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> they were “identified terrorist targets”
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
So “the shipments directly threaten Americans” huh? The shipments were headed to the U.S. then?
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Oh. Okay.
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
> they were “identified terrorist targets”
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
This is kinda like how Tony Soprano would hate Trump. I can see why you think they’re get along because they’re all corrupt tri-state assholes, but nah, those guys all hate each other.
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is kinda like how Tony Soprano would hate Trump. I can see why you think they’re get along because they’re all corrupt tri-state assholes, but nah, those guys all hate each other.
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Someone on The Downballot Discord said that for Dem chances of taking back the House next year, a D+13 result with *high* turnout in #TN07 (i.e., what we saw) is better than a D+22 result (i.e., a Behn victory) with low turnout would have been. I couldn't agree more.
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Someone on The Downballot Discord said that for Dem chances of taking back the House next year, a D+13 result with *high* turnout in #TN07 (i.e., what we saw) is better than a D+22 result (i.e., a Behn victory) with low turnout would have been. I couldn't agree more.
It’s possibly that a candidate who was less tied to unpopular policies could’ve done even better in TN, but I think the important thing is that a candidate who *was* so tied still came so close. What does that say about how “unpopular” those policies are?
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s possibly that a candidate who was less tied to unpopular policies could’ve done even better in TN, but I think the important thing is that a candidate who *was* so tied still came so close. What does that say about how “unpopular” those policies are?
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Major Pete Hegseth, in 2016: "... that's why the military said it won't follow unlawful orders from their Commander in Chief. There’s a standard. There’s an ethos.
Me in 2025: "You can refuse illegal orders."
Watch for yourself.
Me in 2025: "You can refuse illegal orders."
Watch for yourself.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Major Pete Hegseth, in 2016: "... that's why the military said it won't follow unlawful orders from their Commander in Chief. There’s a standard. There’s an ethos.
Me in 2025: "You can refuse illegal orders."
Watch for yourself.
Me in 2025: "You can refuse illegal orders."
Watch for yourself.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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So we’re done with the NG shooting already?
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So we’re done with the NG shooting already?
It was inevitable that republicans would eventually defend was crimes, but it’s worth pointing out that their outrage at Kelly was based on the idea that Trump would NEVER give illegal orders.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It was inevitable that republicans would eventually defend was crimes, but it’s worth pointing out that their outrage at Kelly was based on the idea that Trump would NEVER give illegal orders.
I firmly believe that Biden was right to drop out and was probably too old for the job (at least of *running for President*), but the press should be ashamed of how they handled the entire affair.
Some ppl have seemingly forgot that political news media spun up a "Biden secretly has parkinsons" story out of a doctor visiting the WH while the admin was working on Parkinsons policy or that Nuzzis big "Biden didnt remember me" piece was written when she was secretly working for RFK Jrs campaign
The actual "worse than watergate" scandal is how much news media collectively worked to ratfuck a Democratic presidency by largely inventing health/mental acuity concerns for hyperventilate about while largely ignoring the very real & worsening issues in front of their faces from Trump
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I firmly believe that Biden was right to drop out and was probably too old for the job (at least of *running for President*), but the press should be ashamed of how they handled the entire affair.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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The male loneliness epidemic is 100% perpetuated by men alienating other men with bullshit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The male loneliness epidemic is 100% perpetuated by men alienating other men with bullshit like this.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
And let’s be honest: Kimmel is a mediocre comedian and the offending joke was awkward at best. If you lose to that, it’s not gonna be your only loss.
it's very fitting that in retrospect, Trump's failure to oust Jimmy Kimmel was the point that his administration turned. It's been all losses ever since
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And let’s be honest: Kimmel is a mediocre comedian and the offending joke was awkward at best. If you lose to that, it’s not gonna be your only loss.
I might find the idea that Dems deserve unique scorn for failing to beat Trump more compelling if literally every other political actor hadn’t failed in the exact same task.
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I might find the idea that Dems deserve unique scorn for failing to beat Trump more compelling if literally every other political actor hadn’t failed in the exact same task.
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I think this nets out to bad for the Bears. Rudolph is more consistent now, but it depends on if Rodgers was able to turn it on to pants the Bears.
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers has been pushing to play against the Bears, but in the end, it was too quick, per me and @tompelissero.bsky.social.
Rodgers should play next week, but the turnaround was just too quick. Mason Rudolph starts against the Bears.
Rodgers should play next week, but the turnaround was just too quick. Mason Rudolph starts against the Bears.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I think this nets out to bad for the Bears. Rudolph is more consistent now, but it depends on if Rodgers was able to turn it on to pants the Bears.
Politics isn’t *only* perception, but Trump is so irrational and inconsistent on substance that it’s *mostly* about perception with him.
So if most people come away from a Trump event saying, “Wow, Mamdani won that one”, it’s basically true.
So if most people come away from a Trump event saying, “Wow, Mamdani won that one”, it’s basically true.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Politics isn’t *only* perception, but Trump is so irrational and inconsistent on substance that it’s *mostly* about perception with him.
So if most people come away from a Trump event saying, “Wow, Mamdani won that one”, it’s basically true.
So if most people come away from a Trump event saying, “Wow, Mamdani won that one”, it’s basically true.
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There is no ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is no ceasefire.
I think this is right, tho obviously I can’t predict the future. MTG is a good barometer for a certain kind of voter- naturally paranoid, batty, few ideological or partisan commitments.
my take on mtg’s retirement as a former veteran hill reporter:
this is a big deal & indicative of a political realignment & any snarky users here trying to talk you out of it are simply genuinely wrong!
this is a big deal & indicative of a political realignment & any snarky users here trying to talk you out of it are simply genuinely wrong!
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I think this is right, tho obviously I can’t predict the future. MTG is a good barometer for a certain kind of voter- naturally paranoid, batty, few ideological or partisan commitments.
Mamdani has only run in Democratic Primaries and repeatedly had Democratic primary voters say “yup, that’s our guy”. MTG has never run in a Democratic Primary, let alone gotten Dem primary voters to endorse her.
There’s no comparison here. Mamdani is a Dem, and you’ll just have to deal with that.
There’s no comparison here. Mamdani is a Dem, and you’ll just have to deal with that.
So when MTG runs as a Democrat I’m sure you’ll feel the same.
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mamdani has only run in Democratic Primaries and repeatedly had Democratic primary voters say “yup, that’s our guy”. MTG has never run in a Democratic Primary, let alone gotten Dem primary voters to endorse her.
There’s no comparison here. Mamdani is a Dem, and you’ll just have to deal with that.
There’s no comparison here. Mamdani is a Dem, and you’ll just have to deal with that.
“Failed” might be overstating it- the odds are long, but the game isn’t over yet.
I *think* the attempt to speedrun authoritarianism has failed. The new acute danger is greater political violence (Trump calling for hangings, etc). But the concerted danger is down the line, when MAGA realizes the bill for all this corruption will come due. www.offmessage.net/p/maga-disar...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
www.offmessage.net
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Failed” might be overstating it- the odds are long, but the game isn’t over yet.