. "tragic but inconsequential since there aren't all that many of them" for finally finding out what they'd have done in 1930s germany
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Sonic Adventure 2 post credits scene:
March 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sonic Adventure 2 post credits scene:
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So, wait. For basically ever, men were earning way more than their female counterparts, and the messaging was that women were "too emotional" or whatever. And the second women start earning more than men, men completely lose their shit and it's a "crisis" "gripping" them? What a bunch of losers.
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So, wait. For basically ever, men were earning way more than their female counterparts, and the messaging was that women were "too emotional" or whatever. And the second women start earning more than men, men completely lose their shit and it's a "crisis" "gripping" them? What a bunch of losers.
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I mean, Trump has always been diametrically opposed to every populist principle he pretends to support, but I guess sometimes it takes releasing an accused rapist and human trafficker from custody for the phoniness to really sink in.
February 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I mean, Trump has always been diametrically opposed to every populist principle he pretends to support, but I guess sometimes it takes releasing an accused rapist and human trafficker from custody for the phoniness to really sink in.
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Everyone has that one hate comment that just sticks with them, for me it’s when someone called me a “nerd cosplaying as a bitch” which… fuck you for being right💀
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Everyone has that one hate comment that just sticks with them, for me it’s when someone called me a “nerd cosplaying as a bitch” which… fuck you for being right💀
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The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
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I couldn’t have said it better myself 💯🏳️⚧️
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I couldn’t have said it better myself 💯🏳️⚧️
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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“We have an obligation to resist kings, we have an obligation to resist oligarchs.”
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“We have an obligation to resist kings, we have an obligation to resist oligarchs.”
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...