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Independent, but vote mostly Blue, and never vote Red.
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Wait until Canada renames the Great Lakes.
Lake Superior could be renamed, . . I don't know . . maybe . .
"Lake Fuck Trump."
Lake Superior could be renamed, . . I don't know . . maybe . .
"Lake Fuck Trump."
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A reminder to those still buying Russia's line that they have no intention of anything beyond Ukraine.
500 years of history say otherwise.
500 years of history say otherwise.
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A reminder to those still buying Russia's line that they have no intention of anything beyond Ukraine.
500 years of history say otherwise.
500 years of history say otherwise.
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Trump figured out murdering people would get the Epstein files out of the news cycle.
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trump figured out murdering people would get the Epstein files out of the news cycle.
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In the hearing on the Slaughter case, Justice Sotomayor noted that “Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power” but that is what unitary executive would grant.
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the hearing on the Slaughter case, Justice Sotomayor noted that “Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power” but that is what unitary executive would grant.
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Breaking News: Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois signed a bill that restricts immigration enforcement near state courthouses and makes it easier to sue ICE agents.
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Breaking News: Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois signed a bill that restricts immigration enforcement near state courthouses and makes it easier to sue ICE agents.
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Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
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David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
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BOOM!
In 2016, Hegseth repeatedly said the military wouldn’t follow illegal orders, even Donald Trump‘s.
In 2016, Hegseth repeatedly said the military wouldn’t follow illegal orders, even Donald Trump‘s.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
BOOM!
In 2016, Hegseth repeatedly said the military wouldn’t follow illegal orders, even Donald Trump‘s.
In 2016, Hegseth repeatedly said the military wouldn’t follow illegal orders, even Donald Trump‘s.
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
Serious question for anyone living in reality:
If you had proof you were innocent, would you…
A) Hide it from the cops.
B) Brag you have it and still hide it.
C) Give it to them on the spot.
#Trump
#Epstein
If you had proof you were innocent, would you…
A) Hide it from the cops.
B) Brag you have it and still hide it.
C) Give it to them on the spot.
#Trump
#Epstein
It's been almost three weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It's been almost three weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's been almost three weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
#MarjorieTaylorGreene learns new word:
Narcissist.
Narcissist.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#MarjorieTaylorGreene learns new word:
Narcissist.
Narcissist.
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“Oh, this Crimea is so beautiful! WOW! It’s surrounded on four sides by ocean.”
— Trump
Will FIFA start giving out fake geography awards too? Asking for a friend.
— Trump
Will FIFA start giving out fake geography awards too? Asking for a friend.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Oh, this Crimea is so beautiful! WOW! It’s surrounded on four sides by ocean.”
— Trump
Will FIFA start giving out fake geography awards too? Asking for a friend.
— Trump
Will FIFA start giving out fake geography awards too? Asking for a friend.
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I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
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BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
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The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Get ready for another 99 victim tweets from this crazy person.
A police investigation has faulted Nancy Mace for a profanity-filled outburst at Charleston Airport in October, saying her behavior escalated a minor miscommunication into “a spectacle.”
www.postandcourier.com/politics/nan...
A police investigation has faulted Nancy Mace for a profanity-filled outburst at Charleston Airport in October, saying her behavior escalated a minor miscommunication into “a spectacle.”
www.postandcourier.com/politics/nan...
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Get ready for another 99 victim tweets from this crazy person.
A police investigation has faulted Nancy Mace for a profanity-filled outburst at Charleston Airport in October, saying her behavior escalated a minor miscommunication into “a spectacle.”
www.postandcourier.com/politics/nan...
A police investigation has faulted Nancy Mace for a profanity-filled outburst at Charleston Airport in October, saying her behavior escalated a minor miscommunication into “a spectacle.”
www.postandcourier.com/politics/nan...
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All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
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This has largely been memory-holed but in Trump 1.0, he picked a big public trade fight with China. They retaliated by cutting off agriculture purchases, farmers got squeezed, Trump mailed them checks and had to go crawling back to Xi for a face-saving "deal".
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This has largely been memory-holed but in Trump 1.0, he picked a big public trade fight with China. They retaliated by cutting off agriculture purchases, farmers got squeezed, Trump mailed them checks and had to go crawling back to Xi for a face-saving "deal".
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.