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Yellow Dog Democrat / LIUNA retiree "Those faithful Democrats swore that they would “vote for a yellow dog” before they’d vote for a Republican."
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Well, fucking DER *I've known two in my adult life. They're easy to spot, once you've lived with one.

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Donald Trump has told Kristi Noem to spend $200 million of public funds on ads thanking him for "securing the border," North Korea-style www.semafor.com/article/02/1... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

He nails it.

MAKE THOSE CALLS 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 (202) 22 plus 5 #’s by name Let them know your OUTRAGE! What are their plans? We didn’t elect Musk! Is there impeachment discussions in the works? Call your reps! Call your senators! 1 of 2

America The Business open.substack.com/pub/lucaskun...

If you live in CA, CT, IA, IL, KS, or ME you might have an election on Tuesday! And I made it really easy! I created a guide so you can be as informed as possible! I even included Maps so if you don’t know if you’re in that district, you can find out ariellaelm.substack.com/p/every-tues...

I think of mayor Adams and the Trump ability to control him, and think that many of the deeply flawed cabinet appointments likely have skeletons in their closets that also make them similarly pliant for our gangstery president

Let me say something about the government, as someone who has both been in the government but also done tings like tech starts in regulation-heavy areas. What many from the private sector do not understand is the government is the actor of last resort. Let me explain.

Seems bad

Back on my Bullshit the Supreme Court Enabled Beat, co-presidents Musk and Trump edition ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

They are telling us, out loud, exactly how the 2026/28 elections will not be free & fair. They will go after vote by mail (bsky.app/profile/mira...). They will go after computer voting. They will then say we can't count all the paper ballots because it's taking too long & there must be fraud. Etc.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI. The ruling bars Trump from requiring federal contractors and grant recipients to certify that they don't engage in "equity-related" programs, a term the judge found too vague to be enforced.

Even then they had to do “Nazi-era.” It’s like … ok well who is the main group associated with doing that salute in that era?

Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

Promoting an 0-9 to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is insane - Trump is going to have to promote him to four star AND waive the legal requirements to even hold the position Dan Caine had a distinguished career, but he’s never been a vice chair, combatant commander or service chief

US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

From @nealevon.bsky.social my good friend😇

Trump was thrilled to announce tonight that he has terminated America’s most senior military officer — Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump failed to provide a reason as to why he abruptly fired Brown from his position. It is, in fact, the first time that the…

🧵 I went to work in Congress with a Member who was raised in South Africa and part of the anti-apartheid movement. She taught me how to optimize the power of the opposition in the House. Like the trimtab on the rudder, members can steer the ship. Here are the six R's of minority power.

American Pundits: It was an exuberant and controversial gesture of uncertain significance… Actual Fascists: It’s a Nazi salute.

I laughed at first just from the headline. After reading the article, I have to wonder about what the U.S. uses as safety standards www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...

Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home

Are you catching this? We are deporting immigrants to Costa Rica bec they agreed to take them in order to avoid Trump tariffs. None of the deported are Costa Rican. We are shipping humans, against their will. Anyone have a problem w/ this besides me? apple.news/AnNnT1SgIT5S...

Finally, 1 Republican Senator, speaking out against trump's lies on who Putin really is! Please retweet!

“You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all,” Trump said, directing his remark to Democratic Maine Governor Janet Mills, who was part of a group of governors from both parties visiting Washington. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

Tennessee pastor, Rick Sentell, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for possessing images of prepubescent children being raped. newschannel9.com/news/local/s...

"No outcomes are ever preordained, nothing is ever over, and you can always affect what happens tomorrow by making the right choices today" - Anne Apllebaum - We're standing at a crossroads! 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 It's up to you! #BlueSkyFriends We need to be brave! 🧵1/9

Not sure our institutions are up to that task, given GOP control of Congress and SCOTUS, as well as most federal law-enforcement agencies falling under the executive branch.