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“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period.

“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”

@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Posted by Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff.

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

Never normalize this.

“Another religious, white not-a-drag-queen”

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You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.

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Indicting Dem candidates.
#NoKings

And they may. Absolutely. Our voting system may be like Russia’s under Putin already given everything going on and we just don’t know it yet.
And frankly, the GOP House is already the whipping boy of trump, so very much like the State Duma…

The Hunger Games Begin 40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps

“Consider, for example, Owsley County in Kentucky. The county is 96 percent white, and last year it cast 88 percent of its votes for Trump. Also, 37 percent of residents are on SNAP.”

I gave up on the NYTimes but it did get this one right.

While the top 1% control $54 TRILLION

(not a typo)

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

I wish this weren’t the case but it’s what we’re seeing play out.

Notice how quickly “we want our nation to uphold Christian values” turns into “it’s not the government’s job to feed the hungry or help the poor!” which are actually things Christ taught his followers to value.

This, this! Why don’t people understand?

This ⬇️ Wish this was better understood.

Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."

He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants.

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

Absolutely suspect.

I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

I totally see the problem.

Whoaaaaa

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Asking for permission to murder people on the high seas is what will be called in a court of law, evidence of "consciousness of guilt.'

Yep.

It is ratcheting up fast.

Totally.