Thomas the Doubter

What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections Read more here.

History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Well said. I had the same reaction when I heard about the Democratic sweep. I thought Trump will not go down with a fight. I expect it’s gonna get very ugly in the near future.

There is massive incentive to play down the problem and no incentive to tell the truth How bad could it become in the United States?

Read this.

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I knew this was coming. Just like the last time around. So now tax payers’ money will bail out the idiot who created the problem. Typical Trump.

If I didn’t already live here, I certainly wouldn’t wanna come visit.

Granted, and point taken. However, as much as I Witt weren’t so, I think Musk is right. Violence is inevitable.

I think Susan Collins is toast.

The playbook of demagogues like Trump is to protect the Oligarchs by dividing us up based on race, religion, place of birth or sexual orientation.

They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.

Don’t fall for it.

Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺

Only if they care about a just world.

I don’t think this current generation of students is willing to suffer the consequences of protesting in the same ways that the generation protesting the Vietnam war was.

I think a lot about how much a student protest movement nationwide could have done to save some of these colleges and universities, or at least to slow their capitulation, if administrators hadn't already put in overtime to expel the politically active kids and get them arrested.

First class POS. At this point his views are completely irrelevant. Good night Joe…

Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."

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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

3 Scenarios That Explain the Epstein Debacle All reflect poorly on the Department of Justice.

The Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case appears to constitute the rare controversy in which there are no innocuous explanations for what has unfolded. The possibilities range from bad to worse for everyone involved.

Let’s take them one by one.

Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.

“They have betrayed the society that enriched them, and have put us at serious risk of authoritarianism, ethnic cleansing, lawlessness, and stagnation. They have betrayed the values that made that society great, values which they apparently only ever held superficially”

Like Obama stood up to the Republicans during his term? He rolled over. Now he’s calling for a tough stand? Bullshit. I call bullshit.

Thank you, Sis!!

We ALL NEED TO post this every day. Multiple times a day. Hit your repost button!

Sure, just like the Tax dodging president was ever gonna release his income tax returns.

McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet." 

If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?

That is assuming there will be another election. I’m not so sure about that.

Josh Hawley never cared…

The Real Democratic Civil War It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.

The differences between the “Abundance” and corporate power crowds are real enough. But this debate obscures the larger divide in Democratic politics: how to reconnect with an angry working class. From Harold Meyerson:

Idiot, what did you think was going to happen when you cast your vote for Trump? I almost feel sorry for someone this ignorant. Almost.

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."

That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

Perfectly put!

The gutless won't share

“They were really counting on the American people having a kind of bloodlust — about immigrants .. in particular. And the American people don’t have that bloodlust. In fact, what they have is empathy. .. And a willingness to stand up ..”

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Good God! Just when I think I can’t be more astonished or outraged by Trump, he does something like this. Your characterization of our time is spot on. I like the humor, but it’s sort of tragic comic.