The Democratic Difference
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An account focused on highlighting the differences in economic outcomes under Democratic and Republican policies, often with charts.
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One important thing Trump left out of that chart showing 654k private-sector jobs added in his first 11 months:
A comparison to the 1.4 million private-sector jobs added in the 11 months before he returned to office:
A comparison to the 1.4 million private-sector jobs added in the 11 months before he returned to office:
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One year into Trump’s second term:
Costs are up 👆
Billionaire tax rates are down 👇
Costs are up 👆
Billionaire tax rates are down 👇
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
One year into Trump’s second term:
Costs are up 👆
Billionaire tax rates are down 👇
Costs are up 👆
Billionaire tax rates are down 👇
The Trump Effect:
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The Trump Effect:
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REMINDER: It has been more than 30 days since the FULL Epstein files were supposed to be released. What are they hiding?
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
REMINDER: It has been more than 30 days since the FULL Epstein files were supposed to be released. What are they hiding?
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Now this is a *great* speech by Mark Carney.
Deserves careful listen. I'll plan to work up a transcript with annotations.
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(Some of my Mackenzie forebears came through Nova Scotia. Somehow reminded of that at the moment....)
Deserves careful listen. I'll plan to work up a transcript with annotations.
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(Some of my Mackenzie forebears came through Nova Scotia. Somehow reminded of that at the moment....)
Mark Carney absolutely stood strong against the orange demon and his minions www.youtube.com/live/JtF630g...
LIVE: PM Carney delivers special address at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Now this is a *great* speech by Mark Carney.
Deserves careful listen. I'll plan to work up a transcript with annotations.
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(Some of my Mackenzie forebears came through Nova Scotia. Somehow reminded of that at the moment....)
Deserves careful listen. I'll plan to work up a transcript with annotations.
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(Some of my Mackenzie forebears came through Nova Scotia. Somehow reminded of that at the moment....)
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Sen. Ossoff: How can this be happening? How can it be that health insurance would be taken away from a cancer patient? How can it be that masked federal agents set up checkpoints in American cities, demand papers, throw Americans to the ground? Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Ossoff: How can this be happening? How can it be that health insurance would be taken away from a cancer patient? How can it be that masked federal agents set up checkpoints in American cities, demand papers, throw Americans to the ground? Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?
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It is not normal for a president to be pushing for a net -80 policy. That Trump apparently does not care about the public opinion on Greenland (or maybe he doesn't know about the polls) is a sign of how far we have drifted from normal democratic government
Quinnipiac Poll, Jan 8-12 - poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It is not normal for a president to be pushing for a net -80 policy. That Trump apparently does not care about the public opinion on Greenland (or maybe he doesn't know about the polls) is a sign of how far we have drifted from normal democratic government
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It’s insane how out of touch this administration is.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It’s insane how out of touch this administration is.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
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I have heard from someone in Oregon that this is ICE related
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I have heard from someone in Oregon that this is ICE related
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Hardworking Americans pay the price of Trump's tariffs.
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hardworking Americans pay the price of Trump's tariffs.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
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this is good
more cops saying stuff like this please
more cops saying stuff like this please
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
this is good
more cops saying stuff like this please
more cops saying stuff like this please
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He promised to drain the swamp...
We got massive corruption & insider dealings.
He promised lower prices...
Costs are rising.
He promised no new wars...
He invaded Venezuela, bombed Iran & is warmongering with Greenland.
Trump: Corruption, costs, conflict.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We got massive corruption & insider dealings.
He promised lower prices...
Costs are rising.
He promised no new wars...
He invaded Venezuela, bombed Iran & is warmongering with Greenland.
Trump: Corruption, costs, conflict.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
He promised to drain the swamp...
We got massive corruption & insider dealings.
He promised lower prices...
Costs are rising.
He promised no new wars...
He invaded Venezuela, bombed Iran & is warmongering with Greenland.
Trump: Corruption, costs, conflict.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We got massive corruption & insider dealings.
He promised lower prices...
Costs are rising.
He promised no new wars...
He invaded Venezuela, bombed Iran & is warmongering with Greenland.
Trump: Corruption, costs, conflict.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Donald Trump versus America:
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Donald Trump versus America:
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
Donald Trump versus America:
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Donald Trump versus America:
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
• Masked ICE agents brutalizing US citizens
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Corrupt sale of pardons
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Stabbing our European allies in the back
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“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
As the first & only Black Congressman in our state’s 150-year history, it was truly a privilege to speak at the MLK Marade and to join thousands of fellow Coloradans in honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As the first & only Black Congressman in our state’s 150-year history, it was truly a privilege to speak at the MLK Marade and to join thousands of fellow Coloradans in honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
As the first & only Black Congressman in our state’s 150-year history, it was truly a privilege to speak at the MLK Marade and to join thousands of fellow Coloradans in honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As the first & only Black Congressman in our state’s 150-year history, it was truly a privilege to speak at the MLK Marade and to join thousands of fellow Coloradans in honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Also, please note: they tried very hard to be scary, kept saying “this is where you live, go home” over the loudspeaker. But when you continue to follow them, they don’t arrest you, they run. Their tactics are based in fear and bullying, not any true legal authority.
Here’s a really tense ICE situation in front of my home. One car looped a block 25 times until two reinforcement cars showed up and led me home. Was pretty scary because I was solo - BUT I knew I had backup from thousands of courageous neighbors and observers. Strength in numbers.
ICE threatens me at home - 1/19/26
YouTube video by Will Stancil
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Also, please note: they tried very hard to be scary, kept saying “this is where you live, go home” over the loudspeaker. But when you continue to follow them, they don’t arrest you, they run. Their tactics are based in fear and bullying, not any true legal authority.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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the minnesota occupation is, i think, already a political defeat for the administration, and i don't see how it eventually ends as anything other than a major political disaster
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
the minnesota occupation is, i think, already a political defeat for the administration, and i don't see how it eventually ends as anything other than a major political disaster
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There’s some comfort in knowing Miller and Vance got it so wrong and that their degenerate ideas about the world are being rejected by normal people who care about their communities.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
There’s some comfort in knowing Miller and Vance got it so wrong and that their degenerate ideas about the world are being rejected by normal people who care about their communities.
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Rewarding ICE agents for arrests — even if the person is released without charges — is leading to chaos in the streets and Constitutional rights being violated. This isn’t making us safer.
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Rewarding ICE agents for arrests — even if the person is released without charges — is leading to chaos in the streets and Constitutional rights being violated. This isn’t making us safer.
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haul Bovino’s ass in front of the judge every six hours to explain this shit
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
haul Bovino’s ass in front of the judge every six hours to explain this shit
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
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It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
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This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
90 day suspension of US tourist visas and this is all over
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.