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Damon Sink

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Composer, producer, bon vivant; Prof. of music, Western Carolina University.

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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

04.11.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16137    ๐Ÿ” 3596    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 384    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149

Totally incapable of dealing with the posthumous lionization of Dick Cheney. He was a monster. Now he's dead.

04.11.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. Itโ€™s astoundingly anti-Christ.

31.10.2025 05:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18893    ๐Ÿ” 6505    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 677    ๐Ÿ“Œ 307

Imagine if our press corps had these balls of steel

31.10.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1664    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

This is in the last 24 hours. The fact that this is not all over cable news shows you how our legacy media has become a state run media.

31.10.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1472    ๐Ÿ” 211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The change in media was very noticeable immediately after Elon helped procure it. This is a welcome breath of fresh air.

31.10.2025 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose that "Truth is blinding" is a clever enough advertising tagline for the Oedipus production newly arriving on Broadway, but "A motherfucking great play" is, come on, sitting right there. Do I have to do everything?

30.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 651    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Q: "What's your reaction to Jesus telling you that you must *give* to the poor, not take away from the poor?"

MIKE JOHNSON: "I don't know any of the details of that yet. I'm just hearing that for the first time so can't really comment."

29.10.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4598    ๐Ÿ” 1341    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 468    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

In honor of fucking grokpedia launching ๐Ÿ™„ I've made a monthly recurring donation to Wikipedia and if you have the ability and care about free and accurate information, you should too.

29.10.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 688    ๐Ÿ” 224    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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I Talked to a Trump Voter for Two Hours. Hereโ€™s What Happened. The protest was "No Kings", but our conversation was the change.

Can one conversation really change anything? How do you reach someone whose worldview feels miles apart from your ownโ€”or whoโ€™s convinced secret cabals & shadow governments control everything? Whatโ€™s the point of talking to people whose beliefs seem impossible to move?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

26.10.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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For example: The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, & unafraid in the face of ICEโ€™s tear gas & violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful & fierce solidarity.

25.10.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 411    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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The world joined us and said, โ€œNo Kings.โ€

19.10.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38575    ๐Ÿ” 13106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1456    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1095
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Well done USA ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’™

19.10.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 472    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams
YouTube video by emptywheel Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams

In this video, I talk about how important local independent media has been in surfacing ICE abuse.

I should have included public defenders in there, too, bc with their help, these cases are crumbling.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlv...

16.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 793    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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This unwell man, who was President of the United States, is trying to rewrite history.

Nice try, Don. Biden wasnโ€™t president on January 6, 2021. I would say even his own voters canโ€™t be this gullible, butโ€ฆ

12.10.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2703    ๐Ÿ” 890    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 231    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

If you want to listen to every mathematically possible 4/4 backbeat rhythm, Alex has got you covered

08.10.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

10.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22593    ๐Ÿ” 4499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

10.10.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14179    ๐Ÿ” 5793    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 588    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225
Supreme Court's Shocking New Agenda Revealed
YouTube video by Democracy Docket Supreme Court's Shocking New Agenda Revealed

NEW VIDEO: The Supreme Courtโ€™s 2025 term will decide critical voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy, the Voting Rights Act, and election law nationwide. I am fighting to protect free and fair elections and defend election integrity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKo...

10.10.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3294    ๐Ÿ” 1189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

10.10.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5229    ๐Ÿ” 1857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 400

As absurd as this quid pro quo headline is on its face, Zelensky has got the orange felon's number, who might be just vain enough to overlook the utter contempt that motivates this particular gambit. Of course, if T**** bites, Vlad will call it an act of direct hostility.

09.10.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More horrific scenes from war ravaged Portland. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘‡

09.10.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 432    ๐Ÿ” 179    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

She voted for it. Without reading the bill.

07.10.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is so hard to remember online, which is wild because the ratio is still in favor of non assholes - but 2 out of 100 would still be orders of magnitude more assholes online than in person, which is a difference difficult for our brains not to pick up on

07.10.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 345    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Powerful

07.10.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 200    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

07.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6691    ๐Ÿ” 3162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138

Good job Brett

30.09.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 693    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

#KavanaughStop

30.09.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 115    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

27.09.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5659    ๐Ÿ” 1606    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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โ€œThereโ€™s a baby!โ€

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointmentโ€” which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

05.10.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15913    ๐Ÿ” 8423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1850    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1047

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