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How are we doing, folks?

In another world, there would be accountability for failure to lead and govern the people with integrity. My post on Hegseth, Schumer, and their different forms of the same vein of failing us: #uspolitics #polsky #politicssky #opinion open.substack.com/pub/pawpawli...

So much winning!

check this shit out motherfucker (i impose tariffs on every country in the world and tank the economy, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do)

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

Masterful gambit, sir

“Have you said thank you once?”

Cannot be understated how much democracy needed Susan Crawford to win.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 4 years in prison. She has been barred from running for public office for 5 years. Bravo, France for doing what the U.S. could not! 🇫🇷

Elon Musk Amazed At How Much Cheaper Bribing Voters Is In Midwest

The amount of times we have to hear this dope complain about his government-supported car brand over the well-being of Americans is getting pretty fucking unbearable.

If social media existed in the 20th century, this is what the Nazis would be posting.

We need to wake up and realize that each cabinet member was hand-picked by Russia and that this is all outside of Trump’s ability to control.

For those of you asking why Pete Hegseth has a Russian email address: It's so he can log into Signal.

Chris Murphy: "There has to be criminal investigations as well here. If the criminal code doesn't apply to powerful people, if it only applies to people without power, then we don't have rule of law in this country."

People are listening and will keep fighting to protect our social safety nets.

A good litmus test for whether someone is full of bullshit is whether they use the phrase “that’s all I have to say about that” in their defense.

imagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal

It's always fascinating how powerful linguistics can be in politics and how wielding R's seem to utilize creating buzz-words to distract and mislead. But when there's a scandal that an R has to answer for, they can never word-salad their way out of it and crumble like a house of cards.

Come the fuck on

Shocker that the helm of our national intelligence was *literally* red-flagged for her travel to countries of foreign adversaries. And now our intelligence security is in the shitter.

If I send you this it means I think I can be held unaccountable for my actions

In another world, there would be accountability for failure to lead and govern the people with integrity. My post on Hegseth, Schumer, and their different forms of the same vein of failing us: #uspolitics #polsky #politicssky #opinion open.substack.com/pub/pawpawli...

Hegseth right now

I wonder why he didn’t post this on Bluesky 🤔 Absolutely soft and out of touch, @fetterman.senate.gov.

When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money. And yes that’s an #econsky official term

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn: