No, Democrats, Surrender is Not Winning A podcast and a gathering of rants

In the end, the Democrats essentially got nothing, and Trump notches another victory over opponents who convinced themselves that resistance is futile.

By folding, Democrats rewarded Trump’s hostage-taking and emboldened his bullying.

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FOX: So you would ask Speaker Johnson to recall the House?

GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

The same people who lost their minds over Obama putting his feet on the Oval Office desk are totally fine with Trump bulldozing the White House.

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

Nothing says “America First” like selling out U.S. beef and soybean farmers to buy Argentine beef instead. #ArgentinaFirst

The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.

Sadly, I think Trump will pardon everybody who works for him on his way out

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day 🫶

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.

How to negotiate with Putin: First, make sure he knows he can't win
From @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

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Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.

The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.

And they get another vacation

More and more international researchers I talk to are choosing not to visit the US in the current political climate. Over time, I think this will complicate information exchange between US and international researchers, slowing the process of scientific discovery.

So Tennesseans cannot afford to pay for their own police and they need the federal government to bail them out?

We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?

In the DC area, ABC did
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

Weird right? He used to support the first amendment

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.