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The Democratic framing around the shutdown is based on healthcare. How foolish. Healthcare is a regular politics issue and that's not what we're dealing with right now. When asked why the govt is shut down, the best answer Dems will have is so that healthcare premiums won't rise next year. What?

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I love peeking into libertarian conversations. Every damn time they're like "yeah, the NAP is important, and we need to uphold it with police and courts and jails and laws and politicians and and and and". 😂 Just give it up already.

This video explains the power grab by the executive to take away the power of the purse from congress. You know, for being the "pro constitution" party Republicans sure don't seem to care about the constitution.

My dad's friend from Holland comes over to visit us every year or so. My dad reached out this year to ask if he was coming and he said "due to the present circumstances I can't come this year". Millions of similar decisions are going on right now. We are going to lose billions in tourism.

2023: Everything is Biden's fault. 2025: Nothing is Trump's fault.

The threat of firing government workers if a shutdown happens rings hollow to me. Wasn't that the whole point of DOGE?

PSA: Democracy is the means by which we enact change without violence. People who don't vote and then advocate violent resistance have completely lost the plot.

This right here. There is no commitment to the truth from this administration. Which by the way is impeachable offense #957.

Anecdotal but absolutely hilarious.

Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the greatest Americans of all time, at the UN. This era sucks.

Obama: writes a book. He's profiting off the presidency!!! Trump: pockets millions from a meme coin. LOL cope harder lib.

Great to see articles like this reevaluating Democratic policy on immigration. I swear, the idea of advocating for non voters is so surface level stupid as a party policy.

Saying Tylenol causes autism is very on point for this administration. It's like an improvised school report from a 17 year old.

"Weaponizing the DOJ" is yet another term that has become meaningless. If the DOJ investigates my side, it's weaponization. If used against the other side, it's because they broke the law. Except that the truth matters, and when we get through this the hammer of justice will land forcefully.

Republicans don't give a shit about this country. They all know perfectly well how dangerous and unfit Trump is, but they'd rather try and ride the tiger to achieve some policy goals than do the right thing. For shame.

When will Republicans understand? Trump and his fascist lackeys believe the left wants to destroy them, and that they need to destroy the left first. Cruz being worried about free speech restrictions against conservatives in the future misses the point. They don't intend on ceding power back.

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

Excellent article. Talks about how political violence of the past was usually related to specific causes or events, but today it is often simply nihilistic.

Saw another reference to "peacefully and patriotically" again today. A visual representation of the Jan 6th speech for you. You can see the "peacefully" line in red.

This all started when the ghost of Hillary Clinton entered every progressive's voting booth in 2016 and physically restrained them from voting for her. Wait, she didn't? They decided to fuck this country over all by themselves? Damn.

When someone gets to the place where they decide to take another person's life, I don't care what they believe. They're insane, and we need to acknowledge that first. I don't care if they have coherent logic for their actions, if I agree or disagree with their politics, whatever. Violence is wrong

Oof this hits so hard. When I watch a sports game, or a movie, or a play, or whatever, I go there for that thing. I don't want to hear about Charlie Kirk, or police brutality, or saving the whales, or Gaza, or mercury in tuna, or climate change, or 9/11 was an inside job, or, or, or, or...

Great snapshot of the right's reaction to Charlie Kirk's death before we knew about the shooter. In a normal world, today would be a day for self reflection about the violent language they regularly use. In this world, it doesn't matter. The message was delivered and they've already moved on.

Trump rn.

The number of posts I've seen from conservatives blaming the entirety of the left for the death of Charlie Kirk is extremely concerning.

More than anything else, this image describes the modern mindset of the right. This era isn't about Trump. It's about a white America fighting for survival by any means necessary. Charlie Kirk's death is a tragedy. But we need to be clear eyed about what is happening right now. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵

Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF. Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.

Violence is not the answer. RIP Charlie Kirk.

Important discussion about the looming government shutdown. At about 12:30, Ezra makes the case that when the shutdown happens, Democrats need to have a reason. Here are my reasons: - Congressional funding is not optional - Judicial orders must be obeyed - Fed independence must be preserved

The "Department of War" rebrand is so on point for a reality TV show president.

The last two months in which American economy lost jobs were June 2025 and December 2020 -- both while Donald Trump was president. Never happened under Biden.

I recently needed help with a programming task and joined a discord channel. Upon entering, I was greeted with a bunch of 🏳️‍🌈 LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 stuff. I get the whole inclusion angle, but forcing sexuality into a technical support channel is strange. Can we just focus on code instead of genitals?

Me, cringing at an awkward moment from 20 years ago: 😱 Trump, recalling first hand details of raping a 13 year old: 😊 This world sucks.

This, this, and more this. The Biden administration's failure to understand the issue of immigration is so pathetically out of touch. Trump, a clown, wins in 2016 on the back of "build the wall", and Democrat's counter was to open the floodgates? What were they thinking?

We used to have empires Run by emperors Then we had kingdoms Run by kings Now we just have countries...

Yes, I am sending thoughts and prayers right now. I am thinking about Trump's health and praying that he perishes soon. Normally wishing ill health on someone would be out of bounds, but we are in abnormal times right now. The world will be a better place when Trump is dead.

If prayer really worked, I would have woken up to an enormous headline this morning.

Just got three (3) mailers about the California special election, all asking me to vote against the gerrymandering bill. It really bugs me how obvious it is that big money prefers Republicans, and how oblivious people are to that fact.

On January 6th, 2021, after the dust had settled, security had been restored, and congress had reconvened... There was a brief moment of clarity. The speeches that Republicans gave on the floor of the Senate was amazing. It was like a window into a sane world that has ceased to exist anymore.

This broke me. Minneapolis church shooting parent.

Ted Cruz had a funny bit about the discrepancy between the voter distribution in a state and the representatives of that state. Like, CA Republicans have (idk the numbers) 45% voters but only 20% of seats. It's true, but it's an indictment against first past the post, not Democrats or Republicans.

Imagine living in another country, getting impacted by US policies, not able to vote in the US, and watching as millions of eligible voters decide not to vote all by themselves.

Trump: the drugs pouring into this country are out of control! Also Trump: I will pay you to take drugs.

A digital ID is often viewed with heavy skepticism, but it also could solve a lot of problems. Fighting bots, protecting children, one password, etc. But it needs to be implemented correctly. There needs to be an anonymous mode, where both the identity provider and consumer don't know who you are.

Conservatives often say Nazis were socialist or on the left. With the state ownership of Intel under Trump, I wonder if they'll connect any dots. 🤔