Mike Messinger
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Russia attacks Poland deliberately, the Trump response…”It could’ve been a mistake.”
Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.
Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.
REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?
TRUMP: It could've been a mistake
TRUMP: It could've been a mistake
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Russia attacks Poland deliberately, the Trump response…”It could’ve been a mistake.”
Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.
Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.
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Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
August 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
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Get Schumer outta here.
Get Jeffries outta here.
Get Gillibrand outta here.
Get Torres outta here.
Feel free to add to the list.
Get Jeffries outta here.
Get Gillibrand outta here.
Get Torres outta here.
Feel free to add to the list.
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Get Schumer outta here.
Get Jeffries outta here.
Get Gillibrand outta here.
Get Torres outta here.
Feel free to add to the list.
Get Jeffries outta here.
Get Gillibrand outta here.
Get Torres outta here.
Feel free to add to the list.
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I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!
Trump tells NBC his relationship with Musk is over and he will make no effort to repair it.
“Elon Musk will have to pay very serious consequences if he funds Democratic candidates.”
“Elon Musk will have to pay very serious consequences if he funds Democratic candidates.”
June 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!
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So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Trump called Musk "a big-time drug addict" in a phone call shortly after their public feud. (WaPo)
June 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
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We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
Which founders? The founders of our second founding, those who drafted and ratified the 14th Amendment did.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
the founders never imagined a country destroyed by such a proud lack of public virtue
May 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
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Speaking of Magna Carta
May 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Speaking of Magna Carta
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school
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Where do I go to get my apology from the folks on the left and the right who assured me that Trump was the antiwar isolationist candidate?
Donald Trump to NBC News:
If Iran does not agree to a nuclear deal, “There will be bombing and it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before”
If Iran does not agree to a nuclear deal, “There will be bombing and it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before”
March 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Where do I go to get my apology from the folks on the left and the right who assured me that Trump was the antiwar isolationist candidate?
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Someone investigate the bats. How can this keep happening.
March 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Someone investigate the bats. How can this keep happening.
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Imagine thinking the Yankees need magic bats to take these Brewers bozos deep.
March 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Imagine thinking the Yankees need magic bats to take these Brewers bozos deep.
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When this presidency ends—and it will end—we need a Rooseveltian plan to not only undo the damage he did, but build bigger than we’ve ever built before.
Big universal programs and mandates. Pack the SCOTUS. Kill Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC. New anti-trust laws aimed at Amazon. Etc.
Big universal programs and mandates. Pack the SCOTUS. Kill Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC. New anti-trust laws aimed at Amazon. Etc.
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
When this presidency ends—and it will end—we need a Rooseveltian plan to not only undo the damage he did, but build bigger than we’ve ever built before.
Big universal programs and mandates. Pack the SCOTUS. Kill Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC. New anti-trust laws aimed at Amazon. Etc.
Big universal programs and mandates. Pack the SCOTUS. Kill Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC. New anti-trust laws aimed at Amazon. Etc.
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Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
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This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.
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9-YO: “What’s the Alien Enemies Act?”
Husband: [explains]
9-YO: “But we aren’t at war. So I don’t get how that could be used.”
Both of us: “EXACTLY!!!”
Husband: [explains]
9-YO: “But we aren’t at war. So I don’t get how that could be used.”
Both of us: “EXACTLY!!!”
March 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
9-YO: “What’s the Alien Enemies Act?”
Husband: [explains]
9-YO: “But we aren’t at war. So I don’t get how that could be used.”
Both of us: “EXACTLY!!!”
Husband: [explains]
9-YO: “But we aren’t at war. So I don’t get how that could be used.”
Both of us: “EXACTLY!!!”
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watching how quickly all this is happening and thinking back to the senate saying they can't act without permission from the parliamentarian
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
watching how quickly all this is happening and thinking back to the senate saying they can't act without permission from the parliamentarian
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My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
Waiting for Liberal Democracy in the American South
Our country’s constitutional order is withering before us. In the states of the former Confederacy, democracy never fully flourished.
www.thebulwark.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
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The problem with Dems chasing public opinion is that THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF THINGS IS JUST MOVING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT POLITICAL FIGURES SAY AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS IN THE DATA MY GOD
March 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The problem with Dems chasing public opinion is that THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF THINGS IS JUST MOVING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT POLITICAL FIGURES SAY AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS IN THE DATA MY GOD
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This should be a chilling warning for the rest of Europe. If the US can help Putin kill Ukrainians today, the US can help Putin kill lots of other Europeans tomorrow.
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This should be a chilling warning for the rest of Europe. If the US can help Putin kill Ukrainians today, the US can help Putin kill lots of other Europeans tomorrow.
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Primary all these people. Not fit for purpose. Enablers of fascism.
This screenshot tells you everything about the Democratic party
March 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Primary all these people. Not fit for purpose. Enablers of fascism.
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The problem with Democratic Party is that no one takes them seriously because they don’t take themselves seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
March 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The problem with Democratic Party is that no one takes them seriously because they don’t take themselves seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
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Ronald Reagan was a horrible president who demonized marginalized communities, gutted the welfare state, enriched cronies, and committed a laundry list of impeachable crimes. I long for a Democratic Party that rightly understands that a comparison to him should be an insult.
Elissa Slotkin in her “Democratic” response is glorifying … checks notes … Ronald ****ing Reagan.
GTFOH lady.
GTFOH lady.
March 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ronald Reagan was a horrible president who demonized marginalized communities, gutted the welfare state, enriched cronies, and committed a laundry list of impeachable crimes. I long for a Democratic Party that rightly understands that a comparison to him should be an insult.