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A lot of white people didn’t vote for Trump despite his racism — they voted for Trump because of his racism. Trump’s only real talent is the ability to identify and exploit human weakness, and he’s using that skill to destroy our country.

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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So many great lines/observations. (Not least the reminder that the very serious bizguys didn't think Harris was serious.)

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Article: “Under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints,” McFadden wrote. “The Constitution requires no less.”

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Don’t worry folks, MAGA says they’re SURE that the nepo baby who bankrupted casinos, committed egregious business fraud, added $8 trillion to our debt and left office as the worst jobs president since Herbert f’ng Hoover is going to “usher in a golden age” by crashing our economy. Fucking idiots.

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I’m so tired of Kristi Noem’s whole cosplaying schtick. It’s so cringe. 😬

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Firing a DOJ lawyer for admitting a government error when the lawyer’s duty to the court requires exactly that admission is about as wrong as anything can be. Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable. Yet here we are! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

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This! 100%

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Sing it with me, kids: Everything. Trump. Touches. Dies. #ETTD never, ever fails in the end. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

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he did this just after going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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I just figured out why Lutnick is indifferent to the stock market and the economy crashing.He and Cantor are long bonds.He profits when our economy implodes. It’s a bad idea to pick a Secretary of Commerce whose firm is levered long fixed income. It’s an irreconcilable… (@BillAckman) April 7, 2025

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It’s not just that he’s wrecking the economy. It’s that he’s a terrible human being who feels contempt for our men and women in uniform. Our latest:

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The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge to New York's recently enacted gun restrictions. The court's decision not to intervene means most provisions of the law — including a ban on carrying concealed firearms in "sensitive places" — remain in effect.

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Just think almost 250 years later we are again dealing with a demented “king” unfairly taxing us and demanding fealty to him OR ELSE. Time to grab our ammo and sink the “tea in the harbor”.

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If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.

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They’re so authentically concerned about the debt and waste that he’s… raising the military budget to $1 Trillion 🤷🏼‍♂️🫤🤑

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Trump does care about the pain, chaos, and turmoil he’s causing—in the following sense: He loves it. It makes him feel powerful.

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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

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This seems like a bad idea

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Naval Academy’s full list of nearly 400 books on race, gender pulled from library

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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

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