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Mike Lee was born with every conceivable advantage in life. His father was US Solicitor Gen & dean of BYU Law, where Mike went to school. Older brother UT Sup Ct justice. Then he got jobs where family connections certainly help open doors. But he decided he wanted to be Catturd.

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Trump declares war on cities “We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”

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Infants can literally just stop breathing and die with no warning from “whooping cough” (pertussis) infection. They do not necessarily even get the infamous cough that older children and adults get (and can be severe enough to break ribs). Do not let unvaccinated people around your newborns (or you)

submitted 12 hours ago • 74 comments

Today is the anniversary of Jo Cox's murder by a white supremacist eight years ago on her way to a surgery in Birstall in her constituency whose ethnic diversity she praised in her maiden speech to the Commons. She was a supporter of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.

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Conservative administrations exist to put public property into private hands. It's their overwhelming motivation: that people should own nothing, and everything is rent-seeking.

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They have no concept of a public good, and that's not great given that we live in a fucking society.

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For some background on Boelter, here's Jeff Sharlet's post which includes details on his alma mater, the Christ For The Nations Institute, a school for charismatic evangelical teaching. open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Gov. Walz speaking with confidence & compassion at the press conference to announce the capture of political terrorist #Boelter juxtaposed against the latest rhetoric from our venomous, foul-mouthed POTUS.... we chose so poorly & it's such a loss for us as a country.

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We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

submitted 8 hours ago • 715 comments

JD Vance, Podcaster Joke That “Gay” Frederick Douglass Fought to End Slavery to “Meet Men” The vice president laughed as abolition was reduced to a dating motive—just days before Juneteenth meidasnews.com/news/jd-vanc...

submitted 3 days ago • 165 comments

oh my god, JD Vance got up and every time he waited for applause it was like six people clapping and THEN HE SAID TODAY IS HIS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY and barely anyone clapped

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We got him. Providing an update on the manhunt momentarily. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT-...

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I know a lot of folks like this account. But this is a wild, and unhelpful, exaggeration--it's a resistance version of sean spicer. It veers into #resistanceporn and trades accuracy for clout, like other "blue maga" grifters on here. Pls consider finding other sources of inspiration/news/motivation

submitted 15 hours ago • 143 comments

this woman single-handedly has more courage than the entirety of the gop

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Police officers file civil lawsuit seeking court order to hang Jan. 6 plaque at U.S. Capitol “There seems to be no indication that congressional leadership is going to install this without judicial intervention” www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...

submitted 11 hours ago • 34 comments

Just your average commander-in-chief pop-up shop.

submitted 13 hours ago • 898 comments

This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

submitted 12 hours ago • 3484 comments

scholar of partisan violence/Latin American Dirty Wars here: there is nothing to distinguish this from how people were taken in Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, etc, except that it's all on camera

submitted 19 hours ago • 19 comments

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submitted 9 hours ago • 156 comments

A nightmare. 🙏🏾

submitted 9 hours ago • 34 comments

Just received this encouraging update from Senator Hoffman's wife, Yvette, on their recovery in the hospital. Grateful for their progress and will continue to keep them in our prayers.

submitted 11 hours ago • 331 comments

The Georgia Supreme Court struck down four voter suppression policies from the State Elections Board, ruling that the Board exceeded its authority when it passed the rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 9 hours ago • 16 comments

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

submitted 12 hours ago • 300 comments

If passed, the SAVE Act would limit access to our democracy for millions of eligible voters. The House has already passed it, but the Senate can still stop it in its tracks. Tell your Senator to REJECT this bill in defense of our voting rights.

submitted 10 hours ago • 50 comments

Assasinations of state senators is NOT common. Maybe if our intelligence agencies and military were doing their jobs, tracking threats online for example, this may have been avoided. Instead, they’re tracking Jose’s bodega and Jesus’s fruit stand #FAIL www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 14 hours ago • 159 comments

Trump has not called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman. www.startribune.com/trump-attack...

submitted 9 hours ago • 235 comments

To all communities currently being targeted as locations for data centers, the companies aiming to put those in deserve no benefit of the doubt. I'm really glad @timsteller.bsky.social is on top of this one. tucson.com/news/local/s...

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

At the end he says his parents, who came here as undocumented immigrants from Mexico, taught him what President Kennedy said: “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” This is literally the vision of public service that the Trump administration disparages.

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

A senator celebrating the murder of political opponents should be expelled. Not debated. Not excused. Expelled.

submitted 9 hours ago • 470 comments

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A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.

submitted 1 day ago • 161 comments

The NRA grows oddly silent during times of tyranny.

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"A troubling question is gnawing at this city, a question that cuts to the core of its legendary tolerance and openness: Are San Francisco’s police out of control?" - Mark Stein for LA Times, April 1985, in "Department Rocked by Scandals : Question Gnaws at S.F.--Are Police Out of Control?"

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Jamie Raskin bringing the heat ❤️‍🔥

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SEVIERVILLE TENNESSEE is in one of the reddest parts of the USA. We’re building a network here to support each other. Each one speaking out emboldens others to do the same. So proud of each and every person who attended 1 of the almost 30 #NoKings events in TN!!!

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The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it. Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants. Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.

submitted 19 hours ago • 37 comments

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

submitted 1 day ago • 521 comments

Another straightforward violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. In a democratic society which valued accountability and the rule of law, this would produce impeachment of the executive branch officials and discharge of the military chain of command.

submitted 14 hours ago • 10 comments

If anyone wants to politely tell Mike Lee’s staff the real political identity of this shooter, his DC office number is 202-224-5444.

submitted 14 hours ago • 22 comments

This video shared on reddit shows the tail-end of PF getting run out of Springfield, MO today by community members. Note the dork who is so scared he even falls trying to get into the truck. This is the energy everyone needs to meet nazis marching in their cities with.

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This is the military carrying out law enforcement, I'm sorry, there's no other way to interpret it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 138 comments

“Aid trap” does not sound like something the good guys do.

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Question: When are we going to call the white man who clearly plotted and schemed an act of violence, and shot two Minnesota law makers and their spouses out of political hatred a terrorist?

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@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

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It is firmly in the “somebody’s making an active decision to downplay this” territory.

submitted 15 hours ago • 247 comments

Given the fact that Republicans are actively pushing the insane lie that the deaths are on Democrats’ hands it really is important that political leaders and the press make this case clearly.

submitted 14 hours ago • 39 comments

RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/r...

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