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Steny Hoyer (and many others) need to do the same. It’s well past time. #PassTheTorch
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Honestly, how is it still even that high? Two out of three young people who voted for him approve of his authoritarian regime? Not to mention all the seniors who still back him. My god our country is dumb.
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Maybe one—or both—will die before this can happen.
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💔💔💔
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Ya think? 🙄🙄
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But at least we have confirmation that Gruden is still a jackass so that’s something.
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Old white lady agrees.
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Probably better than the secret service anyway after their performance during the “assassination attempt” of Trump.
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Is there any evidence he actually played? When was the last time he had a verbal interaction with the press (or anyone else) on camera?
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It’s fucking wild watching Republican members of Congress desperately trying to contort themselves so that they don’t piss off Dear Leader but also don’t fully support a buffoon like RFK, Jr. Their desperation to cling to their office is pathetic. They’re all traitors and should be held accountable.
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🤬🤬🤬
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I say this as a peds cardiac ICU physician with 30 years of experience: Stephen Miller is a sociopathic, racist degenerate who can fuck all the way off into the sun.
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Endorse. #ScienceSavesLives
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*2028, obviously 😊
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100% agree. Appreciate all of the info people have shared on this thread as we all start to mull over our 2018 presidential options. Seems Newsom ain’t it.
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I think it’s a bit more complicated than that. I think they build community in the encampments and others have said on this thread that they aren’t able to take all of their belongings with them as well. There is no quick fix because we as a country don’t put enough resources into it.
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I’m a Marylander so I don’t know Newsom’s history as well as others do. That’s why I asked. Is there a reliable source for these past actions? Where people were kicked out of encampments with no alternative or resources offered? Would definitely want to know about that if he runs for POTUS.
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What an absolute, unadulterated, 100% crock of utter shit.
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Reading the story, it sounds like what Newsom is planning to do is provide a safer alternative, with access to health and addiction services. And is focusing on encampments that are in unsafe areas on state properties. If that’s the case, your message seems misleading. What am I missing?
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Respectfully disagree. And I used to feel as you do. But as a physician, I could deeply appreciate why those medical experts at the CDC simply could not stay and compromise what they know to be true, based on science, on a daily basis. It’s just not a reasonable ask.
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Such a wildly disappointing chief justice. The Court may never recover from his years of ignoring precedent and dismantling the rule of law.
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@govwesmoore.bsky.social, please get our great state of Maryland in on this!
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On the bright side, MAGA offspring will be wildly under-immunized now so….
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Big opening here. And good riddance to this terrible person.
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All of the numbers will be so untrustable now. 🫤
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I remember thinking at the time, “No way he can win now.” 🫤
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1. That’s his point 2. I assume you’re aware that Mr. Guttenberg’s daughter was killed in a school shooting and he has been a vocal advocate for gun safety laws?
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Honest question: is it possible these numbers are accurate but only because people had to spend more because prices were higher? One explanation of increased spending is more money in your pocket to spend. But isn’t the other higher prices? So that you have to spend more for the same stuff?🤔
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She’s a monster.
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Why does he have the power to revoke the security clearance of a former Vice President?
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Every word of this. The “stay and fight” crowd needs to read their resignation letters to see the untenable position they were placed in.
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Cool. Now fucking VOTE.
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I’ve known @hoyer.house.gov essentially my whole life. My mom was the press secretary for his predecessor, Gladys Noon Spellman. He’s been a good congressman for the state of Maryland. It’s time for him to pass the torch, no question. Love your platform—how can I help?
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What a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Fuck. This.
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As a 61 year old peds cardiac ICU doc, let me assure everyone that this is completely fucking insane.
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I hate where this country IS. 🫤
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I hate that Zelenskyy has to sit in that gold-encrusted nightmare of a room and laugh along with our treasonous president like this, just to try to keep his country out of Putin’s hands. 🤬
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Don’t need Snopes for this one, there’s actual science. (But not getting shingles is also a really good thing.) med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Came here to post this—thanks for sharing the science!
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They literally HATE the environment. They hate clean water, clean air, national parks, renewable energy. Generations for years to come will pay for their greedy, selfish, idiotic decisions.
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And they appear to be doing it in only the cleanest, most upscale neighborhoods. 🙄🙄
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Spot on.
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Serious question: how many of the pathetic sycophants sitting around that cabinet meeting table hear him spewing nonsense like this are thinking on the inside, “Jeez this guy is so freaking dumb.”
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So sorry to hear that. Such a terrible disease and ongoing research is desperately needed. ❤️
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Proud that neither of my Maryland Senators, @alsobrooks.senate.gov or @vanhollen.senate.gov, is on that list.
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This needs to catch on like the ice bucket challenge for ALS research did a few years back.
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@mluckovich.bsky.social hits the nail on the head. We need to re-build our party with new leaders—Crockett, AOC, Mamdani, Slotkin, Pritzker, Newsom, Wes Moore, etc. They are who we need now, true resisters rather than the all hat no cattle boys of the past. #FightFireWithFire
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Is there any room in the White House that hasn’t became a gold-plated shit show? Anyone checked the situation room lately?
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Brotherhood of the mediocre white men said what?
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Paint ball, anyone?
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Yep. Need more of Mamdani, Crockett, Newsom, Pritzker, AOC, etc. and less of Jeffries, Booker, etc. They should be on the streets of DC, protesting against the armed invasion of the city where they work. They should have gone to LA. Join the resistance or get out of the way.
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Because….why? (I guess if you think slavery was “not that bad”, Nazi Germany is somehow equally defensible.) With every passing day, I become more and more convinced that we will not survive this division in our nation without an ACTUAL division of our nation. 😔
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Proud of my governor, @govwesmoore.bsky.social. #FightFireWithFire
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No apology needed. Many Americans feel the same way.
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Barbaric.
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Or AOC. Lots of better options.
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His comms people? It may be time to fire @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social as the leader of our party in the House. His words and his actions have been woefully inadequate in the face of the threat to the future of our democracy.
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😂😂😂 🥪🥪🥪
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Terrifying.
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Dems, Republicans, independents, agnostics—don’t care. They should ALL be held accountable for their actions.
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No. It would be a huge step forward for everyone in the US to learn exactly what these terms mean. To have compassion for those who don’t share their privilege. To dedicate themselves to making the world a fairer, more just place. You whiffed on this one, @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
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Jordan? Jim Jordan? THAT Jim Jordan? That’s who Republicans thought they should roll out to defend a child sex offender? Irony is dead and buried. 🙄🙄
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No. The Democratic Party has kicked him to the curb. You can’t abandon a party that doesn’t want you.
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Miserable, heartless men. Hope karma catches up to them soon.
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Please find another source besides Amazon. Many of us refuse to give them our business—even for causes as worthy as helping our public schools. ❤️
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Hey #Mizzou, this is not a good look at all. Shameful. Get off your damn knees and do the right thing.
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This is magical—thank you! Makes me remember my parents playing Pete Seeger records when I was growing up!🪕
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Hegseth is a dangerous, unfit drunk.
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This is just going to happen more and more often as federal agents continue to wear masks and no ID. Eventually, it will be ACTUAL federal agents who get shot because it’s become impossible to tell the good guys (which federal agents SHOULD be) and the criminals.
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Don’t shop there now. Won’t shop there tomorrow. Won’t shop there ever unless they change their anti-DEI policies and overhaul their leadership.
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Patriotic crush nails it!!
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Huh. There’s an idea.
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Is that Columbo? 🤔
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My god I can’t wait for these spoiled, whiny, petulant, incompetent asses to be kicked to the curb. Noem. Hegseth. Patel. Vance. All of them. Gone. What a wonderful day that will be.
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Except what he ACTUALLY said is “no going into NATO by Ukraine” as if NATO is a place that Ukraine might choose to invade because his brain is liquefying before our very eyes.
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I understand why he feels compelled to do this but I hate that he needs to do this to save his country.
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Is that the only suit that still fits him?
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When Trump is gone and MAGA is dead, ICE needs to be disbanded. No way to save it, it’s overrun with far too much hate, racism, and cruelty.
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Disgraceful.
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Won’t set foot in any of them ever again.
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I’m am so ashamed to be an American right now. We simply must win our country back and get back on the road towards freedom and justice for all.
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And….you know….. UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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All of a sudden MAGA is interested in gun safety? What a crock. (And I’m guessing they haven’t even APPROACHED anyone who’s white. Chilling that they are broadcasting the blatant racism.)
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Also notable that the “law enforcement” presence seems to be concentrated in the areas around the White House, the Capitol, the monuments, etc. Oh, and Georgetown. How about you tough guys head to southeast DC? Let’s see how that goes.
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Had to ChatGPT that. Hard to believe!
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That’s my governor. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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They seem…….bored. 🙄🙄🙄
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I’m not a lawyer, but how does she have any standing to do this? Doesn’t she somehow have to be an aggrieved party in some way? Is she worried that if guys can marry guys that will make it harder for her to find her FIFTH husband?
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Our tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen. Such absurdity. They look so foolish.
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It’s “The People’s House”. Do we truly have no say in this abomination? time.com/7309114/ufc-...
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We’re going to need an Alt BLS account ASAP to release the real monthly numbers.
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In Texas. Where open carry is legal. If she’s smart, she’ll keep her vile, sex assaulting, predator ass in prison. She’ll be safer there.
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I honestly didn’t know #TimCook is gay. As a gay person myself, I vote that we throw him back. (Personally, I can’t for the life of me understand how one single person within the LGBQT community or one single person of color would support that racist, misogynistic, mush-for-brains tyrant.)
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Thank goodness they’re there. That neighborhood appears to be in complete chaos. 🙄🙄