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"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel"
- Homer Simpson
- Homer Simpson
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Mithrilica
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Mithrilica
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I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration records. The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C.
This is a developing story...
This is a developing story...
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
This is rich!
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is rich!
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News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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“Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you are alive and able.” - Marcus Aurelius.
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you are alive and able.” - Marcus Aurelius.
No end to his pettiness.
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 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
No end to his pettiness.
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BREAKING: cert. was just granted in our @democracydefendersfund.org case to defend birthright citizenship
We and our wonderful coalition incl. ACLU, LULAC & more have won at every level & we have a strong case at SCOTUS as well
We are fighting for the babies, their parents--& the Constitution!
We and our wonderful coalition incl. ACLU, LULAC & more have won at every level & we have a strong case at SCOTUS as well
We are fighting for the babies, their parents--& the Constitution!
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BREAKING: cert. was just granted in our @democracydefendersfund.org case to defend birthright citizenship
We and our wonderful coalition incl. ACLU, LULAC & more have won at every level & we have a strong case at SCOTUS as well
We are fighting for the babies, their parents--& the Constitution!
We and our wonderful coalition incl. ACLU, LULAC & more have won at every level & we have a strong case at SCOTUS as well
We are fighting for the babies, their parents--& the Constitution!
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6 life lessons from Marcus Aurelius:
1. Cut out the inessential
2. Stop making excuses
3. Embrace failure
4. Trade anger for sympathy
5. Always do the right thing
6. Complaining will make it worse
1. Cut out the inessential
2. Stop making excuses
3. Embrace failure
4. Trade anger for sympathy
5. Always do the right thing
6. Complaining will make it worse
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
6 life lessons from Marcus Aurelius:
1. Cut out the inessential
2. Stop making excuses
3. Embrace failure
4. Trade anger for sympathy
5. Always do the right thing
6. Complaining will make it worse
1. Cut out the inessential
2. Stop making excuses
3. Embrace failure
4. Trade anger for sympathy
5. Always do the right thing
6. Complaining will make it worse
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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Real words from Trump just now in the Oval:
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Real words from Trump just now in the Oval:
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
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There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
This is the entire story. And the media is not even mentioning it. I’m in a highly gerrymandered district in Kentucky (James Comer’s) and it’s impossible to get anywhere for a Dem candidate.
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is the entire story. And the media is not even mentioning it. I’m in a highly gerrymandered district in Kentucky (James Comer’s) and it’s impossible to get anywhere for a Dem candidate.
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Pete Hegseth Wakes Up At 3 P.M. With Dozen Missed Calls From The Hague
theonion.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
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Chuck was 8 years old when Thanksgiving became a federal holiday.
Chuck Grassley is running for the Senate again. He will be 95 years old. Ben Shapiro couldn’t be prouder.
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Chuck was 8 years old when Thanksgiving became a federal holiday.
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
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The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further. https://to.pbs.org/4rlBdYb
New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump, Giuliani and others in Georgia election interference case
Legal action against Trump was unlikely to proceed while he is president but 14 other defendants, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, still faced charges.
to.pbs.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further. https://to.pbs.org/4rlBdYb
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."