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1. Greed
2. Cowardice
2. Cowardice
The 2 factors driving your health care costs higher and higher www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
The 2 factors driving your health care costs higher and higher
Another open enrollment, another eye-popping premium increase. Why?
www.vox.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
1. Greed
2. Cowardice
2. Cowardice
The thing about inflation is you can have *two* six-figure incomes and still be shaking in your boots
I know everyone thinks all feds are like GS-15s in NoVa with a consultant spouse pulling down six figures, but in reality land shit is starting to Get Bad even for those of us with decent financial resources
Hell yeah
Developing a fall back option of camping on Senator Foghorn Leghorn's front lawn when I get foreclosed on, I am a constituent after all
Developing a fall back option of camping on Senator Foghorn Leghorn's front lawn when I get foreclosed on, I am a constituent after all
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The thing about inflation is you can have *two* six-figure incomes and still be shaking in your boots
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
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Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
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Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:
This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.
This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:
This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.
This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.
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the constitutional crises are so nonstop these days that one could become numb to them
but there are some I feel, and continue to feel every day.
the illegal shutdown of USAID is one of them
but there are some I feel, and continue to feel every day.
the illegal shutdown of USAID is one of them
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
the constitutional crises are so nonstop these days that one could become numb to them
but there are some I feel, and continue to feel every day.
the illegal shutdown of USAID is one of them
but there are some I feel, and continue to feel every day.
the illegal shutdown of USAID is one of them
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You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
I have been saying this!!!
This is good news.
A few vehicles with Intelligent Speed Assist can have an outsized impact on safety bc they’ll also prevent vehicles behind them from speeding.
www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/ne...
A few vehicles with Intelligent Speed Assist can have an outsized impact on safety bc they’ll also prevent vehicles behind them from speeding.
www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/ne...
October 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have been saying this!!!
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I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere
youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...
youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...
Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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October 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere
youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...
youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...
"Look! It has theory of mind at the level of an 18-month-old!"
An A.I. chatbot that plays peekaboo would destroy Silicon Valley minds.
October 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"Look! It has theory of mind at the level of an 18-month-old!"
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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
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 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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the singular failure of the Biden era was not jailing Trump and his high-level coup plotters for that crime while Biden controlled the federal government; this failure is manifest now in Trump having blanket permission to rule as a king from SCOTUS and the default loyalty of federal police. Hell!
October 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
the singular failure of the Biden era was not jailing Trump and his high-level coup plotters for that crime while Biden controlled the federal government; this failure is manifest now in Trump having blanket permission to rule as a king from SCOTUS and the default loyalty of federal police. Hell!
I'm so fucking sick of seeing videos like this. This has to stop.
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
October 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm so fucking sick of seeing videos like this. This has to stop.
I'm so fucking sick of seeing videos like this. This has to stop.
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
October 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm so fucking sick of seeing videos like this. This has to stop.
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I regret to inform you that Gwar has pushed the boundaries of good taste.
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I regret to inform you that Gwar has pushed the boundaries of good taste.
Technologically advance a band:
TikTok on the Reddit feed
TikTok on the Reddit feed
Technologically advance a band:
The Email Service
The Email Service
Technologically advance a band:
Alice in Blockchains
Alice in Blockchains
September 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Technologically advance a band:
TikTok on the Reddit feed
TikTok on the Reddit feed
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This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt.
Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.
Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt.
Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.
Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.
Not a great prize, it's full of worms
I think Ds should ask for the firing of RFK in the budget negotiations. It's a big, easily understandable ask, which would massively benefit the American ppl, and I think it would split the gop, many of whom want rfk gone anyway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/demand-the...
Demand the Head of RFK
A (maybe) winnable ask for a budget compromise
www.everythingishorrible.net
September 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not a great prize, it's full of worms
Fuck these traitors
DC MPD are escorting masked men in unmarked ICE abduction vehicles WITHOUT PLATES now
#bigballsgoonshow
#bigballsgoonshow
September 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fuck these traitors
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DC MPD are escorting masked men in unmarked ICE abduction vehicles WITHOUT PLATES now
#bigballsgoonshow
#bigballsgoonshow
September 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
DC MPD are escorting masked men in unmarked ICE abduction vehicles WITHOUT PLATES now
#bigballsgoonshow
#bigballsgoonshow
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Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🤮🤮🤮
Spotify has messaging now. Zawinski's Law strikes again. www.catb.org/jargon/html/...
Zawinski's Law
www.catb.org
September 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spotify has messaging now. Zawinski's Law strikes again. www.catb.org/jargon/html/...
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"Bowser issued an executive order that requires local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” The order gives no expiration date."
I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement
Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Bowser issued an executive order that requires local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” The order gives no expiration date."
I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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We've said it once, we'll say it again 👉🏽 no one hates DC residents more than Muriel Bowser.
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We've said it once, we'll say it again 👉🏽 no one hates DC residents more than Muriel Bowser.