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Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
I wrote about the irony of Platner and his campaign trying to convince journalists, commentators and voters that they had outsmarted the trappings of traditional masculinity, only to come crashing down as a result of it:
We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit
Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.
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If you’re not feeling terribly patriotic this particular July 4th, I understand. I hope you'll give this one a look. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/america-at...
America at 250: The Best & Worst of Everything, Turned up to 11
An Extremely Brief History of America's Other Big Bleak Birthdays.
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What the fuck are you talking about? If I'm going to have a problem with Dems when it comes to the Supreme Court, I'm going to start with the Democratic Leader in the Goddamn U.S. Senate and not some fucking mayor who bothers people because he's Muslim.
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Maybe I should have helped attack the capitol so I can afford groceries.
If all the nobles could just get out of their exposed positions in the countryside—where all sorts of trouble can ensue—and live near and attend and party with the sun king on the well-guarded premises of Versailles, I think it’s a great investment for the French people.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoErnst simps for Trump's ballroom: "The correspondents dinner where the president, cabinet, & all of our correspondents were put in jeopardy by a gunman -- if we can move those social activities on the premises of the WH, make sure it's secured, I think it's a great investment by the American people"
Trump burning through our Strategic Oil Reserve as fast as he possibly can just to try and keep gas prices under $5 .
I'm starting to wonder if JD Vance is a double agent trying to get Republicans kicked out of office....
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoJD Vance: "If you want to rebuilt the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC"
Ball room is a bipartisan preoccupation, as we know from recordings of LBJ's calls to his tailor
trump out here talking about Iran not having the cards when they are the ones holding a strait.
Trump mulls ripping apart historic White House Treaty Room to build bed and bath www.rawstory.com/trump-white-...
Trump mulls ripping apart historic White House Treaty Room to build bed and bath
President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed his next possible major renovations to the White House: turning the historic Treaty Room into a bedroom suite with a bathroom.The New York Times first r...
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When I read articles that talk about Iran's nuclear "capabilities," most of them don't mention that there was a deal in place to prevent Iran making nukes and everyone agreed it was working but then Trump just decided to shitcan it because the Black guy had made the deal and now we're here.
Billionaire CEO John Catsimatidis: The homeless should “live in Uganda for $8.13 a day. We'll give them the check for $8.13 a day, let them live somewhere else.”
We should reckon with the idea that Americans are so fucking dumb that we booted out the party that saved the country after Covid and created the best economic recovery in the world in favor of a con man who said he would use racism and magic to make everything cheaper and jobs plentiful.
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is not good.
As stupid as the subpoenas to the Clintons (especially Hillary) were, it laid the groundwork for this.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo agoBreaking News: Lawmakers voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The vote, 24 to 19 with five Republicans joining all Democrats, marked a rare case of a Republican-led panel compelling a member of the president’s cabinet to testify.
a guy who claimed to be named John Barron and sounded a lot like Trump called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's tariff decision and call Hakeem Jeffries "a dope" (John Barron is a pseudonym Trump has used for himself when talking to journalists)
The most shocking thing about SCOTUS' tariffs case is that 3 Justices would have let Trump use a statute that doesn’t mention tariffs to impose ones that are unrestricted. Fortunately, the other 6 said no. Here’s the background you need to understand the decision: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
the glorious constitutional principle of "the president can't fuck with Supreme Court justices' investment portfolios" stands strong
John Roberts has somehow created a regal impunity, in a republic nonetheless influenced by British common law, stronger than that enjoyed by the British royals themselves. In-f’ing-credible.
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6mo ago
@peters.senate.gov When they run out of immigrants to put in these warehouses they will come after those of us who oppose them! Let's NOT give ICE money to build Concentration Camps! Instead, Let's Abolish the Agency of Evil and Impeach Trump and Noem! Impeach, Convict and Remove!
But we got rid of all that waste, fraud, and abuse, so it’s all good. Plus we’re getting a golden ballroom to boot! So much winning. 🤮
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6mo agoAs a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”