ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

When WILL the lesson be learned?

What?!?

They're doing purges the Right Way

SIX MONTHS!?!

Having a conversation about this in a group chat, and I think "phase it out for kindergarten kids, Grade 3 is fine" is a pretty reasonable stance.

Is this meritocracy? 🦋

WTF? Did Tyler Cowen melt his brain on libertarian nonsense??

Amen

the GOP nuking the filibuster to end this shutdown is the best case scenario if we want a chance at fixing any of this shit we're going to have to get rid of it, better to let them do it themselves rather than worry about Fetterman pulling a Joe Manchin

Fuck these people

ITS ALL FUCKING MEMES NOW

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Screams into the void…🫠

Also: it makes zero sense to do a "deal" on any spending when Trump has already proven he will impound appropriated money at any time for any reason and SCOTUS has said repeatedly that him doing so is fine

This should be the whole point. It is an outright lie to vote for appropriations or legislation, of any kind, in a situation where the acts of Congress aren't really binding. It makes any possible "deal" worthless. The whole exercise is a sham. Dem votes would do nothing but legitimize the pretense.

BINGO! What's the point of doing a bipartisan budget if Trump and Russ Vought will just slash spending and lay off employees?Also, Republicans can just pass a party-line rescissions bill without any input from Democrats.

Amazing

More Kavanaugh stop news

Wow

Jesus! If you are asked this question you at least demure and say “im not an expert but the people and press should judge for themselves by what they see”

Im glad this is coming here but there is a very non-zero risk that Quantum Computing will never scale to a viable compute size.

Immigration "courts" need to be gone after this

Read the replies here if you want to go insane 🙃🫠

They are stealing taxpayer dollars from blue states because Democrats in Congress refuse to give Trump a blank check for his authoritarianism. Corruption. Coercion. Blackmail. Lawlessness.  I won’t bend the knee to a wannabe dictator and his cronies. We will prevail.

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I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Now that Trump has shut down the government, Democrats need to be loud and confident in our argument. No 75% premium increases. No lawlessness. That’s what we are fighting for. The people will be with us. But only if we show strength.

Oh you mean the FEMA funds that the executive is illegally impounding from blue states?

Completely agree on this

Excellent

Good

Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal. The Democratic alternative CR had language that would address this, but the White House came out strongly against.

At worst we figure out who they are and primary them.

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump: SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346% Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

Brett Kavanaugh: doesn't look like anything to me

Jesus

Jesus

Fuck right off with this looser shit

The remaining legal analysis is long and worth a read if you're a legal nerd like me. After ruling for the plaintiffs, Judge Young moves on to a remarkable section he calls "Justice in the Trump era," in which he asks "What now?" — acknowledging that given Trump, a remedy might not be obtainable.

PAY ME TO TAKE MY DRUGS!

Jeffries: "The next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face."

Look, he's saying he plans to prosecute a civil war. No actual subtlety to it!

There is no hell hot enough for the people that have done this

FUCK YOU

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