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A liberal Twitter refugee. Looking for good politics talk along with talking about the cubs and other sports. Friends and family have told me I should start a podcast. Trying to figure out how to get a following here. I’m happy to interact with people
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Jordan Peterson is another example of what I call a competency cosplayer. Informed people immediately identity him as an intellectual fraud, but uninformed people can fancy him an intellectual who flatters their unexamined prejudices.

BREAKING - The Dow just had its worst drop since March 2020 — at the beginning of Covid Back then it was a pandemic mismanaged by Trump Now it’s tariffs and inflation mismanaged by Trump Watch out — Trump is giving America economic Covid

In case anyone is paying attention

I remember being on the cutting edge of 2/20 Covid freak outs on Twitter and someone scolded me because, “All we need to do is wash our hands and it will be fine.” They deleted that reply a month or so later.

DC police are mounting a criminal investigation of an alleged assault of a woman by GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who represents a district near Orlando. The incident started at a penthouse in a luxury DC apartment building. Mills, who’s married and has two kids, apparently had a fight with his girlfriend.

BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court." THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥

With the blessing of President Trump, the richest man in the world - who receives $8 million a day in US Government contracts - canceled a 9/11 Firefighters health research grant today. He sees humans as expendable waste.

84% HUD staff cuts will cause irreversible harm to towns still recovering & trying to rebuild from recent disasters. Trump is giving tax breaks to his rich friends over ensuring HUD can deliver resources to you.   Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾    He doesn't care about you!

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/n...

The dude really does fancy himself a king.

The official White House account just referred to Trump as a “king” and posted an image with a crown on his head. They’re not even hiding it.

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The co-occupant of the Oval Office is a sexually abusing, business defrauding, draft dodging, convicted felon who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy. He is a predator. Not a president. #PresidentsDay

ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

NEW: approximately 330 National Cancer Institute probationary employees will be fired this afternoon. That’s a bit less than 10% of its entire staff.

What’s the end game with Trump’s “annex Canada” plan? Who tells him no? And what happens when they do? Does he fire them until he finds someone that says yes? And what happens when he gets to the person that says yes?

She is a Trump appointee sworn in three weeks ago and intended for Scalia. She resigned when DOJ ordered her to drop the case against Eric Adams. Support her. Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in addition to two officials in DC.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!