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i wonder if musk and his skinhead buddies are taking bets on which excuse the ADL offers up for him in response to this

ICE is now just straight-up torturing green-card holders

These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Watched the video of Khalil being arrested. When you have plain-clothes officers putting a guy in an unmarked car and refusing to give their names or even their agency, you’re in the early stages of establishing a secret police

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Midwestern governor with a one-seat legislative majority: The coward RethugliKKKans may dash themselves on our rocks if they wish, the tide and the seabirds will leave no trace of their remains New York/California Democrat: I’d like to vote against things I oppose but that’s not realistic

There are just about 1500 @runforsomething.net alum elected to state and local office in nearly every state - all millennials & gen Z, all with credible governing experience. Every single one should think about running for Congress in 2026.

The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.

Is there something unique about the Hawaiian economy that has Schatz and Hirono in the position they’re in?

Meet Gracie Himes, age 20. Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines. On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

i have never been to pittsburgh and would really like to visit so if anyone wants to invite me up to give a talk i’ll be happy to do it

conservative education policy in a nutshell: starve the system to get middle class parents to put their kids in private schools and then teach junk and slop to everyone left behind

Very possible Schumer totally misplayed his hand here. It's what I think.

This is not great: “Several federal judges in the Washington, D.C., area received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which was interpreted by law enforcement as a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target's address is known,” according to a Reuters source.

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

For no reason in particular, thinking back to 2009 when a handful of R senators broke ranks to get ARRA across the finish line, and the furor on the right was so great that Rick Santelli’s rant on CNBC launched the Tea Party.

I guess it's pointless to even point out that "We'll get all our tax revenue from tariffs" and "Tariffs wont matter because we'll be making everything domestically" are contradictory

New Quinniac poll: If there's a shutdown... 32% blame Dems 31% blame Republicans 22% blame Trump That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

this is the kind of courageous, forward-thinking business leadership that makes them worth the big bucks

The thing you have to understand about Republicans is that they won't stop until they're stopped, they'll fight you every step of the way when you try, even entertaining the notion of stopping them is an affront, and they think any damage they cause is your fault because it's your job to stop them.

same. watched my stock hit record after record while the c-suite screamed about raising employee productivity and belt-tightening amidst hard times.

What he's saying is that he can order Schumer to be deported and have his citizenship stripped.

ICE Acting Director Tom Homan comments on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, saying "free speech has limitations"

the absolute worst thing in the world on a personal level, a corporate level, or a state level is just to be an unreliable partner, and that's the united states now. just not a guy, organization, or nation i can trust. you're done. we did this to ourselves for no reason lol

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

What do we gotta do to get her to primary Markey?

Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife. Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped. We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

Whether it's Donald Trump turning the White House into a Tesla showroom in flagrant violation of the Hatch Act or Obama HHS nominee Tom Daschle not declaring free car rides as income, both parties have played fast and loose with cars.

The president turned the south lawn of the white house into a tesla dealership and musk promised him $100 million in donations on the same day.

i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution

This story reports that, according to one pro-Israel activist, members of Colombia's board had reported Khalil to federal officials.

Under this theory, Marco Rubio can expel Canadians who say “you should stop threatening to annex Canada.”

“Tax cuts” are the only popular policy the GOP has left so now every GOP policy is a tax cut.

I think the best way to produce a renaissance in American faith is to have Trump buy a Cybertruck and get stuck in it when it bursts into flame. How would you be able to deny God then?