Hope is not a strategy. Republicans just sat there through years of Trump's B.S. and said nothing. They let him run wild hoping something or someone else would stop him so THEY wouldn't be that guy. Enjoy! As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump flip.it/SQlt9f

As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump

The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.

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Another example of Christians and their bullshit. They were not booted for "being Christian." They were booted for proselytizing. Not the same thing. Jesus camp booted from Burning Man in wild culture clash as group accused of breaking festival rules: ‘Wicked and sad’ flip.it/dy1YFt

Jesus camp booted from Burning Man in wild culture clash as group accused of breaking festival rules: ‘Wicked and sad’

“Burning Man knows they’re wrong. God will have the last say.”

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So what, Iran will be too busy playing the game to fight a war? (Yeah, so that's dumb as he'll, but...) Official White House website launches arcade games where users arrest immigrants and build a border wall flip.it/6uPmFl

Official White House website launches arcade games where users arrest immigrants and build a border wall | CNN Politics

The Trump administration launched a series of arcade-style games on the official White House website Thursday to tout its priorities — the latest turn in its aggressive online effort to troll Democrat...

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Whatever he does, we'll undo it once we throw Republicans out of office. Stupid and childish, to be sure, but not permanent. --- Donald Trump Wants To Rename One Of The Great Lakes To Something “Viciously Stupid” flip.it/4a0qCy

Donald Trump Wants To Rename One Of The Great Lakes To Something "Viciously Stupid"

At this point, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.

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Just popped in to say we still want the Epstein Files. Release the files as the law requires. The public has a right to know if our leaders are engaging in sexual relations with minors.

So, Republican congressmen handing over all their power to Trump didn't work out? If only it were possible to know in advance that this was both cowardly and just fucking stupid. Trump admin 'power struggle' prompts bitter attacks from fuming GOP lawmakers flip.it/NZ_E99

Trump admin 'power struggle'  prompts bitter attacks from fuming GOP lawmakers

House Republicans have reached their limit with President Donald Trump overriding their funding decisions and now they are openly challenging the administration.According to Politico, there is a "powe...

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Hooray for the 9th Circuit! This is why people withhold critical healthcare information from their doctors. That's fascism 1, Healthcare 0. Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients’ records www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/cour...

Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients' records - LGBTQ Nation

“As judges, our duty is to follow the law, not ignore it,” one justice wrote in dissent.

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Gaming requires fast reflexes. Air traffic control requires good judgement under stress. This should work out well. Facing a decadeslong shortage, the FAA has now hired more than 2,000 air traffic controllers after its campaign recruiting Gen Z video gamers flip.it/nbt6E-

Facing a decadeslong shortage, the FAA has now hired more than 2,000 air traffic controllers after its campaign recruiting Gen Z video gamers | Fortune

With the U.S. still 3,500 controllers short of its staffing target, the federal government is turning to Fortnite fans and Roblox players to fill the gap.

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This from "The Department of Revenge" by Devlin Barrett: "...federal law prohibits armed federal personnel at any location where an election is being held, including facilities actively receiving ballots." The more you know...

The reason the left is talking about socialism is because the old Corporate Democrats have left the lower and middle classes behind. Under their watch, the country has moved horribly to the right. Either lead, or get out of the way. Begala: ‘I can’t stand’ socialists flip.it/P1EBgG

Begala: ‘I can’t stand’ socialists

Former President Clinton’s White House strategist Paul Begala said he despises socialists, as the democratic socialist movement racks up wins in recent primaries. “Abdul won a narrow victory, and m…

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The obvious response: Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither. America hates these cameras because they move us closer to a police state. Again, any person who destroys a Flock camera does this nation a patriotic service. In Defense of Flock flip.it/.c-BcC

In Defense of Flock

Police cameras can help make the criminal-justice system both fairer and less punitive—if we let them.

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Stay tuned... I hear they're putting a shark in the pool, and Fonzi is going to jump it on his motorcycle. Trump drags former FBI director James Comey into Reflecting Pool debacle flip.it/bU54y3

Trump drags former FBI director James Comey into Reflecting Pool debacle - AOL

President Donald Trump says Lincoln Memorial vandals ‘probably’ took inspiration for graffiti from ex-FBI director’s ‘86 47’ seashell picture, which the Department of Justice has alleged was meant as ...

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The DSA, in news of late, isn't of interest. I read their position page but disagree. There was something unique in how the framers made our Constitution, and I don't think you need to scrap it just to have a more just society. We just need to get our government back from the rich.

One cannot be compelled to testify against themselves. This is such a foundation in America, it gets its own amendment. Yet Rand Paul seems to think that's fine until it comes to what *he* thinks is important. Not buying any of your right-wing propaganda. Leave Fauci alone.

Why was the Left so upset at Trump's tariffs, NATO, and the litany of insults to our allies? Right here: He isolated us from our allies and shortened our munitions stock piles. In walks Iran to say they can run the Strait WITHOUT the U.S. Iran Sees an Opening to Kick the U.S. Out... flip.it/Yfhvf3

Iran Sees an Opening to Kick the U.S. Out of the Gulf

In talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has vowed to block U.S. Navy ships from using the waterway.

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$4 Billion dollars. Turns out, that could have bought healthcare for the sick, food for the hungry, and shelter for people with no homes. Donald Trump spent our taxes on a grudge. GOP senator goes off at Todd Blanche hearing as scorched-earth tirade demands firing flip.it/9WCU2v

GOP senator goes off at Todd Blanche hearing as scorched-earth tirade demands firing

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) launched a scorched-earth tirade at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing Tuesday, demanding a federal prosecutor's firing.Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn (R-...

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Thank Republicans. They decided 1.5% was a mandate and decided to reshape America. Well, America ain't interested, and we have been pushed a little too far. This is the result. Socialists are trying to take hold of the Democratic Party—and they're winning flip.it/mmLI2G

Socialists are trying to take hold of the Democratic Party—and they're winning

The democratic socialists taking over the Democratic Party often say they just want affordable healthcare. They actually want to end America's constitutional system as we know it.

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It's a "pretty big win" when people come off SNAP -AND are still able to eat. When you end the benefit program and people go hungry, you're just a bitch that doesn't give a shit. Change my mind. Trump USDA Chief Calls Kicking 5 Million People Off Food Aid 'A Pretty Big Win' flip.it/i_e3zp

Trump USDA Chief Calls Kicking 5 Million People Off Food Aid 'A Pretty Big Win' | Common Dreams

"The immense hardship these families are now facing is not, in fact, 'a pretty big win,'" said one policy expert.

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The president: "There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS!" Me: And these vandals... Are they here in the room with us right now?

So now the court is sending Kagan on a PR tour? And her advice, stop pushing for change? Sorry, but her saying the court isn't a rubber stamp for Trump is caramelized bullshit. It's an activist court that has gone rogue. Time to yank the leash. Elena Kagan's warning to progressives flip.it/aPYDEZ

Elena Kagan's warning to progressives

The liberal justice wants the Supreme Court’s harshest progressive critics to chill out.

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No, not scorched earth or even close. Tillis just sat there bitching about Blanche, knowing full well the fund is still not dead, and voted on party lines to put Blanche in as the head of the DOJ. GOP senator goes off at Todd Blanche hearing as scorched-earth tirade demands firing flip.it/9WCU2v

GOP senator goes off at Todd Blanche hearing as scorched-earth tirade demands firing

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) launched a scorched-earth tirade at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing Tuesday, demanding a federal prosecutor's firing.Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn (R-...

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Yep. All of it is conjecture. Problem is, where there's smoke, there's fire and the smoke is the incredible effort going in to hiding the truth from people. Something's up and Republicans are hiding it. The latest Mitch McConnell rumor is just too wacko to be believed flip.it/GWWStk

The latest Mitch McConnell rumor is just too wacko to be believed

I'll admit for a few days last week, I started to believe it too.Today is Aug. 3, the deadline for Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to call a special election to fill Mitch McConnell's Senate seat if it...

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Apologies. I didn't realize cheating douchebag was spelled T-A-L-E-N-T. Guess it's back to the books. ‘For the Love Of God’: Trump Brags ‘It’s Called Talent’ After Golf Championship Win—While Critics Expose ‘Cheating’ Caddies, and Him ‘Kicking Balls’ flip.it/C-a7Vd

‘For the Love Of God’: Trump Brags 'It’s Called Talent' After Golf Championship Win—While Critics Expose 'Cheating' Caddies, and Him 'Kicking Balls'

Donald Trump spent the weekend doing one of his favorite pastimes: golfing. The president enjoys his days on the green and collecting victories that come

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The same anti-weaponization fund that the courts already blocked? Yeah, that ain't the flex he thinks it is. Trump threatens anti-weaponization fund returns if Blanche not confirmed flip.it/-sFfV8

Trump threatens anti-weaponization fund returns if Blanche not confirmed

Trump posted on Truth Social that if Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis do not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, the anti-weaponization fund returns.

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Ok, I know we all want to stick it to this hyperpartisan court, but hear me out... what does 2 more justices get us in the long run? We'll be right back here when the next corrupt administration shows up, No? Kamala Harris says the US Supreme Court should expand to 13 justices flip.it/6BpEKR

Kamala Harris says the US Supreme Court should expand to 13 justices | CNN Politics

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the United States should consider expanding the Supreme Court to be made up of 13 justices, a popular idea among Democrats who have increasingly pu...

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Hmmm. Not sure why this is a story... Anyone doing Genealogy can point to this happening quite frequently throughout history. Particularly on the frontier where populations of pioneers were sparse. Candidate Had Two Children With Second Cousin flip.it/kHouF6

Candidate Had Two Children With Second Cousin

Genealogy records show that the Maine Senate candidate and his longtime partner share the same great-grandparents... and two kids.

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What a horrific idea for America. If our citizenship can be taken away at the whim of the government, the social contract is broken. This invites rebellion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Citizenship revoked? Trump administration ramps up controversial plan.

The Trump administration says it is targeting criminals and fraudsters who should not have become citizens in the first place.

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While I'm no fan of conspiracy theories, I am concerned that the condition of Sen. McConnell has been such a mystery. The image has been called into doubt, and other than Jennings' alleged phone call, it seems eerily quiet. Is it me, or does this feel like there's more than we're being told?

This is the biggest story since Trump launched his failed forever war. Courts don't dust go around giving the Supreme Court the finger. This is effectively, secession. 'Sees only white': Hawaii Supreme Court burns down John Roberts for 'naked racism' www.rawstory.com/hawaii-supre...

'Sees only white': Hawaii Supreme Court burns down John Roberts for 'naked racism'

Hawaii's highest Court launched a rare attack on the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing the John Roberts-led bench of enabling "naked racism" and bending the Constitution to "whatever the Court needs it to ...

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