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Just 2 years ago in Purcell v. Gonzalez the SC said federal courts need to use extreme caution during election years. But now they'll step in and help Republicans in any way they can. They are political trash.
apnews.com/article/alab...
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Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-redistricting-supreme-court-congress-ba371351585b79c2965f9efb0332f33d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAssociatedPress
about 11 hours ago
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Trump's boss is, apparently, bored with his unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine so will soon move onto something else.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict 'coming to an end'
The Russian leader sees potential for Ukraine negotiations, but condemns the West's backing for President Zelensky.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8p4j2jzwwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
2 days ago
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The SC Republican majority continues to confirm what has been true in the US since its founding. It's okay to use race/ethnicity, if it hurts minorities and not okay if it helps them. That's what 6 justices on the SC believe.
4 days ago
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The world's worst businessman couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag. His stupidity is breathtaking and matched only by his MAGA supporters.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-abrupt-u-turn-plan-re-open-strait-hormuz-came-backlash-allies-rcna343845?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=NBCNews/magazine/Politics
5 days ago
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To Republicans freedom means choosing which knee you're going to bend to the orange idiot.
6 days ago
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The orange idiot has already tried to overthrow an election and illegally stay in office once. He's going to do it again. Not preparing for that is a failure of everyone who will be "shocked" when it happens.
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Trump jokes he'll leave office in 'eight or nine years'
U.S. President Donald Trump made reference to leaving office in "eight or nine years" during an event focused on small businesses at the White House on Monday (May 4).
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW782304052026RP1/
7 days ago
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What the racists on the SC mean when they say you can't use race to draw electoral districts is that you can only use race, if it hurts Black and brown people. Republicans across the country are screaming as loud as they can that they plan to do exactly that. Turns out they do see race.
12 days ago
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The same Supreme Court that said ICE thugs can grab people because they don't look white also said states can gerrymander their electoral districts to eliminate non-white voting power. Yet, major legacy media will never call the SC majority racist. That cowardice only helps the racists.
12 days ago
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Mississippi: controlled by conservative white men forever and terrible at everything.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mis...
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Mississippi governor says he will call special session to redraw district maps after SCOTUS ruling
Mississippi's governor announces a special session to redraw district lines, saying the Supreme Court's ruling in a key case could change electoral maps.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mississippi-governor-call-special-session-redraw-district-maps-after-scotus-ruling?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=FoxNews%2Fmagazine%2FLatest%20News
16 days ago
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In Republican America we pay higher prices because of their stupid tariffs AND we pay businesses refunds with our tax dollars because the tariffs were illegal. The perfect encapsulation of Republicanism. All our money goes to rich people and their corporations.
17 days ago
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The orange idiot has spent his entire life having others fix his screwups. Now he's lost when the world won't fix his Iran mess. So he whines and cries everyday like the baby he is. The perfect representation of the MAGA man.
21 days ago
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ICE had admitted to 16 deaths in their custody this year. So that means the real number is at least 10x that.
24 days ago
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I can't wait until the rich people in my state move away because we started to tax them! Pop the Champaign! The leaches have gone away!
25 days ago
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The imbecile tv pitch man in charge of the Department of Defense thinks watching movies makes him smart:
newrepublic.com/post/209145/...
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Hegseth Quotes Made-Up Bible Verse From Pulp Fiction
Does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth actually know what’s in the Bible?
https://newrepublic.com/post/209145/hegseth-fake-bible-verse-pulp-fiction?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2Fthenewrepublic
26 days ago
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Trump was always lying, yet he received credible coverage of his "worst of the worst " lies through the entire campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
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Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes.
Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents afraid to take kids to school. Advocates say what was supposed to be a crime-fighting effort is keeping a community in fear.
https://www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-immigration-arrests-crime-data?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=ProPublica/magazine/Tennessee
26 days ago
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Just more confirmation of the terrible job ICE is doing. Incompetent thugs:
www.propublica.org/article/caug...
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Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.
https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-ice-cbp-doj-trump-arrests-convictions?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/u.s.news
27 days ago
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Because the President of the United States is just a TV commentator when it comes to war negotiations. The orange idiot isn't involved and can't be blamed when they fail. Journalists still let him get away with this pathetic crap.
www.the-independent.com/tv/news/iran...
