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Hillary Clinton pulls no punches. The Trump Administration is just dumb. For example: "Mr. Trump’s own former secretary of defense Jim Mattis, a retired Marine Corps 4-star general, told Congress, “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.”

submitted 28 days ago • 40 comments

This is America Episode 7: Trumpcession As Trump tanks the stock market and sends prices soaring even higher, Rachel and Aaron examine the stupid in “it’s the economy, stupid.” As America abdicates its role as global leader Europe looks for a new world leader open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

submitted 45 days ago • 6 comments

Everyone knows what happened here. Trump can only exist around people he can causally humiliate. Guys lie JD and Rubio. He wanted to do a ritual humiliation of Zelensky and Ukraine but Zelensky wouldn’t accept that and so Trump reacted like a stung bitch.

submitted 56 days ago • 301 comments

Its my birthday!! Can I get a birthday listen/RP?! This is America: Episode 6: Chainsaw Massacre This week Rachel and Aaron cut through the noise as Elon's "Chainsaw for Democracy" cuts thousands of federal jobs and GOP reps face angry town halls. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

submitted 59 days ago • 37 comments

MAGA would hate it if you RP this podcast. Just sayin' This is America Episode 5: Napoleon Dynamite open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING ...

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, beyond everything that is happening. The attack on the American republic, the coming economic carnage, this is a day of great, great shame that we have targeted and attacked our dearest friends and partners.

submitted 82 days ago • 99 comments

the media has now more or less uniformly adopted the theory that the president is allowed to violate the law and constitution however much he wants to so long as he says he is going to do it in advance

submitted 84 days ago • 72 comments

But keep blaming immigrants and the most vulnerable. Anyone who is ok with this but acts like they care about our debt/deficits is gaslighting you. truthout.org/articles/tes...

submitted 83 days ago • 165 comments

History does not replicate like DNA, but it echoes. It's echoing now. 👂 Tune in RIGHT NOW👇for This is America Episode 1: Oh shit, there goes the neighborhood 🚨Subscribe so you don't miss the next episode and don't forget an RP! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

submitted 94 days ago • 9 comments

As we inch up to 1/20, we have abandoned the fear of what’s coming. What’s coming is a federal government incapable of reacting to domestic or world crises with any degree of competence and any response will have to be ok with Russia. Our place in the world is about to change for a very long time.

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

As we start the new year, I would like to remind everyone that it is now almost 120 years since the US decided consumer protection - by which I mean regulation - mattered. Given the upcoming presidential inauguration, let's talk about how that happened - and why it's so important. (A thread)

submitted 109 days ago • 38 comments

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

The real people of the year! My respect 🫡

submitted 133 days ago • 39 comments