payne588
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If the Democrats get back control of both chambers of Congress and the White House - restructuring this rogue far-right #SCOTUS needs to happen on day 1.
Court reform is the only way out of this authoritarian trap. Expand, restructure jurisdiction, channel, new courts—the works.
It continues to bother me how little we heard and saw of Harris in 4 years as VP....seemingly a lot less than we've seen of Vance in just 9 months.

Maybe it's because Harris had more to do, but even if that's the case, I still have no idea what she was doing.
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I don't know if Gaza was decisive, but when you spend a year telling a bloc of your own supporters to eat shit on an issue that deeply hurts and angers them, then you shouldn't be counting on those votes in the first place, and you need a realistic plan to win without them.
One of us! One of us!
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"The president is illegitimate and should be removed from office" is the minimum pitch for anyone nominally opposing him
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
What's needed is a Redistribution of Pain, which is superficially similar to retribution, but not the same thing.
"All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it"
--Gene Wolfe
Cliff Notes are entirely sufficient for classic literature. The real value lies in understanding references to these works, not in experiencing them as a reader.
The goofy Portland stuff is effective counter-propaganda and an excellent use of relative privilege.
Eh.

None of these people know or believe anything. It's self-serving bullshit all the way down.
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“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.
Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism
Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media
"We don't want to give an impression that we've finally resolved the issue, so instead we'll give the impression that we are exactly the egregious partisan hacks our critics say we are, and should never have been installed on the court in the first place."
Actually, I have wondered for awhile if your name came from the Don Giovanni character
Don't threaten me with a good time!
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No. She's 77 years old. Dem voters should refuse to vote for any first-time candidates over 60 and any incumbents over 70. Elderly Dems dying in office is a real problem — Rs would have a much slimmer House majority right now if ancient Dems weren't dropping dead.

www.joemygod.com/2025/10/ap-c...
AP Confirms Dem Maine Gov Will Run For US Senate - Joe.My.God.
The Associated Press reports: Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, according to two people familiar w...
www.joemygod.com
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Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.
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Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network.
Nice little TV network you got there
How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.
www.motherjones.com
He's doing the "Book learnin' ain't change me none, I still got yer back" bit.
Demand impeachment of Thomas, Alito and maybe kavanaugh; accept adding justices as a comprise.
So...um...what rules of engagement am I obliged to follow if my government is literally saying it wants to murder me? Any? Asking for a friend.
"I can't comment on Candace, but I'm gonna comment about myself: I am now thinking about sheep-fucking."