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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
My sweet Violet, worthy successor to the mighty Peaches, happy belated Black Cat Day!
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My sweet Violet, worthy successor to the mighty Peaches, happy belated Black Cat Day!
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N.I.C.E. Agent ❤️🍁
Team Canada is awesome: N.I.C.E. Agent welcomes US tourists in Canada 🇨🇦🤭💙
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
N.I.C.E. Agent ❤️🍁
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Perhaps why youth doesn’t get this precise moment we’re in.
Educate them
Educate them
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Perhaps why youth doesn’t get this precise moment we’re in.
Educate them
Educate them
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“Is the Earth actually round? In the NYT it depends on the columnist.”
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Is the Earth actually round? In the NYT it depends on the columnist.”
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Quick, someone poll the 4 things in this scary, scary agenda.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Quick, someone poll the 4 things in this scary, scary agenda.
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🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/activist-calls-mobile-sheriff-unworthy-of-our-trust-amid-halloween-decoration-controversy.html
The display features skeletons dressed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and traditional Mexican ponchos.
The display features skeletons dressed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and traditional Mexican ponchos.
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/activist-calls-mobile-sheriff-unworthy-of-our-trust-amid-halloween-decoration-controversy.html
The display features skeletons dressed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and traditional Mexican ponchos.
The display features skeletons dressed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and traditional Mexican ponchos.
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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This will really upset all those MAGA ppl who care about human rights
The year is 2003.
17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.
17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This will really upset all those MAGA ppl who care about human rights
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Republicans have no issues using they/them when talking about what one single person did to Charlie Kirk.
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Republicans have no issues using they/them when talking about what one single person did to Charlie Kirk.
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If you see anyone not mourning the death of Robert Redford the way you would like, please call their employer and get them fired!
September 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you see anyone not mourning the death of Robert Redford the way you would like, please call their employer and get them fired!
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.
Maybe it’s their culture
Did I do it right?
Maybe it’s their culture
Did I do it right?
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.
Maybe it’s their culture
Did I do it right?
Maybe it’s their culture
Did I do it right?
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Any criticism of Patel and Bongino’s failure to solve crimes must also acknowledge past FBI director Chris Wray’s failure to podcast and sell supplements.
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Any criticism of Patel and Bongino’s failure to solve crimes must also acknowledge past FBI director Chris Wray’s failure to podcast and sell supplements.
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This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did
I haven’t seen one news channel show a clip of him speaking in the last 4 hours
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did
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So the Department of Defense is being rebranded to the Department of War..?
What other rebrands are coming?
The Department of Fossil Fuels?
The Department of Disease?
The Environmental Destruction Agency?
What other rebrands are coming?
The Department of Fossil Fuels?
The Department of Disease?
The Environmental Destruction Agency?
September 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So the Department of Defense is being rebranded to the Department of War..?
What other rebrands are coming?
The Department of Fossil Fuels?
The Department of Disease?
The Environmental Destruction Agency?
What other rebrands are coming?
The Department of Fossil Fuels?
The Department of Disease?
The Environmental Destruction Agency?
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Donald Trump posted “Chicago is about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR” on his Truth Social account, raising alarms about Biden’s mental state.
September 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Donald Trump posted “Chicago is about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR” on his Truth Social account, raising alarms about Biden’s mental state.
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The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election
The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election
It has been the talk of Somerville, Massachusetts this summer, with the winner announced later today. Will it be the candidate who promises free kibble or the one who speaks gnomically of ‘CRIME’?
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election
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It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
2,000-plus Pima County kids get free books through Dolly Parton's program
Even her biggest fans have trouble choosing Dolly Parton’s greatest hit.
tucson.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
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“The American economy added a million new jobs in May and a billion new jobs in June,” Santos declared.
Trump Taps George Santos to Head Dept. Of Labor Statistics
Beltway insiders are calling it one of the most stunning political comebacks in American history.
www.borowitzreport.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“The American economy added a million new jobs in May and a billion new jobs in June,” Santos declared.
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Trump‘s recent diagnosis raises new questions about Joe Biden‘s health
July 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump‘s recent diagnosis raises new questions about Joe Biden‘s health
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Our Supreme Court of partisan hacks has finally decided that it's too burdensome to write pages of disingenuous rationalizations for their opinions and increasingly just saying "Because I said so"
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our Supreme Court of partisan hacks has finally decided that it's too burdensome to write pages of disingenuous rationalizations for their opinions and increasingly just saying "Because I said so"