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Trump says it makes ‘no difference’ to him if Iran and US reach deal
Donald Trump said it made “no difference” to him whether a deal is reached with Iran, as peace talks continue in Pakistan. “Regardless of what happens, we win,” he told reporters outside the White Ho...
https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/iran-trump-peace-talks-video-b2956017.html
30 days ago
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We're only a few days away from this regime simply saying they have always been against the war with Iran. Republicans will echo this and Fox News will go to work preaching it.
about 1 month ago
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Who's interests does nepo baby idiot Jared Kushner represent when negotiating with Iran to end the war? The Saudis gave him $2 billion. He doesn't even have a position with the US government.
about 1 month ago
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The orange idiot's favorite meaningless timeline: "two-weeks"
apnews.com/live/iran-wa...
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Live updates: Iran's Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire
President Donald Trump says he’s pulling back on his threats to widen attacks on Iran — subject to Iran being ready for a two-week ceasefire and to reopen Strait of Hormuz.
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAssociatedPress
about 1 month ago
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ICE always lies
www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/u...
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ICE’s story of a Minneapolis shooting fell apart. New video shows what happened before an agent fired | CNN
Minneapolis releases video that challenges ICE’s narrative of a federal agent’s January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-video-immigrant?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard
about 1 month ago
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Ding dong the witch is dead...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
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Trump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general, installs Todd Blanche as acting AG
President Trump has ousted Pam Bondi as attorney general, saying she will be taking a job in the private sector
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pam-bondi-attorney-general/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FCBSNews
about 1 month ago
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Profoundly stupid baby man whines because nobody is changing him after he went boom boom in his pants.
apnews.com/article/iran...
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Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused
President Donald Trump entered his war of choice against Iran without consulting global allies. But as he weighs an exit from the conflict, he’s making it clear that he’s expecting the world to help h...
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-europe-nato-strait-hormuz-f6aeaa9a8dad050a54a26ba339af4545?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=AssociatedPress/magazine/Politics
about 1 month ago
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This is what happens when racists make political decisions in the DOJ:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature
about 1 month ago
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Just the latest in the terrible effects of decades of Republicans blindly cutting budgets. Remember, all those debt ceiling compromises called for blindly cutting X percent of budgets. Nothing thoughtful, just cuts.
www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...
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Trump administration cuts turned rural towns into sitting ducks for disasters
The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Local leaders are increasingly anxious.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5753765/fema-trump-extreme-weather-rural-pennsylvania?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fpolitics
about 1 month ago
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Another murder of a child.
www.hrw.org/news/2018/12...
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies in US Border Patrol Custody
The headline alone made my heart sink. “7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion.” I felt a wave of deep sadness, but no surprise.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/14/7-year-old-migrant-girl-dies-us-border-patrol-custody
about 1 month ago
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Trump has sent out a band of rapists and murderers to hunt down non-white people and put them in torture camps. Any other description of ICE is whitewashing the truth to help Trump.
about 2 months ago
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The US led the world in putting people in prison BEFORE this build-up began. Nothing good comes from this
www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g...
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Mapping ICE's expanding footprint, and the communities fighting back
Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g-s1-114107/ices-growing-detention-footprint-and-the-communities-fighting-back?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=npr/magazine/U.S.+News
about 2 months ago
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This is what happens when an idiot makes policy decisions based on is emotions and ego. Men are too emotional to lead.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation
President Donald Trump is cycling through what seems to be an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-threat-power-plants-strait-hormuz-79ae8eb369c65a7fc7b06f3d0492c997?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fworld
about 2 months ago
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The orange pedo is sending his band of racists to solve the TSA problem. Just what airports need. A bunch of dumb, racist, meatheads.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump says he's sending federal immigration agents to airports on Monday amid DHS shutdown
Trump said ICE agents' work in airports would include "the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-threatens-send-federal-immigration-agents-airports-dhs-shutdown-rcna264467?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
about 2 months ago
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Republicans refuse to fund TSA unless they can also fund their ICE death squads.
about 2 months ago
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The US Mint plans to celebrate a child rapist:
apnews.com/article/trum...
