Rachel (loves LA, always will)
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There’s no one to blame but the voters.
There’s no one to blame but the voters.
Pinned
If there’s any consolation it’s that when Miller dies we will probably get to watch as the snarling, stinking, razor-fingered demons drag him down under the ground into the lowest pits of Hell…?
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
We’re becoming the Fourth Reich.
And this administration has just declared its intention to impress its racist will upon other nations by influencing other elections.
How is this not a 5-alarm fire?!?
And this administration has just declared its intention to impress its racist will upon other nations by influencing other elections.
How is this not a 5-alarm fire?!?
The Trump administration said Friday that Europe is facing the “stark prospect of civilizational erasure” and pledged that the U.S. will support like-minded “patriotic” parties across the continent to prevent a future in which “certain NATO members will become majority non-European.”
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We’re becoming the Fourth Reich.
And this administration has just declared its intention to impress its racist will upon other nations by influencing other elections.
How is this not a 5-alarm fire?!?
And this administration has just declared its intention to impress its racist will upon other nations by influencing other elections.
How is this not a 5-alarm fire?!?
This country is so over
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This country is so over
Racist scumbags who hate MLK Jr. but want to fellate Trump
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Racist scumbags who hate MLK Jr. but want to fellate Trump
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What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
Congratulations, Ms. James. We’ve been holding you in our thoughts and will continue to do so, because these ppl are treacherous.
Grand jury in Virginia refuses to re-indict Letitia James, another embarrassing setback for Trump's campaign of retribution against his political enemies, reports Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Congratulations, Ms. James. We’ve been holding you in our thoughts and will continue to do so, because these ppl are treacherous.
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expanding the court is the moderate position
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
expanding the court is the moderate position
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
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Men don’t have to “pretend to be women” to enter women’s locker rooms, changing rooms, and bathrooms. Famously, Donald Trump just strolled right in
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Men don’t have to “pretend to be women” to enter women’s locker rooms, changing rooms, and bathrooms. Famously, Donald Trump just strolled right in
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To paraphrase: It's murders all the way down.
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
To paraphrase: It's murders all the way down.
THESE GUYS ARE ON TO SOMETHING
You see how crowded that shelter is? And how are you going to so no to the dog that says, “You’re mine”?
Everyone waiting looks like they’re gonna die if a dog doesn’t pick them 😂😭😂😭
You see how crowded that shelter is? And how are you going to so no to the dog that says, “You’re mine”?
Everyone waiting looks like they’re gonna die if a dog doesn’t pick them 😂😭😂😭
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
THESE GUYS ARE ON TO SOMETHING
You see how crowded that shelter is? And how are you going to so no to the dog that says, “You’re mine”?
Everyone waiting looks like they’re gonna die if a dog doesn’t pick them 😂😭😂😭
You see how crowded that shelter is? And how are you going to so no to the dog that says, “You’re mine”?
Everyone waiting looks like they’re gonna die if a dog doesn’t pick them 😂😭😂😭
This oaf
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This oaf
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
Republicans really are going to Hell.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Republicans really are going to Hell.
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Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
‘ICE was here’: Dedham church sparks outrage over nativity scene with political message
A Dedham church is causing controversy over another political statement in their Nativity scene this holiday season.
www.boston25news.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
I just saw the headline about Trump calling Somalis “garbage”…
I encourage everyone to be appropriately horrified about this.
Anyone who wants to pipe up and say, “What, are you surprised?” can go to hell. No one is surprised. But we aren’t going to greet this with a cynical shrug, either.
I encourage everyone to be appropriately horrified about this.
Anyone who wants to pipe up and say, “What, are you surprised?” can go to hell. No one is surprised. But we aren’t going to greet this with a cynical shrug, either.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I just saw the headline about Trump calling Somalis “garbage”…
I encourage everyone to be appropriately horrified about this.
Anyone who wants to pipe up and say, “What, are you surprised?” can go to hell. No one is surprised. But we aren’t going to greet this with a cynical shrug, either.
I encourage everyone to be appropriately horrified about this.
Anyone who wants to pipe up and say, “What, are you surprised?” can go to hell. No one is surprised. But we aren’t going to greet this with a cynical shrug, either.
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Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
If I was working at OU, I would just start handing out 100's to every student and stop writing comments.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
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He’s getting a payoff from this, obviously.
The system is so broken that a man guilty of fraud is let go by a man guilty of bribery ( and many other things).
He’s made a mockery of the justice system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
The system is so broken that a man guilty of fraud is let go by a man guilty of bribery ( and many other things).
He’s made a mockery of the justice system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He’s getting a payoff from this, obviously.
The system is so broken that a man guilty of fraud is let go by a man guilty of bribery ( and many other things).
He’s made a mockery of the justice system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
The system is so broken that a man guilty of fraud is let go by a man guilty of bribery ( and many other things).
He’s made a mockery of the justice system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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From Noem to Hegseth and beyond, meet the contumacious Trump regime: it decides which laws to obey.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From Noem to Hegseth and beyond, meet the contumacious Trump regime: it decides which laws to obey.
She’s just a firehose. There will be the occasional pause as her brain scrambles to find a well-oiled groove, but she’s a walking AI fascist text dispenser.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
She’s just a firehose. There will be the occasional pause as her brain scrambles to find a well-oiled groove, but she’s a walking AI fascist text dispenser.
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
RIP Tom Stoppard.
I saw The Real Thing in London as a kid with my dad.
I saw The Real Thing in London as a kid with my dad.
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard.
I saw The Real Thing in London as a kid with my dad.
I saw The Real Thing in London as a kid with my dad.