It must be exhausting to sit through lies and flattery.
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It must be exhausting to sit through lies and flattery.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
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Trump continues to promote Putinās election reform idea of eliminating mail in ballots (no votes by active duty military anymore). Imagine taking advice on democratic elections from Putināa dictator who has been rigging his own elections for decades.
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Thank you for your blog. I find the concept of moral injury helpful and appropriate here.
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šØNEW OVERNIGHT: Big win for L.A. ā a federal court just blocked Trumpās immigration raids across So. California. The Ninth Circuit denied Trumpās attempt to restart warrantless sweeps that targeted people for speaking Spanish, having an accent, or just standing at a bus stop in Latino communities.
āThis is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.ā - CNN
āBoth of them.ā
Donald Trump employed Virginia Giuffre, as a minor, in his "spa" at Mar-a-Lago. Today Trump expressed his anger at Jeffrey Epstein ā not for Epstein trafficking Giuffre and raping her, but because Epstein "stole" her from Trump. Dwell on these things.
They are creating contempt for law enforcement by their actions, their cruelty, and their manifest racism.
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Tariffs are a systematic attack on American prosperity. The arguments presented for tariffs are a sustained insult to American intelligence.
#RethuglicanChicanery
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They sound the alarm only under Democratic Presidents.
As Ernst said weāre all gonna die.
Somehow this figures, doesnāt it?
Her character is being written on her face.
If I'm running a news room now, I assign everyone who has done piece on Biden's final-years fitness-to-govern, and have them apply same standards here. (Once heard Bill Clinton give 45-minute ad-hoc on what diff *counties* in Arkansas had done in Civil War. Trump doesn't know WHAT YEAR it was.)
When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.
USSR never attacked anyone as part of a secret agreement with Nazis, except Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Finland & Moldova
He only makes himself sound stupid.
And these are the same snowflakes who couldnāt handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.
Nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes. theatln.tc/C1DHGxtL
To say this does not make him seem smart.
Five things to remember about war:
Yes, and Caine has denied the story.
Weāve seen how that worked out elsewhere. They said no more nation building.
ā¦ as if those are the threats actually faced by the people of Mississippi.
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
In defiance of Trumpās announcement last Friday that he was firing her, Kim Sajet ā the director of the Smithsonian Institutionās National Portrait Gallery ā has continued to report for work, conducting meetings and handling other museum business as she did before
We owe permanent protection to those who helped us and risked their lives for us.
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Wow. Avelo airlines has covered up their logo to hide the fact that they're helping with mass deportation. Avelo's customer service number is (346) 616-9500. Feel free to give them a call and tell them how you feel about them.
Outrageous.
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I once heard read part of a novel, autobiographical, in which the writer, who had served in Vietnam, remembered a chaplain saying as he served communion, āThis is what Charlie wishes he had.ā
Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
Wrecking the public health infrastructure puts us all at risk.
Here is the latest way the Trump administration is attacking colleges https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/21/2323419/-Here-is-the-latest-way-the-Trump-administration-is-attacking-colleges?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Embittered Musk remains nostalgic for the apartheid of his childhood.
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Gaslighting.
When Americans who have money, are surprised to see society get it, instead of rich people.
Justice Souter taught his law clerks and all whom he encountered āthe most important lesson a young lawyer can be taught: the value of caring for others, the wisdom in slowing down to get the law right, and the incredible power when those two forces are combined.ā www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/the-...
No one coins words like him.
āAnd so the Greeks send me this horse, weāre talking about one of the most beautiful horses youāve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse weāll even bring it to your houseā
The White Afrikaners waged war against the Black majority for decades.
Gaslighting.
BILL GATES: āThe picture of the worldās richest man killing the worldās poorest children is not a pretty one.ā @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
Russia loves to celebrate 1945. Just donāt ask who helped Hitler start the war in 1939.
Iām still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency ā the occupant shouldnāt be able to benefit financially from the office ā and just said, nah, that just doesnāt count for this one guy.
He responds to their award of immunity with a threat.
