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Happy Labor Day ๐
Firefighters in Central Oregon made significant progress against the stateโs largest fire over the weekend, despite difficult weather conditions.
Sen. Joni "We're All Going to Die" Ernst saw her own poll numbers and the special election victory for Dems this week and opted to pull the ejection seat handle.
Ignore the polls. When people are polled, they're talking about some amorphous blob called the Democratic Party with a few national names & faces attached. For local elections - they're looking for change and the Dem Party is providing it. This is what fighting back looks like.
Big win for iowa dems in special election tonight. 20 point swing from previous election. Keep voting!!!!
There's 4 special legislative elections happening today. Most attention has been on Iowa SD-01, California AD-64 and, as a curiosity, Alabama's blood red HD-11, where no Dem has even *run* in forever. However, there's a 4th race in Georgia (SD-21). On the left, the 2024 results. On the right...
Yeah, man, this is who you are now. Remember when you were a rising star? Remember when you were on the cover of Time magazine as the "Republican Savior"? Remember when you could look in the mirror? All right, stop daydreaming. Time to lick Trump's tiny little boots.
NEW: US states and cities that do not support Israel will be denied federal disaster aid. [REUTERS] Aid that will be halted includes federal money for search and rescue equipment and backup power systems.
Yesterday, we learned that Elon Musk spent $55 million to defeat her. Today, we cheered as Judge Susan Crawford took her oathโand became Justice Susan Crawford. Congratulations!
TACO strikes again.
โSouth Parkโ depicts Donald Trump in bed with Satan in the Season 27 premiere.
โWhile climate change & pollution have been major causes for concern in the 21st century, alarm bells were already being sounded by scientists as far back as the 70s about what could happen if we did not correct course on those issues. Sadly, the song still retains its poignancy.โ RIP Ozzy Osbourne
Drumroll, please... The first new Amtrak Cascades train is leaving the Siemens manufacturing facility in Sacramento today and heading to Pueblo, CO for testing! Following a year-long testing journey, theyโll arrive home to the PNW in 2026โstay tuned for more photos! #trains #PNW
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When will they send in the Marines to get this lawlessness in Idaho under control?
Iโm watching Hot Fuzz. This movie is 18 years old. If your first reaction to this information is denial, you should probably schedule your colonoscopy.
Amazing how dead behind the eyes they look. Or maybe not so amazing.
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Republican to Retire as Democrats Eye Potential House Seat: Reports https://twp.ai/4invzq
Every single picture of Peter Thiel makes him look like the guy in a zombie film who's hiding that he was bitten.
Democrat Billie Butler has won a special election for the NH House by a 55-45 margin, very close to Harris' 55-44 margin in 2024. Butler, a trans woman, was the target of vicious anti-trans attacks by Republicans. Background on the race: www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/p...
I walked away from evangelical Christianity 30 years ago -- still one of my best life decisions.
Reading that Laura Loomer runs our Mid East policy & Pete Hegseth, the Sec Def with the Crusader tattoos, says the only book he believes is the Bible, & I'm reminded that in 1973 Tom Lehrer left the music biz because โpolitical satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize.โ
โTwo weeksโ is BACK!
The war in Sudan has cut short her college studies. She still harbors hope.
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
There is always a tweet
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They're so deep in denial they'll get the bends if they come up too quickly.
This meme.
Ok, who did this? ๐คฃ
The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
How many reporters are currently working on tell-all exposรฉs about their own organization, detailing all the acts of cowardice of their editors and publishers? I wonโt ever buy your book about Sleepy Joe Biden, but Iโd absolutely devour a book about the internal collapse of the NYT or CNN.
The tanks paraded but the parade tanked.
Gunmen kill at least 100 people in Nigeria's Benue state, Amnesty International says reut.rs/4n1i7o3
Tens of thousands came out to #NoKings San Diego. Zero arrests. The only violence is that I was stung by a bee.
can't even guess how many thousands of people are in Downtown Tampa. we're filling several city blocks. the mood is fantastic. the cops are just watching from the shade as folks do their happy little protesting. #NoKings in Tampa is a huge hit.
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Nashville #NoKings
January 2020.
The people are not buying into the propaganda. This is the scene at MN State Capital. Large crowd.
The people in that poll support it if criminals are being deported; if not (and people are seeing the truth in their own communities), support for it sinks like a stone.
Counting is complete in both Brevard County districts, and the GOP has won both. But Dems overperformed by 11 points in one district and 9 in the otherโboth had gone for Trump by 20. Our Big Board has been updated. More to come tonight -->
Media please mind your language. There is a difference between protests and riots. If you need clarity on the difference every news outlet can simply play this tonight. WATCH to the end. (from the official footage shown by the Jan. 6 Committee)
I guarantee you that these 700 Marines being deployed have very little training or experience in "crowd control" or whatever your preferred term for it. Maybe they'll be used specifically for road checkpoints. Maybe not. Regardless, they're not trained for engaging with massive civilian crowds.
1877. The Marines were mobilized to break the railroad strikes, on the pretense that it interfered with the US Mail. Not a great precedent. That was not a good year.
RIP to the great Sly Stone. A monumental loss. His PR just sent this out.
Cat mom @peacherina.bsky.social's is purr-fectly at home writing #PostcardsToVoters (I presume) and am happy to Follow her back today. She's had 6 months to get her Bluesky "legs" whereas I've had <1 month. Patience pays. Now, let's get one of your Followers to email: Join@TonyTheDemocrat.org
Letting the dogs at the rescue centre pick their own toy.. ๐
The idea that migrants cost the US money is as false - tax cuts pay for themselves - no one will lose Medicaid coverage - the reconcilation bill doesnโt increase the deficit Itโs all just unceasing, rancid lies.
