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February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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I am building a Chrome Extension that will replace the word “Trump” in any mention of Donald J. Trump with “💩Dump”. So a quote on a site saying “President Donald J. Trump” will read as “President Donald J. 💩Dump”.
If I can get it working, I’ll share it to anyone who wants it.
If I can get it working, I’ll share it to anyone who wants it.
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I am building a Chrome Extension that will replace the word “Trump” in any mention of Donald J. Trump with “💩Dump”. So a quote on a site saying “President Donald J. Trump” will read as “President Donald J. 💩Dump”.
If I can get it working, I’ll share it to anyone who wants it.
If I can get it working, I’ll share it to anyone who wants it.
I think it’s about time that at least some of us start pondering “the Great Unraveling” that will occur when an extremely unwell Donald Trump finally succumbs to his numerous health issues, leaving the nation in the hands of his morally-bankrupt GOP and an equally feckless Democratic Parry.
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I think it’s about time that at least some of us start pondering “the Great Unraveling” that will occur when an extremely unwell Donald Trump finally succumbs to his numerous health issues, leaving the nation in the hands of his morally-bankrupt GOP and an equally feckless Democratic Parry.
Well, non-ICE-related homicides are down. ICE-related homicides are way up!
The U.S. remains in a multiyear trend of falling rates of homicides and other crimes in cities nationwide, according to a Post analysis. Rates of aggravated assault and burglary hit their lowest point last year since the start of the pandemic in 2020. https://wapo.st/4qE0b4j
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Well, non-ICE-related homicides are down. ICE-related homicides are way up!
Every day, I think “there is no way I’m going to be more embarrassed to be a citizen of the United States than I was yesterday”, and every day Trump opens his mouth to say something insipid, moronic, probably false, or a combination of the three.
Well, there’s always tomorrow.
Well, there’s always tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Every day, I think “there is no way I’m going to be more embarrassed to be a citizen of the United States than I was yesterday”, and every day Trump opens his mouth to say something insipid, moronic, probably false, or a combination of the three.
Well, there’s always tomorrow.
Well, there’s always tomorrow.
Funny story: my family and I were eating lunch at a restaurant in Metairie while visiting. I saw Cassidy there, and on his way out, we crossed paths. He introduced himself and asked me, a lifelong Illinois resident, for my support. So I tell people Cassidy “isn’t the worst Senator from LA”.
Bill Cassidy learns an easy lesson the hard way. And the thing is, he won't be the last.
Trump Shivs Another One
Bill Cassidy learns an easy lesson the hard way.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Funny story: my family and I were eating lunch at a restaurant in Metairie while visiting. I saw Cassidy there, and on his way out, we crossed paths. He introduced himself and asked me, a lifelong Illinois resident, for my support. So I tell people Cassidy “isn’t the worst Senator from LA”.
Fascism is unconstitutional in America, as the notion violates the Preamble of the Constitution, which states its purpose to:
- establish Justice
- insure domestic Tranquility
- promote general Welfare
- secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves
States should just declare Trump policy invalid.
- establish Justice
- insure domestic Tranquility
- promote general Welfare
- secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves
States should just declare Trump policy invalid.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Fascism is unconstitutional in America, as the notion violates the Preamble of the Constitution, which states its purpose to:
- establish Justice
- insure domestic Tranquility
- promote general Welfare
- secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves
States should just declare Trump policy invalid.
- establish Justice
- insure domestic Tranquility
- promote general Welfare
- secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves
States should just declare Trump policy invalid.
So, is Trump targeting oil-rich sovereigns to help Putin or the Saudis? I’m too lazy to figure it out myself.
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
So, is Trump targeting oil-rich sovereigns to help Putin or the Saudis? I’m too lazy to figure it out myself.
I read the quote as “My own mortality.”, not “My own morality.”
Frankly, it’s both.
And one will most assuredly stop him.
Frankly, it’s both.
And one will most assuredly stop him.
January 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I read the quote as “My own mortality.”, not “My own morality.”
Frankly, it’s both.
And one will most assuredly stop him.
Frankly, it’s both.
And one will most assuredly stop him.
“You can’t kill us all, Nazis.” doesn’t ring like “Don’t Tread on Me.” but I’d wear that t-shirt proudly.
"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“You can’t kill us all, Nazis.” doesn’t ring like “Don’t Tread on Me.” but I’d wear that t-shirt proudly.
We are in what scientists call an “extinction burst”. Conservatives have realized that progress passed the tipping point and are flailing trying to reverse it. Their actions are becoming increasingly desperate and harmful.
I’m afraid they are bent on taking us all with them.
I’m afraid they are bent on taking us all with them.
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We are in what scientists call an “extinction burst”. Conservatives have realized that progress passed the tipping point and are flailing trying to reverse it. Their actions are becoming increasingly desperate and harmful.
