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Fighter for human rights. Retired Union rep Nature lover & adaptable adventurer Illinois Dem 🇺🇸
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THIS. (Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social)

If you read about Trump as a leader of another country who just sided with Putin, openly talks about taking other nations, who attempted a coup, pardoned Jan 6 terrorists and was convicted of crimes for cheating in 2016 election, you’d call that person a threat to the world. And you’d be correct.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Who could have imagined that dismantling and defunding Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would cause inflation to rise?

The wonderful Mike Luckovich

calling it: this nike spot is the best one of the day

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

We have a reality tv game show host for a “president” and reality tv star for a “transportation secretary” and a morning tv “news” anchor for a “defense secretary”. So things are going about as well as expected.

Excellent post

Truer words have never been spoken!

The Hegseth confirmation (he’s already been sworn in) is now on Ernst as the Kavanaugh confirmation was on Collins.They mugged her, and she knuckled under. But there’s no such thing as deconfirmation. And the chilling fact is her calculations were rational. They made her an offer she couldn’t refuse

Reup: Peterr's reflection on Bishop Budde & prayer service: This is a service for the nation. Not for "the citizens of" the nation. Not for "the taxpayers of" the nation. Not for "the leaders of" the nation. This was a service for the nation-the *whole* nation. www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/h...

Eggs = expensive Elon Musk = making Nazi salutes Inauguration front row = billionaires Prescriptions = 4200% more expensive Jan 6 violent insurrectionists = pardoned Ukraine = still fighting off Russian invasion Trump only cares about fascists, thugs, billionaires, and himself