The Establishment Clause would like a word…
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The Establishment Clause would like a word…
YES 👇🏼 Our hope is us.
"shocking lack of civic virtue," perfect phrasing... citizens forget it takes THEIR efforts to run a sensible society and gvt.
West Point's New Mission Statement General Flynn & Whiskey Pete cancel Tom Hanks & Honor Traitors
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I would never have dreamed that West Point and Annapolis would have bent to the wishes of a draft dodger (who refers to the military, the veterans and the fallen as "losers and suckers") and canceled an award to a champion of veteran's causes, but here we are.
That was then.
This is the kind of cowardly, greasy gutlessness that caused me to lock my class ring away. Instead, I honor the memory of the sailors with whom I served in the fleet. Col David Hackworth was right about West Point graduates. However, his campaign to abolish all the service academies failed.
Tsk tsk, West Point. Shame on you. So you stand against the people to cater to the politics that support a dictator? You chose a side - and it was against democracy.
The point is to sabotage confidence in government as a solution to anything. The fight has always been one of good government vs bad government.
Yes, indeed. West Point needs to change its motto from ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ to ‘Subservience, Dishonor, MAGA.’ Disgraceful. 👎
Side note: one of the things pushing up insurance premiums is the higher cost of lumber and drywall… both of which are higher because of Trump’s tariffs.
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I find a certain irony in the fact they’re frightened of trump and his administration. They do his bidding. They shudder at his shadow. They bow to his whim. And yet they are presumably teaching men to become military thinkers & warriors. I’ve seen tougher children at local protests.
Yeah. Honoring a traitor to his oath.
WAPO: In 2023, Tropical Hitler signed a bill purporting to limit “frivolous lawsuits” by homeowners and “predatory lawyers” against their insurers, claiming it would decrease insurance costs. No suprise: The insurance industry is chief beneficiary, and insurance premiums are the highest ever.
Can you imagine the MAGA outrage if Biden or Obama had done this? He is threatening an American city with war. Also, this degenerate faked bonespurs to avoid the Vietnam War and posts a picture of him pretending to be in a movie about that war sending helicoptors over an American city. 🤬
From the bottom of my dark heart, FUCK this transphobe PoS
Very cool
NPR: In a display of craven cowardice, West Point Alumni Association cancels prestigious award to veterans’ champion Tom Hanks. The alumni associations of both West Point and Annapolis have betrayed the Constitution and degenerated into Trump controlled travel clubs.
Newsweek: On Sept 3, Fed Judge Alison Burroughs’ Order held Trump’s antisemitism campaign against Harvard was a pretext for asserting ideological control, and was a violation of the 1A and the Civil Rights Act, and further ordered a restoration of $2.1 Billion in federal funding.
Harvard won back $2.6 billion after a judge found Trump's funding cuts retaliatory, fueling a broader clash over higher education.
Whatever else it may be, I hope to hell it's called "Exhibit A" someday.
Here is the truth: there is no secret plan to defend American democracy. There is no hidden set of tactics that those of us in the pro-democracy movement are waiting to unveil at the right moment. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
An advocate working with survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein says the renewed push for accountability is encouraging more women to come forward, including some not yet publicly identified. "Courage is contagious."
Bloomberg: Tesla Board of Directors, unaware of how much Elon Musk has contributed lately to sales and share price, offers him unprecedented $1 Trillion pay package.
Moments after this photo, I watched Elvis pause to judge the distance, take a step back, then run up and launch himself onto Lady Gorgo like Bart Connor mounting the vault at the 76 American Cup. 🤦🏻♀️😂💀
They're right. RFK Jr. is a serious threat to public health and our lives. He is undermining vaccines, boosting dangerous conspiracy theories, and decimating lifesaving research. Resign or be fired. He needs to go.
Pay very close attention. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.” Miss me with that bullshit.
Insert "Let Them Fight" gif. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I quit asking “ what the fuck is he talking about?” a very long time ago.
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Sounds like a good way to get some eugenics slipped in for poor, and disabled children. This is a warning to the rest of the world. There'll be people who survive infection. That raises the chance of mutation. So, the US might kill your FULLY VACCINATED kids. Sounds almost like a bioweapon, IMO.🤔
Veterans call 988, press 1. People care. You matter. 💙
💙 Fantastic. ➡️ California, Oregon, and Washington said they have launched a new #health #alliance to provide #unified #vaccine #recommendations amid growing tensions over federal #immunization policies and public health directives.
#Israel continues to bombard #Gaza, as Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu’s office rejected a #Hamas statement saying “the war can end immediately” on the conditions set by Israel’s cabinet. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/xuhgcv
We cast off 2 imminently qualified women to get to the child rapist - who has not done a single act of service in his 79 years. He’s alive. He hates us. His cabinet is uniquely qualified to create harm. Please attend a #NoKings protest on 10/18. Please call your reps: 202-224-3121 #EpsteinFiles
Submit your comment on the official register!!
It’s malice
CNN: Employment gains were so weak in the July jobs report that Trump fired the head of the bureau collecting the data, baselessly claiming the figures were sabotaged. But figures out today reveal the report was no anomaly. For the first time in 4 years, there are fewer open jobs than job seekers.
This is the most important news of the day. Sending Texas guardsmen to Illinois is an intentional, unprecedented provocation. It should be immediately challenged in court. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news and updates on this developing story. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In a major setback to President Donald Trump’s attempt to purge independent agencies, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block a lower court order reinstating Democratic commissioner Rebecca Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide if citizens can still enforce the Voting Rights Act, after a federal appeals court ruled that only the government — not private citizens — can sue to enforce protections against racial discrimination in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
US manufacturing activity contracts for sixth straight month in August: 'It's survival' finance.yahoo.com/news/us-manu...
There's speculation at the Pentagon and elsewhere that President Trump this afternoon will announce that the Department of Defense is going to revert back to being the Department of War (created in 1789 and dissolved in 1947).
I’m screaming 💀😭😂😂😂😂 Remember when MAGAts and regressives said the orange demon “was to the left of Biden and Harris” on war? Screeeeeeeeemeeeeeeean! 😂
✅Appears some legal scholars were right all along: ➡️ Trump illegally deployed thousands of military troops to LA, judge rules Read more: bbc.in/462TZd5
⚠️ BREAKING: #Israel has begun its ground operation in #Gaza City, an #IDF official said. Israeli officials had approved plans to launch a ground #invasion last month.
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BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
today Trump claimed Chicago was the murder capitol of the world. It's not even the murder capitol of the US. That's belongs to Mississippi.
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
One thing Trump has really done a great job of is exposing Jake Tapper as a gutless pussy and a partisan.
Saw this advertised as “teen girl room decor” Absolutely fucking not. Complain MORE. Things fucking suck. Talk MORE and insist people listen. Argue MORE and advocate for yourself and people who can’t advocate for themselves. Hear and pay attention MORE. There is all sorts of shit out there.
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Soldiers are doing landscaping in DC parks. I’m thrilled for them | Dave Schilling
Donald Trump attempted what appeared to be a defense of embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr on Monday morning by making demands of drug companies to turn over information that the president claims he has already seen.
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
🤡 Trump, openly campaigning for the #Nobel #Peace #Prize, has repeatedly claimed that he solved the #India-Pakistan war, infuriating Prime Minister Narendra #Modi of #India. That was only the beginning of how the relationship between the two leaders soured. (Link in ALT)
😳 The US will NOT allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud #Abbas to travel to New York next month for a #United #Nations gathering of world leaders, where several US allies are set to recognize #Palestine as a state. Abbas' office said it was astonished by the decision.
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YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This is absolute truth. Add in I've read the Book of Mormon & done a little bit of Jehovah Witness readings. I'm not being arrogant when I tell Bible thumpers that I probably know their book BETTER than them..I'm WARNING THEM to not TEST ME🤷♀️
Poor Ted
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Escalating response: Day before yesterday, Angus voiced his disapproval of letting the new kittens into the bed: He peed on the bed. Not having achieved a satisfactory response, last night, he pissed all over the kittens’ food and water bowls. Better them than me.
DEI exists to remove barriers for racially marginalized folks and other historically excluded populations. Accessibility is about choice, flexibility, and recognising that not everyone starts from the same place.
This quote from a @politico.com long piece on killing wetland restoration applies equally to CDC, EPA, gender, you name it.
Secretary of State Marco #Rubio said on Friday that he would not issue #visas to #Palestinian officials to prevent them from attending the annual #UN #General #Assembly in New York next month.
😐 You don't say? www.koaa.com/advocates-of...
Autocracy critically depends on picking winners and losers. There is no law, only the will of the leader.
This comes as Pirro failed to persuade 3 different Grand Juries to hand up a felony indictment against a woman for allegedly interposing herself between an ICE thug and his helpless victim, and then another Grand Jury refused to indict the sandwich guy.
New Republic: DC judge hands Jeanine Pirro another defeat, dismissing as “total garbage” her attempt to confine DC attorney, and West Point graduate, Anthony Bryant, as dangerous to the community. Bryant, who is a Black Afghanistan veteran, said National Guardsmen called him a racial slur.
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Once again small businesses are about to take a hit. I knew the orange demon was going to wreck the economy but I had no idea he would do it this fast. It’s only been 7 months. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/t...
Katrina inspired a $3B wetlands rebuilding project. Louisiana just killed it.
Once upon a lifetime ago, this website led you to someone like me, eager to get you and your family swabbed, triaged, and/or vaccinated from the safety of your vehicle. 💔
God this is dystopian. - Medicare’s administrative costs are ~1/7th of private insurers - The avg time someone is on a commercial health plan is 17 months - This means that Medicare is really the only insurer that bears longitudinal risk for patients - This “efficiency” will wreak downstream havoc
And my elephant whistle has been 100% effective in keeping elephants off of my property.
Racist AF Loomer clearly thinks a Black police officer cannot under any circumstances shoot a White traitor.
Say hello to my friend Charlie for me.
This portrait was painted in *1952*. It’s only a part of history in the sense that it was part of the revisionism of the Lost Cause movement.
The Great Police Call of 2025 continues. Make sure that grass is raked in the same direction, guys.
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
In defense of President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, the White House has put out a “fact sheet” of scary statistics on crime in Washington, DC. It’s about what you’d expect: a bunch of brazen, lazy, easily disproven garbage.
The Republican Party has done more to destroy Christianity than any other entity and history!
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#blackwomen #blackhistory #blackpoets #blacksky #addtoblacksky
There is a massive walk out at the CDC by staff unfolding right now. It is NECESSARY. I stand in solidarity with my CDC colleagues. standing up for science and public health. It is a moral imperative.