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āThe US government has declared war on the very idea of climate changeā 8/1/25 www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Good grief, what the hell planet does Kavanaugh live on?
She can try out for the role of Lady Godiva if she grows her hair any longer.
Imagine the future history books: āIn 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.ā
JD Vance said he doesnāt care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news? Donald Trump said heās declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news? Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?
I absolutely believe that.
Proud of my governor.
Good news.
SAY MURDER NYT
Perfect description.
Dear rest of the world, Sever all ties with the U.S. while Trump is in charge. Our country has gone insane, sabotaging the worldās economy and promoting war and cruelty. if you donāt cut us loose, youāll go down with us. Sincerely, Mark
Cherry pie and caramel custard from The Berghoff in Chicago.
not being talked about enough: the biggest financial success for the presidentās family since the inauguration
Because Mike Johnson and John Thune are cowards.
Fucking great article. Option one canāt happen fast enough. Heās wanted enough of our time as it is.
Mark Jacob nails it.
England and Wales are in danger of going the same way as the US...and the damage being done there will take generations to fix, the confidence of these kids to be racist in public, whilst filmed, is 100% on the politics around this issue from Farage to Starmer, all are responsible for this.
The tolerance for lies is killing our country. Trump just called Chicago āthe most dangerous city in the world, by far.ā But its homicide rate isnāt even in the U.S. Top 20. Will major media call out the lie ā and call it āa lieā ā or will they talk about his ātenuous relationship with the truthā?
I remember watching that show! Thanks for the link.
I absolutely love the FEARLESS Dr. Peter Hotez!!!!!
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadnāt happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
When one side lifts Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbit to hero status, that's all you need to know about the moral decay taking place in this country.
A little real history to share next time someone you know complains that removing Confederate statues is āerasing history.ā #RadioFreeAmerica youtu.be/l8AWKAhw86Y?...
Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
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šNOTE TO PRESS: You are allowed to push back, ask follow-up questions, and correct lies for the record when questioning anybody, but mostly when questioning the most notorious liar on the planet. In fact, that's your fucking job.
Just walking around the hellscape that is my Chicago neighborhood this morning
He never made it to Lurch heights.
If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.
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(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the presidentās datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wonderful video to end the weekend.
Are you ready for this? Itās a bit long of a read, but worth taking time for it. Many questions were asked and logically answered. He also asked how to combate MAGA and you all need to see the answers. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue open.substack.com/pub/themouth...
Iāve wondered the same thing. But he does share most of those traits with trump, do that probably explains some of it.
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning. Please take care when watching.
āLiberals already ruined itā is so telling. MAGA brains have been polluted for years by the rightās messaging that liberals are communists, Marxists, socialists, whatever. The metrics tell a very different story.
My first thought was, they canāt be that stupid - but I guess they can.
The official American gestapo in action again. What a bunch of fucking pathetic cowards.
Nor does anyone else in this administration.
The video is amazing if you can see it. DudeBros in their soldier cosplay with backwards hats and beards, explaining how they are there to enforce Donald Trumpās new rules. As if heās the new sheriff in town or something. Really pathetic stuff.
Man, that sums it up perfectly.
"U.S. economy was 'The envy of the world' in the fall of 2024 "Trump could have just left this success story alone & claimed credit... heād probably be riding high in the polls... Instead... took econ policy in a radical direction..." @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stagflatio...
Will someone tell me why corporate media keeps expecting Democrats to do THEIR JOB? "How will the democrats tell this to the American people?" HOW WILL YOU?!?! DO YOUR JOB! @cnn.com @msnbc.com HELLO? I don't think Walter Cronkite ever asked, "How will JFK tell the American people..."
1/The headline in the WSJ read āWhite House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trumpās Historical Vision.ā It continued, āTop White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of Americaās 250th anniversary.ā www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The White House has no authority whatsoever to do this. NONE. They can send people in to look at exhibits and write a school report. But that's it. Please protest this. My email to the Smithsonian's Office of Inspector General. bsky.app/profile/josh...
Looks like these guys need to reverse course and head to the gym.
#manholecovermonday
So the same guy who insists he couldnāt activate the National Guard in D.C. on January 6, 2021 suddenly has the power to activate it today?
The comments here are great.
Right! It was just a dinky little trading post.
Abbott, Paxton and Patrick - canāt imagine three bigger pieces of shit to lead a state.
We are well into a fascist state. I hope people still are not afraid to say the Nasty F Word.
We found the waste, fraud, and abuseā¦
HereĀ“s the latest cartoon from Nick Anderson via newsletter, called "Texas Dems". #ReleaseTheEpsteinFilesNow #DumpTrump #SexualPredator #Coward š®š®š®
It's become obviously apparent that MAGAs accusations of "Antifa" and the "Deep State" plot to take over the government and weaponizing law enforcement was just a subversion of them literally taking over the government and weaponizing law enforcement. We see it happening now in real time.
Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Also, you ever realize that these guys never want to put up statues of Union generals?
Y'all tossed the president, who was forgiving student loans and lowered insulin for a corrupted pedophile. The fuck is you all on?
This is too much. Too much. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
While Donald Trumpās name resurfaces alongside Jeffrey Epsteinās in headlines, two things are quietly happening that no one is talking about and both should make every decent person absolutely furious. Trumpās DOJ is defending the right of clergy to stay silent about child abuse š¤¬šš¼
Weāre very sanitary in the middle of Illinois. #manholecovermonday
Trumpās expression is like, hurry up and get this over with.
Real talk: the Social Security trust fund will run out soon if nothing is done. But there is a simple fix that does not require cutting benefits or raising the retirement age. Here it is:
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
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What a vile pos she is.
Letās get this in EVERY state!!!
āFor one thing, why would the United States trade nine defendants who are alleged to be high-level members of MS-13 for $3 million? Is that a good deal for the United States?ā www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/n...
Once again, itās #manholecovermonday!
He does something every day that would, in days past, ruin a president. The world we live in, wow.
And after that, Infrastructure Week!
Great song.
At this point, weāre just a joke. But itās not a very funny one. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
Maga is still a death cult:
Iām guessing she already has those files stashed somewhere.
Miller will burn brightly in hell.
Should Fox not be sued for pushing these blatant lies just as they were in the Dominion case?
May the latter come quickly.
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Trump turned a Texas tragedy into another campaign rally, dodging questions about delayed alerts while #KristiNoem stalled disaster aid for three days, busy posting horseback selfies. A clean, cold look at #MAGA sociopathy in action. open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
Questions are now mounting about whether Kerr County officials made mistakes that contributed to the heartbreaking death toll in Texas. Many local & national journalists are digging into the issue & have already found some key information. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Is this the America we were supposed to celebrate yesterday? Is this what weāre willing to accept? This perverted version of our country?
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
I was just reading an Axios write up that in passing mentioned the "millions" of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US under Biden and how Trump says this justifies a purge etc. One often hears Republicans claiming 20 million undoc'd immigrants came to the US under Biden, sometimes ...
@reallyamerican1.bsky.social In a shocking moment, Trump declares he is unable to be President to ALL Americans, as he hates Democrats. "They hate Trump, but I hate them too. I really do; I hate them. I canāt stand them." Me: 86 this man or 25th amendment this man, but get rid of this man
Police state.
Seriouslyā¦has the MSM forgotten about grocery prices now that it doesnāt hurt Biden/Harris? www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
Thank you. It is indeed Alligator Auschwitz.
Excellent thread.
Itās amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: āAlligator Alcatrazāā but they canāt manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.