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Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"Strong floor no ceiling" would have worked better before the richest man in the world got the keys to the federal government and began tearing up the planks of the social safety net.
We're solidly in the "billionaires should be illegal" era now.
We're solidly in the "billionaires should be illegal" era now.
Newly released facts from Social Security demolish Elon Musk’s fraud claims — again
We taxpayers are still waiting for our $1 trillion of annual savings. This latest report shows we will be waiting a long time. Until eternity, actually.
www.marketwatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Strong floor no ceiling" would have worked better before the richest man in the world got the keys to the federal government and began tearing up the planks of the social safety net.
We're solidly in the "billionaires should be illegal" era now.
We're solidly in the "billionaires should be illegal" era now.
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I just want to lay down this marker now, but years from now, when beltway journalists inevitably start writing nostalgic nonsense about how Trump was actually kinda okay in comparison to politicians of the day, the proper response will still be "F*** that, you Nazi-loving bootlicker."
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just want to lay down this marker now, but years from now, when beltway journalists inevitably start writing nostalgic nonsense about how Trump was actually kinda okay in comparison to politicians of the day, the proper response will still be "F*** that, you Nazi-loving bootlicker."
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The message of the last few days is that Trump would really just like to get the illegal drug trade out of the hands of left-wing Venezuelan drug cartels and into the hands of the right-wing nationalist drug cartels of Honduras.
#Venezuela #Honduras
#Venezuela #Honduras
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The message of the last few days is that Trump would really just like to get the illegal drug trade out of the hands of left-wing Venezuelan drug cartels and into the hands of the right-wing nationalist drug cartels of Honduras.
#Venezuela #Honduras
#Venezuela #Honduras
I know the phrase is an oversimplification, but how is that when people say "Crows are as smart as a 7 year old child" they don't immediately wonder what the average age of a crow in the wild is.
#crows #intelligence
#crows #intelligence
Why Crows Are as Smart as 7 Year Old Humans
YouTube video by Real Science
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I know the phrase is an oversimplification, but how is that when people say "Crows are as smart as a 7 year old child" they don't immediately wonder what the average age of a crow in the wild is.
#crows #intelligence
#crows #intelligence
Sean Duffy, now complaining that too many air traffic controllers are retiring, is literally the guy who told them all to retire.
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sean Duffy, now complaining that too many air traffic controllers are retiring, is literally the guy who told them all to retire.
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George needs to sit the "f" down.
This attitude that Democrats would have won if they'd thrown the whole nomination process into chaos, on the hope that "someone" would have united the party...
If you can't name the candidate and the agenda they would have won on, you're just writing fan fiction.
This attitude that Democrats would have won if they'd thrown the whole nomination process into chaos, on the hope that "someone" would have united the party...
If you can't name the candidate and the agenda they would have won on, you're just writing fan fiction.
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
George needs to sit the "f" down.
This attitude that Democrats would have won if they'd thrown the whole nomination process into chaos, on the hope that "someone" would have united the party...
If you can't name the candidate and the agenda they would have won on, you're just writing fan fiction.
This attitude that Democrats would have won if they'd thrown the whole nomination process into chaos, on the hope that "someone" would have united the party...
If you can't name the candidate and the agenda they would have won on, you're just writing fan fiction.
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Don't mistake this as an exclusively American problem.
The Harper government in Canada was shuttering agencies and destroying libraries just 11 years ago.
It's the mark of 21st Century rightwing parties, encouraged and subsidized by the richest men in the world.
The Harper government in Canada was shuttering agencies and destroying libraries just 11 years ago.
It's the mark of 21st Century rightwing parties, encouraged and subsidized by the richest men in the world.
Canadian Scientists Explain Exactly How Their Government Silenced Science
It wasn’t just climate research. Rock snot, sharks and polar bears: All were off-limits during the Harper administration
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Don't mistake this as an exclusively American problem.
The Harper government in Canada was shuttering agencies and destroying libraries just 11 years ago.
It's the mark of 21st Century rightwing parties, encouraged and subsidized by the richest men in the world.
The Harper government in Canada was shuttering agencies and destroying libraries just 11 years ago.
It's the mark of 21st Century rightwing parties, encouraged and subsidized by the richest men in the world.
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The guy who put the entire House of Representatives on recess for the last 3 months is complaining about able bodied men not working.
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The guy who put the entire House of Representatives on recess for the last 3 months is complaining about able bodied men not working.
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The White House is supposed to be the people’s house.
