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Well, since the far right seems nostalgic for Iraq War-era nonsense like "freedom fries" — If Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York, we can probably look forward to some "Ground Zero mosque" style Islamophobia.

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President Trump issued a full-throated endorsement of NATO — his most forceful backing of a group he once threatened to abandon. The message came as 32 countries agreed to more than double their defense spending targets.

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Very subtle www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

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Mike Johnson’s “The bill does not increase the deficit” is akin to Donald Trump’s “The sites in Iran were completely obliterated.” Shameless lying to pretend things are better than they know they are. It would be like FDR saying, “Depression? WHAT Depression?” or JFK saying, "There's no Vietnam."

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Support for US strikes in Iran were bound to go up since once it happened Republicans realized they were legally required to decide it was a good idea. But new Q poll out says STILL 51% oppose the strikes, 42% support. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Looks like an illegal arrest for First Amendment-protected speech to me?

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I'm sorry I post irrelevant / irreverent things on the app with a stylized butterfly as a logo. From now on, I'll only be 100% serious.

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Emil Bove is 44 years old.

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Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove, with support from Chair Grassley, is refusing to answer basically anything about his work at DOJ. Bove will only say "I participated" in matters under question. Hearing: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

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WATCH: “What about the rich? Do they get shot? It’s like they’re making Wall Streeters walk out onto the ice in the East River… class warfare… eat the rich.” @cnbc.com hosts Joe Kernen & jim cramer hilariously struggle to process Zohran’s win — made inevitable by the greed they exalt.

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they really did roll up on nsf, youngkin in tow, and say, nice place you got here; it's mine now

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The best claim this jet setting Atlantic staff writer has to living a life informed by the Soviet experience is through the woman his brother married.

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Main takeaway from Emil Bove confirmation hearing: He perjured himself when he said it was pronounced "BOH-vee" and not the way I've been saying it for two years.

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At Senate hearing just now on nomination for lifetime judgeship, Emil Bove says he doesn't "recall" how many Jan 6 prosecutors were fired when he helped run Justice Dept this year

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I actually believe that Emil Bove is one of the best human beings Pam Bondi knows.

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VAN HOLLEN: I assume you mean that "zealous advocacy" does not mean telling untruths to courts of law. But if that's not the case, what did you mean by saying he's not a "zealous advocate"? BONDI: The timing of it I find suspect. He takes hits at Emil Bove who is one of the best human beings I know

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Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal," and it will only get worse. They need to make their 3,000 a day quota no matter what. #MAGAKidnappers

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This.👇

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Rep. Madeleine Dean to Kari Lake: "You are a propaganda machine for the Trump administration."

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WTAF is happening?

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The fascists are freaking out and fleeing NYC. I see this as an absolute win!

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AG Pam Bondi just lied under oath. Senator Peters points to our valid concerns that ICE Agents covering their faces & refusing to provide identification endangers both the public & the officers. Bondi responds, “That's the first that issue has come to me” MA’AM A flagrant lie by Bondi under oath

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This is so sad and unnecessary.

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Every time

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This should be bigger story. Connect the dots… 📌 Rep Khanna asked Defense Sec Hegseth if the Pentagon would obey a federal court order. Hegseth refused to answer. 📌 DOJ whistleblower says officials told staff to ignore judges and deport people anyway. There’s a coordinated plan to defy the courts

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Bingo. The blue leg causes premiums to increase. The red leg helps limit that growth (except most of the leg was cut off in 2017). The green leg helps people afford the higher premiums. Cut off most of the green leg & the table tips over. (first time I've posted the 3-legged stool in awhile)

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Victory will be ours, Russian soldiers shout as they victoriously crash into trees.

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It’s not just that Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo. It’s that he and the voters beat an entire transnational criminal syndicate of power brokers who have had a stranglehold on NYC politics for a very long time. And they’ll be coming after him hard. He’ll need a lot of support—and protection.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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is the mediator Jared Kushner?

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My story. Told my way with truth and as much grace I can muster. Thank you, Tom.

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Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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A lie THIS obvious isn’t an attempt to fool anyone; it’s just a pure expression of contempt.

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JUST IN: At Senate appropriations hearing, AG Pam Bondi says she was previously unaware that law enforcement are covering their faces during immigration enforcement. Sen. Gary Peters says people might resist unidentified individuals putting them in a van.

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An unlikely hero blocked a provision that amounted to an assault on the Constitution: the Senate parliamentarian. Will her ruling stick? www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

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James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.

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JUST IN: Never seen this before — the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland over its standing order requiring an automatic two-day stay in habeas cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Here’s my unintelligent cat take: Zohran Mamdani’s win tonight highlights just how sick and tired folks are of the status quo of politics in this country and corruption that both sides have been bathing in for decades. People want something new and they want a passionate advocate to lead them.

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Lone idiots with Trump flags and pick up trucks getting mad at a sea of American flag-waving protestors with No Kings signs was in fact really good optics. But also, fuck those people, this is my country. My claim to it is better than any neoconfederate.

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Exactly this. You ain't seen nothing yet. It's going to get so ugly, so racist, so vile, so anti-Muslim. And this is from the Democrats... Just wait until you see what Republicans and other groups get involved.

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