The Local Crank
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Cranky GenXer who hates this timeline. Former syndicated political columnist. Coloradoan
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A Reading List to explain how we got into this mess Dreamland by Sam Quinones The Most Dangerous Branch by David A. Kaplan The Death of Expertise
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Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge
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Rise of the Warrior Cop
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9 months ago
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Needs to step further
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about 12 hours ago
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It's, uh, secret information. Very secret. Top secret.
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Every single day, this dilapidated hump further disgraces his office, the flag and the entire country
about 19 hours ago
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"But unlike him I'm totally cool with brutal chainsaw murders of journalists!"
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about 20 hours ago
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If only he’d “stepped back from public roles” 26 years ago
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about 22 hours ago
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Friendly reminder that Cheeto Mussolini could release the Epstein files right now if he wanted to. The House bill is to FORCE him to.
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3 days ago
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Straight out of his ass
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3 days ago
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There Is No Spoon
4 days ago
Apologies to Adam West...
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Biden voters who stayed home in 2024 are just as morally culpable for the current disaster as those who actually voted for Cheeto Mussolini
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Christopher Webb
4 days ago
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served. F that!
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4 days ago
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"Listen, who do I have to blow up to get you people to stop talking about Epstein?!??!"
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4 days ago
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The panthers just ate another face
5 days ago
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Rob Schmidt (Blue Corn Comics)
5 days ago
"My sister said, 'How is she going to get deported if she's a Native American?' and 'We have proof,'" Nunez recounted. "They said, 'Well, we don't know because we're not immigration and we can't answer those questions."
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'She’s a Native American!' Outrage as jail flub nearly gets woman deported
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistakeby Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror November 12, 2025A day before Arizona native Leticia Jacobo was scheduled…
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigration-2674290513/
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Two things give Cheeto Mussolini his power: 1) His utter shamelessness. This is no lie too brazen for him to spew nor any law too sacred for him to ignore or break; and 2) A certain % of the American people (probably 30-33% God help us) will NEVER abandon him. They will follow him into the bunker.
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Yeah, "the Left" with all their "moralism" about not raping kids, or starving kids, or blowing kids up. What a drag, huh?
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7 days ago
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Grand Old Pedophiles
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LStewartSC
9 days ago
by Kevin Neccessary
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Epstein is a stress test for just how much impunity we're willing to allow the rich and powerful in this country
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8 days ago
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Will Bunch
8 days ago
Not the most important point but today's Epstein emails make it clear that Maxwell committed gross perjury in her interview with Todd Blanche, and it will still be within the statute of limitations when President (insert your favorite Dem) takes office in January 2029
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As opposed to the number who are drunken rapists?
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8 days ago
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Yes, it was a losing battle. The Trumpists were never going to cave & eventually they would’ve nuked the filibuster or Cheeto Mussolini would’ve started paying just the parts of govt he likes just as he’s been doing with DHS. But what Schumer cannot understand is people NEED losing battles. People
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Okay, so yes, Senate Dems chicken-shitted out. But what was the evidence that Republicans were ever going to cave? Trump showed zero signs of wanting the shutdown to end and Congressional Republicans always do his bidding. So what was the endgame?
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One of many reasons America needs a new constitution is the senate. Having 100 people representing a nation of 340 million encourages prima donna behavior, besides the fact of transferring power to underpopulated states/rural areas.
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Republicans always have an advantage because a) they are a cult and b) they don’t give a shit about hurting their own voters
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America needs a new constitution
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10 days ago
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Given that Trump could, literally & legally, end the shutdown all by himself without a vote (it's the same reason he is paying DHS right now, but not anyone else) surrendering to him for magic beans seems particularly stupid.
11 days ago
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Repulsive
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11 days ago
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
12 days ago
Husbands with Grindr profiles?
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Republicans shocked to learn Nazis have infiltrated their party after they spent decades actively recruiting Nazis
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It's time to talk about putting grampa in a home
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13 days ago
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It's time to talk about putting grampa in a home
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14 days ago
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US troops in Germany told to go to food banks. What a fucking humiliation. And all thanks to Cheeto Mussolini
15 days ago
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*stares in Cherokee
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And if you don't think this lawsuit has at least a chance you haven't been paying attention to this SCOTUS
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15 days ago
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
15 days ago
time for a sequel to this one
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Easily the best part of Mamdani winning is watching Cheeto Mussolini blow a blood vessel
15 days ago
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I like the hell out of Mamdani but guys, there are no voters outside of New York City who give two shits who the Mayor of New York City is
16 days ago
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At literally any other point in American history, this answer alone would've ended the career of a White House press secretary
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16 days ago
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As noted by
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Republicans have had their grossly unpopular policies propped up for decades by the simple fact that Democrats care more about Republican voters than they do. More than Republican voters care about themselves, in fact
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Oliver Willis
16 days ago
The fascists desperately do not want you to vote. So please vote.
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In his defense, he was probably drunk
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16 days ago
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Kevin M. Kruse
17 days ago
"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?" "Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
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Maybe…he’s just a Starship Troopers cosplayer?
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23 days ago
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NY Times Pitchbot
23 days ago
Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans. -New York Times, 39 AD
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Aysha
24 days ago
My dad sent me this
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Don't repost Mike Davis' loathsome racist drivel. That's exactly what he wants. He's auditioning for the next opening on SCOTUS.
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