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I frequently tell the story of Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina. He coined the term "freedom fries." But he came to regret his vote for Iraq and sent letters to the families of every dead servicemember. Harry Reid later said he had only one reget: his vote for the Iraq War.

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

Catching up on Dynamite and between Hanger and Brody, unconditional support for our LGBTQIA+ wrestlers, staff, crew, and fans during Pride Month and every month, and celebrating Juneteenth, I've never been more confident I picked the right team to play for and I'm glad that they will have me.

submitted 10 days ago • 82 comments

Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids. He does, however, name LA, Chicago and New York.

submitted 14 days ago • 119 comments

I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.

submitted 14 days ago • 435 comments

this is obviously something to take seriously but i am also struck by how the white house’s only move is to double down, no matter how unpopular or politically disastrous it might be

submitted 14 days ago • 461 comments

Great seeing friends at our local #NoKings rally in Norristown, PA, including my friend State Rep. Tim Briggs.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

submitted 17 days ago • 1695 comments

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

submitted 18 days ago • 59 comments

Dude next to me on this flight is so anxious & fidgety and I almost wanted to hug him but once in the air he turned on Fox & has been watching it the whole flight and now I get why he’s so anxious. The Chyron for the last 90 minutes I’d like “LA braces for riots that will destroy civilization”.

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

So bye bye UnAmerican Guy Drove my Tesla to the levy by the levy was dry Them MAGA boys were drinking raw milk on a ketamine high And Joni said we're all gonna die.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Once a TV huckster, always a TV huckster. These aren't "audiences." They're people. The reason these folks didn't go on the exchanges in the first place is because they don't make enough money. Oh, and they're cutting the ACA subsidies too so even more people will lose insurance.

submitted 25 days ago • 74 comments

I hope Gavin Newsom does run for President just so I can vote against him in the primary.

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HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

submitted 26 days ago • 1567 comments

Hegseth apparently also wants to rename vessels named for Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman and a slew of other civil rights leaders. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ne...

submitted 26 days ago • 122 comments

They're literally doing the meme

submitted 26 days ago • 142 comments

"DOD official" confirmed that they deliberately chose to do this during Pride Month

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Once again, Trump’s tariffs are taxes on American consumers

submitted 28 days ago • 14 comments

some people have been saying!

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

Sometimes, I wonder if I am good enough or smart enough to take on major responsibilities in life and in public office. Then I remember that someone like Joni Ernst is a freaking US Senator.

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submitted 30 days ago • 12 comments

Would be good if reporters ask the administration why they let a man they knew was constantly using psychoactive drugs to take a hatchet to the federal government and cause uncountable death and immiseration

submitted 31 days ago • 182 comments

Interesting piece on the Nazi junkie, strung out on a huge array of drugs seemingly at all times, who effectively destroyed huge sectors of the US government and caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people so far. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

submitted 31 days ago • 96 comments

Oh, look, I wrote this two months ago.

submitted 31 days ago • 67 comments

THREAD 🧵 Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/

submitted 32 days ago • 91 comments

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

submitted 32 days ago • 124 comments

Also changes in homeownership are not so much reflective of housing costs as they are of changed to HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION. It’s way harder to own a home if you’re single later in life

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work 🧵

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submitted 34 days ago • 855 comments

I think if we have a uniform 90 point swing across the country in 2026, Dems will win the Senate. Just a hunch.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

And if you want $3B for trade schools, why not put it in your Big Beautiful Bill (or in the once and future PB26)??

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on

submitted 35 days ago • 777 comments

I cannot emphasize this enough; people were live-tweeting imaginary gun battles between North Carolina sheriffs and FEMA stormtroopers, and the richest man in the world was one of them. People can now live in their own imaginary worlds if they want to, and they're choosing to, at scale.

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

Anne is smart and you should follow her.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

this is how the continental congress described King George

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost

submitted 35 days ago • 256 comments

Congrats, everyone.

submitted 36 days ago • 70 comments

“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far. In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...

submitted 36 days ago • 114 comments

Work requirements punish people who work more than they incentivize work. 42% of low income workers with school age kids are in service sector jobs, yet “volatility in employment and hours is endemic in the low-wage labor market and not the choice of these workers.“

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Went and I checked this, and Edwin's correct: On the left is text from the reconciliation bill "PROHIBITING FEDERAL MEDICAID AND CHIP FUNDING FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS" On the right is from the Manager's amendment that strikes the word "FOR MINORS."

submitted 39 days ago • 23 comments

This is madness. Doubting the efficacy of the vaccines was misguided, but thinking the vaccines (which are a scientific miracle) caused more deaths than the virus is truly deranged. 🧠🪱

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

These are stupid questions, of course. But they've been the same stupid questions for years on end, now. Maybe look up the answer at some point? No? No. Probably not. Because it's not the answer that matters to them. It's taunting with the "questions."

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

And by "seriously," he means adding his wife and personal lawyers to group chats in which he shared secret war plans.

submitted 41 days ago • 51 comments