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Democrat, political junkie, bookish. Proud #Resister. Current Chair of the Wilmington Democratic City Committee. Views expressed here are my own.

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They found him. He died.

Another murder by our immigration goon squads

25.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11132    πŸ” 5081    πŸ’¬ 362    πŸ“Œ 282

I hope everyone realizes Trump is raising money to attack Democrats in the 2026 elections though a bribe-pardon mill.

19.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2
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Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop" Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.

Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."

The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...

15.01.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14394    πŸ” 3844    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 467
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence πŸ”₯

01.12.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 27602    πŸ” 10757    πŸ’¬ 546    πŸ“Œ 922
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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring

14.01.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 28407    πŸ” 8008    πŸ’¬ 591    πŸ“Œ 270
Trump’s Threat to Indict Jerome Powell Is a β€˜Dark and Dangerous’ Moment, Says Justin Wolfers
What does it signal when a president threatens criminal charges against an independent central banker? Economist Justin Wolfers explains why the Trump administration’s investigation into Fed Chair… Trump’s Threat to Indict Jerome Powell Is a β€˜Dark and Dangerous’ Moment, Says Justin Wolfers

"It's a thing that tin pot dictators do right before starting a hyperinflation and destroying their own economies." youtu.be/XGYHbCJVQCg

12.01.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1385    πŸ” 645    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 41
The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back. They were not defending a universal right to freedom of speech; they were defending a right to monologue. They could say what they want, and you could shut up and like it. The cynicism of the effort can be known by its fruits: an administration that issues executive orders β€œprotecting” free speech while engaging in the most sweeping campaign of state censorship since the Red Scare.

The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back. They were not defending a universal right to freedom of speech; they were defending a right to monologue. They could say what they want, and you could shut up and like it. The cynicism of the effort can be known by its fruits: an administration that issues executive orders β€œprotecting” free speech while engaging in the most sweeping campaign of state censorship since the Red Scare.

The β€œfree speech” and β€œcancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

23.12.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4937    πŸ” 1609    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 79

Top interview. Staggeringly cutting. Nobody comes out well.

16.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering The Best of Rob Reiner (w/ Sonny Bunch, Bill Kristol, David Weigel & Richard Rushfield) YouTube video by The Bulwark

We're sitting Shiva tonight for Rob Reiner at 9PM. Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social , @sonnybunch.bsky.social , @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @daveweigel.bsky.social to talk his movies and more.

Watch on:

YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...

Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

15.12.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 907    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 4
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If He Builds It, Tear It Down Pendulums must swing.

It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...

13.12.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2028    πŸ” 484    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 97
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Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.

Breaking News: An ex-DEA agent has been charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds for a Mexican drug cartel.

05.12.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 37

What's awful about this is when this guy leaves service, he will be welcome at many news networks as some "expert" commentator with no regard that he has told us all in advance that he is a paid liar.

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He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.

"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com

28.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 879    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.

And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

28.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12825    πŸ” 5110    πŸ’¬ 332    πŸ“Œ 364

I read this and said thank you Jedi out loud and I’m not even religious. I guess he’s gonna expect to see me in church on Sunday. But if he really knows me, he can come find me lol

27.11.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Genius.

24.11.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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23.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3597    πŸ” 1275    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 52

Underappreciated lesson from 2016: most fake news was run for profit (not ideology) & right-wing fake news thrived because it sold better than left-wing fake news. X takes that to next level with a social media platform designed for right-wing users, intentionally incentivizing right-wing fake news.

23.11.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 501    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5
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Foreclosures are now up 20% from last year as Americans struggle to pay mortgages and rising costs.

Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages.

A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching.

Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What do yo notice?

14.11.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 10
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Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.

16.11.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5470    πŸ” 2269    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 127
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Dave Portnoy Says He Turned on Dems Because They Branded 'White Dudes' Society's 'Bad Guy' Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy said he flipped to supporting Republicans because Democrats branded "white dudes" as the "bad guy" in America during the Biden Administration

Dems didn't brand "white dudes" as the "bad guy" as Portnoy suggests. We branded people who support a toxic, hate-filled convicted felon who abuses women and lies constantly about everything as the bad guys, and they just happen to be disproportionately white men.

www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...

16.11.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1687    πŸ” 415    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 72

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

16.11.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5940    πŸ” 2951    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 53
no mentions of trans people in DNC or stump speech

no mentions of trans people in DNC or stump speech

no mention of black people in stump or DNC speech

no mention of black people in stump or DNC speech

Pundits: Kamala Harris shouldn't have prioritized identity issues!

Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:

16.11.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1239    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
Last year, Joe and I brought together Democrats and conservative Republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades.
The Border Patrol endorsed it.
But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign. So he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal.
Well, I refuse to play politics with our security. Here is my pledge to you: As President, I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed. And I will sign it into law.
I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants- And reform our broken immigration system. We can create an earned pathway to citizenship- And secure our border. America, we must also be steadfast in advancing our security and our values abroad.

