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Watch this Texas Democrat leave a Fox News MAGA moron speechless
Texas state Rep. James Talarico appeared on Fox News to explain why he and dozens of other Democratic lawmakers left Texas to block GOP gerrymandering efforts. Will Cain, a MAGA zealot who ...
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Ukraine’s battle for freedom is the world's, too. If the rule of law is to triumph over tyranny and darkness, President Zelenskyy and his country need unwavering support.
“I define stupidity as behaving in a way that ignores the question: What would happen next?” David Brooks writes.
Opinion | Trump and Stupidity
I define stupidity as ignoring the question: What would happen next? By that definition, the Trump administration has produced volleys of it.
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Hey MAGA! Just because someone is a woman or a racial or sexual minority doesn’t mean they’re a DEI hire. Yes, there are unqualified people being appointed to government positions in the Trump administration, but they are mostly unqualified, straight white male idiots.
Poking Fun at Trump, Mexico’s President Suggests Renaming the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
Poking Fun at Trump, Mexico’s President Suggests U.S. Should be Called ‘Mexican America’
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico also said Donald Trump was ill-informed when he said Mexico was “essentially run by the cartels.”
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William Webster, the only person to run both FBI & CIA wrote to Senators, telling them neither Kash Patel nor Tulsi Gabbard is fit to serve. Write to your senators & let them know you agree, especially if you live in a red state. Don't make it easy for them! www.politico.com/live-updates...
Former FBI and CIA head prods Senate to reject Patel, Gabbard
William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither nominee meets the demands of top intelligence jobs.
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
Huh! From Semafor: Chinese state media worried about the rise of Bluesky users.
Harry Truman and turkey before Thanksgiving 1950:
What can President Biden and Democrats do to counter Donald Trump, the "dictator-in-waiting," before January 20, 2025? From pardoning Trump’s enemies to holding pre-confirmation hearings on his dangerous Cabinet picks— political scientist @normornstein.bsky.social writes: zeteo.com/p/extraordin...
'Extraordinary Times Demand Extraordinary Actions' - Here Is What Biden and Democrats Can Do to Counter Trump Before Jan. 20
From pardoning Trump’s enemies to holding pre-confirmation hearings on his dangerous Cabinet picks, Biden and Senate Dems must move fast to protect democracy from the dictator-in-waiting.
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa. I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
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For those who don't know how anything works, everything is either a miracle or a conspiracy.