I’m afraid they are bent on taking us all with them.
I’m afraid they are bent on taking us all with them.
Yeah, I don’t buy it. Someone will figure out that it is profitable to create frictions that prevent AI from solving all of our problems or to sabotage them outright (by legal means, of course). Never underestimate the power of human greed.
fortune.com/2025/12/01/f...
fortune.com/2025/12/01/f...
Forget the four-day workweek, Elon Musk predicts you won't have to work at all in ‘less than 20 years' | Fortune
“The advancements in AI and robotics will bring us to the point where working is optional,” billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk says
fortune.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Yeah, I don’t buy it. Someone will figure out that it is profitable to create frictions that prevent AI from solving all of our problems or to sabotage them outright (by legal means, of course). Never underestimate the power of human greed.
fortune.com/2025/12/01/f...
fortune.com/2025/12/01/f...
These Republicans are putting a lot of faith in science, medicine in particular, because it’s not going to go well for them if a declining Trump dies before their pardons are granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:07 PM
These Republicans are putting a lot of faith in science, medicine in particular, because it’s not going to go well for them if a declining Trump dies before their pardons are granted.
I’m struggling with how the “small government” party decided they needed to run a second country.
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I’m struggling with how the “small government” party decided they needed to run a second country.
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
I am beginning to wonder if Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts have realized the harm they have caused to their reputations by being Trump toadies in recent rulings and finally have drawn the line.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am beginning to wonder if Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts have realized the harm they have caused to their reputations by being Trump toadies in recent rulings and finally have drawn the line.
I am really getting tired of seeing people who faithfully upheld oaths to the Constitution have shortened careers/lives and at the same time essentially no consequences have befallen Donald Trump.
It's becoming a crisis of belief.
It's becoming a crisis of belief.
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse says he doesn’t have much time left.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I am really getting tired of seeing people who faithfully upheld oaths to the Constitution have shortened careers/lives and at the same time essentially no consequences have befallen Donald Trump.
It's becoming a crisis of belief.
It's becoming a crisis of belief.
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
Has anyone wondered what the Venn diagram of "Epstein files contents" and "materials Trump took to Mar-a-lago" looks like? Personally, I doubt it's two separate and distinct circles.
It certainly would add to the urgency to get the Jack Smith cases killed.
It certainly would add to the urgency to get the Jack Smith cases killed.
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Has anyone wondered what the Venn diagram of "Epstein files contents" and "materials Trump took to Mar-a-lago" looks like? Personally, I doubt it's two separate and distinct circles.
It certainly would add to the urgency to get the Jack Smith cases killed.
It certainly would add to the urgency to get the Jack Smith cases killed.
If Brandon Johnson wins re-election as Mayor of Chicago, he probably needs to acknowledge Donald Trump in his acceptance speech. He floundered until Trump sent ICE to our doorsteps. In the moment, he found resolve and clarity of mission.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court Upholds Block to Trump’s Chicago Military Takeover
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If Brandon Johnson wins re-election as Mayor of Chicago, he probably needs to acknowledge Donald Trump in his acceptance speech. He floundered until Trump sent ICE to our doorsteps. In the moment, he found resolve and clarity of mission.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pushing conservative ideology in children is far more harmful. Fix that first, and we can talk.
Makary: "Let's be honest -- and I'm going to say what you're not supposed to say -- pushing transgender ideology in children is predatory, wrong, and it needs to stop."
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Pushing conservative ideology in children is far more harmful. Fix that first, and we can talk.
Say the Commander-in-Chief is an ignorant, petulant child without saying the Commander-in-Chief is an ignorant, petulant child.
Lindsey Graham on the attack on US troops in Syria: "God bless President Trump for wanting to retaliate"
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Say the Commander-in-Chief is an ignorant, petulant child without saying the Commander-in-Chief is an ignorant, petulant child.
I’m beginning to think that the GOP should have been more focused on the margins they will lose by going full “Trump autocrat mode” as opposed to solidifying the base, which is actually far smaller than they thought.
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’m beginning to think that the GOP should have been more focused on the margins they will lose by going full “Trump autocrat mode” as opposed to solidifying the base, which is actually far smaller than they thought.
I’m really surprised that the “small government” “state’s rights” folks are trying to block state laws on AI with an Executive Order.
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m not up to speed with the Tenth Amendment or maybe they’re just full of shit and always have been.
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m not up to speed with the Tenth Amendment or maybe they’re just full of shit and always have been.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m really surprised that the “small government” “state’s rights” folks are trying to block state laws on AI with an Executive Order.
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m not up to speed with the Tenth Amendment or maybe they’re just full of shit and always have been.
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m not up to speed with the Tenth Amendment or maybe they’re just full of shit and always have been.