“Trump....really only cared about [Venezuela’s] oi, but Rubio was able to drum up this ‘narco-terrorist’ rhetoric and get Trump to pivot completely. The U-turn really reflects Rubio’s expanded influence in the administration.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The political template / motif for generations that got us where we find us here...

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It’s only a matter of time.

Cowards.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The complete refuse to accept political differences and the total demonization of the political opposition is a toxic and dangerous brew. It looks to me as if many Democrats do not understand this is the agenda of the GOP and the right.

Crutchfield takes it to court: Electronics retailer asks Supreme Court to quell tariff chaos

🏆 but also 😞

My understanding is Vance will say this is just childish commentary by a youthful man

American democracy today....

Quelle surprise

We need one more repost to hit 1000.

Altho the influencers all describe themselves as “independent journalists”, they all frame leftwing protesters as nefarious or ridiculous in their videos, & eight of the 11 are current of former employees of Turning Point USA, the conservative advocacy organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Ah, yes, the double standard. Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it. Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk. Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Yet another reason to ditch META products. Thankful I did.

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges. What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

If he wasn't so powerful and dangerous, I'd feel sympathy for Peter Thiel's paranoia and delusional state of mind. If he weren't so bloody rich he'd be involuntarily admitted into a hospital. As it stands, he gets international government contracts to sift through our personal information.

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.” Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.