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I think going to war with Iran is a terrible idea, but no one believes this “two weeks” bit. He’s used it a million times before to pretend he might be doing something he’s not. It just makes America look weak and silly.

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If there's one legacy of the War in Iraq that Democrats should have internalized, it's the fact that those who lined up behind the war drums all came to regret that decision while those who wisely refused to go along were soon vindicated. One of the latter rode that decision to the White House!

submitted 20 hours ago • 77 comments

Today I transplanted a small batch of yukihikari rice, mounded some potatoes in bags, planted some popcorn, and picked 8oz or so of honeyberries. Thank goodness supply chains haven't failed yet, because we eat way more than we grow.

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I wrote for a magazine called Risk Management and went to risk management conferences and this is 100% true. The people who file and pay out insurance claims know climate change is real.

submitted 22 hours ago • 11 comments

Twenty years ago the Republican party stood for huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east, but then Donald Trump totally remade the party and realigned American poltiics, and now the Republica party stands for...huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east.

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THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I

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We keep hearing credulous pundits say MAGA is "antiwar." So how many MAGA Republicans will support the new resolution requiring Trump to get congressional authorization for war with Iran? This resolution is important. People should pay attention to it. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/1969...

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Enshittification. And we as consumers adopted ad-funded platforms with corrosive ad-based incentives like a lobster going into a trap. I may be a Bluesky addict, but Facebook is still the only platform where I might actually interact with actual friends and acquaintances.

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This is delicious, but scares me. Is Tucker maneuvering for position in a post-Trump world?

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The Trump Doctrine is betrayal of our allies at every turn in a variety of different ways. Except Israel. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-detains-...

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Never erase those old social media posts. They can be recycled.

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UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days. /more

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This is exactly why I press Democrats to push back. The media might do this kind of fact-checking on its own, but when a prominent Democrat makes the case for them, it's much more likely they'll run a piece like this. Well done, @amyklobuchar.com and @sltrib.com

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"Again and again, I arrived at the same conclusion without fail: no, my eyes did not deceive me and my standards are not too high and I’m not being unfair. That was, hands down, the worst military parade I’ve ever seen." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

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🚨NEWS: Senators bankrolled by crypto donors put a line in the crypto bill that says in bank collapses, holders of bank cryptocurrency get “priority” over regular depositors, meaning savings/checking accounts could be raided to bail out crypto investors. www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...

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love how it says the majority would rather have someone other than cuomo, describes how ranked choice fixes this, and then implies it's somehow less democratic

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Sen. Mike Lee surely knows by now that the Minnesota assassin is a Trump supporter and religious Christian. It's not like Lee falsely blamed the shootings on "Marxists" based on evidence or logic. He, and fascists more generally, are anti-truth, pushing blatant lies if it helps fight their enemies.

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

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

submitted 4 days ago • 259 comments

I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.

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here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...

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This post embeds SOME of the best exchanges in Whiskey Pete's horrible congressional appearances this week: Pete Aguilar Jack Reed Seth Moulton Mikie Sherrill Eugene Vindman Salud Carbajal Sara Jacobs www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/15/t...

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The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

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Video of “no kings” day June 14, 2025 in a Maine Route 1 town, Wiscasset ME. #mepolitics

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It's always interesting to compare the numbers to the Tea Party protests and the respective coverage of them.

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I was just reminded it was "Father's Day" which is my cue to remind everyone that "Father's Day" is a fake holiday designed to obscure the fact that Mother's Day was created for mothers to protest war, not solicit flowers.

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While you're drinking your Sunday coffee, enjoy this long thread from Doug Landry on the advance planning failures of Trump's birthday party. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19340...

submitted 4 days ago • 79 comments

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

submitted 4 days ago • 2081 comments

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

submitted 4 days ago • 383 comments

I promise y’all: marching in step is quite easy. Nothing difficult about it. That bad marching was intentional. I guarantee it.

submitted 4 days ago • 512 comments

Upon reflection, I’m glad I live in a nation where the military isn’t great at marching for rulers. Let’s try to keep it that way

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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the strolling of the dudes They ambled up the street today before the crowds so few There wasnt much to see maybe an abram tank or two This parade is kinda mid Glory glory what a bullshit way to serve

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

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It's very difficult to accurately count crowds but I'm going to go with zero Bob

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OMG, there's no one there. You see more tourists milling about on an average Saturday than at the parade. What a collosal waste just to fill the empty void in a pathetic man.

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

Get in losers. We're building a popular front.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Proud of Minnesotans

submitted 5 days ago • 130 comments

I had to work, but my folks went to the Wiscasset event on their way to babysit our eldest, and they said the entire bridge was filled, and all the way up the hill past Treats! Very heartening to hear. #nokings

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Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves

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Replacing incandescent lights with LEDs. I somehow missed this cottage in prior years. We have always provided regular bulbs and 3-way bulbs, and clearly many guests don't know the difference. (I never did before my job included lamp repair.)

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1st sat of '25 w/ 10 turnovers. I worked as a cleaner the yr we took over. Now I clean fireplaces, haul laundry, and repair. The tips aren't ours (we will take unwanted food...) but I see the tips and the cottages. Here's the rule: generous tips are from tidy people. Messy people often leave no tip.

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

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