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Wally Ballou!
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Sanders always has been horrible on international issues. But this is a new low, even for him.

Hey @sanders.senate.gov how about you stop sucking up to Trump and Noem?

How about if instead you ensyrethey don’t destroy the library that straddles the Vermont-Quebec line?

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Headline from the Boston Globe, March 21, 2025: “US to limit Canadian access to beloved cross-border library where Kristi Noem taunted hosts” There is a photograph of the Haskell Free Library, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border. Half of the Victorian building with a fabled roof is located in Vermont; half, in Quebec.
March 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Yup.
A classic illustration by George Booth. The setting is a kitchen in a triple-decker apartment. On the far left is an old-fashioned ice box. To its right, in a corner between two drapery-covered windows, is a large, round kitchen table with a heavy wooden base. Seated at colonial-style wooden chairs, across from each other, at the table are a bewildered, bewhiskered cat and an elderly lady. The lady is wearing an apron over a floral-print muu muu dress, and eyeglasses over startled eyes. She and the cat each have a porcelain cup set in front of them. The lady is looking up, away from the cat, and saying, “Nationals-wise, we’re in a pickle.”
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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4/ Ask yourself: why would Baucus do that if private health insurance is superior to Medicare? Yet the Democrats insist on defending the ACA, rather than fighting like hell to replace it with Medicare For All—which will cover everyone for a fraction of the cost.

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February 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Thank you. We must have a zero-tolerance policy toward this linguistic trend. It is the bourgeoisie’s gateway drug to Trumpian fascism. If we do not stamp it out now, I don’t want to see what it leads to next.

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Excerpt from “The Cruel Kids’ Table: Among the young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on America,” New York Magazine, 27 January 2025: It's true that over the past few months since Trump was reelected, I had begun to feel these young conservatives' influence seeping into my own polite circles like The Substance. We no longer had any patience for the identity warriors on our timelines. A friend and I started swapping clips of Megyn Kelly on Instagram; we thought they were hilarious. (Our favorite was her take on the fires in L.A.: "The last thing I want to see if I'm in a burning brilding is (a) a woman and (b) an obese woman.") I was unleashed: the R-word, fat jokes. No one, not even the bleeding hearts I know, ever seemed to get all that offended - the only time I lost friends in the past year for political reasons was debating the war in Gaza - and mostly, even if they wouldn't say it themselves, they chuckled. "OMG you're tacky for that one," one would text me back, in those moments. It felt freeing, empowering, though perhaps in the same way that bullying someone does when you're in middle school.
February 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The O’Neill-Kaluta run of The Shadow, published by DC in the 1970s, is outstanding.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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My dream is to own one of Mary Lou Williams’ shellac 78 RM releases for Mo Asch. My sister has a vintage, wind-up 78 RPM player she inherited from a grandparent. Beautiful item!
February 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Not to worry! Jeffries has connections
Screenshot of post on “X” by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, which states: Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries Presidents come and Presidents go. Through it all. God is still on the throne. 1:37 PM • 1/26/25 • 5.3M Views
February 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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UrbanDictionary.com “Word of the Day” … the editors seem to be sending us a message
Screenshot of the Urban Dictionary “word of the day” * paper tiger * a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐ lǎohǔ (simplified Chinese: 纸老虎; traditional Chinese: 紙老虎), meaning something that seems as threatening as a tiger, but is really harmless. "All reactionaries are paper tigers." - Mao Zedong by fettfan91 April 27, 2010
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I am BEGGING the Washington, DC, corporate media to do more of this. Much, much more.

thenewamerican.com/us/politics/...
Excerpt from an independent journalist’s report on the February 4, 2025 White House news conference with Trump and Netanyahu: “When questioned about whether Palestinians would “have the right” to return to Gaza after its reconstruction, President Trump dismissed the possibility. He seemingly deflected: ‘Why would they want to return? That place has been hell…. Nobody could live there.’ “One of the reporters is heard to interrupt Trump, ‘It’s their home, sir! Why would they leave?’”
February 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Elon is a dick.
Screenshot of a three-tweet exchange on Twitter / “X”; & Daniella Diaz @DaniellaMicaela • 1d •• Oversight Democrats just moved to subpoena Elon Musk. The motion failed 19-20, with @RepRoKhanna notably abstaining from th... Ro Khanba Reply to Daniella Diaz: @RoKhanna • 1d I would have voted yes. They called a procedural vote without notice & I like 8 others didn't make it there on time. Musk's attacks on our institutions are unconstitutional. He should be subpoenaed & answer to our committee. They should call the vote again with notice. Musk reply to Khanna: Elon Musk v @elonmusk Don't be a dick 11:35 AM • 2/5/25 • 585K Views
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Compare and contrast: this individual was not suspended from “X”

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Excerpt from Wall Street Journal report, “DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts; Employee has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics,” which states: The deleted profile associated with Elez, who was embedded in the Treasury Department to carry out efficiency measures, advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act and backed a “eugenic immigration policy” in the weeks before President Trump was inaugurated. “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X in September, according to a Wall Street Journal review of archived posts. “Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the same month, in reference to a post noting the prevalence of people from India in Silicon Valley. After the Journal inquired about the account, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Elez had resigned from his role.
February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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On “X,” leftist satire will get you suspended by some online MAGA.

But opening an account specifically to spew fascist vomit gets you protected by the billionaire putz who threw a stiff-arm salute at the inauguration.

Good times.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Screenshot of the headline to an NBC News report on the fascist hate that festers on “X” “Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk “An NBC News review identified 150 verified ‘Premium’ accounts that have posted or amplified pro-Nazi content”
February 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Got dinged on Xitter for my Jan. 7 satirical comment about Greenland. Suspended for twelve hours.

