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Ethics matter. Facts matter. Resist the post-fact world being forced on us. I wish I could sleep as soundly as my cat.
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The scale of the lies gets bigger everyday. Big Lie is the idea that people accept bigger lies more easily but this is crazy land lying. Big lie - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia share.google/wVmhjr8Yao6I...
Not a lawyer, but treason is very precisely defined. Her case will not even meet the legal definition of treason. What foreign government was Obama supposedly treasonous with? She is an idiot, a racist and a facist sycophant. If anyone is a treasonous bastard it is Putin's boy Trump.
No editor should consider a retraction based on politics. That is not how science works. Good for her. Equally disturbing is word that RFKjr has never received CDC briefings. RFK Jr. has never been briefed by CDC experts on measles, COVID or flu, former official says share.google/FWjk051JjU5q...
We are dealing with an unholy trinity of Russia-oligarchs-Christian Nationalists attacking the very core of our nation. We are under attack and the sooner people wake up to this, the sooner we can crush this assault. None of this is an accident. Oath of Enlistment: 'all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC'
I can empathize with the 'Am i going crazy?' comment. So much non coverage of Trump's disappearance, Epstein, protests in DC and so much more. 🙄
Very reminiscent of late stage Soviet Union. Not good.
It helps us that Trump continues to crap on our service men and women. We will need them.
Just going on record here. Starting anything with Venezuela is only about Epstein and fascism. There is no geopolitical rationale for a military move of any sort. Maybe since 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇯🇵 all rightfully hate us now, it is time to get South America on the hate train.
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Not even MAGA will want any part of this. Make America Great Again? By rebuilding Gaza instead of US infrastructure? Oh, and committing an international war crime bigger than anything Putin has ever done?
Yes, because I am sure that the growth of different types of bread in the US over the last twenty years is totally a lib conspiracy with a cabal of secret bakers and not making money by giving customers what they want.
Which tells you 'all she knows' is bullshit
The failure of the MSM to question the lies and make excuses for Trump's authoritarian agenda is how we got here. Two options: The media are colossal idiots or they knowingly ignored it b/c media is owned by oligarchs and they didn't want to lose their jobs. Hint: I don't think they are all idiots
yes. A coalition of resistance can include political extremes like Liz Cheney to AOC, but regular campaigns are local bread and butter issues. I don't think Dems can use their old play book though.
I am only saying you can't placate everyone. Politicians say nothing for this reason. Mamdani is an example of staking out territory and being bold. He would fail in Dallas, but a big tent that focuses on health, quality of life and rebalancing wealth aggressively can work nationally.
That is a lot easier said than done. You aren't gonna find much middle ground in Israel is commiting genocide in Gaza vs staunch supporter of Israel or Abortion is murder vs women's rights to bodily autonomy. Now multiply these issues by 10 and the problem of consensus becomes nearly intractable.
Same thing they have been saying for two years now. They are losing the war, but want the West and their stooge Trump to win it for them. If Trump wasn't a Russian asset, this war could be over if EU, US etc just said 'ok, sanctions and an aid program for Ukraine is approved for next 10 years.'
Venezuelan oil is not relevant to US or EU security. Trump is in love with the idea of war allowing him to suspend elections. That is not US law. He heard it from Zelensky and it has metastasized into a way to have a third term and ignore the Epstein file.
I find this retweet disturbing. Trump is in desperate need to bury the Epstein issue. I fear he will try to drown it in the blood of our citizens and military.
indeed.
I think worms would make better leaders at this point because their decisions would be largely random....so they would be right 50% of the time...waaaay more than these facists.
Mash up of 1. Stupid people say stupid things. 2. 1984
Perhaps FOX News should do what the USSR did.
MAGA logic: So you see by cutting social services and making semi automatics with 30 round clips available to everyone, we build a safer America.....(for the rise of fascism). They never support expanded mental health care. Hope and prayers only.
