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The Trump administration believes that the measles virus has legitimate security concerns that can only be met by a peace plan that includes ending anti-measles sanctions, conceding territory, and replacing the patients' doctors with new doctors acceptable to the virus.

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AMAZONOHOLICS Daily Report: It's been 13 days since my last Amazon purchase.

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Thank you @mayorwu.boston.gov 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Far more significant than the bombast, bluster, and blatant lies Vladimir Putin’s poodle delivered to Congress: Trump has brought down the curtain on nearly 80 yrs of American dominance in the world. To boot, in 6 wks he’s gone a long way toward wrecking our economy open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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This really tells you all you need to know. They claim to support vets, and they know how to play the game with messaging and symbolism to exploit their patriotism, but every once in a while the mask slips and you see that they really think we’re just suckers and losers. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Marco Rubio: smart enough to know he’s working for a president who is actively sabotaging the national interest, spineless enough to not do anything about it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Protesters beginning to gather outside the Capitol before Trump’s speech tonight.

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I feel like this comment should be in a 12-step recovery program: It's been 12 days since my last Amazon purchase!

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Huge betrayal. Sec State Rubio an unprincipled official.

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In the week of "Petes", there was a brief few minutes when Trump spent more time defending gambleholic Pete Rose than he had to spend defending alcoholic Pete Hegseth.

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 5 days ago • 6046 comments

FUN FACT: I haven’t made a purchase from Amazon in nearly 6 months and I’m okay.

submitted 7 days ago • 236 comments

Here is Rep. Nicole Malliotakis calling 264,000 of her own constituents “criminals” and “fraudsters”.

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I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.

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I remember, fondly, the time when a dying Pope, contemplating retiring, would have been the lead story in the national news.

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Starting to think the right’s mEmE KiNg WhO LeGaLiZeD CoMedY is actually just a whiny little bitch with a fragile ego.

submitted 13 days ago • 721 comments

Or how about: Deplorable Oligarchs Grabbing Everything

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This is an excellent template and should be disseminated widely

submitted 14 days ago • 406 comments

Air Force veteran here. If you favor abandoning NATO and Ukraine, please don't ever thank me for my service.

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submitted 20 days ago • 77 comments

these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse

submitted 21 days ago • 375 comments

Are we all collectively throwing up our hands? It's all clearly unconstitutional. I'm tired of my congressional reps coming on socials repeating what we already know. I keep responding "do something about it" because ranting into the hurricane is just making us hoarse.

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submitted 21 days ago • 426 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 21 days ago • 425 comments

If this is a direct quote, it's one of the most irresponsible and reckless things a SECDEF has ever said

submitted 22 days ago • 557 comments

So. If it costs twice as much to manufacture a penny as it is worth, should that logic not apply to the minimum wage? Asking for a friend.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

There’s that.

submitted 25 days ago • 51 comments

Watch Andy Beshear and share far and wide

submitted 28 days ago • 189 comments

The removal of the Jan. 6th database “signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare the president’s supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record…” www.propublica.org/article/janu...

submitted 28 days ago • 101 comments

If only experts existed who could warn Americans repeatedly that foreign aid is money spent to pay Americans and buy things from Americans but no one's ever said it out loud so who can blame people for not understanding

submitted 28 days ago • 203 comments

I saw these decals posted on Twitter the other day … It would be terrible to Swasticar owners if other people did this. Terrible I would not condone it. 😜

submitted 28 days ago • 114 comments

Exactly. No is a complete sentence

submitted 29 days ago • 615 comments

5 years of Netflix US profit: $15.1 Billion 5 years of Netflix exec pay: $652M 5 years of taxes paid by Netflix: $236M In a 5-year span after Trump's tax cuts, Netflix paid top execs 3x what it paid in federal income tax. Yesterday, Netflix announced it was raising prices again.

submitted 43 days ago • 200 comments

Pass it on please.

submitted 49 days ago • 610 comments

Many people here probably know this, but I'm now posting almost daily on Substack: paulkrugman.substack.com The response has been pretty good so far

submitted 49 days ago • 77 comments

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

submitted 61 days ago • 1093 comments

BREAKING NEWS: 81-year-old Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas has been living in an assisted care facility after suffering a decline of her cognitive abilities. Granger’s last vote was cast on July 24 and she continues to receive a tax funded salary. Who else agrees we need term limits? ✋

submitted 74 days ago • 965 comments

I was really hoping we'd have a woman as president before we had one from South Africa, but here we are.

submitted 76 days ago • 1899 comments

Outstanding

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