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In other words:
Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the Republicans. Any farmer will tell you that certain animals run around and are unpleasant, but when they've been fixed, then they are happy and sedate. They are contented and cheerful. They don't go around peeing on the furniture and such. Grover Norquist
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This, from Tim Kaine is HILARIOUS:
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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The Problem, as Schiff said this morning:
"We have the president telling us now, Republicans telling us now: they're not going to honor any agreement we reach with them. They're telling us 'We'll put money in whatever, money we agree on for a continued resolution to fund the government. But we're telling you in advance, we are going to rescind the funding you want,'" Schiff said. "They're telling us they're going to cheat on an agreement, and we need in whatever agreement we reach, to have some really solid guarantees in that legislation that they simply can't go and renege after it's done," he added, noting that there have been "some talks" in the Senate between members of both parties on a possible compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Katyal quotes Justice Robert Jackson, head Nuremberg lawyer as his final bow:
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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This new poll showing that only 26% of Republicans are concerned about the shutdown gives away the game. They wouldn't say that if they didn't know it was Trump and the GOP holding the reins.
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Trump is probably lecturing her on the horrors of DEI.
Trump and the new (female)Japanese Prime Minster watching the World Series
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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You had BETTER believe me instead of your lying eyes, OR ELSE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 04:03 AM EST 10/27/25 After winning THREE Elections, BY A LOT, I am now getting the best Polling Numbers that I have ever received. People see how strong the Economy is, the Trillions of Dollars of Investment pouring into our Country, the Record Setting Strong Border (After years of millions of criminals pouring through it, totally unvetted and unchecked!), ending 8 wars in eight months, no men playing in women’s sports, no transgender for everyone, rapidly falling Energy prices, and much more! Despite all of this, the Radical Left Losers are taking fake ads, not showing REAL Polls, but rather saying that I’m Polling at low levels. These are the people that I’ve been beating for years, and am continuing to do so, but by even bigger margins. These ads should not be allowed to run because they are FAKE!
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Oopsie:
Trump: I'm a big fan of Ronald Reagan, but he was bad on trade. Very bad on trade.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A very serious president:
Told that some of his supporters are wary of another foreign war, Trump insults the reporter and says, "my supporters are more in love with me today."
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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What happened to Gretchen Whitmer? I care about the destruction of the country, I really do. A lot of Americans do. 7 million of them came out in the streets last weekend. Why do so many Dem pols insist on saying it doesn't matter?
split screen?” Psaki asked. “Well, as I have talked to people, I’m telling you right now, no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C.,” Whitmer replied. “What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week. And the longer the shutdown goes, the more precarious it gets for people.” The governor said most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.” “But what they do every single day is try to feed their kids, make sure that they get a job to show up to, make sure that they don’t hit a pothole on their drive to work and they have to take money out of their rent or their child care to pay to fix their damn car,” she continued. “That’s why we got to stay focused on the issues that matter to people.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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He's building a temple to worship God Trump.
rendering of the ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I must have written "Trump/Musk/Vought are taking a wrecking ball to America" a dozen times in the last 9 months. Now he's literally doing it.

These pictures say everything about Donald Trump's godforsaken reign.
January 6th assault on the Capitol October 2025 demolition of the the East wing of the White House.
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The Prince of Peace threatening to unleash hell on Gaza.
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Good God.
Angry Staffer on X with a picture of today's destruction of the East Wing writing, "the White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it's even worse today."
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The enemy within:
We The Poeple don't want tacky gold decor we want democracy For those who are still confused: picture of flag being planted at Iwo Jima with the word Antifa under it and a picture of Hitler with "Fa" underneath it. cartoon of Trump w/ words "34 felonies" There are more of us than them Resist!! with cops on horses in the background.
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Stone, cold terrorists:
Protest sign: The Only Orange Monarch I Want with an illustration of monarch butterflies Grab him by the Epstein files Johns Lewis sent me "good trouble" EpsteinEpsteinEpsteinEpstein
October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Unbelievable

He's back to this. He just wants to hand the territory to Putin so he can claim he ended the war.

He's so delusional that he's now saying that he's already saved millions of lives all around the world. He's obsessed with this fantasy. Who's feeding it to him?

My guess is Rubio.
Trump is now pressuring Ukraine to give up twenty percent of its sovereign territory taken by Russia by force in two separate invasions with no apparent concessions by Russia - this has been Kyiv’s nightmare scenario. “In my opinion, they should stop the war immediately. You go by the battle line, wherever it is. Otherwise, it’s too complicated. You’ll never be able to figure it out. You stop at the battle line,” Trump told reporters upon landing in West Palm Beach, Florida
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
Daniel Dale: No, Trump isn't the only president ever to end a war. No, Trump hasn't ended eight wars. No, the reason Russia failed to take Kyiv in 2022 wasn't that a general decided to use mud routes instead of highways. No, Obama didn't merely give Ukraine bedsheets. No, the 2020 election wasn't rigged. No, the US government revenue from tariffs on Chinese products isn't paid by China. No, Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono didn't propose building a tunnel or railroad to Hawaii from the US mainland. Quick fact check on Trump's comments to the press while sitting with Zelensky today:
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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They'd better get another one ready. Dear Leader's going to need one of those too. Maybe one from the other two branches as well.
NEW: A board of U.S. Air Force Academy graduates will vote Friday on whether to grant honorary membership in the academy’s alumni association to Charlie Kirk. The board will also consider awarding him an honorary Air Force Academy degree.
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Shocker:
Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto: Following his call with Putin, Trump says the U.S. needs the Tomahawk missiles he had previously said he might send to Ukraine *and* that “it may not be perfect timing” for the Russia sanctions bill the senate was preparing to move on. What concrete concession did Putin make or suggest in return, if any?
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Yikes...

He can't stop talking about her lips.

I don't even want to think about this.
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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A "bigger illegal-hoax than Watergate"
Trump says his impeachment "Scam" was a bigger illegal hoax than Watergate and hopes "the necessary authorities including CONGRESS are looking into Adam Schiff" because "So many laws and protocols were violated and just plain broken!!!"
October 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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He's a big pal of the Tates.
X post with picture of Ingrassia and Andrew Tate in which Ingrassia writes: Andrew Tate is an extraordinary human being – not only in terms of sheer physical prowess, though he is that in spades, but perhaps even more impressively, he is sharp as a tack and has the willpower and spirit to match. It goes on--- It is for this reason that he and his brother have become public enemies number one and two in the eyes of the Matrix, the deep state, and the satanic elite that attempt to systematically program and oppress all men from womb-to-tomb – a form of communism that not even Karl Marx, in his wildest dreams, could have imagined. It is because he and @TateTheTalisman pose such a threat that the global elites have targeted and attempted to scapegoat them: the global elites want to kowtow any man of honor and worth whose spirit has not been completely extinguished into silence. The @McBrideLawNYC legal team is working around the clock to obliterate the Matrix narrative about the Tate brothers as human traffickers and shine the light of truth on them for the world. We will prevail, because we have the truth on our side – and the truth will always set the world free from the shackles of deception. The Tate brothers provide an opportunity for a better future – one that inspires, rather than degrades, men: and one that can offer a dying West some hope for renewal, if only we reject the Matrix’s lies and heed their call to strive for greatness.
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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This is not good

The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Axios headline: Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official
October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The next step
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM