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Democrat, Republican, or Independent, people are tired of corruption in politics and want a government they can trust.

That's why I'm fighting for an anti-corruption movement that holds our leaders accountable to the people they serve.
Andy Kim vs. the Machine—Again - The American Prospect
The New Jersey senator is opposing his own party’s efforts to defang anti-corruption measures. In an interview, he depicted the fight as critical to regaining public trust.
prospect.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?

You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”

I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Anyway. This has fucked me up like nothing I can remember since reading the testimony of war crimes victims as a part of a human rights case 25 years ago.

Human beings are human beings.

And monsters are among us, taking lives for sport and amusement, and broadcasting their murders for pleasure.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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🔥 KOH: “What we’re seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most — the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Looks like the Trump administration is doing what it does best: playing politics with people’s hunger.
USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states
Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people's hunger.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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When I have food that starts looking like this, I throw it out.

I suggest the United States does the same.
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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🤔

Reporter: Sounds like the Kremlin is saying they are not going to compromise

Trump: I don’t know what they Kremlin is doing… They had a reasonably good meeting with Putin
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I am just so fcking sick of all of this racism and hate. I’m just so so so sick of it.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Somehow I don't think this is going to be winning campaign message for the Republican Party.
Trump: "I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Putin repeatedly emphasizes that he wants "peace" in Ukraine. We in the West have not yet understood that the word "peace" has a completely different meaning in the Russian language.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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A year later, Trump has disclosed a list of 46 donors who helped pay up to $14 million for his transition to power.

Much of the list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to key positions.
A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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"Layoff announcements this year top 1.1 million, the most since 2020 when pandemic hit" per CNBC reporting. Trump again inherited a great economy but has run it into the ground!! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/l...
Layoff announcements this year top 1.1 million, the most since 2020 when pandemic hit, Challenger says
The firm said layoff plans totaled 76,835 in November, a step down from October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million.
www.cnbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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NEW: Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.

But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.

By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We keep hearing how many GOP electeds don’t approve of a lot of what felon is doing but that they’re too scared to say anything. Voters have got to start electing people with a proven record of having a spine. Across the board. No spine, no vote.
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Netanyahu continues to starve and kill the people of Gaza. Putin is pretending to negotiate peace while attacking Ukraine. Trump is randomly killing Venezuelan's. They have no desire for peace. It is how they stay in power. Netanyahu, Trump and Putin are now the leaders of the new axis of evil.
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM