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Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
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"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
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It would have been much easier for him to have said nothing.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It would have been much easier for him to have said nothing.
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A new low.
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A new low.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Just to get ahead of this: Print the post out and bring it to the next Mike Johnson presser. You already know what his move will be. There’s no excuse to not be prepared for it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
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Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
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The full video is even more astonishing, since you can see that he did that close to and in view of the second shooter. bsky.app/profile/bnon...
December 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The full video is even more astonishing, since you can see that he did that close to and in view of the second shooter. bsky.app/profile/bnon...
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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Young American men volunteer for military service, knowing they may have to sacrifice their lives for their country.
But they didn't volunteer to sacrifice their futures to protect the President or Secretary of Defense from being convicted of crimes.
That's not the service for which we thank them.
But they didn't volunteer to sacrifice their futures to protect the President or Secretary of Defense from being convicted of crimes.
That's not the service for which we thank them.
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Young American men volunteer for military service, knowing they may have to sacrifice their lives for their country.
But they didn't volunteer to sacrifice their futures to protect the President or Secretary of Defense from being convicted of crimes.
That's not the service for which we thank them.
But they didn't volunteer to sacrifice their futures to protect the President or Secretary of Defense from being convicted of crimes.
That's not the service for which we thank them.
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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“Good to see you again. Yes, your table is ready. Please follow me.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Good to see you again. Yes, your table is ready. Please follow me.”
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
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December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The beginning
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The beginning
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"TV Frankenstein." Cy Hungerford on the menacing TV presence of Joe McCarthy and his televised anti-communist crusade. On the antenna sits McCarthy's chief counsel and future Trump mentor, Roy Cohn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/13/1954.
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"TV Frankenstein." Cy Hungerford on the menacing TV presence of Joe McCarthy and his televised anti-communist crusade. On the antenna sits McCarthy's chief counsel and future Trump mentor, Roy Cohn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/13/1954.
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Not to beat a dead horse, but we are seeing wide swaths of people putting themselves at risk to fight ICE, and Democrats owe it to them (and ICE's victims, of course) to destroy and prosecute ICE when we regain power.
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not to beat a dead horse, but we are seeing wide swaths of people putting themselves at risk to fight ICE, and Democrats owe it to them (and ICE's victims, of course) to destroy and prosecute ICE when we regain power.
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Good morning Bluesky! Yesterday, Trump “pardoned” a state inmate he can’t pardon, keeps trying to indict Letitia James over $50, and Heritage threatened Indiana with Mad Max if it won’t gerrymander. Republicans heard the threat, shrugged, and voted no anyway. Turns out bullying is losing its touch.
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Good morning Bluesky! Yesterday, Trump “pardoned” a state inmate he can’t pardon, keeps trying to indict Letitia James over $50, and Heritage threatened Indiana with Mad Max if it won’t gerrymander. Republicans heard the threat, shrugged, and voted no anyway. Turns out bullying is losing its touch.