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Bluesky: how do I get rid of all the cat posts? I am a dog person and never asked for this. Beyond that, I come to social media for politics, not pets.

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First they came for the USAID and I said nothing, because I’m a Republican member of Congress …

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This all has a Germany-first-six-months-of-1933 quality. Democracy dies slowly, then all at once

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

If there is any shred of courage left in any Republican member of Congress or governor, it needs to show up now. Every emergency light on the dashboard is blinking red.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

As bad as I thought this was going to be, today makes clear it is infinitely worse. This will end up in the streets.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

submitted 42 days ago • 1574 comments

My wife and I have established a swear jar. Every you mention TFG’s actual name, it costs a quarter. In for $2.25 in just two days but will get better. Euphemisms, such as orange shitgibbon, are allowed but not encouraged. Thinking this will promote mental well being …

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submitted 62 days ago • 221 comments

A strongly held but unprovable belief: That Donald Trump has never seen even 15 minutes of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.

submitted 74 days ago • 946 comments

Electors will meet all over the country on Tuesday and Trump will get a majority of the votes, but just four more than Biden got in 2020. Funny how this has once again become a non-event.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

This is what I would have preferred to see.

submitted 80 days ago • 770 comments

Landman? Nope

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Remember Bush II was president and unleaded cost $4 a gallon? I do. Thanks Joe Biden

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I too, have agreed to an investigation by the FBI, which apparently is now basing its decisions to investigate on the consent of those who are the subjects of those probes. Which is a cool perk for criminals.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... As Frum concludes, courage is infectious. Don’t take the fear vaccine.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... It ain’t over though the fat man preens.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Totally a first world problem, but with the biggest college game in Texas in years minutes away, UT’s radio feed from College Station is silent. Aggie sabotage? Hmmmm….

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

True get by Josh Allen.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

I would not put Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of so much as an ant farm. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

submitted 96 days ago • 988 comments

Watched “Seven Days in Mays” again last weekend. Had not realized until now that it was a documentary.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.

submitted 100 days ago • 568 comments

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o... Don’t look away. Fight back

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

"He may be no less nutty than any of Trump’s more controversial nominees. He is almost certainly far more dangerous than any of them."

submitted 103 days ago • 9 comments

AOC cuts to the heart of the matter, passionately.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

NPR is reporting that Matt Gaetz cannot return to Congress in January despite having been reelected in November. Can somebody explain to me why that would be if true?

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Cannot what @morningjoe thought would be gained by reinstating contact w/ Trump. A craven audience-killer, obeying in advance

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments