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Image of Trump's presidential library soon after it goes bankrupt.
Dockside photo of barge laden with garbage destined for the Fresh Kills landfill in NYC. Repurposed as Donald Trump's presidential library.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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It shouldn't have been any surprise, considering the level of misogyny and anti Black bigotry in America. Harris committed several unforced errors during her campaign, but in the end it was white people who ushered Trump back into the White House.
Bar graph of voter demographics for 2024 presidential election shows that 60% of white men and 53% of white women voted for Donald Trump. Overall, 55% of white voters cast their ballots for Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Excerpt from the novel Catch-22 where Milo Minderbinder attempts to feed Yossarian a chocolate covered cotton ball. Milo stupidly bought the entire Egyptian cotton crop and can't sell any of it. “Please taste this and let me know what you think. I’d like to serve it to the men.” “What is it?” asked Yossarian, and took a big bite. “Chocolate-covered cotton.” Yossarian gagged convulsively and sprayed his big mouthful of chocolate-covered cotton right into Milo’s face. “Here, take it back!” he spouted angrily. “Jesus Christ! Have you gone crazy? You didn’t even take the goddam seeds out.” “Give it a chance, will you?” Milo begged. “It can’t be that bad. Is it really that bad?” “It’s even worse.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Here's bar graph of the 2024 election results by demographic. As you can see, 60% of white men and 53% of white women cast their ballots for Donald Trump.

White people elected Donald Trump.

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Bar graph of voter demographics for 2024 presidential election shows that 60% of white men and 53% of white women voted for Donald Trump. Overall, 55% of white voters cast their ballots for Trump.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Former (and how) President Reagan offers his opinion of Trump.
President Trump seated at his desk in the Oval Office twists in his chair and smiles weirdly at Mayor-elect of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, who stands next to Trump, glancing down. President Ronald Reagan views the scene from his portrait hanging on the wall in the background to the right. He offers he opinion of Trump in a thought balloon: Christ, what an asshole.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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We've known since May 1, 1989, but many knew long before...
Reproduction of the full page advertisement Donald Trump bought on May 1, 1989, demanding the death penalty for the Central Park Five. All of whom were later exonerated.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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18 years later...
Lindsey Halligan watches her career consumed by a spectacular fireball. Oh, the humanity!
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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When you can't afford a genuine Tardis...
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Oh, the humanity...
Lindsey Halligan watches her career consumed by a spectacular fireball. Oh, the humanity!
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This Bubba?
Actor Alan Young, medium height, clean-cut dark hair, wears a dark suit jacket, white shirt and tie, stands in profile inside stable. On the right, a horse, with large white irregular stripe on his face, stands inside a stall with his head poking over the top of the stall half-door. His mouth is open. He appears to be talking because he's Mr. Ed the talking horse. Star of Mr. Ed tv show.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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As you requested. There's plenty more...

Newsom destroys homeless people's possessions
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Newsom Interviews Steve Bannon:
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California Governor Gavin Newsom's official statement viz Charlie Kirk's death: “We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk’s murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones. “I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment to debate. His senseless murder is a reminder of how important it is for all of us, across the political spectrum, to foster genuine discourse on issues that deeply affect us all without resorting to political violence. “The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence. Honest disagreement makes us stronger; violence only drives us further apart and corrodes the values at the heart of this nation.” California Governor Gavin Newsom and the late Charlie Kirk standing shoulder to shoulder with their arms around each other in an office with a bookcase and two tan leather chairs Bust shot of California Governor Gavin Newsom looking strong and thoughtful on right side of frame. Text on left reads: Gavin Newsom tells Charlie Kirk allowing trans athletes in women's sports is 'deeply unfair'.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Thompson's comment is applicable to Trump as it was to Nixon. Trump speaks directly to white America's basest fantasies and desires. He liberates his audience from their guilt and allows them to revel in the horrors the nation was founded upon.
Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise. Hunter S Thompson - October 1973
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Parody of dialogue from No Country For Old Men Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost in a card game? Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost in a vending machine? Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost playing the slots? Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost at a McDonald's drive-thru? Gas Station Proprietor: Sir, this is a Wendy's
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Famous 1927 ad for a correspondence music school. Line drawing of a man adjusting a piano stool before he sits down to play. Party in a large house is in progress. Drawing depicts guests seated on sofa and chairs in the foreground. Guests are visible in the background in other rooms through a square open 'doorway'. Large type beneath illustration reads: They Laughed When I Sat Down At the Piano. But When I Started to Play~
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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The Ingraham Angle
Right wing bedbug and Fox News personality, Laura Ingraham in right profile with her arm extended in a Nazi salute during a speech she delivered at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland OH.
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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IIRC, the first issues of Wired were chock full of articles that promoted fully-connected houses as if it were a good idea. Ha ha. I never figured out if it was a case of demented optimism or another of their advertorial sales pitches.
Similarly, if iRobot goes out of business and its cloud shuts down, most Roombas should still continue to work in offline mode — pressing the physical button on the robot to start, stop, and dock it. However, they likely wouldn’t be controllable via the app for features like scheduling or specific room cleaning, or via voice commands. This potential dilemma just further highlights that cloud-connected devices should be enhanced by connectivity, not reliant on it. Last paragraph of featured article from The Verge
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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He most certainly did those things. Here's the proof that Newsom is a Nazi collaborator. I expect 'centrist' Democrats to find a protective rationalization when they vote for their very own cult of personality.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the late Charlie Kirk standing shoulder to shoulder with their arms around each other in an office with a bookcase and two tan leather chairs Bust shot of California Governor Gavin Newsom looking strong and thoughtful on right side of frame. Text on left reads: Gavin Newsom tells Charlie Kirk allowing trans athletes in women's sports is 'deeply unfair'. “We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk’s murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones. “I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment to debate. His senseless murder is a reminder of how important it is for all of us, across the political spectrum, to foster genuine discourse on issues that deeply affect us all without resorting to political violence. “The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence. Honest disagreement makes us stronger; violence only drives us further apart and corrodes the values at the heart of this nation.” California Governor Gavin Newsom's official statement on the death of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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You bet. When that 'single issue' is marginalized peoples' civil rights. Equal rights means everyone's rights have equal priority. I've observed that people who will compromise one person's rights in the name of progress don't support anyone's rights except their own.
The chaplain had sinned, and it was good. Common sense told him that telling lies and defecting from duty were sins. On the other hand, everyone knew that sin was evil, and that no good could come from evil. But he did feel good; he felt positively marvelous. Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins. The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character. Excerpt from the novel Catch-22, Joseph Heller, 1961
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would like to have a word with you about 'more immediate violations of human rights'. It's not your place to prioritize other peoples' civil rights. Either everyone is free or no one is free.
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Letter From Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Don't forget this:
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the late Charlie Kirk standing shoulder to shoulder with their arms around each other in an office with a bookcase and two tan leather chairs
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I notice the majority of Newsom touts on this platform are well-fed, housed, white, CIS men and women. People who've most likely never suffered any serious, lasting privations. So it's easy to dismiss Newsom's profoundly immoral behavior as mere flaws...
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Letter From Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Yes, get informed!

Never Newsom.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom and the late Charlie Kirk standing shoulder to shoulder with their arms around each other in an office with a bookcase and two tan leather chairs. Bust shot of California Governor Gavin Newsom looking strong and thoughtful on right side of frame. Text on left reads: Gavin Newsom tells Charlie Kirk allowing trans athletes in women's sports is 'deeply unfair'. “We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk’s murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones. “I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment to debate. His senseless murder is a reminder of how important it is for all of us, across the political spectrum, to foster genuine discourse on issues that deeply affect us all without resorting to political violence. “The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence. Honest disagreement makes us stronger; violence only drives us further apart and corrodes the values at the heart of this nation.” California governor Gavin Newsom's official statement on right wing inlcuencer Charlie Kirk's death.
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stands in front of two US flags and two flags of the House of Representatives. She shrugs broadly, with her arms spread, bent at elbows and palms turned upward at shoulder level. Her heat is tilted to the left and her mouth is open. She's wearing a blue blazer adorned with a gold brooche over a bright yellow blouse.
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM