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Heritage staff: "we're fine with destroying democracy, but openly being a nazi about it is cringe."

Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)

The model isn't his specific policies, which of course are going to be different for each electorate. The model is authenticity & enthusiasm - having a clear, bold message, running without wavering for poll-testing and consultants. Being unambiguously OF and FOR the people/place you're running for.

Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.

Every member of this administration is truly evil down to their core.

A "Dude St." sign above a stop sign, aligned humorously so that read together they say "Dude. Stop."

Thank you, I was wondering about that.

Y'all, I'm asking for help for a member of my community to not be on the street when they've got a job in hand, and need to stay housed so they can start and keep that job.

I've seen folks help people with a last minute save, and Briggsy needs one today.

Feeding the Lakota The Pine Ridge Reservation is a food desert, and many of the Lakota people there struggle with food insecurity. Even when people on the rez can afford food, they often struggle to find healthy, fresh ...

Please help or boost if you're able! One Spirit Lakota is raising funds for the food pantry in anticipation of EBT cards possibly not getting filled for November due to the shutdown.

Funds go to feeding residents of Pine Ridge, which already has one of the worst food deserts in the country.

USSR was established in 1917 and Mongolia became independent in 1921, so somewhere in there?

No fault to these kids, but it's journalistic malpractice to talk about Harry Potter without saying how every cent JKR makes will be spent on her crusade to erase trans people from public life.

That's a pity; hope she does feel better!

An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well

This isn’t the whole story, of course – but if it’s not at the core of your story, you’re on the wrong track.

Add “Once democracy made it possible for women to threaten patriarchal domination and for queer people to publicly affirm their identity” – and we’re already very, very close.

if there's an overarching theme of the last decade, (with obvious antecedents in 2009, 2000, 1994, and earlier) it's that one political faction believes governance to be a tool of warfare against their domestic enemies, and the other is surprised they keep getting attacked seemingly out of nowhere.

I see the words "electric bagpipe machine" and I simply must click.

Oof, the number of people in the replies here just proving the point. . .

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama? Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
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Also, what the fuck kind of poll is that?? (Push poll, I know, it's a rhetorical question.)

Just in the stations. Usually at the turnstile/mezzanine levels - I don't think I've seen them on the platforms, and haven't seen (or heard about) them riding the trains.

Not extensively, but at some stations - Dupont, Gallery Place, and Union Station I know for sure, and probably some others.

Less placebo effect and more just straight-up lying.

He's amazingly chill about it!

Trump's diatribe was rooted in not giving a shit about women or children, but one of his buddies has snake oil to sell.

She's a Christian nationalist who supports fascism (but I repeat myself). That's all we need to know about her.

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Peak American Christianity.

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Whatever the accuracy and value of “Democracy Indices”, this is truly remarkable and again shows the striking disconnect between the U.S. legacy media and U.S. political reality.

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”