Suspended hot satire on Elon’s online cesspit, which white-lists actual Neo-Nazis. The shame!

Maybe I can get a pardon from the President—or his best friend, the person who really calls the shots.
Screenshot of the post for which I was suspended from that pestilential, neo-Nazi cesspit “X.” It reads: Wally Ballou! still isn't voting for #Genocide @Jazz_Phan Can someone at Mar-a Lago please punch Trump in the neck? Asking for a friend who says he wants everyone to keep calm. https://t.co/lpxoCEX3ql Jan 7, 2025, 1:34 PM —— The article at the link is a report on a statement by the Danish prime minister, in which the PM tells everyone to “keep calm.” This is a screenshot of the headline that U.S. linked in my censored post on “X.” It reads; THE LOCAL GREENLAND 'Let's keep calm': Danish PM responds as Trump Jr lands in Greenland Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday stated the Danish government's view after intensified calls by incoming US President Donald Trump for an American takeover of Greenland.
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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@nytimes.com Trump openly is advocating ethnic cleansing. Your publication has an ethical duty to describe it as such in your coverage. Your failure to do so makes your publication, its publishers, editors and reporters complicit in this crime against humanity. Do better.
Screenshot of the order to NYT live coverage of the Trump-Netanyahu White House press conference tonight. “Where Things Stand • Gaza's future: President Trump proposed on Tuesday that the United States take over Gaza and that all Palestinians there - some two million people - leave, describing a permanent relocation to one or more sites funded by "countries of interest with humanitarian hearts." As he hosted Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for a joint news conference in the White House, Mr. Trump said that he has studied the conditions in Gaza and his idea to seize and develop it has gotten "tremendous" support from the "highest of leadership" as a viable plan to bring peace to the Middle East. Read more ›”
February 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Yes.

letterfromjail.com
Excerpt from “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” by Martin Luther King, Jr.: I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
February 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Shatner is Canadian. But he has lots of US dollars. That is all that senile turd cares about. Fck him.
Screenshot of the headline from the report on William Shatner at CelebrityNetWorth.com “William Shatner Net Worth $100 Million”
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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That is why Democrats need to screw protocol in Congress.
Screenshot of a classic tweet from an account with the name “guys like me are mad for turtle meat”: “The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going ‘but a dog can't play basketball!’ while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over 2:08 PM • 6/28/18 31.7K Likes 7,234 Retweets 387 Quotes
February 3, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Also: I have been on the other site for several years, and never saw a timeline on which *both^ the reply an quote-reply functions were disabled by the person who posted the message.
February 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Anyone who believes Democrats suck, and that Kamala lost because she vehemently insisted on finishing the genocide in Palestine, is in the majority.
Excerpt from the results of the latest Wuinniluac University poll, published Jan. 29, 2025: “DEMOCRATIC & REPUBLICAN PARTIES “Voters' views of the Democratic Party and Republican Party set new records since the Quinnipiac University Poll began asking voters about the parties in November 2008. “In today's poll, 31 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party, while 57 percent have an unfavorable opinion. This is the highest percentage of voters having an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party since the Quinnipiac University Poll began asking this question.” Excerpt from a CommonDreams report on a January 15, 2025 IMEU / YouGiv poll: 'Damning' New Poll Shows Price Kamala Harris Paid for Backing Israeli Genocide in Gaza "Israel is a liability," said one Palestinian-American rights advocate. By JULIA CONLEY, Jan 15, 2025 As a cease-fire and hostage release deal was reportedly reached between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday, new polling made it clearer than ever that Vice President Kamala Harris' refusal to break with the Biden administration's position on Israel's relentless assault on Gaza had an impact on her support from voters, and contributed to millions of potential Democratic voters deciding to stay home on Election Day.
February 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Fascistic oligarchs still are behaving as if Luigi Mangione didn’t do that thing.
“Saint Luigi” meme
January 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Trump’s gang of six corrupt knee-cappers needs to consult a dictionary. Gay marriage meets all five plain-English definitions here.
Definition of “legitimate,” from the American Heritage Dictionary: legitimate /la-jit'a-mit/ adjective 1. Being in compliance with the law; lawful. "a legitimate business." 2. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards. "legitimate advertising practices." 3. Valid or justifiable. "a legitimate complaint." 4. Based on logical reasoning. "a legitimate deduction." 5. Born of legally married parents. "legitimate offspring."
January 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The Trump cabal’s new favorite verb is “pause.”

They think they aren’t violating the Constitution, federal laws and regulations, and labor contracts if they redefine “permanent cancellation” to mean “indefinite pause.”

Fck that semantic fascism. The Constitution has priority over their thesaurus!
January 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The guy in the picture, who is writing the Democrats’ newly compliant playbook, also wrote this on Xitter. Good times…
Post on “X” by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. It reads: Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries Presidents come and Presidents go. Through it all. God is still on the throne. 1:37 PM • 1/26/25 • 5.3M Views
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Once again I post this quotation so that the intended bloody bastard billionaire can see it.
Daguerritype of Honore de Balzac, above his famous quotation: BEHIND EVERY GREAT FORTUNE LIES A GREAT CRIME
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Trump: Here is today’s batch of 100 executive decrees that entrench my fascist dictatorship.

Voters: AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGH! Democrats what us the plan? How are we going to put out this fire?

Dems (yawning): What’s the hurry? There is plenty of time. The service at this restaurant is excellent.
Jan. 18 headline from the Huffington Post: “‘People Are Exhausted’: “Democrats Plot A More Toned-Down Opposition To Trump “Massive protests are out. Democrats are taking a more methodical approach to Donald Trump’s second term in office.”
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM