It’s gotten to the point that I don’t even like sending my kids to school anymore. We don’t have to live like this.
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It’s gotten to the point that I don’t even like sending my kids to school anymore. We don’t have to live like this.
Curious what the reasoning for this could possibly be. My first thought it that it was a Putin request
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
DeJoy is gone.
I think that’s likely. They’re getting absolutely destroyed by their Constituents right now. Turns out people don’t love the platform of kissing Trump’s ass at the cost of everything else.
I do think the DNC has to stop treating new progressives like the plague, yes. But there has to be a give and take there, too - Progressives have to understand that they can’t just badmouth ‘normie’ Dems at will. We’re all on the same side and need to act like it.
Recommend you do it soon…my grandson had his sports physical today and the physician suggested a booster today because “we expect to not be resupplied in a timely manner, if at all”. Yikes
I don’t think anything is out of the question at this point. A quote from my most recent piece: “Pandemics don’t wait for elections. Hollowing out the CDC may score Trump political points with the anti-vax crowd, but the bill will eventually come due, and it won’t be paid in votes.”
this is how the Zelensky's are created. the heroes will emerge. Kilmar while fighting for his life against a corrupt, racist disgusting gang of thugs wlll save others
Guns don't kill people Politicians who refuse to pass common sense gun legislation do. NEVER vote for a REPUBLICAN! They are the problem!
"Dear Trump, when kids are getting SHOT in their pews at a Catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have national guard put mulch down around DC,”
You’ve just answered your own question. It’s getting a cut of the contracts our tax dollars provide to feed right back to the billionaires.
World War II ended with Russian troops using tanks and rifles to negotiate their way into Berlin, a bullet negotiating its way into Hitler's skull, and an atomic bomb negotiating its way onto Hiroshima. But it did not end with Churchill and FDR negotiating to give Hitler big chunks of Poland.
Does he not remember Trump went to court over the census and lost trying to add a citizenship question?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! –GTC
Oops. Also, it’s not complicated, couch humper. Putin just needs to GTFO.
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It seems to me these thugs love it when people skip right over the FACT that this man has no criminal history; they're hot after deporting him because he knows too much about EPCOT and because in the U.S., he can shed too much light on their corruption. They want to shut him up.
I remember being on a train in Eastern Europe and being terrorized in the middle of the night by officious men in epaulets demanding to see everyone's papers. I said to my friend, "Glad we don't live in a 'show me your papers' country." That seems rather quaint now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you find yourself repeating fascist threats and lies and bluster, you are only helping them. “They’re going to deport Kilmar to Uganda on Monday.” Shut the fuck up. No they’re not. They want you to think they’re invincible monsters. They’re not. They’re decaying pedophiles.
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SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
Epstein’s ghost still lingers. Trump keeps feeding it oxygen. You can bury evidence, silence victims, rewrite headlines — but you can’t outrun the truth when it wears your face.
Can’t wait for @jaketapper.bsky.social’s book about this
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
'Scandal of his own making': GOP rep under fire for trading spree amid Medicaid rollback
Should we understand that this "Black Mamba" adhesive has a grip that could withstand any attempts to remove it? I would expect Squeaker Mikey to immediately take steps to rip it down and either destroy it or hide it in a closet somewhere.
Lucy, perhaps you could list the methods available to electeds when the voters did not give them the majorities. Prior to Nov '24, there were plenty of warnings that went unheeded. Thanks.
He doesn’t look like he’s ever spit anything out in his life
It was fantastic! Much needed. I missed a complete shitshow of a week, though. I think I’m finally caught up on all the BS I missed just in time for *waves arms around* all this shit
Vacation was fantastic! Putin knows how much of a political win that was. Not only did he get the literal red carpet and the flyover, but he was given further legitimacy by getting to ride in the literal seat of American force projection.
It’s going to be an extensive process. I’m not just worried about the beast. Anywhere the Russians went in Alaska (even hotels and airports) should also be thoroughly swept. Anything near the tarmac will need to be swept for active and passive listening devices, etc. It’s a shitshow.
How much are they going to tear apart the beast looking for bugs?
So is the beast bugged now?
I certainly wouldn’t discount the possibility. The USSS will heavily sweep it for electronic surveillance and attempt to re-sanitize it, but it’s insane that we’re even talking about this.
1. I did not! 2. Probably. It’s easy to see with all the police cars that end up there
Two questions tonight. First, did you get Subway take-out in the last few days? Second, could Putin see Sarah Palin's house? Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
They can’t. The whole thing was a farce. Putin spent a lot of time talking about US-Russia trade deals. I’m betting this was all a pretext to reduce sanctions and open trade with Russia. That’s speculation on my part, of course.
It certainly seemed that way. I’m betting Trump offered at least some mineral rights. It obviously didn’t go well - if they had anything good to report, he would have done so at the presser.
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Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
It takes a simple majority in the House to impeach. Then, after trial in the Senate, it takes a vote of 67% of those present to convict and remove. A second vote under Art I Sec 3 (7) to disqualify from holding any future office. "The Party convicted shall ... be liable and subject to indictment ...
Read Article III, Section 3 for the definition of treason and standard of proof.
The House can impeach with a simple majority. The Senate requires a 2/3 majority of those present to CONVICT and remove, plus a second vote to ban from ever holding a high office again.
So, you agree that the first step is to elect Members of Congress who support the Constitution, right?
It's the GOP members who have chosen to be impotent. Who'da thunk it?!
HA! Me, too. It takes awhile to cut through the BS and just let 'em have it when the stupid takes 'em over.
. . . . and by substantial margins. Don't forget: In the House, a vote to impeach needs be only a simple majority. In the Senate, a vote of 67% of those present is needed. If they're all in their seats, that's 67 votes for conviction.
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The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies last year was 285-to-1. The median employee would have had to start working in the year 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
"Actual economic growth rate in the first six months of 2025 was barely more than half what the Bureau of Economic Analysis had projected in November 2024, while core inflation came in at about a third higher than projections." Gift link.
Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months: JAN: +111K FEB: +102K MAR: +120K APR: +158K MAY: +19K JUN: +14K JUL: +73K No way to put lipstick on this pig.
Some day we’ll have a real President again. Not a madman holding the country hostage. And yes, I am an optimist.
Daily cuteness for today... ☺️ #bluesky
a sarcastic Bernie Sanders: "Why not? When you get bad news, fire the guy who delivered the news. I think that's sensible policy."
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire. It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
They have downgraded her sex offender status to move her to a minimum security facility. The next logical step is a commutation or a pardon. If you have any information on that, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous as always. Please share widely 🙏 www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie
Woofer with little subwoofer…. 🥰 Good boy keeping the little one calm… 🐶
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Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
17 million people might lose their healthcare but at least your tax dollars will be going to good use in other very, very important ways.
Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great. Keep ’em sick. Keep ’em locked up. keep the checks coming.
Very funny how widely known it was that green energy would be the defining technological and commercial race of the 21st century and America responded “cool what if we just tried to fire everyone and pretend computers are alive instead?”
🚨Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, who wrote the law banning abortion and built his brand on moral clarity, now faces scandal over a 17-year affair and allegations he funded abortions. He admits the affair but denies ever paying for the procedures.
Yep. 💯
TACO strikes again.
“Can Ghislaine Maxwell be trusted?” SPEAKER JOHNSON: “Good question. I hope so.”🤔 “Do you support a pardon?” SPEAKER JOHNSON: “That’s up to the president.” Spineless doesn’t even begin to describe this guy
Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
lol
Okay by me!
Under Chump and RepubliKKKans America will Never Be Safe......
This young man got his car window smashed and was beaten by Florida law enforcement during a simple traffic stop. His rights were violated. Now he has civil rights attorney icon Ben Crump handling his case. DeSantis will find out that allowing brutality against Floridians will not go unchecked.
More please…
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The farcical error is one of numerous recent examples of sloppiness by the department in recent months, as it has launched a sweeping effort to pressure states to hand over voter data that might show evidence of illegal voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Noticing a theme here.
That would be your ICE agents, moron. Yes, by all means, arrest them.
Wha happened to the argument before the parliamentarian about the rules violations getting him out of committee?
Rep. Summer Lee’s motion to subpoena the full Epstein files was approved 8–2 by a House subcommittee. With rare bipartisan support, the DOJ is now being pressed to release unredacted records. Ghislaine Maxwell will be deposed next month. It’s getting real.
Oh shit! I wonder how much of it the Wall Street Journal has, and if this is why Trump said they don’t have an “authentic” copy in his law suit - because he knows Epstein’s estate has it.