Founding Fathers deploying the troops against the so called 'chalkers movement' of 1797.....lol
Wow! They nabbed the infamous serial chalk users of DC. Better have a presser! I think the right response is for everyone in DC to start 'carrying'...chalk. Maybe a flash mob could show up and use chalk.
Yes, the use of coercion is definitely a big part of establishing peace and justice! 🤮
The secret police must be disbanded, defunded and held accountable for their actions. Item 1 of the next budget if Dems win the House is defund ICE. I don't care if they make the US default. That is not a Dem problem. McConnell held the budget hostage all the time.
The cognitive disconnect among the 2A gun crowd that claimed to need guns to fight authoritarians must be astonishing. The cognitive disconnect of MAGA is fascinating. Pro religion but voting pedos into office, pro jesus yet adhering to none of his values. I'd love to see a good study on this.
Why are they brandishing their rifles if not for intimidation. What war zone are they in? To my knowledge, there have been zero incidents of ICE being shot at or engaged by armed assailants. This is performative violence on the American soul. They can go to hell.
I will vote for any not demented, not corrupt, not dictator, not pro disease candidate. If I wait for the person that reflects all my ideas I would never vote. I would vote Nixon back at this point.
He is as mad as his Mad King. Normalizing his literally insane takes on diseases and genetic/eugenics will cost tens of thousands of lives. He might as well be flying aircraft into skyscrapers.
Lancet estimates USAID cut are expected to produce about 14 M deaths by 2030 in Africa. Restricting COVID shots will cost thousands of American lives. If we are lucky. Without vaccination, mortality goes up 10x (CDC). Based on 2024 U.S.deaths of 40k, we could double those deaths for no f'ing reason.
Just as Jesus wanted on his birthday!
It will never stop until the NRA and Republican party are powerless to stoke hatred and culture wars. Where are all the 2A heroes now that dictatorship and repression have reared their ugly head? They kept saying this is why we need so many guns. It's always projection....
Not really Lincoln's cabinet of rivals are they?
It is a fundamentally reactive position. People want leaders with a clear vision. Trump lies 99% of the time, but tells his base what it wants to hear. Dems seem unable to actively message. Mamdani won by meeting needs through new ideas. It wins. NYC is not Ohio, but a fighting attitude can win.
North Korea level of sycophancy. It is embarrassing to see how far this country has sunk in just a few months. Truly, shocking.
Well, considering her wealth and level of national visibility, I am pretty sure she doesn't look like the subservient tradwife type. I can't believe there is some segment of people that think we should go back to a time where women are second class breeder citizens.
That will be excellent for morale and combat readiness.
University IP rarely makes money. Congress started Bayh Dole to increase commercialization of federally supported research. It did that. He is also just wrong. The federal gov retains March In rights on federally sponsored research. The regime just wants a piece of all action, like any criminal org
Although he denied it on J6, Trump controls the DC NG. Activation requires Congressional approval after 30 days. At present, all we can say is that the declared 'emergency' is fake. It is a legal order and as far as I can tell they are not doing any police work. I do not consider them traitors, yet.
Media aggregation is one of the many ways in which politicians have screwed up the information age. FOX News is already deemed 'entertainment' but its viewers don't know that. Fake news shows should run a banner in the corner saying 'Satire'. I know The Daily Show is satire but FOX is also not news.
yeah that is why I call it cosplay. You can wear the hat either way and still shoot as long as you don't have the brim way down, but it looks "cooler" in movies.
For pistol you can certainly have it brim forward, long rifle with scope it can get in the way. I actually just checked. If you scoot the brim up then it works fine.
Well it is how you wear a baseball cap if you are shooting. It is part of the intimidation cosplay.
Can you imagine if Biden did this? He would be impeached in one day. Why can't people see this for what it is? it very embarrassing to see this happening while people look the other way. Wake the f up...but everyone reading this probably already awake.
Every city should begin doing this if it come to their home town. Every day groups should follow NG troops around dogging their every move using the First Amendment. Get organized.
