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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
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Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.
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Trump’s campaign to imprison, fire or otherwise punish his political foes and use government power to crack down on free speech he does not like is setting precedents that even some conservatives worry may come back to bite them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
In Going After His Foes, Trump Sets a Precedent That Could Haunt His Allies
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump’s campaign to imprison, fire or otherwise punish his political foes and use government power to crack down on free speech he does not like is setting precedents that even some conservatives worry may come back to bite them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
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Yes, that is precisely what is happening. Dems believe the way to win in politics is to outsource their own voices and rhetoric to pollsters, and pollsters relentlessly push the idea that health care is Dems’ strongest issue, and thus every event and crisis should be redirected towards health care.
September 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Yes, that is precisely what is happening. Dems believe the way to win in politics is to outsource their own voices and rhetoric to pollsters, and pollsters relentlessly push the idea that health care is Dems’ strongest issue, and thus every event and crisis should be redirected towards health care.
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They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.
September 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.
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Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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An apology is insufficient. Everyone email [email protected] and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble
“I apologize for that extremely callous remark”
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying “just kill them” with “involuntary lethal injection” re: mentally ill homeless people
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying “just kill them” with “involuntary lethal injection” re: mentally ill homeless people
September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An apology is insufficient. Everyone email [email protected] and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble
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I can understand the anguish from losing someone you looked up to politically.
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
September 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I can understand the anguish from losing someone you looked up to politically.
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
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“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.” From the archives:
A Permanent Stain on Our History
The Trump administration’s embrace of nativism is as shameful as it is self-destructive.
www.thebulwark.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.” From the archives:
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The elites of our nation are finding it harder and harder to remember how the Constitution works, and increasingly inclined to understand all US policy as flowing from presidential fiat. Sliding into the authoritarian phantasmagoria.
This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
September 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The elites of our nation are finding it harder and harder to remember how the Constitution works, and increasingly inclined to understand all US policy as flowing from presidential fiat. Sliding into the authoritarian phantasmagoria.
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"For those people out there who ... say, 'Well, I just don't like those people either' ... You could be next. ... This is not about any one individual, this is about our rights as Americans, and our right to have a justice system where choices about prosecuting are made without fear or favor."
August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"For those people out there who ... say, 'Well, I just don't like those people either' ... You could be next. ... This is not about any one individual, this is about our rights as Americans, and our right to have a justice system where choices about prosecuting are made without fear or favor."
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Hurricane Erin is already Category 5, and is expected to double or even triple in size. This one isn't projected to reach land, but it's only a matter of time before the US faces a storm this size without a prepared FEMA to help anyone.
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hurricane Erin is already Category 5, and is expected to double or even triple in size. This one isn't projected to reach land, but it's only a matter of time before the US faces a storm this size without a prepared FEMA to help anyone.
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Wonder what Foxnews would be talking about all day this week if Obama had done this?
August 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Wonder what Foxnews would be talking about all day this week if Obama had done this?
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Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
August 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
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Some Leftists being big mad at defense lawyers in general and public defenders in particular and comparing them to Nazis for defending bad people and it’s the sort of thing I’d really worry about if there were any chance they’d ever have any power or influence or credibility or a current bus pass
August 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Some Leftists being big mad at defense lawyers in general and public defenders in particular and comparing them to Nazis for defending bad people and it’s the sort of thing I’d really worry about if there were any chance they’d ever have any power or influence or credibility or a current bus pass
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Good morning!
Trump is the opposite of manly. Beta
He wears makeup. He whines non-stop. He’s always a poor victim. He dodged the draft. He have never served anything noble. He’s desperate for approval. He smells like the inside of a warm prison on the bayou, he hikes his pants up high
Trump is the opposite of manly. Beta
He wears makeup. He whines non-stop. He’s always a poor victim. He dodged the draft. He have never served anything noble. He’s desperate for approval. He smells like the inside of a warm prison on the bayou, he hikes his pants up high
August 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Good morning!
Trump is the opposite of manly. Beta
He wears makeup. He whines non-stop. He’s always a poor victim. He dodged the draft. He have never served anything noble. He’s desperate for approval. He smells like the inside of a warm prison on the bayou, he hikes his pants up high
Trump is the opposite of manly. Beta
He wears makeup. He whines non-stop. He’s always a poor victim. He dodged the draft. He have never served anything noble. He’s desperate for approval. He smells like the inside of a warm prison on the bayou, he hikes his pants up high
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The basic problem, which cannot be avoided, is that the cost of living crisis is fake. It is not real. It is a hallucination. And that means, no matter how hard you try, you cannot placate people by lowering the cost of living. It’s like trying to cure hypochondria with chemotherapy.
August 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The basic problem, which cannot be avoided, is that the cost of living crisis is fake. It is not real. It is a hallucination. And that means, no matter how hard you try, you cannot placate people by lowering the cost of living. It’s like trying to cure hypochondria with chemotherapy.
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