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US Mint can begin producing Trump commemorative gold coin after arts commission approves design
A federal arts commission has approved the design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-gold-coin-250th-anniversary-8be387e70ae561c62e27552bf47fb430
about 2 months ago
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An absolute f*cking joke:
apnews.com/article/iran...
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says
A senior administration official says the Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-us-pentagon-972ec1bd956a2c3633e6ab7fff389791
about 2 months ago
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All the trillions in tax dollars we spent on the military the last 70 years hasn't protected us against foreign threats (e.g., Russia) simply buying the Republican party. The cheapest destruction of a superpower the world has ever seen.
about 2 months ago
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No human in the history of the world has ever been dumber and had more power than Donald J Trump.
about 2 months ago
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No bid contracts (which are a big problem) seem almost quaint these days, given the enormity of the Trump regime's crimes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
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Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fpolitics
about 2 months ago
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Cruelty is Republicans' reason for existing. Every policy area Republicans always choose the cruel option. They maximize pain and suffering.
19thnews.org/2026/03/wome...
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‘The cruelty is just the point’: A broken student loan system has women at the center
Confusion, litigation and the threat of wage garnishment under Trump have left millions of teachers, nurses and other public service workers with few options and little hope.
https://19thnews.org/2026/03/women-broken-student-loan-system-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fcollege
about 2 months ago
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Remember, according to Donald J. Trump (the world's worst businessman) when you pay more for gas, you're actually making money!
about 2 months ago
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When folks have to pay $5 a gallon for gas on their way to the airport and then stand in a 4 hour TSA line, the revolution will begin.
2 months ago
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Dumb dumb Trump is admitting to his ignorance about Iran regularly now. He didn't know Iran had a navy with more than 60 ships. Shouldn't the Commander and Chief of the US military know that before sending the military to war? Oh wait, nepo baby Jared told him it was a good idea.
2 months ago
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Who would have thought we'd have a president so stupid and incompetent that he'd start a war with a country, spend weeks bombing them and then, while this is happening, think he can threaten them with "military consequences" if they don't do what he says. I bet he can't run a casino profitably.
2 months ago
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As usual, Republicans add to the deficit at a staggering rate, but journalists still believe they are the party of fiscal responsibility.
fortune.com/2026/03/10/t...
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The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, finds the CBO: 'Our fiscal problems will not solve themselves' | Fortune
"We need policymakers to come together, agree to reduce deficits ... and put our national debt on a downward sustainable path as a share of the economy."
https://fortune.com/2026/03/10/treasury-debt-borrowing-five-months-deficit-warning/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=fortune/magazine/Business
2 months ago
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Journalists have been whitewashing Republicans' racism and bigotry for so long they get to pretend they're shocked by what Republican Congressman Ogles said.
2 months ago
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The US has a long history of putting puppets in charge of other countries. It never ends well. But Republicans wouldn't know that. They're all proudly dumb and too busy r*ping children to care.
2 months ago
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Any Democrat campaigning in a Dem primary who doesn't voice 100% unequivocal support for going after every single one of these Trump regime criminals and their band or racist thugs terrorizing the country, is a failure and complicit. These people must ALL face justice.
2 months ago
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Lockheed Martin magnanimously agreed to make billions on a pointless war. It's so rare to see people willing to put billions of American tax dollars in their own pockets. How nice of them.
2 months ago
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The most corrupt regime in American history does corrupt things:
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
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Noem lent DHS jet to Melania Trump as ‘insurance policy’: report
Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly allowed first lady Melania Trump to use one of the Department of Homeland Security’s luxury jets for what one official described as an “insu...
https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-plane/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=RawStory%2Fmagazine%2FTop+Stories
2 months ago
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Dictatorships spend a lot of money on weapons and their military, but it's primarily aimed at suppressing their own people rather than an external attack. Thus, Iran's inability to stop an external attack and Trump's massive increase in spending on ICE and weapons to suppress Americans.
2 months ago
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Donald Trump rapes children.
2 months ago
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Sell your soul to the orange dictator and what's it get you?
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership
Kristi Noem has addressed a Department of Homeland Security event moments after President Donald Trump’s announcement she's been fired.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-homeland-security-noem-mullin-38c583b3cef97b4ef60d84b8f8b5961a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAssociatedPress
2 months ago
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