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasnโt the problem after all.
I notice people calling what weโre seeing these last couple of days โriots.โ I was here during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Thatโs not what this is. Local police can handle this, but ICE needs to back offโespecially with these amateur hires who donโt know what the f*ck theyโre doing.
๐NOTE: Sending the Marines into ANY U.S. city would be the greatest, anti-American insult TO THE MARINES I have seen in my entire lifetime. ๐This is weak, disgusting and NOT THEIR MISSION. Be about time for retired Marines to start speaking up, because you KNOW you are better than this. -Navy guy
โAfter the 2020 election and January 6, a lot of people were convinced Donald Trump was toast. A lot of folks said "Look forward, not backward," and he was never held accountable. Let's not make that mistake with Elon.โ - @teslatakedown.com This is our moment, folks. Time to make history.
Lord, I know I am not perfect. I know I stray from Your will. I know I fail every day to earn Your grace. But if You let Donald Trump sue Elon Musk for defamation I will clean up my act and do everything I can to glorify you. No monkeyโs paw stuff please; I want to be able to cover it too.
Twice a day, yadda yadda...
This is terrible but it is also misleading. The US government is not the accreditor - they've basically written a letter to Columbia's *actual* accreditor and demanded that they take action.
The TACO two week tilt. 2 weeks ago: "I am not happy Putin is killing civilians" Today: "Putin told me he will have to kill more civilians and that's ok".
Ah. So, all the attacks on Harvard are supposedly about stopping antisemitism on campus... but they need to hire a holocaust denier in the name of "diversity of viewpoints." Got it.
Crazily this morning my feed is all good news. A judge has allowed plaintiff sanctions of the government, which is -incredibly- unusual, over Abrego Garcia. The woman who confronted Joni Ernst is running for office. And a sick girl who was to be deported will no longer be. Donโt give up.
Democrats had a really fucking good night but while everyone is talking about South Carolina, I would like to turn your attention to Mississippi where we won across the board by anywhere from 78% of the vote to 40 votes magnoliatribune.com/2025/06/03/d...
Iโm officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee. These are not normal timesโand this cannot be a business-as-usual moment. Read my full letter to my colleagues here: crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
With over 95% in, Keishan Scott (D) defeats William Oden (R) by 41.2 points in a district Kamala Harris only won by 5.1 points. That's a Dem overperformance of 36.1 points.
This is a weird flex. Claiming that โPride Month is in shambles,โ when all the evidence shows that itโs clearly not. Thereโs been an exodus of some corporate sponsors, state and local governments have restricted the display of Pride flags โ but thereโs hundreds of Pride events around the country.
Whatโs getting lost in the shuffle is that supporting the hostages is the left-wing position in Israel. The Israeli right-wing donโt want them back because they want an excuse to take over Gaza. American right-wing is ignoring that here.
Now that we know the TACO thing bugs the fuck out of Trump, a coherent left media machine would swing into action & make sure that every single left-of-center person on a TV shore or podcast used that term repeatedly for the next several weeks, making it inescapable.
I canโt stop laughing about the fact that the Pope is now holding a huge event in Chicago on the same day as Trumpโs small-in-the-pants birthday parade.
#GoodMorning good people!! ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ค๐ค๐ค
What defeating Russia / Putin means: - No more fuel / ammunition for the junta in Myanmar - Reduction in far-right / far-left troll farm / influencer funding - Reduction in terrorism funding - Diminishes Bratva - Defunds right-wing politicians \ parties globally - Centres Chinese influence ops
Search his hard drive
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Makes me even more grateful I bailed on CNN years ago.
When it hit Tapper that he lost his audience, he pivoted hard right to save the sales. Heโs now appearing on Megyn Kelley and groveling to the Trumps. Itโs so sad what people will do for a little bit of money.
Again, the big risks building up for Europe aren't so much to do with Trump's potential actions as a more likely scenario where factional rivalries in the Trump administration and a battle for control across American politics paralyses the US
This one is largely on Democrats. They could easily make Stephen Miller the face of the administration โ emphasizing how out of control Trump is and how far right the actual policies are, prompting the media to follow their lead โ but theyโre largely giving him a pass. Itโs bizarre.
The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, โthe president is not immuneโ etc. And get the money out
many of the same journalists who spent 2024 soft-pedaling the horrors of Trumpism now want you to believe that Joe Biden's age was the decisive reason for Kamala Harris's loss
Anyone seen Jill Stein?
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I live in Lincoln NE. Not a single republican on the ballot last week for our local elections for city council and school board won. None of them. Even the Airport authority democrats won. My friends and relatives in Omaha didn't think Mr. Ewing had a chance. We are very happy to be wrong.
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Why Trump is desperately flailing and saying stupid crap. @kendallscudder.bsky.social is leading the Texas Democratic Party like a viking. Keep up the good work people, and give him a follow! www.lonestarleft.com/p/magas-very...
Things I did not have on my 2025 bingo card: โ American pope โ Drunk Fox News host interim U.S. Attorney โ Conspiracy theory podcaster FBI Director โ Drunk Fox News host Defense Secretary โ Madman and his hackers with full access to our dataโincluding Social Security numbers Add yoursโฆ
"A six-month battle over a North Carolina Supreme Court seat ended when the Republican challenger, who had embarked on an extraordinary effort to throw out thousands of votes, conceded the race." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%. Whatโs next on the agenda?
Not a great time to have the American defense and national security establishment run by amateurs
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