The best of us. We are seeing far to much of the worst.
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The best of us. We are seeing far to much of the worst.
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
Add me, as retired HHS employee, to that list. What a trainwreck...
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
Just a reminder that anti-Jewish bigotry often lurks behind what some people like to call "anti-Zionism." And the fact that Netanyahu is contemptible doesn't excuse the reaction of some "anti-Zionists" to 10/7.
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
That isn't factually accurate. You disagree over what is included in the definition.
He is an idiot...unfortunately, a dangerous idiot.
Grow up.
This is what's happening. Just ask John Bolton.
Sales of Tesla cars in Europe plunged in July, in the company’s seventh consecutive month of declines, while Chinese rival BYD saw a monthly surge... Keep boycotting, mocking and shaming everything this dancing Nazi is and does #TheAlliedForces www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
In court depositions, Jeanine Pirro said Smartmatic didn't rig the election for Biden, despite on-air claims by her and other Fox News hosts. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
The bureaucratic step taken by every despot.
How Russia lies: Above: Lavrov says Russia started the war "to protect the people" Below: Russian "protection", direct hit on a residential building with a missile in Kostiantynivka. Russia doesn't care about people or the Donbas. Russia will always lie.
If DOJ has a strong criminal case against Abrego Garcia, they should welcome the chance to prove his guilt at trial. This offer of guilty plea or Uganda is coercive. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
People are trying to pit Pritzker against Newsom. What silly nonsense that plays right into Republicans hands. Choosing is divisive. Embrace both.
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“President Trump’s weaponization of the Department of Justice and the FBI to target his critics is a contemptible violation of the First Amendment and the rule of law under our Constitution.” societyfortheruleoflaw.org/statement-on...
Hey FBI, let's see any photos of the files taken from #JohnBolton's house and compare them.
"As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls."
In the non-nutjob world what this means is John Bolton was cleared of wrongdoing and the investigation was ended. But Trump doesn’t do justice. His DOJ sees an enemy to be conquered using the power of the department.
Hard to imagine FDR’s vice president telling Churchill to “behave.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Welker plays Rubio a clip of him saying in 2022 that "you can't cut deals with guys" like Putin 😬
I happen to agree with you on Bork but skip the rest. His opinion is different, not illegitimate. And blaming him for Trump? Are you trying to shrink the anti-trump forces??? Give me the biggest tent i can get to rid us of this monstrous regime.
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Boycott visiting Hungary if traveling to Europe…they like our travel dollars
Key European leaders rallying around Zelensky, traveling with him to DC, is what leadership looks like.
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
Trump is too stupid and too weak to stand up to Putin. He will sell Ukraine down the river. But he does not get to decide what happens to Ukraine. He cannot make it surrender. He can only make it harder for it to win.
Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine. Russia INVADED Ukraine.
This kind of questionable post is NOT helpful.
It’s Back-To-School Month! Remember, reading is fundamental for ages 5 through 79!
My firm represents FBI Special Agent in Charge of Las Vegas Field Office Spencer Evans, a decorated 21 year veteran, who was just summarily fired by Dir #KashPatel. No due process. Fired because he followed COVID protocol instructions issued by Justice Dept back in 2021-22.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister. “I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
Heartbreaking.
Dont be ridiculous.
Only because they don't have the means. People like you are worse than useless in resolving this mess. Try harder.
Fuck yeah Obama. Slap that filthy orange bitch upside the head.
Obama Claps Back! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾
He. Is. So. Unbelievably. Stupid.
Tulsi Gabbard is traitorous trash and is protecting a pedophile.
I keep telling you, it will get worse before it gets better
People need to go to prison for these stories.
Guess he didn't want to spare a big, beautiful plane...
Typical. Have to hit the new GOP in the face with the consequences for ANY reaction.
I wouldn't have wasted my time telling you to delete those posts.
You certainly left a strong impression that there are people "emotionally connected" to those drowned children & then there is you, emotionally connected elsewhere. Why say that?
But you did dehumanize. And this makes it worse.
Both
Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
But we won't win squat if it doesn't stay a big tent party. Frankly, I know too many on the left who don't understand that.
“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget. Republicans did it. Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate. Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
And your suggestion? All we have are temporary parliamentary maneuvers. People who refused to vote for Harris, Trump voters & the inert left us with few options.
The reverse Robin Hood: take from the poor to give to the rich.
Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book? The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
Elon murdered little kids.
Accurate
Trump forces the U. of Virginia president to resign rather than endanger UVa’s funding. The New York Times weakly describes it as “Trump’s success in harnessing the investigative powers of the federal government to accomplish his administration’s policy goals.” I call it “fascist strong-arming.”
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
ICE is rounding people up in the Clear Lake area of Houston (home of NASA Johnson Space Center). They took all of the workers at a Spanish store near NR1 and 45 as well as from apartment complexes in the area. Even if people have the right documents. ICE tells them they are fake and arrests them.
Hateful sycophants like Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem behave like they will never be held accountable. I live for the day when they will be held accountable.
I think we should be cautious about how far we take the results. A dynamic candidate beat a badly flawed candidate. Let's get more data although I do think it is clear that the "strongly worded letter" approach to Trump is a complete loser.
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care. She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor. This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.
Trump theory of international relations: wars are over when he gets bored with them.
LAT posts a picture of Narciso Barranco, who was violently assaulted by ICE, with his 3 Marine sons. These are the proud Americans Stephen Miller is targeting. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reuters: US JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM REQUIRING 20 DEMOCRATIC-LED STATES TO COOPERATE WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO OBTAIN TRANSPORTATION GRANT FUNDING
Who'd have thought Germany was standing up to dictatorship when the United States is failing?
Hard to argue with that.
1/DO YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN? This is “Heidi” or “Daisy”. Or perhaps her true name is entirely different. She is an undercover operative for #JamesOKeefe & his org. Using dating platforms such as Bumble & Hinge, she lures men into dates & secretly records their private conversations
Hey, Mike. As someone whose wife barely survived an assassination attempt, let me tell you: Your joke isn't funny and you have an entire state to apologize to.
I’m still surprised that in a nation drowning in guns and “stand your ground” rationalizations, none of these masked kidnappers have been shot at yet.
Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this
Thank you @smith.senate.gov — Mike Lee seems impervious to shame but it’s still important to keep calling his egregious lies out
BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No.
Ouch!
. The face of EVIL . . . ... Stephen Miller 💠 🖕 💠
Either get on board or get out of the way, folks. We’re not coming back for one part of Congress. We are coming back for everything.
Hilarious. HIS idiot blacklist would be a giant career boost.
Every time I see new footage of Ukrainian soldiers taking Russian POWs, it only reminds me that I have never seen footage of Ukrainian soldiers murdering surrendered Russian soldiers. While Russia, constantly murders any Ukrainian soldier who surrenders.
I do. He is a nutjob murderer. Why would they want him loose in Canada to kill people in a country that resists Trump?
Idiots. Morons.
As I keep saying