No. To my knowledge no group of people have ever been that stupid until now.
well that is ICE already...maybe something in black with a little skull and cross bones.
I expect these units to be made up of 'volunteers'. This is how they will find their lead units for suppressing American citizens. One step closer to a Civil War.
you really can't make this shyte up. Feckless. Just get out of the way and let someone with guts lead.
funny that the person in the posts talking about how disease is some trial is wearing glasses! These people cannot even begin to understand how ignorant their arguments are. Why do you need glasses? Get out there on the highway and survive!
yeah what was that word? lemme ask someone...
This approach itself shows the problem. Innovation requires new thinking. Examine Mamdani's success. Trump broke every rule of Republicanism. Big deficits, destroying allies, builds secret police, routinely disobeys the constitution etc. Dems are passive. We need fighters with vision and charisma.
MAGA is all about racism and cruelty. Police are mouthing off at video witnesses. These cops should be disciplined. They serve the public. We don't serve them. Yet 40% of Americans support this. 40% of Americans. It is disgusting.
oh and you can't give people in line to vote water. they do every dirty trick they can to stay in power.
Abbott decides many rules like removing 11 of the 12 ballot drop off sites. Hou is very Blue, but Repubs control the statehouse. They even took over the school district for poor performance even though rural districts with the same rating were left alone. Repubs in power 27 years!
ok that made me laugh out loud....
I agree, but an awful lot of Americans don't seem upset enough about recent events.
I don't think TX is seeing the same amount of ICE kidnappings. Could be that only Blue states get attacked and every person in TX might be carrying. You don't need a permit to carry in TX. I mean you can go buy a pistol and carry.
see also Harris County (Blue lost 11 of 12 dropoffs) This county has millions of voters with ONE dropoff. HMTG-117-JU10-20210527-SD005.pdf share.google/fikxXVizbKWX...
see my post earlier. They reduce polling stations and hours in urban Houston. They make it hard for urban voters to vote by making them stand in line for hours while the suburbs have plenty.
actually Houston is set to lose all but 1 of their 5 Dems. The Repubs also reduced urban Houston polling stations, reduced hours and ballot drop offs. Meanwhile red suburbs have plenty. They are suppressing voters by making them stand in line for hours.
and so another generation is born....
Blue govs, you are about to be invaded by Red troops and ICE secret police. What are you going to do? Will you activate your own? Will you direct local police to not cooperate? I'd like to know the plan so I (and others) can help you.
Yes. The next move to put Red troops into Blue cities is coming. I don't hear what Blue governors are going to do. Putting other state's NG into a state that has refused was done in the desegregation era. Do nothing and it normalizes militarization, fight them and it gives them what they want.
and I have trouble believing that even our corrupt SCOTUS could find a way around that. While they continue to give power to Trump they would never have given Biden I can't believe they would make themselves extinct. Expanding the court under a future admin would fix that. IF, we can toss the regime
this is not an honest estimation of the murder rate. Houston is 3x larger. So the estimate is more Houston is 107 which is still higher. All Abbott would say is Houston is run by democrats.
great trolling by that guy...he must be hell in a comedy club!
We need to hear from Blue govs. Red govs are assembling their army of occupation. They are practicing. ICE are the brown shirts/secret police. The NG is being used to protect the secret police. Hitler did the same thing. Intimidation. Blue govs need to have a prepared response.
The Regime is about corruption, cruelty and control. Owning companies is a terrible idea that imposes gov control on the market. Law firms, companies, universities and media have mostly surrendered. We are on our own to fight. How about some leadership from more than Newsome? Put us in the streets.
What will Illinois and Massachusetts do? Will they stand up to the Mad King? Will governors stand in opposition? What will happen if the state NG get instructions from their governor to stand down? What happens if Red Confederate troops are sent into Blue states?
The purge of military officers with any imagined disloyalty of Trump continues. Our slide into fascism continues with no Democratic leadership to stop it other than a handful like Newsome, AOC, Pritzker. When will we get a new generation of leaders? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Excellent project!
