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“We must only support politicians who swear off big money and fight for the people who don’t have power.”
“We don’t have to wait around for politicians or other formal leaders to grow spines. We can be that spine.
You can run for office.”
“We don’t have to wait around for politicians or other formal leaders to grow spines. We can be that spine.
You can run for office.”
Where the hell are America’s leaders?
Too many people with formal authority are intimidated by Trump or sucking up to him. That leaves you and me and everyone else without official power to resist his tyranny.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
“We must only support politicians who swear off big money and fight for the people who don’t have power.”
“We don’t have to wait around for politicians or other formal leaders to grow spines. We can be that spine.
You can run for office.”
“We don’t have to wait around for politicians or other formal leaders to grow spines. We can be that spine.
You can run for office.”
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Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
“Five years ago tomorrow was the most shameful day in American history.
We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent, or let him deflect the nation’s attention from the fifth anniversary of what occurred that day.”
We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent, or let him deflect the nation’s attention from the fifth anniversary of what occurred that day.”
The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
“Five years ago tomorrow was the most shameful day in American history.
We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent, or let him deflect the nation’s attention from the fifth anniversary of what occurred that day.”
We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent, or let him deflect the nation’s attention from the fifth anniversary of what occurred that day.”
January 3, 2026
January 3, 2026
Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
January 3, 2026
“Yes, the courts are limiting him, the Republican Party is cracking up, his MAGA base is disillusioned, his polls are dropping, Democrats are winning elections.
All true, but these have made Trump and the oligarchs behind him even more determined to loot America.”
All true, but these have made Trump and the oligarchs behind him even more determined to loot America.”
Sunday thought: Even worse
Friends,
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January 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
“Yes, the courts are limiting him, the Republican Party is cracking up, his MAGA base is disillusioned, his polls are dropping, Democrats are winning elections.
All true, but these have made Trump and the oligarchs behind him even more determined to loot America.”
All true, but these have made Trump and the oligarchs behind him even more determined to loot America.”
“As we reach the end of 2025, it appears the law is catching up to an administration that began the year by acting as if the law and the Constitution didn’t exist.”
December 30, 2025
The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“As we reach the end of 2025, it appears the law is catching up to an administration that began the year by acting as if the law and the Constitution didn’t exist.”
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This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
"'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond."
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ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
“Trump has revealed himself in ways his first-term handlers wouldn’t allow — as a sociopath who posts AI cartoons showing himself shitting on millions of Americans who marched against him.”
Sunday thought: The reckoning
Friends,
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December 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Trump has revealed himself in ways his first-term handlers wouldn’t allow — as a sociopath who posts AI cartoons showing himself shitting on millions of Americans who marched against him.”
“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority…”
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority…”
Sunday thought: Our political trauma
“Every day that goes by seems to bring uglier vindictiveness, bigger lies, wilder boasts, and worse policies.”
“Every day that goes by seems to bring uglier vindictiveness, bigger lies, wilder boasts, and worse policies.”
Sunday thought: Our political trauma
Friends,
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December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Sunday thought: Our political trauma
“Every day that goes by seems to bring uglier vindictiveness, bigger lies, wilder boasts, and worse policies.”
“Every day that goes by seems to bring uglier vindictiveness, bigger lies, wilder boasts, and worse policies.”
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“As news cycles have turned against his administration on the economy—as well as the Epstein files, immigration sweeps, strikes on small boats in the Caribbean, and his mental acuity—Trump has tried to regain control of the narrative by diving into the orchestra pit.”
December 9, 2025
When G.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“As news cycles have turned against his administration on the economy—as well as the Epstein files, immigration sweeps, strikes on small boats in the Caribbean, and his mental acuity—Trump has tried to regain control of the narrative by diving into the orchestra pit.”
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CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
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remind me which party is the defender of kids and families again?
(hint: it's not, and will never be, repubs.)
(hint: it's not, and will never be, repubs.)
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
remind me which party is the defender of kids and families again?
(hint: it's not, and will never be, repubs.)
(hint: it's not, and will never be, repubs.)
“But if my guess is correct, we’re about to witness a giant backlash against Big Money in politics.”
How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
Here's One Good Answer
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December 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“But if my guess is correct, we’re about to witness a giant backlash against Big Money in politics.”
“But there are signs that Republican lawmakers are finally joining the Democrats to push back against Trump’s quest for power.”
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“But there are signs that Republican lawmakers are finally joining the Democrats to push back against Trump’s quest for power.”
“There has been an outcry over the National Security Strategy, with Europeans and other U.S. allies warning that they can no longer trust the U.S.”
December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“There has been an outcry over the National Security Strategy, with Europeans and other U.S. allies warning that they can no longer trust the U.S.”
“…the U.S. will back away from the global engagements that underpin the rules-based international order that the World War II Allies put in place after that war to prevent another world war.”
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“…the U.S. will back away from the global engagements that underpin the rules-based international order that the World War II Allies put in place after that war to prevent another world war.”
“These 10 steps are crucial for making America affordable again.”
What Democrats Must Pledge to America
Ten ways to make America more affordable
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December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“These 10 steps are crucial for making America affordable again.”
“Tonight the administration put Miller and Noem’s policy into place, pausing all immigration applications from 19 countries and halting the processing of green cards and citizenship applications. Federal authorities say they will target Somali immigrants in Minneapolis–St. Paul in an upcoming sweep”
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Tonight the administration put Miller and Noem’s policy into place, pausing all immigration applications from 19 countries and halting the processing of green cards and citizenship applications. Federal authorities say they will target Somali immigrants in Minneapolis–St. Paul in an upcoming sweep”