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Unaffiliated Veteran. Our COMMON interest is to resist the power of oppression. Ignorance is no protection from the consequences of your actions.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The biggest question I have is is why his sickening lifetime behavior of womanizing and abusing women and young girls and treating them like trophies isn’t enough for millions to hold against him when a fraction of what he's done would disqualify any one else?
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The biggest question I have is is why his sickening lifetime behavior of womanizing and abusing women and young girls and treating them like trophies isn’t enough for millions to hold against him when a fraction of what he's done would disqualify any one else?
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Ro Khanna: "If I met with Pam Bondi, I would ask her two questions: Who are you protecting? And why?…I understand they'd wanna protect Trump, but why are they trying to protect all these other people around him?"
December 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Ro Khanna: "If I met with Pam Bondi, I would ask her two questions: Who are you protecting? And why?…I understand they'd wanna protect Trump, but why are they trying to protect all these other people around him?"
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Cartoon: Most shocking https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/12/16/2358713/-Cartoon-Most-shocking?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Cartoon: Most shocking
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related |� Trump is cool with disrespecting the dead if they're ...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Being a woman is exhausting... but thank you for the tips‼️
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Being a woman is exhausting... but thank you for the tips‼️
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Our strongest allies of many decades all over the world are saying similar things.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our strongest allies of many decades all over the world are saying similar things.
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Update on the HERO‼️
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Update on the HERO‼️
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It begins.
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It begins.
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It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
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State-sponsored dehumanization, wrapped in a Christmas bow.
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
State-sponsored dehumanization, wrapped in a Christmas bow.
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Sorry guys, I know I’ve been quiet this week, but I’ve been recovering from shaking too many hands
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sorry guys, I know I’ve been quiet this week, but I’ve been recovering from shaking too many hands
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The New York Times discovers its conscience when the murdered journalist isn't Palestinian - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/new-york-times-discovers-its-conscience-when-murdered-journalist-not-palestinian
The New York Times discovers its conscience when the murdered journalist isn't Palestinian
Reporters Without Borders says Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any state on earth, yet major western outlets reserve outrage for cases that do not involve Palestinians
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December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The New York Times discovers its conscience when the murdered journalist isn't Palestinian - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/new-york-times-discovers-its-conscience-when-murdered-journalist-not-palestinian
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Please, also, speak out against the hatred of Muslims.
Both Antisemitism and Islamophobia are wrong.
Both Antisemitism and Islamophobia are wrong.
December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Please, also, speak out against the hatred of Muslims.
Both Antisemitism and Islamophobia are wrong.
Both Antisemitism and Islamophobia are wrong.
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Wow, shades of the 2019 Border Patrol Facebook scandal of Trump’s first term, when dozens of agents were part of a group posting mocking memes about migrants kids who died crossing the border.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Wow, shades of the 2019 Border Patrol Facebook scandal of Trump’s first term, when dozens of agents were part of a group posting mocking memes about migrants kids who died crossing the border.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
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Nope. Because this is all about the short and long term. We have to cull these people now or put the pressure on them and see if they'll change or else we all screwed.
You're not wrong, but can we please wait until after the midterms before we start the internal war? We always shoot ourselves in the foot and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with the in-fighting. Why don't we put 100% of the attention on them and their failures and win first then cull?
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Nope. Because this is all about the short and long term. We have to cull these people now or put the pressure on them and see if they'll change or else we all screwed.
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National Guard member who survived shooting being moved to inpatient rehabilitation
National Guard member who survived shooting being moved to inpatient rehabilitation
National Guard member who survived shooting being moved to inpatient rehabilitation
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December 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
National Guard member who survived shooting being moved to inpatient rehabilitation
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Time to admit they don't have a case. This is just embarrassing for the “Justice” Department under Pam Bondi.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Time to admit they don't have a case. This is just embarrassing for the “Justice” Department under Pam Bondi.
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They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
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Kagan jumps in to say that a much more "realistic" risk is an Education Department nominally in existence but having 0 employees in it
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Kagan jumps in to say that a much more "realistic" risk is an Education Department nominally in existence but having 0 employees in it
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Jackson on Congress' theory of indy agencies: "Having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States"
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jackson on Congress' theory of indy agencies: "Having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States"
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feels a lil wild how much
1) the Trump administration has backed itself into a logic corner in front of the Supreme Court this morning
2) Alito and Thomas try toss em life rafts, and the Trump admin seems to look at them a bit skeptically? like the 'I don't need your boat God will save me' parable
1) the Trump administration has backed itself into a logic corner in front of the Supreme Court this morning
2) Alito and Thomas try toss em life rafts, and the Trump admin seems to look at them a bit skeptically? like the 'I don't need your boat God will save me' parable
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
feels a lil wild how much
1) the Trump administration has backed itself into a logic corner in front of the Supreme Court this morning
2) Alito and Thomas try toss em life rafts, and the Trump admin seems to look at them a bit skeptically? like the 'I don't need your boat God will save me' parable
1) the Trump administration has backed itself into a logic corner in front of the Supreme Court this morning
2) Alito and Thomas try toss em life rafts, and the Trump admin seems to look at them a bit skeptically? like the 'I don't need your boat God will save me' parable
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Kavanaugh: "Tell me how the Fed is different"
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kavanaugh: "Tell me how the Fed is different"
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
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They are too good at this
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
They are too good at this