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Trump and the GOP are selling out
Farmers
Ukraine
Veterans
Immigrants
Democracy
The Striving Class
Our Western Allies
Priced-out Families
Tell Congress
Stop the Sellout:
Farmers
Ukraine
Veterans
Immigrants
Democracy
The Striving Class
Our Western Allies
Priced-out Families
Tell Congress
Stop the Sellout:
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump and the GOP are selling out
Farmers
Ukraine
Veterans
Immigrants
Democracy
The Striving Class
Our Western Allies
Priced-out Families
Tell Congress
Stop the Sellout:
Farmers
Ukraine
Veterans
Immigrants
Democracy
The Striving Class
Our Western Allies
Priced-out Families
Tell Congress
Stop the Sellout:
DOT memo: passengers will wear harnesses and pull planes into takeoff position both to reduce fuel costs and work off some of that chicken fat.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
DOT memo: passengers will wear harnesses and pull planes into takeoff position both to reduce fuel costs and work off some of that chicken fat.
MTG for chair of the Leopard’s Eating People’s Faces Party.
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
MTG for chair of the Leopard’s Eating People’s Faces Party.
Trump and his Senate-approved cronies sound like the Soviet apparatchiks who blew up Chernobyl in the HBO series.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump and his Senate-approved cronies sound like the Soviet apparatchiks who blew up Chernobyl in the HBO series.
Applause to the Ohio Supreme Court for helping make America more and more Russian.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Applause to the Ohio Supreme Court for helping make America more and more Russian.
Why are markets up on news that Trump won’t release routine monthly federal economic stats?
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why are markets up on news that Trump won’t release routine monthly federal economic stats?
Meanwhile, in Kiev…
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Meanwhile, in Kiev…
MTG? Mamdani? II would say Trump is trying the charm away his deranged call to hang Democrats who correctly reminded the military it is legal to ignore unlawful orders.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
MTG? Mamdani? II would say Trump is trying the charm away his deranged call to hang Democrats who correctly reminded the military it is legal to ignore unlawful orders.
A trillion dollars.
A trillion dollars.
Do I hear two trillion for Mideast weapons supremacy?
Mr. Nethenyahu? It’s your bid.
A trillion dollars.
Do I hear two trillion for Mideast weapons supremacy?
Mr. Nethenyahu? It’s your bid.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A trillion dollars.
A trillion dollars.
Do I hear two trillion for Mideast weapons supremacy?
Mr. Nethenyahu? It’s your bid.
A trillion dollars.
Do I hear two trillion for Mideast weapons supremacy?
Mr. Nethenyahu? It’s your bid.
Measles spreading through red states?
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Measles spreading through red states?
"This is OUR FCKING COUNTRY! Somebody's taping me? Continue to tape me. Nobody tells us where to go, when to go, how to go, in OUR FCKING COUNTRY!" - Greg Bovino
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"This is OUR FCKING COUNTRY! Somebody's taping me? Continue to tape me. Nobody tells us where to go, when to go, how to go, in OUR FCKING COUNTRY!" - Greg Bovino
Next stop: the good ol’ days before government overreach.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Next stop: the good ol’ days before government overreach.
Never forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Never forgotten.
Theres a blue moon rising
over the lakes, the peaks, the plains,
there’s a blue light shining
from California straight to Maine
over the lakes, the peaks, the plains,
there’s a blue light shining
from California straight to Maine
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Theres a blue moon rising
over the lakes, the peaks, the plains,
there’s a blue light shining
from California straight to Maine
over the lakes, the peaks, the plains,
there’s a blue light shining
from California straight to Maine
The GOP is not the first cult to praise cruelty as holy.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The GOP is not the first cult to praise cruelty as holy.
Spread the word.
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Spread the word.
Art.1, Sec 5. Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
“Constitution? We don’t need no stinking Constitution!”
“Constitution? We don’t need no stinking Constitution!”
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Art.1, Sec 5. Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
“Constitution? We don’t need no stinking Constitution!”
“Constitution? We don’t need no stinking Constitution!”
No words for this shameless GOP-sanctioned destruction of the White House and our government.
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No words for this shameless GOP-sanctioned destruction of the White House and our government.
Like Sgt. Schultz, Speaker Johnson is being paid to pretend ignorance.
The difference: John Banner did it for laughs and really hated Nazis.
The difference: John Banner did it for laughs and really hated Nazis.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Like Sgt. Schultz, Speaker Johnson is being paid to pretend ignorance.
The difference: John Banner did it for laughs and really hated Nazis.
The difference: John Banner did it for laughs and really hated Nazis.
Media Bias in Action: Plain Dealer ignores tens of thousands peacefully protesting Trump/GOP tyranny in Cleveland but runs a dismissive blurb about a smaller demonstration somewhere else. Wonder if the PD will writes about Trump’s execrable “King" videos? www.cleveland.com#section__news
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Media Bias in Action: Plain Dealer ignores tens of thousands peacefully protesting Trump/GOP tyranny in Cleveland but runs a dismissive blurb about a smaller demonstration somewhere else. Wonder if the PD will writes about Trump’s execrable “King" videos? www.cleveland.com#section__news
~ 20,000+ marched against GOP tyranny in downtown Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
~ 20,000+ marched against GOP tyranny in downtown Cleveland
Cleveland Rocks for Liberty— the real thing, not the fake stuff the GOP sells
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cleveland Rocks for Liberty— the real thing, not the fake stuff the GOP sells
