LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
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We have to view the challenge as The People vs. Trump + MAGA + Big Tech + Billionaires.
In this context, Big Tech = The Death Star.
Big Tech includes not only platforms, but also crypto & generative AI; one giant system of interrelated elements. All produce far more harm than good. 6/
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In this context, Big Tech = The Death Star.
Big Tech includes not only platforms, but also crypto & generative AI; one giant system of interrelated elements. All produce far more harm than good. 6/
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Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Amanda Redman is so much fun in Murder Before Evensong, and she's great in The Good Karma Hospital. And if you need more, she's a total kick as Mrs. Merdle in Little Dorrit.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Amanda Redman is so much fun in Murder Before Evensong, and she's great in The Good Karma Hospital. And if you need more, she's a total kick as Mrs. Merdle in Little Dorrit.
one day in the near future, an Oscar-contending flick will open with a dark screen and the sound of people running and shouting and screaming and crying drowned out by hundreds of whistles
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
one day in the near future, an Oscar-contending flick will open with a dark screen and the sound of people running and shouting and screaming and crying drowned out by hundreds of whistles
when Democrats get control of the congress, he should be impeached and removed. and he's not the only one.
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
when Democrats get control of the congress, he should be impeached and removed. and he's not the only one.
This could apply to the "millions for Senators" provision in the recent CR too.
Well, well, well....
Let's think about why the Russians leaked it and why Trump is pushing for it at this particular moment. Could they think his days in the White House are numbered and they need to grab whatever they can?
Let's think about why the Russians leaked it and why Trump is pushing for it at this particular moment. Could they think his days in the White House are numbered and they need to grab whatever they can?
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November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This could apply to the "millions for Senators" provision in the recent CR too.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I just remembered I can mute the word Nuzzi in texts and tags. Aaahhhhh......
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I just remembered I can mute the word Nuzzi in texts and tags. Aaahhhhh......
it's stunning how on point this is
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
it's stunning how on point this is
hahahahaha
Trump's approach to Mamdani in this presser
a cartoon of a skunk and a cat fighting in a living room
Alt: Pepe Le Pew kissing that cat repeatedly. She is a bit surprised.
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
hahahahaha
Re redistricting, Congresswoman Fletcher makes good point that some operate in the way things were and some in the way things should be, but that we have to operate in the way things are.
youtu.be/aP9YggapU2g?...
youtu.be/aP9YggapU2g?...
Rep. Fletcher: Texas’ Big Redistricting Gamble Is Blowing Up
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Re redistricting, Congresswoman Fletcher makes good point that some operate in the way things were and some in the way things should be, but that we have to operate in the way things are.
youtu.be/aP9YggapU2g?...
youtu.be/aP9YggapU2g?...
It feels like "journalists" use the word controversial a lot when what's called for is disastrous or hateful.
NEW: How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers, by Eli Hager
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It feels like "journalists" use the word controversial a lot when what's called for is disastrous or hateful.
One thing pols can do to "talk normal" is stop saying "we" when they mean elected Republicans.
also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One thing pols can do to "talk normal" is stop saying "we" when they mean elected Republicans.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
Trump needs to be removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump needs to be removed from office.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
It's well known that road to fascism littered with people saying "you're over reacting." Less widely recognized is that road started with allowing billionaires to purchase themselves what ought to be our government. We have been under reacting for generations.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's well known that road to fascism littered with people saying "you're over reacting." Less widely recognized is that road started with allowing billionaires to purchase themselves what ought to be our government. We have been under reacting for generations.
Well said, Congresswoman.
Tear gassing a one-year-old U.S. citizen.
Dragging a U.S. citizen on her way to work out of her car.
Throwing tear gas at a children’s Halloween parade.
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.
Dragging a U.S. citizen on her way to work out of her car.
Throwing tear gas at a children’s Halloween parade.
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Well said, Congresswoman.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
"Quiet, Piggy" and "Things Happen" are the distillation of Trump to his very essence. One manifests his vileness and misogyny. The other his dangerous amorality. They are a window into where his soul would be if he had one.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Quiet, Piggy" and "Things Happen" are the distillation of Trump to his very essence. One manifests his vileness and misogyny. The other his dangerous amorality. They are a window into where his soul would be if he had one.
"to scale"
Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got THIS
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"to scale"
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
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“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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On the planet I come from, "too much garlic" means an almost passable amount of garlic. Barely.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On the planet I come from, "too much garlic" means an almost passable amount of garlic. Barely.
Will they all get a million dollars from the treasury?
The FBI has sent letters to Sacramento and DC politicos informing them their conversations have been surveilled as part of an ongoing corruption probe that ensnared Gavin Newsom’s ex-chief of staff www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
FBI sent letters to CA lobbyists as part of corruption probe involving ex-Newsom chief of staff
In letters last week, the FBI informed recipients that their communications had been intercepted.
www.sacbee.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Will they all get a million dollars from the treasury?
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November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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how could so many people think it was a good idea to vote for this piece of trash?
JUST NOW: At the White House, Trump and MBS are asked about Trump family business in Saudi Arabia and about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
how could so many people think it was a good idea to vote for this piece of trash?
Okay, this Ken Burns documentary is super interesting but the term boycott didn't exist until a hundred years after the American Revolution and they're saying it a lot. It's a documentary! I want to know what the colonists called refusal to buy British goods.
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Okay, this Ken Burns documentary is super interesting but the term boycott didn't exist until a hundred years after the American Revolution and they're saying it a lot. It's a documentary! I want to know what the colonists called refusal to buy British goods.
MAGA types and weirdo religios get all butthurt when people don't "respect" them, but they have no respect for anyone but themselves. Insufferable.
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
MAGA types and weirdo religios get all butthurt when people don't "respect" them, but they have no respect for anyone but themselves. Insufferable.