Under Trump, it’s become the billionaires’ house — and they’re bankrolling its desecration.
Under Trump, it’s become the billionaires’ house — and they’re bankrolling its desecration.
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The White House is supposed to be the people’s house.
Under Trump, it’s become the billionaires’ house — and they’re bankrolling its desecration.
Under Trump, it’s become the billionaires’ house — and they’re bankrolling its desecration.
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"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
It should be obvious that most of the Republican leadership knew the type of language that was used by the "Young Republicans" in their chat group and yet they were all comfortable saying it on there, anyway.
So what he's saying is that Trump was aware this guy was a hardcore racist for the last several months, and yet he didn't drop him on the spot.
And that they never bothered to oppose him publicly, until someone leaked the text chat.
And that they never bothered to oppose him publicly, until someone leaked the text chat.
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It should be obvious that most of the Republican leadership knew the type of language that was used by the "Young Republicans" in their chat group and yet they were all comfortable saying it on there, anyway.
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"What if I subvert expectations and pardon a notorious Republican fraudster?" - DJT (probably)
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"What if I subvert expectations and pardon a notorious Republican fraudster?" - DJT (probably)
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I don't think Trump has much hope of winning the Nobel Peace prize as long as he continues threatening to use military force against Venezuela, and Brazil, and Panama, and Afghanistan and Denmark and Canada and Chicago and Portand and Los Angeles....
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I don't think Trump has much hope of winning the Nobel Peace prize as long as he continues threatening to use military force against Venezuela, and Brazil, and Panama, and Afghanistan and Denmark and Canada and Chicago and Portand and Los Angeles....
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"She said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., encouraged her to run"
I have no problem with Janet Mills, but she's 77 years old, and it's absurd that the Democratic Senate leadership hasn't been cultivating a new generation of candidates in a very winnable New England state.
I have no problem with Janet Mills, but she's 77 years old, and it's absurd that the Democratic Senate leadership hasn't been cultivating a new generation of candidates in a very winnable New England state.
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"She said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., encouraged her to run"
I have no problem with Janet Mills, but she's 77 years old, and it's absurd that the Democratic Senate leadership hasn't been cultivating a new generation of candidates in a very winnable New England state.
I have no problem with Janet Mills, but she's 77 years old, and it's absurd that the Democratic Senate leadership hasn't been cultivating a new generation of candidates in a very winnable New England state.
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5/ But here's the even darker kicker.
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
5/ But here's the even darker kicker.
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
October 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Jared, last heard in March, fantasizing about building a Mediteranean resort in a conquered Gaza strip, cleansed of the local population.
"I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up"
apnews.com/article/jare...
"I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up"
apnews.com/article/jare...
Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, praises 'very valuable' potential of Gaza's 'waterfront property'
About 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, as Israel looks to eliminate Hamas following the militant group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack.
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Jared, last heard in March, fantasizing about building a Mediteranean resort in a conquered Gaza strip, cleansed of the local population.
"I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up"
apnews.com/article/jare...
"I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up"
apnews.com/article/jare...
See something, say something.
It's worth calling your local rental company if you see a band of masked men using their vehicles to abduct people off our streets.
It's worth calling your local rental company if you see a band of masked men using their vehicles to abduct people off our streets.
"Penske strictly prohibits the transportation of people in the cargo area of its vehicles under any circumstances," The company was not made aware that its trucks would be used in today’s operation and did not authorize this."
abcnews.go.com/US/operation...
abcnews.go.com/US/operation...
'Operation Trojan Horse' immigration raid involving Penske rental truck draws pushback
More than a dozen undocumented immigrants were arrested near a Home Depot in Westlake on Wednesday, federal officials said, in what was dubbed "Operation Trojan Horse."
abcnews.go.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
See something, say something.
It's worth calling your local rental company if you see a band of masked men using their vehicles to abduct people off our streets.
It's worth calling your local rental company if you see a band of masked men using their vehicles to abduct people off our streets.
22 year old science fiction author, Isaac Asimov, figured out the need for "Laws of Robotics" in 1942.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
22 year old science fiction author, Isaac Asimov, figured out the need for "Laws of Robotics" in 1942.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Personally I think, "We will not fund the Republican budget while the President is declaring war on American cities" would be the best soundbite to get out there.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Personally I think, "We will not fund the Republican budget while the President is declaring war on American cities" would be the best soundbite to get out there.
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It’s decision time.
If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.
If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It’s decision time.
If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.
If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.