What was I thinking?
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A Stranger in a Strange Land from Maryland, USA, now an IT guy in Cambridge, UK.
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Trump now has his Heinrich Himmler who will do his best to turn the FBI into the Gestapo.
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NEW: Kim Davis is done. The Supreme Court is not reconsidering Obergefell. What happens now?
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously.
Today, at Law Dork:
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously.
Today, at Law Dork:
Kim Davis is done. The Supreme Court is not reconsidering Obergefell. What happens now?
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously.
www.lawdork.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: Kim Davis is done. The Supreme Court is not reconsidering Obergefell. What happens now?
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously.
Today, at Law Dork:
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously.
Today, at Law Dork:
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Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
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By sending us $2,000 to give to billionaire insurance CEOs, and by tripling the interest we pay to mortgage companies while he continues to limit what we can write off, he's effectively looting the treasury and using us a mules to launder the stolen money; funneling it to the wealthy.
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
By sending us $2,000 to give to billionaire insurance CEOs, and by tripling the interest we pay to mortgage companies while he continues to limit what we can write off, he's effectively looting the treasury and using us a mules to launder the stolen money; funneling it to the wealthy.
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Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
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“We spoke with multiple people who had been in there for more than a week, more than 10 days – in the same clothes, not having bathed and no access to toothbrushes." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“We spoke with multiple people who had been in there for more than a week, more than 10 days – in the same clothes, not having bathed and no access to toothbrushes." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Attn folks in Delaware, Nevada, New Hampshire, Maine, & Michigan!
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Attn folks in Delaware, Nevada, New Hampshire, Maine, & Michigan!
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
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A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Sabrina Shroff is a hero.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sabrina Shroff is a hero.
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🎶 “Why are there so many Trump thugs in ski masks, and why do they have to hide?” 🎶
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎶 “Why are there so many Trump thugs in ski masks, and why do they have to hide?” 🎶
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Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This is flat out false. SNAP cannot be used for that. It’s not permitted under federal law and no states have an exemption for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is flat out false. SNAP cannot be used for that. It’s not permitted under federal law and no states have an exemption for it.
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20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested
YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson
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November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
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Here is an ABC7 report on the ICE or Federal agents arresting three US citizens in Evanston, Illinois yesterday, October 31st, 2025.
See post above for videos taken by residents who witnessed the events.
See post above for videos taken by residents who witnessed the events.
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here is an ABC7 report on the ICE or Federal agents arresting three US citizens in Evanston, Illinois yesterday, October 31st, 2025.
See post above for videos taken by residents who witnessed the events.
See post above for videos taken by residents who witnessed the events.
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Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
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A year ago, we fed the world. Today, we can’t even feed our kids.
Only we can take this country back, with our united voices, our wallets, and our votes. Win back the House. Salvage what’s left. Kick the grifters out of office. Hold them to the fullest extent of the law, every last one.
Only we can take this country back, with our united voices, our wallets, and our votes. Win back the House. Salvage what’s left. Kick the grifters out of office. Hold them to the fullest extent of the law, every last one.
Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A year ago, we fed the world. Today, we can’t even feed our kids.
Only we can take this country back, with our united voices, our wallets, and our votes. Win back the House. Salvage what’s left. Kick the grifters out of office. Hold them to the fullest extent of the law, every last one.
Only we can take this country back, with our united voices, our wallets, and our votes. Win back the House. Salvage what’s left. Kick the grifters out of office. Hold them to the fullest extent of the law, every last one.
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Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Portland, Oregon isn’t playing around. The community, sparked by Heretic Coffee Portland and featured on @thedangerousones.com podcast is uniting to support neighbors hit hardest by SNAP cuts. Proof that when Portlanders see need, they show up.🔥🔥🔥
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Portland, Oregon isn’t playing around. The community, sparked by Heretic Coffee Portland and featured on @thedangerousones.com podcast is uniting to support neighbors hit hardest by SNAP cuts. Proof that when Portlanders see need, they show up.🔥🔥🔥