Wattsie
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Writer, illustrator, all-around creative
MAGA Granny no longer. A model of moral courage.
Jan. 6 Defendant Shuns Trump’s Pardon, Likening ‘Stop the Steal’ to a ‘Cult’
Pamela Hemphill, 71, of Boise, Idaho, who served 60 days in prison, said it would be “an insult to the Capitol Police” if she accepted the pardon.
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January 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
MAGA Granny no longer. A model of moral courage.
I subscribed to The Contrarian. Gotta support the team! contrarian.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I subscribed to The Contrarian. Gotta support the team! contrarian.substack.com
Good news. I quit WaPo for the reasons she did: “the Post, along with most mainstream news outlets, has failed spectacularly at a moment that we most need a robust, aggressive free press.… Our goal is to combat, with every fiber of our being, the authoritarian threat that we face.”
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good news. I quit WaPo for the reasons she did: “the Post, along with most mainstream news outlets, has failed spectacularly at a moment that we most need a robust, aggressive free press.… Our goal is to combat, with every fiber of our being, the authoritarian threat that we face.”
In addition to its other deleterious effects, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Trump’s proposed tariffs could increase inflation by 2 percentage points in the short term.
I guess he lied about bringing down inflation, too.
I guess he lied about bringing down inflation, too.
It’s amazing that everyone knows so much about Luigi Mangioni, but couldn’t be bothered to understand the definition or effects of tariffs on the economy and their wallets before the election?
December 14, 2024 at 2:08 PM
In addition to its other deleterious effects, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Trump’s proposed tariffs could increase inflation by 2 percentage points in the short term.
I guess he lied about bringing down inflation, too.
I guess he lied about bringing down inflation, too.
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There is a lot of focus on how to deal with Trump in the White House. Putin's saboteur will be a million times harder to stop after he takes power.
So, I am focused on stopping the traitor BEFORE he gets in office. You should be, too.
Read and share the plan:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
So, I am focused on stopping the traitor BEFORE he gets in office. You should be, too.
Read and share the plan:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
We Can Stop Trump
Welcome to the resistance. I have a proposal for you for action at the end of this essay, but it will make more sense to you if first we talk more about “kompromat.” You will note that the word sounds...
www.dailykos.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
There is a lot of focus on how to deal with Trump in the White House. Putin's saboteur will be a million times harder to stop after he takes power.
So, I am focused on stopping the traitor BEFORE he gets in office. You should be, too.
Read and share the plan:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
So, I am focused on stopping the traitor BEFORE he gets in office. You should be, too.
Read and share the plan:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
As Tom Nichols pointed out after the interview, when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”
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December 10, 2024 at 1:56 PM
As Tom Nichols pointed out after the interview, when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"