I’m a realist (sadly right now)
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Old school. Pro democracy. Pro age limits for politicians. Anti a**sholes.
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Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
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Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Bernie Has Been Right About This The Whole Time…..💙💙💙
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Bernie Has Been Right About This The Whole Time…..💙💙💙
Really is brilliant!
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Really is brilliant!
This was interesting.
https://substack.com/@polimetrics/note/p-178203976?r=biyx&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Thank you
@dloverstreet.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@polimetrics/note/p-178203976?r=biyx&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Thank you
@dloverstreet.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Amen
This isn’t right. Trans people have the right to exist and they have the right to exist free from persecution! Trans rights are human rights!
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Amen
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Fact check: 18 lies Trump told on ‘60 Minutes’
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertio...
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Fact check: 18 lies Trump told on ‘60 Minutes’
Mr Speaker, fact check… Medicade fraud is overwhelming by “providers”!
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Mike Johnson: "With Medicaid, we eliminated the fraud, waste, and abuse. We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program. They were never intended to be there. They're sitting around on their couches playing video games. Yes, that's an actual study."
October 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Mr Speaker, fact check… Medicade fraud is overwhelming by “providers”!
#39275c24#3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.perplexity.ai/search/4ed5ad7d-f765-477c-9178-8f1779275c24#3
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Just a thought… if Britain can rid itself of a Prince over Epstein allegations, what will we do if Trump is (duh) found complicit in Epstein’s crimes?
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Just a thought… if Britain can rid itself of a Prince over Epstein allegations, what will we do if Trump is (duh) found complicit in Epstein’s crimes?
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Time & time again, when faced w/ a judge in an actual court of law, trump’s DOJ is forced to admit they lied. I may be naive, but it still gives me a sliver of hope that they tell the truth in front of the courts, even if they still try and squirm out of it.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘We Deeply Regret These Errors’: DOJ Walks Back Key Evidence In Defense of Trump’s Portland Deployment
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Time & time again, when faced w/ a judge in an actual court of law, trump’s DOJ is forced to admit they lied. I may be naive, but it still gives me a sliver of hope that they tell the truth in front of the courts, even if they still try and squirm out of it.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Zohran Mamdani’s comments on Islamophobia literally brought me to tears yesterday. He’s made so many people, including me, feel seen—and I’m not even Muslim. Whatever anyone thinks of him, that’s incredibly special.
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s comments on Islamophobia literally brought me to tears yesterday. He’s made so many people, including me, feel seen—and I’m not even Muslim. Whatever anyone thinks of him, that’s incredibly special.
Crazy while not surprising…
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Crazy while not surprising…
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She was elected to the House a month ago. But Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in, knowing it would narrow his small majority and provide the final signature needed to force a vote on an Epstein papers resolution. Now she's suing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
As Johnson Delays, Grijalva Sues to Be Seated in the House
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
She was elected to the House a month ago. But Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in, knowing it would narrow his small majority and provide the final signature needed to force a vote on an Epstein papers resolution. Now she's suing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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BREAKING:
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING:
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
So couldn't Jack Smith just provide all the evidence he has? No case exists…
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So couldn't Jack Smith just provide all the evidence he has? No case exists…
Can't argue with the truth.
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Can't argue with the truth.
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We're launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
Thanks for making it so clear (I think?)🙏
Die Neue Reichskanzlei ("New Reich Chancellery"), Berlin, c. 1939: (1) reception hall; (2) main dining hall; (3) entrance to the office of the Führer, with SS guards; (4) office of the Führer.
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thanks for making it so clear (I think?)🙏
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Trump: "I look the other night, Saturday night, Portland is burning to the ground and these people are saying it's just friendly stuff. The whole place is burning to the ground. So we'll take care of that one. That's like an insurrection more than it is anything else. Portland is crazy."
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trump: "I look the other night, Saturday night, Portland is burning to the ground and these people are saying it's just friendly stuff. The whole place is burning to the ground. So we'll take care of that one. That's like an insurrection more than it is anything else. Portland is crazy."
There yesterday. Amazing place on so many levels.
I was in Portland a week ago and there’s just literally nothing happening. It’s not a matter of opinion, it’s not a perspective thing, it’s reality versus a world Trump is inventing in his head so he can seize dictatorial authority
Trump: "I look the other night, Saturday night, Portland is burning to the ground and these people are saying it's just friendly stuff. The whole place is burning to the ground. So we'll take care of that one. That's like an insurrection more than it is anything else. Portland is crazy."
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There yesterday. Amazing place on so many levels.
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Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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Right now, America is a country governed partially by the rule of law and partially by the rule of Trump. The two are in increasingly open conflict. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rule-o...
The Rule of Law vs. The Rule of Trump
A crisis moment in the defining debate of our time.
www.thebulwark.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Right now, America is a country governed partially by the rule of law and partially by the rule of Trump. The two are in increasingly open conflict. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rule-o...