Last year, Joe and I brought together Democrats and conservative Republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades. The Border Patrol endorsed it. But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign. So he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal. Well, I refuse to play politics with our security. Here is my pledge to you: As President, I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed. And I will sign it into law. I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants- And reform our broken immigration system. We can create an earned pathway to citizenship- And secure our border. America, we must also be steadfast in advancing our security and our values abroad.

Harris: So, in this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week (applause) any day of the week, including, for example, on the issue of immigration.
So, I was the attorney general of a border state. In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers. I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.

Harris: So, in this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week (applause) any day of the week, including, for example, on the issue of immigration. So, I was the attorney general of a border state. In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers. I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.

So, I was the attorney general of a border state. In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers. I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.
Donald Trump (applause) Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game about securing our border, but he does not walk the walk (applause) or as my friend Quavo would say, he does not walk it like he talks it. (Applause.)
Where's Quavo? (Laughs.)
So, look, our administration worked on the most significant border security bill in decades. Some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington, D.C., supported the bill. Even the Border Patrol endorsed it. It was all set to pass. But at the last minute, Trump directed his allies in the Senate to vote it down.

So, I was the attorney general of a border state. In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers. I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won. Donald Trump (applause) Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game about securing our border, but he does not walk the walk (applause) or as my friend Quavo would say, he does not walk it like he talks it. (Applause.) Where's Quavo? (Laughs.) So, look, our administration worked on the most significant border security bill in decades. Some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington, D.C., supported the bill. Even the Border Patrol endorsed it. It was all set to pass. But at the last minute, Trump directed his allies in the Senate to vote it down.

Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?

Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:

16.11.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2411    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 38
We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity to build a business (applause), to own a home, to build intergenerational wealth (applause), a future with affordable health care (applause), affordable childcare, paid leave. (Applause.)
And all of this is to say: Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. (Applause.) Because we here all know, when our middle class is strong,
America is strong. (Applause.)
And to keep our middle class strong, families need relief from the high cost of living so that they have a chance not just to get by but to get ahead. (Applause.)
And, yes, it is true that by many indicators, our economy is the strongest in the world (applause), but while inflation is down and wages are up, prices are still too high.
(Applause.) You know it, and I know it. (Applause.)

We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity to build a business (applause), to own a home, to build intergenerational wealth (applause), a future with affordable health care (applause), affordable childcare, paid leave. (Applause.) And all of this is to say: Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. (Applause.) Because we here all know, when our middle class is strong, America is strong. (Applause.) And to keep our middle class strong, families need relief from the high cost of living so that they have a chance not just to get by but to get ahead. (Applause.) And, yes, it is true that by many indicators, our economy is the strongest in the world (applause), but while inflation is down and wages are up, prices are still too high. (Applause.) You know it, and I know it. (Applause.)

That's why we will create what I call an opportunity economy. An opportunity economy where everyone has a chance to compete and a chance to succeed.
Whether you live in a rural area, small town, or big city.
As President, I will bring together: Labor and workers, Small business owners and entrepreneurs, And American companies.
To create jobs. Grow our economy. And lower the cost of everyday needs. Like health care. Housing. And groceries.
We will: Provide access to capital for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and founders. We will end America's housing shortage. And protect Social Security and Medicare.
Compare that to Donald Trump. He doesn't actually fight for the middle class.
Instead, he fights for himself and his billionaire friends. He will give them another round of tax breaks, that will add 5 trillion dollars to the national debt.

That's why we will create what I call an opportunity economy. An opportunity economy where everyone has a chance to compete and a chance to succeed. Whether you live in a rural area, small town, or big city. As President, I will bring together: Labor and workers, Small business owners and entrepreneurs, And American companies. To create jobs. Grow our economy. And lower the cost of everyday needs. Like health care. Housing. And groceries. We will: Provide access to capital for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and founders. We will end America's housing shortage. And protect Social Security and Medicare. Compare that to Donald Trump. He doesn't actually fight for the middle class. Instead, he fights for himself and his billionaire friends. He will give them another round of tax breaks, that will add 5 trillion dollars to the national debt.

Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?

Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:

16.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1342    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 18

Someone should go there and show them the clips of Trump's Great Gatsby party. I bet they'd be so happy to know he's having fun.

08.11.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2567    πŸ” 1210    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 36

If it’s any indication of where things are going, the VA-focused Republican analytics firm that works down the hall from us (who was here till 5am in 2024) has already packed and gone home.

04.11.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1139    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13

How do all of these people not know about "aunties"? Perhaps not having these kinds of familial relationships is why they are so damned cruel.

28.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Asbestos abatement doesn't happen in the open air like that. I detest that these people think that we are all this stupid to believe their BS.

26.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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