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Strategist. Writer/author. Crafty thinker. Persuasive voice. Supportive shoulder. Ambitious AF. Very stable genius. Mad sarcasm skills. Gifs are my love language.

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I’m would like to see Congress dump a lot of the zombie laws on the books, too. Like Comstock.

11.08.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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11.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am totally serious about this. A key motivation for Trump's decision to do this is so he can watch it all happen on TV. He's like a coked-up chimp watching himself masturbate in front of a full-length mirror.

11.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine actually banning any attempt to adopt proven tools to prevent a mass shooting. Welcome to Texas.

β€œRepublican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders.”

11.08.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happening now: protesters in Chicago are interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel, where U.S. Customs and Border protection is recruiting today.

Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!"

It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.

07.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4081    πŸ” 1352    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 95

He is a charlatan and a despicable person.

11.08.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobody Cares That White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before Trump would win re-election: β€œCompetent white men must be in charge if you wa...

"Equally damning is that the Times, the Post, the Wall Street Journal.. haven’t chosen to make one singular story the dominant framing device of the past 6 months: The Trump administration is teeming with despicable gutter racists and President Trump and his cabinet are having them call the shots.."

11.08.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 958    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

Threats of the militarization of citiesβ€”, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a β€œdistraction”.

It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon

For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.

I need people to wake up.

11.08.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 918    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 14
ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants
The short-lived effort underscored the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump's aggressive deportation targets.

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Photo: Members of ICE arresting a man from Mexico in Miami Beach, Fla., in May. Todd Heisler/The New York Times

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants The short-lived effort underscored the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump's aggressive deportation targets. POLICE Photo: Members of ICE arresting a man from Mexico in Miami Beach, Fla., in May. Todd Heisler/The New York Times

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"PLEASE DISREGARD," Liana J.
Castano, an official in ICE's field operations division, said in a follow-up email to agency offices around the country.

Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman, said the program had not been authorized by agency leaders, adding that "no such policy is in effect or has ever been in effect." The email canceling the program was sent shortly after The New York Times inquired about its existence.

Black background with white text "PLEASE DISREGARD," Liana J. Castano, an official in ICE's field operations division, said in a follow-up email to agency offices around the country. Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman, said the program had not been authorized by agency leaders, adding that "no such policy is in effect or has ever been in effect." The email canceling the program was sent shortly after The New York Times inquired about its existence.

What do you meanβ€”the guy who didn’t pay his contractors, was convicted of 34 felonies for falsifying business records, and is grifting Americans about how great the economy is (it’s not)β€”canceled the $50K ICE sign-on bonuses and ended the $200-per-detainee incentive?

11.08.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 8
On Friday, Democracy Forward Foundation sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make it respond to its request for the release of the Epstein files, as well as all communications the administration has exchanged over the files and President Donald Trump’s inclusion in them, as required under the Freedom of Information Act. The Democracy Forward Foundation filed Freedom of Information Act requests on July 28, asking for expedited processing in light of public interest in the files, but the DOJ and the FBI have not responded.

The case has been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who presided over Trump’s criminal trial for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Drawing Chutkan for an Epstein case means decisions will not be weighted in Trump’s favor.

On Friday, Democracy Forward Foundation sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make it respond to its request for the release of the Epstein files, as well as all communications the administration has exchanged over the files and President Donald Trump’s inclusion in them, as required under the Freedom of Information Act. The Democracy Forward Foundation filed Freedom of Information Act requests on July 28, asking for expedited processing in light of public interest in the files, but the DOJ and the FBI have not responded. The case has been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who presided over Trump’s criminal trial for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Drawing Chutkan for an Epstein case means decisions will not be weighted in Trump’s favor.

Judge Chutkan to hear a case on releasing the Epstein files, per Heather Cox Richardson.

This should be fun. 😏

11.08.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:

*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)

Do you feel safer?

11.08.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10888    πŸ” 3236    πŸ’¬ 418    πŸ“Œ 159

Fuck all of these dudes.

11.08.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just 10 members of Congress have even dared to call Israel's mass murder in Gaza a genocide. Meanwhile, they're straight up murdering journalists. The gulf between what's happening and what most of our leaders will acknowledge is so remarkably vast.

11.08.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2812    πŸ” 673    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 20
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Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, β€œThey’re stealing our jobs”?

You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

10.08.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14548    πŸ” 5663    πŸ’¬ 848    πŸ“Œ 418

The state level counting errors he is referencing primarily occurred in Red states and undercounted Democratic-leaning demographics. Not sure this is a Pandora’s box he wants to open.

10.08.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 7

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10.08.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Florida highway patrol.

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10.08.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. Yes.

I would also say that many law enforcement agencies operate right out in the open as though they are unaccountable.

The LAPD and the NYPD come to mind.

10.08.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the department of justice, for starters, knows. the FBI knows. if they had damning evidence on any democratic public figure or any dem-aligned billionaire, it'd already have been released in the most salacious way possible. this shit isn't unknowable, vance and trump just want you think it is.

10.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 455    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4

Please expand on this and detail what Mamdani is β€œlying his ass off” about.

10.08.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vaccines for older adults: Here's what doctors recommend to people 50 and over Bay Area doctors detail which vaccines adults 50 and older should get now β€”Β pneumococcal, RSV, flu, shingles, COVID β€” and why they protect health and independence.

Bay Area doctors detail which vaccines adults 50 and older should get now β€”Β pneumococcal, RSV, flu, shingles, COVID β€” and why they protect health and independence.

10.08.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I also have to put Constantine into the conversation.

10.08.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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10.08.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta get A Walk in the Clouds into the discussion

10.08.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
mamdani: we should improve society somewhat
cuomo: yet i am a hypocrite sex pest! curious!

mamdani: we should improve society somewhat cuomo: yet i am a hypocrite sex pest! curious!

cuomo's campaign strategy, from what i can tell

09.08.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4417    πŸ” 836    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 8

Trump has no authority to cede Ukraine territory to Russia.

09.08.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the umbrellas look like dicks.

So. Fucking. Tacky.

Just like Orange Mussolini.

09.08.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats shouldn't hesitate to "politicize this tragedy" because it is a politicized tragedy. Republican propaganda fueled yet another mass shooter, and at the very center of the lies are Trump's own appointees, including his malicious and amoral Health Secretary.

09.08.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1359    πŸ” 456    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 9

There is no crime being committed, much less a federal crime. The FBI has zero role here.

09.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder, again, that, yes, while the DOGE-ing was juvenile & clueless, it is vitally important to remain focused on the fact that these people need to be arrested, prosecuted, & sent to jail for a very long time for illegally & unconstitutionally dismantling the federal government.

09.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3102    πŸ” 1004    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 13

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