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like itās a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize itās criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesusā¦ Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
Priceless.
If someone is arguing against due process, just ask them if they believe someone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the same thing.
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Iāve used the chink in the armor phrase only this evening with regard to Sen. Van Hollenās meeting with Albrego Garcia. Publicity and pressure are making a difference..
Of all the ridiculous people in the Trump administration, including Donald himself, Dollar Store Bond Villain Sebastian Gorka is the most ridiculous.
We know whatās despicable.
RFK Jr. claimed to be for transparency. Not so much, it seems.
Note to Sen. Chris Van Hollen -- @vanhollen.senate.gov Safe travels to and in El Salvador. And when you're there, don't speak merely for the Democratic Party or for your state of Maryland. Speak for America.
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriorsā win tonight: āYes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.ā
Neither Andry, Neri, or Arturo, or any of the other men sent to El Salvador got due process. No judge ruled that they were part of a gang. No jury convicted them of criminal charges. They weren't even told what was going to happen. Fix this stain on our nation. Bring them back.
They manifest contempt for the law.
I see Trumpās wartime conversations with Putin while Biden was President as closer to treason than anything his domestic critics did.
The Presidentās unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the Presidentās most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
He said this in January, then in February, then again in March, now in April. Our weak president who promised to end this in 24 hours has no plan and Putin is just laughing at him. Empty, hollow threats and promises is Trumpās whole game.
Whole lotta projection with these folks.
In lieu of Trump's soon to be enacted āMARTIAL LAWā plans, it's time to take action.
More beach IN WEST VIRGINIA!
Remember the task now is to disseminate the images of the protests to people who didnāt see them and project a sense of their size and significance. Huge numbers of people turned out today, letās make their dedication count!
Disingenuous - or something.
I once had to get a root canal in an endodontistās office where it was playing. It was worse than the procedure.
Itās amazing that the Secretary of Commerce is so clueless. I didnāt get far in Econ as an academic discipline, but I remember learning how tariffs increase prices not only on imports but also on domestic substitute products.
Trump circumvented Congress on tariffs by declaring a Fentanyl emergency. A handful of Republicans in Congress can stop the tariffs by joining with Democrats. Call your electeds and tell them.
Iām sorry, and I feel outraged on your behalf.
Bezos has done some amazing things with this editorial page.
I donāt know that employeeās story. I understand he was a budget analyst. I do know that thousands of people who had always had outstanding performance reviews were fired supposedly for poor performance. Character assassination was an element, and Banks is part of the game.
He has not the least proof of what he says; he lies with abandon.
Trump today: "Great Depression ... would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy." Reagan, 1988: "When Congress passed the... tariff in 1930, we were told it would protect America from foreign competition... The actual result was the Great Depression."
The last time the US set tariffs this high, it was 1930 -- and it sparked a global trade war that caused international trade to PLUMMET. By 66%.
One is reminded of the fire sale in ex-Soviet republics.
What happened in Wisconsin is an example of what is most feared: That in a true democracy regular people have more power than a billionaire, that all the money in the world doesnāt change one person one vote.
The fact that Trump doesnāt know what heās signing or what policies heās implementing is a clear sign that heās not the one in charge calling the shots. This is what it looks like when the presidency is auctioned off to oligarchs. www.publicnotice.co/p/elon-musk-...
Right-wing media repeatedly claimed that Social Security would not be negatively impacted by the Trump administration: www.mediamatters.org/social-secur...
1 April 1933 | Nazis carried out the first nationwide, planned action against Jews of Germany: a boycott of businesses & professionals. It was a reprisal & revenge against "atrocity stories" that Jews were allegedly circulating in the international press. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gaslighting.
šREPUBLICANS: "We need more election integrity!!!" šALSO REPUBLICANS: "How much will it cost to buy your vote??"
This rhetoric is crossing the line toward overtures of war against NATO. Just a few short weeks ago Trump and the couchfucker told Zelenskyy he was playing with World War 3 by defending his homeland. This language is not playing with WW3. It's instigating it. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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