That's because she is busy sharing with Russia. Five Eyes countries should definitely NOT share with us.
Yes. It is time for Blue state governors to band together. Blue states should actively redistrict as a group if other red states follow TX. Blue governors can also activate their NG and deploy them to other Blue states with permission. They should find ways of depriving feds of revenue if needed.
That is so stupidly amateur. Pretend tough guy Vance mouthing off to Z? A man actually fighting FOR democracy? Gimme a break. These people all act like middle school boys experiencing testosterone for the first time.
Yeah, honestly sometimes this feels like a 1787 vibe because the wealth disparity is so great that it needs a huge correction. I don't think Dems are on board with what is needed to save people born over the last 30 to 40 years.
Maybe you are on to something. Posters of Sherman on various locations might goad Neo facist kkk in the same mocking style as Newsome's Trump rants...bullies hate being made fun of.
you don't have to worry about that. soon enough you are gonna be deluged with American states wanting to join Canada!
I have never seen a group of malevolent people as stupid as these. Who the f says we gotta teach kids slavery wasn't so bad. I guess if you are super wealthy you are pining for the days of owning and abusing other people with no consequences.
The saddest thing is that when I talk 20 to 30 somethings, they tell me the American Dream was dead to them years ago. Income disparity caused by political manipulation by the oligarchs has effectively destroyed a generation's hope. We gotta get it back.
Great job by The Independent, but it is a bad harbinger that we are starting to get reliable news from foreign papers. American media is a disgrace.
I read that TX said it was illegal for any organization to support the law makers as it is a conflict of interest. Repubs invoking COI makes me want to puke.
I suspect Trump will not be making it to 2028. Thiel and his oligarch owned proxy Vance will see to that. Vance is there to be the final step in the making of a unitary executive dictator. Luckily, Vance is totally unlikeable.
They could have rotated a few in and out was one option. Also, many white collar jobs can be done remotely. From a financial pov it is not clear they exhausted legal options for support. It was a good idea, but now the Repubs own them like chattel. Houston will lose its rightful representation.
War was not declared. I know it sounds stupid but Vietnam was not a war in the legal Consitutional sense either. The distinction is relevant. The need for nuclear deterrence made it easier for presidents to initiate actions. The War Powers Act was supposed to limit that, but Congress is feckless.
It is not the same, yet. Newsome is playing hardball but Dems are still playing by the old rules. Literally bringing knives to a gun fight. They came back and now they are prisoners. If by staying in Illinois for months I could keep 5 seats safe I would. At least I hope I would.
This cannot be legal. They are saying 'sign this' or we won't let you go, followed by 'you will also get civil detention'. They did nothing illegal leaving the state. Thing is, they should not have returned. Instead of a principled stand against gerrymandering it looks like a meaningless stunt now
Jefferson wrote that rebellion is necessary to a Republic. the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure. Thomas Jefferson to William Smith - Thomas Jefferson | Exhibitions - Library of Congress share.google/wxBfjdmykfQ9...
This will be a fight. I don't think they have won yet. I fear that soon the Tree of Liberty will have its 'natural manure' to quote Jefferson. This letter is very worth reading. Thomas Jefferson to William Smith - Thomas Jefferson | Exhibitions - Library of Congress share.google/wxBfjdmykfQ9...
Only Congress can declare War. It is explicitly stated in the Constitution.
"DC Martial Law as a Constitutional Catalyst: The National Emergency Act Activates Over 100 Powers, Including Asset Freezes"
tbh I think this is less a function of bill kristol being to the -left- of the Democratic Party and than it is about bill kristol having actual ideological commitments and the Democratic Party having none
Reminds me of a wedding reception I was at.
Hey ICE listen to Dean Wormer: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son."
I don't think you will find any epidemiologists that believe China's numbers. Taiwan, Japan and South Korea had excellent responses and credible case reporting. China certainly contained the outbreak well. Though, it is just as much a case for authoritarian control as socialism.