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Definition of APTRONYM
a person's name that is suited to that person's profession, personality, etc.… See the full definition
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I am starting a list of Aptronyms that might pop up if one were to write a book about the Trump era, that future generations might think were too on the nose to be real. (I had such a thread on the other site back in the day.) www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
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Honestly can't tell if she meant "prosecute" or she's just embraced the full fascist experience.
Noem: "Anyone who has info on this needs to know we will be coming after you & we will bring you to justice. We absolutely will persecute you b/c we do know that we will never allow this to continue to happen in our country -- allow individuals who came to our country unvetted by Joe Biden ... "
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Honestly can't tell if she meant "prosecute" or she's just embraced the full fascist experience.
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This is the Republican majority in Congress. Completely disinterested in looking into anything Trump is doing. Whatever he decides to do is fine with them and they won’t investigate or question anything. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Markwayne Mullin defends Trump pardoning Honduran president who was convicted of drug trafficking: "What the president is doing is always calculated. I haven't had a direct conversation with the president about it, but I do trust his natural reaction and his approach to foreign affairs."
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is the Republican majority in Congress. Completely disinterested in looking into anything Trump is doing. Whatever he decides to do is fine with them and they won’t investigate or question anything. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."
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Curious whether India counts as a "third world" country in these people's depraved little minds. China?
WELKER: Is the administration ending all legal immigration into the United States?
KRISTI NOEM: The president is absolutely determined to stop all processes at this point in time from third world countries
KRISTI NOEM: The president is absolutely determined to stop all processes at this point in time from third world countries
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Curious whether India counts as a "third world" country in these people's depraved little minds. China?
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
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Trump& Bondi are trying to smokescreen the Epstein files by pretending theyre so keen to get to the truth they've requested the Grand Jury info in court filings for Epstein& Maxwell. This is because they know Trump's name doesnt appear. We want to see all info gathered from Epstein's properties 1/2
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Trump& Bondi are trying to smokescreen the Epstein files by pretending theyre so keen to get to the truth they've requested the Grand Jury info in court filings for Epstein& Maxwell. This is because they know Trump's name doesnt appear. We want to see all info gathered from Epstein's properties 1/2
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SHE IS HEAD OF DHS! SHE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS!!!!
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
SHE IS HEAD OF DHS! SHE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS!!!!
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Kristi Noem refuses to directly answer a question about what Trump means by "remigration" -- a word that, as Kristen Welker notes, is often invoked by white nationalists in Europe
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Kristi Noem refuses to directly answer a question about what Trump means by "remigration" -- a word that, as Kristen Welker notes, is often invoked by white nationalists in Europe
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In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
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RFK Jr. says there’s not enough evidence to prove vaccines don’t cause autism.
There’s also not enough evidence to prove RFK Jr. doesn’t have a fetish for watching people die of infectious diseases.
And there never will be because you can’t prove a negative. See how that works?
There’s also not enough evidence to prove RFK Jr. doesn’t have a fetish for watching people die of infectious diseases.
And there never will be because you can’t prove a negative. See how that works?
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RFK Jr. says there’s not enough evidence to prove vaccines don’t cause autism.
There’s also not enough evidence to prove RFK Jr. doesn’t have a fetish for watching people die of infectious diseases.
And there never will be because you can’t prove a negative. See how that works?
There’s also not enough evidence to prove RFK Jr. doesn’t have a fetish for watching people die of infectious diseases.
And there never will be because you can’t prove a negative. See how that works?
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🎥: Why do tech bros keep making their platforms sh*tter? Cory Doctorow joins the Prospect Podcast to explains. Watch Part One of the interview below:
Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t | Part One of the Prospect Podcast interview
Looking for part two? Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LgLg0zlbJQ
Why does every tech platform seem to get worse over time? From Google to LinkedIn to Twitter/X, many websites function worse now than they did just a few years ago.
On this episode of the Prospect Podcast, our hosts Elle
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🎥: Why do tech bros keep making their platforms sh*tter? Cory Doctorow joins the Prospect Podcast to explains. Watch Part One of the interview below:
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When Howard Dean was the Democratic frontrunner for President, he was disqualified, by the media, for yelling "Yeah!" once.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
When Howard Dean was the Democratic frontrunner for President, he was disqualified, by the media, for yelling "Yeah!" once.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
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Tis a puzzlement
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Tis a puzzlement
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The fentanyl problem he promised to fix was that he wasn’t profiting off of it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The fentanyl problem he promised to fix was that he wasn’t profiting off of it.
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Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
Data shows Trump is 'funneling' donor money into his bank account
Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket.“Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of doll...
www.rawstory.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
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When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
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Remember when Bannon and others talked about him being attorney general or acting AG? Wonder why he never had the capacity to get an actual job at the White House or DoJ?
MAGA legal world, man…
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Remember when Bannon and others talked about him being attorney general or acting AG? Wonder why he never had the capacity to get an actual job at the White House or DoJ?