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Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
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"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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A tool. A dull one.
GALLEGO: You have no independence to make a decision whether the president deserves $10 billion?
BESSENT: Again, that is a DOJ matter
G: So the DOJ will entirely make that decision? You have no say?
B: Correct
G: So would you just have to write the check if you were told to write it?
B: Correct
BESSENT: Again, that is a DOJ matter
G: So the DOJ will entirely make that decision? You have no say?
B: Correct
G: So would you just have to write the check if you were told to write it?
B: Correct
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A tool. A dull one.
27 to 21, Florida loses to Indiana. It's just football, but still. Any time Florida gets a big L, I feel happier.
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 AM
27 to 21, Florida loses to Indiana. It's just football, but still. Any time Florida gets a big L, I feel happier.
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Bull Connor’s ghost, in the guise of Donald Trump and his minions, is walking the streets of America. On this MLK Day, read the story of the Children’s March in Birmingham and the legacy of speaking truth to power. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Bull Connor's Ghost
Theophilus Eugene Connor, better known by his nickname, Bull, was the Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, Alabama—the head of the police—for the better part of three decades, until he was for...
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Bull Connor’s ghost, in the guise of Donald Trump and his minions, is walking the streets of America. On this MLK Day, read the story of the Children’s March in Birmingham and the legacy of speaking truth to power. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Come for the poignant @drewmagary.bsky.social column, stay for the impressive accompanying art:
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Come for the poignant @drewmagary.bsky.social column, stay for the impressive accompanying art:
Of course, Trump cronies get the Kennedy Center for free. Who's Michael Crawford, anyway?
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Kennedy Center morphs into free venue for Trump's friends
No government institution is too big or too small for the Trump administration to try to destroy, use as a perk for loyalists, or both. Witness the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Long a shini...
www.dailykos.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Of course, Trump cronies get the Kennedy Center for free. Who's Michael Crawford, anyway?
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Sandwich throwing. Who's a snowflake now? Bring on the memes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sandwich throwing. Who's a snowflake now? Bring on the memes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
"We don't need you!" Love those Blue Jays. 💙🍁💙
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"We don't need you!" Love those Blue Jays. 💙🍁💙
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would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
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George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.
www.nbcnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
Sorry, but Paul McCartney's surprise Santa Barbara show isn't for you (or me) www.sfgate.com/culture-even...
Sorry, but Paul McCartney's surprise Santa Barbara show isn't for you (or me)
"You've just been priced out of human connection."
www.sfgate.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sorry, but Paul McCartney's surprise Santa Barbara show isn't for you (or me) www.sfgate.com/culture-even...
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If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
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It couldn’t possibly be that it’s great and hilarious content…
August 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It couldn’t possibly be that it’s great and hilarious content…
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Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the scandal and perceived cover-up.
www.sfgate.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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Dear Andrew Cuomo,
New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you?
No means no.
New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you?
No means no.
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dear Andrew Cuomo,
New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you?
No means no.
New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you?
No means no.