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She doesn't want to have to campaign for the midterms as a GOP loyalist and then be stained by a disaster. Once she sees failure coming , she wants out immediately.

If the Republicans have decided that they want to die on the hill that troops should obey illegal orders and that encouraging them not to is a threat to Trump's defense policy, then I say let them.

The pedophilic wannabe-dictator wants you to be too scared to be willing to stand In these trying times it's critically important to remember that courage is not the absence of fear Courage is taking a stand despite the fear Don't fight it or hide from it, let it pass through you and motivate

They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.

Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.

The American Psychiatric Association did review it and it was so scathing that no reputable journal would ever have published this report with such glaring conflicts of interest, methodological flaws, and a refusal to even name the authors. The Endocrine Society and AAP declined to engage w/ it.

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"Donald Trump’s claims that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly contradict a CIA report concluding the crown prince approved it." — CPJ MENA's Regional Director Sara Qudah

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the start of the war this week, we're sharing the first clip from our upcoming film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, which premieres in Nov on @pbs.org. I can't wait to share this film with the world. #AmericanRevolutionPBS

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Professor Jason Stanley, head of American Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, says the United States is in the midst of a coup led by the Trump administration — a “slow coup” unfolding through fear, propaganda, and the abuse of law. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

I guess we all understand now what the bunker is for.

Since everyone is rightly focused on the Epstein files, now would be a good time to remind you: Child marriage is legal in 34 states across the US. That’s almost 70% of this nation. How about we end that?

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Told ya so.

gods forbid anyone check their ego in public... "I used to carry the tools necessarily to defend myself and those I love but I stopped because I didn't like not yelling at strangers for stupid reasons." Bruh... Ironically, yes, it does seem like it's good that they stopped carrying...

Gutting and politicizing the FBI is a win-win for this administration. If we get attacked because we’re vulnerable, it’s just another opportunity to crack down on dissent and consolidate power. bsky.app/profile/news...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Wish we could take solace in thinking, "Wow, they must have some seriously-shadily obtained dirt on those 8 D Senators..." But no, it seems infinitely more likely that Occam's razor is applicable in the most depressing of ways. What's the inverse of Mr. Smith goes to Washington? Chuck Schumer? 🤮

Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.

I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.

Please stop sending us the videos of extremely uninformed and misinformed folks crashing out over a Sheriff operation in WeHo weeks ago. No, it wasn't ICE. No, LE doesn't necessarily need a warrant to arrest someone lawfully. Yes, it's 100% on ICE that everyone is so justifiably paranoid.

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.

There are plenty of concrete good things that will happen because of winning these elections, but the intangible might even be bigger. Trump is going to issue a lot of illegal orders in the coming months and years. Nights like tonight might determine whether those orders get followed.

We won’t go quietly, the Legion can count on that.

I got bad news for Trump about every election going forward from now until the end of time

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

In hindsight, it was probably a bad idea for voters to put the full force of the US state apparatus and military in the hands of a guy who bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support, and who was also granted immunity by the Supreme Court before taking office.

He shut the government down for a month to hide files establishing the extent of his fraternization with the most infamous serial child rapist of the last century, and now he is threatening to invade Nigeria to protect members of a religion he pretends to practice but has never actually belonged to

A House of Dynamite is worth a watch; it's a well done reminder.

We wanted to understand what a Zohran Mamdani administration would mean for New York. So we talked to a Kentucky woman who once tied for 5th place in a swim race with a transgender woman and got really mad that she didn't get to hold the trophy.

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

The Kremlin is hard at work.

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants.

the way Trump and his administration keep going on livestreams and tv to laugh about this, I can’t really compare it to anything political that comes to mind, only thing that comes to mind rn is a serial killer who writes letter taunting family of their victim.

Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.

Many will continue to take solace in normalcy bias in an attempt to self-regulate. Don't expect these folks to react well to attempts to apprise them of unpleasant reality. PS: What makes you think Johnson intends to bring the house back into session... ever again? Buckle up buttercups.

Donald Trump's masked agents believe that their actions are immune from investigation or accountability — they're not. I've signed an Executive Order today establishing the Illinois Accountability Commission to create a public record and capture the impact on our communities.

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

All hope is not lost, and you are not alone. 🇺🇸

Wow, lots of American flags and peace . Sure doesn’t seem like people who hate America you absolute embarrassment Speaker Johnson

While I'm not going to call this outright doomerism (I don't think the OP believes that all hope is lost) I will say that I am not a fan of comments like this. Much in the same way that you shouldn't police someone's protest for being more aggressive than yours, I don't care to see criticism of...

Some canaries find themselves deeper in the coal mine than others. Ignore them at your own peril.