John Taylor
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Longtime journalist, lifetime patriot. I’m expressing strictly personal views here.
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The changes in our country since the Bicentennial celebration of 1976 are absolutely staggering.
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Column: America is out of step, stumbling on its promise
I graduated from high school in 1976. America’s bicentennial year.
https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-america-is-out-of-step-stumbling-on-its-promise/article_8765026d-2b09-4075-9bc7-8f3c6607fde0.html
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
5 days ago
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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Mark Hamill
4 days ago
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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This is blatant racism. How do you still justify supporting this man, MAGA? National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
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National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national par...
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g-s1-101090/national-parks-fee-free-calendar-mlk-juneteenth
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SuzyQ
14 days ago
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President! This 👇
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
14 days ago
Speaker Mike Johnson is "crushed by his workload." Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
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Robert Reich
27 days ago
As a hedge fund owner, Scott Bessent avoided over $900K in Medicare taxes by exploiting a major loophole. As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office. The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
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Wait, so maybe it’s GOOD to have an EPA that looks out for public health and the environment?
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The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse. — ProPublica
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
"Hispanic support for Trump is now cratering everywhere. The administration's goal is they avoid the polls for fear they will be brutalized or abducted by ICE." —
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The DOJ's "election monitoring" is really voter suppression
Trump's Big Lie has become government policy.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/doj-election-monitoring-new-jersey-california
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)
about 2 months ago
He’s taking healthcare away from 15 million Americans and making it unaffordable for 22 million more And using the shutdown as an excuse to deprive up to 42 million citizens-including children-of SNAP benefits Yet is on the verge of directing the DOJ to pay him $230 million It’s just so lawless
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Robert Reich
about 2 months ago
ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office. You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT. Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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Just when you thought they couldn’t possibly stoop any lower …
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about 2 months ago
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Absolutely.
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about 2 months ago
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Robert Reich
2 months ago
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Wowww.
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Staggering stupidity. This is inexcusable ignorance from a president.
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Trump stumbles after being asked about suspending Habeas Corpus at Antifa roundtable
All people in the U.S., including immigrants, are awarded habeas corpus
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-habeas-corpus-antifa-roundtable-b2842572.html
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Aaron Rupar
2 months ago
Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."
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Christian Petersen
2 months ago
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George Takei
2 months ago
I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.
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Mike Levin
2 months ago
This speaks for itself:
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Ted Lieu
2 months ago
Donald Trump posted this video. Trump and Republicans are literally TAKING PLEASURE at their deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA. Trump and Republicans are GLEEFULLY CELEBRATING their assault on healthcare. Think of this video when your health care costs increase.
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Acyn
2 months ago
Hertling: His comments about putting hands back on recruits… We moved away from that 30 years ago because it’s ineffective… You know where it didn’t go away? The Russian army.
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Peter Morley ♿️
3 months ago
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
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Acyn
3 months ago
Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there
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Bill Kristol
3 months ago
“Carr should be mocked mercilessly, the same way all bad actors/apparatchiks should be resisted who are trying to inflict their repressive ways on others by force. Mocking such people isn’t just our Constitutional right, but our moral duty.”
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Brendan Carr, Un-American Weasel
When Americans fail America
https://open.substack.com/pub/mattlabash/p/brendan-carr-un-american-weasel?r=1emko
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Rick Wilson
3 months ago
They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.
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This isn’t leadership.
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Ed Markey
3 months ago
Kimmel came back and said it best: satire holds power in democracy. Authoritarians know that and will continue trying to crush it when they feel threatened. We must continue to defend free press and the First Amendment.
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https://x.com/blueatlgeorgia/status/1970710929013653555?s=46
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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Did anybody catch what TIME the rapture is today? (A friend is hoping to find a reliable abandoned car.)
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🦋MOM🦋
3 months ago
We already know the truth. It doesn’t matter what you destroy or hide.
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DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence
The Department of Justice is backtracking on information regarding right-wing violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
https://people.com/department-of-justice-quietly-deletes-study-after-charlie-kirk-death-that-says-right-wing-extremists-engage-in-far-more-political-violence-11811580
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
3 months ago
Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works.
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_6165_bde8bfb2-f4b6-4d28-bcbe-b42db11cfea9&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F6165%2Fnewyorker-the-political-scene
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Barack Obama
3 months ago
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/let-clear-happened-jimmy-kimmel-025000655.html
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Kat Abughazaleh
3 months ago
Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”. They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left. This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
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Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/politics/antifa-terrorist-designation-trump
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Ron Filipkowski
3 months ago
They claim autocracy isn’t their plan, but they sure are governing like there is never going to be a Democratic president again.
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 months ago
Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
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Chris Hayes
3 months ago
Great reporting; astounding corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
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Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chips-witkoff-world-liberty.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Jon Cooper
3 months ago
Both sides are NOT the same.
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It’s sad that any of these obvious facts even need to stated, but here we are.
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Pete Buttigieg
3 months ago
If we are to deprive political violence of its power, we must reject anyone who commits or promotes it - and also reject any move to exploit it.
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Whatever you think of Charlie Kirk’s politics, celebrating his death discredits your own views, morals and character. Show some class and compassion.
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year. Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?
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