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Ralf W

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The press, 2026: Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal character. Peripatetic. Infuriated. Hanger-on at Balloon Juice. MSP / CO / WI

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"I'll have an Obamacare replacement in two weeks!"

02.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, but also, fvck Doctor Bill Cassidy (R-idiot).

02.03.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vote to stop this sh*t should indeed be Monday, then.

01.03.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans treat our troops like cannon fodder.

And Trump can't even be bothered to be solemn while saying, "Yeah, some of you will die. Maybe pointless, may be cruel. Oh well. It's a day ending in Y."

01.03.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if you've just gotten yelled at for six months and you go on a podcast called VALHALLAVFT without having listened to it (and that's genuinely giving him more good faith than he has earned), i might suggest that you may not be the best candidate for the most elite legislative role in america

01.03.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes.
And, yes, when you spell it out. 😬

01.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the 100th time, I'm so glad I cancelled WaPo. Because what is this?
Trump doesn't give a fig about Black History Month. He hasn't changed at all (well, probably decayed) since his disastrous Frederick Douglass "is being recognized more and more" face-plant.

01.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is SUCH a scumbag. Press: Ask Thune about this. Read him the damn quote if we wriggles.

Say: Are YOU going to Dover? Are you writing to the families since your leader is a heartless p.o.s.?

01.03.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Just lie to me, baby. I'll hate myself just a little bit less if you do."

01.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t care what a paid political commentator on cable news thinks about this war. I want to know what Middle East experts have to say, what elected officials have to say & what people running for office have to say.

It wouldn’t hurt to ask economists either.

01.03.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My "I have not been captured by the epistemic bubble" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

01.03.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Former WH press sec. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, looking very disappointed.

Former WH press sec. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, looking very disappointed.

01.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Crazification By Kevin Drum

Six points below the Alan Keys Constant. Pretty impressively bad!
(aka The Crazification Factor)

01.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This arrogance from Tom Cotton fits the above, and is also just such a gobsmacking FU to the families of those at risk (and already lost).

01.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's just something about that color scheme on those banners. Can't quite put my finger on it.

πŸ”΄βšͺ⚫

01.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They care so little about American soldiers that Trump is at a golf course today.

01.03.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

That color scheme. I'm just sort of... πŸ€”.

01.03.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CBS poll: Trump on immigration 42% approve
Economy 37% approve
Inflation 34% approve 

Trump Overall 
(2/24) 40% appr. / 60% dis
(2/27) 41% appr. / 59% dis

CBS poll: Trump on immigration 42% approve Economy 37% approve Inflation 34% approve Trump Overall (2/24) 40% appr. / 60% dis (2/27) 41% appr. / 59% dis

Launching a war of choice (illegally) when you're ~19 points underwater. πŸ™„

01.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess there's enough pre-Bari folks still there, so burying the poll entirely would have leaked.

01.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So you're saying this is the perfect time for the Trump Admin to be blocking solar and wind projects in the US?
"Clean, beautiful coal" for the comeback! Drive your Cybertruck on Wyoming's finest.

01.03.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There you go. My recollection was that Ahmadinejad was – relatively speaking – a more moderating influence. But he would still mark a continuation of the regime Bibi wants removed.
Didn't dig deeper but wiki says Ahmadinejad was pro-nukes, too.

01.03.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Folk was also endorsed at my precinct, which had probably the highest concentration of Melton-Meax signs anywhere in Minneapolis back in the day. So let's hope there's a corollary.

01.03.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ed Markey just did a furious, "Oh hell no!" video from his kitchen.
So, some Democrats are doing what you say. Many more need to!!

01.03.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Live Update: US - Israeli Attacks Threaten to Set Off Broader Regional Conflict

Live Update: US - Israeli Attacks Threaten to Set Off Broader Regional Conflict

Only exactly what people not in the orbit of Trump and his band of evil idiots have been saying, ever since that aircraft carrier headed to the Gulf.

Here we go, into the unknown unknowns.

01.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Six dollar gas?
Flag draped coffins at Dover AFB?
We have no idea right now how the situation will change.
Tail effects are seriously unknown.

(I also just loathe the idea that politics is a game. People die from the bad choices made.)

01.03.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His video is very clear that the war powers resolution is to STOP Trump's war. But the skeet text needs to make that plain as well.
Tons of folk on here are saying the vote will be to authorize.
No! That's not it.
Watch the video.

01.03.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Says so much also about how he tried to handle Minneapolis: Peace is the absence of resistance, not the absence of violence.

28.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wild given how Venezuela's internal situation is basically unchanged after Trump nabbed their dictator.

28.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PBS: 
In the House, Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., are demanding Congress go on record with a public vote on their own bipartisan measure. "Congress must convene on Monday to vote," Khanna said, "to stop this."

Massie blasted Trump's own presidential campaign slogan and said: "This is not 'America First.'"

PBS: In the House, Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., are demanding Congress go on record with a public vote on their own bipartisan measure. "Congress must convene on Monday to vote," Khanna said, "to stop this." Massie blasted Trump's own presidential campaign slogan and said: "This is not 'America First.'"

Efforts afoot for a Monday vote. And there's at least two Senate Rs likely to be aligned with Massie. In the House, Reps.

28.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's pretty shocking that dudes like this would be voting on a WRP vote (all the more reason to get the vote).

28.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0