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Richard Branson said the one time he met Trump, all he did was talk about all the people that had wronged him, & how he was going to get even. Here are all the policies inspired by personal grudges that I can think of off the top of my head. 🧵

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I should add, not only was he never convicted of terrorism, he was also never charged with terrorism. But the President of El Salvador, with the President of the United States looking on, calls him a terrorist.

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Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover - Doing a Sieg Hitler salute - Eating dinner with neo-Nazis Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity - Using freedom of speech on campus

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The median American will never be illegally deported by ICE and left to die in a torture prison in defiance of a Supreme Court order, so it’s hard to see how any of this is a winning issue for Democrats. by Matt Yglesias

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🚨TARIFF UPDATE: Tariffs are non-negotiable, negotiable, but not a negotiating tactic. They are permanent until they are paused but they will never be paused, until they are paused which means they increase. Permanent exemptions already announced are temporary, but nothing has been announced. 🤡🎪

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Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.

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The biggest Democrats alive should all say they’ll campaign for primary opponents of any US Senator who does anything to help pass the SAVE Act. Will never happen. But that’s how important it is for free and fair elections in America.

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There are some people on this site who don’t think anyone should be experiencing joy right now due to Trump facism. Baby, joy is resistance. If we don’t feel moments of joy then we become completely demoralized, and then we’re incapable of fighting. Which is what they want.

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Republican Party platform: “we will kill you.” Horrific, but this is actually easy to campaign against

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this is the no fucking shit of all no fucking shits and yet barely anyone anywhere is saying it.

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"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"

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I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.

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I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.

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AOC: The crumbling of our rights and protections. Understand that all of this is what it means and what it feels like to be governed by billionaires. This is what oligarchy feels like.. it is this system that has brought us the most corrupt administration in American history..

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i think a much bigger part of many people's personal politics than anyone wants to admit is driven by feeling like other people are having more sex than them

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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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Honestly I just hate how angry I am these days. It's totally justifiable--these people are fucking monsters (and I'm certainly not policing anyone else's anger). But I hate it, I hate that feeling. I've spent so much of my life trying to get rid of anger. It's awful to be living with it again.

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ICE is torturing an innocent woman.

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Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

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Lost 20% of my retirement fund this week but at least edgy bros on Wall Street can call colleagues retarded again

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A simple fact. No countries were coming asking for deals. Everything I've heard is that that is factually the case. But beyond that we're not playing cards where the other guys can't see our hand. If you're in Germany or Brazil you can see what's happening in the US. You cld see that our ...

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Last week, Trump’s tariffs made me a man. This week, his backdown made me a woman. Tell me again that gender fluidity isn’t becoming a problem. by Jesse Watters

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what a delightfully charming oopsie from the septuagenarian with the nuclear codes 👍👍 www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...

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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”

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Thirty-two FREE episodes of charming supernatural romance, with a new one every Monday? Flippin' HECK, what are you waiting for? Come and choose a favorite ghost! (I love them all don't ask me my favorite I will cry don't make me cry) www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

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If you are a trans woman who is a competitive athlete I need you to fucking shine. I need you to keep your light burning, never let people scare you off of showing how strong and fast you are. I need you to be brave and to be proud of yourself.

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Whether it’s Elon Musk calling Peter Navarro an idiot, or Peter Navarro calling Elon Musk an idiot, both men are in fact idiots.

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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

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No other country can or should ever trust us again. Democrats have trouble claiming credit for things they get right but Republicans can never admit to getting anything wrong. So, if we have elections in the future — whenever a Republican wins, they’re going to do exactly what Trump did.

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it is now illegal for a business in the US to have a profit margin but hey at least the trans children can't play badminton anymore so it was worth it right

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Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued used underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

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“As long as the stasi can get you across the border before you can wrangle a lawyer you’re fucked” is a hell of an argument

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