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Iโ€™m out of it, bc I donโ€™t know most of these horrible chuds.

16.11.2025 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weapons. That was something. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

16.11.2025 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Dems have overperformed an avg of 13 pts across 59 Special Elections so far, winning 37 of them including *flipping* 6 GOP seats!

There's ~2 DOZEN MORE on the calendar!

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14.11.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Marjorie Taylor Greene says sheโ€™s receiving threats because of Trump

Marjorie Taylor Greene says sheโ€™s receiving threats because of Trump

Marjorie Taylor Greene says sheโ€™s being inundated with threats because of Trumpโ€™s rhetoric. Violent threats are wrong no matter what.

This is an opportunity for MTG and others on the right to reflect on all the violent threats Trump has incited through the years - including on Jan. 6.

15.11.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 645    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Scott Wiener Defeated Californiaโ€™s NIMBYs. Can He Fix Americaโ€™s Housing Crisis? By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.

1/ If you're interested in housing and the debates within the Democratic party about how much is needed and how to get it built, you need to read this profile of CA NIMBY slayer @scottwiener.bsky.social by @jetjocko.bsky.social.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

14.11.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 278    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

a 50 year mortgage is more like debt peonage or renting from the bank. Why not 75 year mortgage?

16.11.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 430    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Wow. There's so much more to come too. I never understood how people thought he was a good businessman. I mean, he's too creepy to even listen to never mind look at. He's been lying his entire life.

#Epstein
#Pinks
#ProudBlue

14.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Republican Health Care Apocalypse | Common Dreams The only people in America whose health care isnโ€™t about to get much worse are billionaires, who can hop into their private helicopters to see their private doctors. The rest of us? It's time for us t...

You know what to do! CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN REP'S AND DEMAND HEALTHCARE!
1-202-224-3121

" Hakeem Jeffries has put forward a discharge petition to obtain a three-year extension of the ACA subsidies. If the petition gets 218 signers, it forces a floor vote"
#Pinks

www.commondreams.org/opinion/repu...

14.11.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
California Exceeds Another Clean Energy Milestone: Increasing battery storage capacity by 2,100% since the beginning of the Newsom Administration in 2019.

California Exceeds Another Clean Energy Milestone: Increasing battery storage capacity by 2,100% since the beginning of the Newsom Administration in 2019.

NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage โ€“ reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.

We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.

15.11.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6541    ๐Ÿ” 1548    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 183    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.

The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.

15.11.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4851    ๐Ÿ” 1725    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 181    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70

The centrists will be cooked like the rest of us if we donโ€™t address climate change.

15.11.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We fucking hate most of them. Even the โ€œgoodโ€ ones are one bribe away from turning out just like the others.

15.11.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do unto others.

15.11.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 893    ๐Ÿ” 183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Heโ€™s up there, but weโ€™re SO far away. Trust will be an issue for Dems. Can we truly trust Gavin? He threw trans folks under the bus when it wasnโ€™t convenient to stand up for them.

15.11.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said โ€œquackโ€

15.11.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15197    ๐Ÿ” 1756    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 520    ๐Ÿ“Œ 216

Every โ€œencroachmentโ€ in conservative parties in recent years has been worse than the last. The GOP has kept getting more and more far-right extremist. And Fuentesโ€™ white-nationalist nazis are the worst yet.

15.11.2025 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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JD Vance is very consistentโ€ฆ in saying or doing whatever it takes to get ahead politically.

15.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3461    ๐Ÿ” 589    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow

15.11.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7386    ๐Ÿ” 1445    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 231    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

15.11.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4466    ๐Ÿ” 1660    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 167    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Scientists fume over Bill Gates climate memo It's "unfortunate that this is the take-home message," one scientist said.

Billionaires like Gates owe much of their success to scientists. Without basic science research, there's no Microsoft. So, when it comes to assessing global problems, I tend to want to listen to scientists, not billionaires. But maybe that's just me ...
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

15.11.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.

Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.

15.11.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2314    ๐Ÿ” 848    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

And everyone hates JD Vance.

15.11.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

33% approval
32% managing the government
32% on economy
30% on affordability

83 yrs old in '28

Deteriorating physically and cognitively

President of the 1%, fuck everyone else.

Killed healthcare for 42M Americans

BRING IT, FUCKER!!!

15.11.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œWeaponizing the DOJโ€ takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so itโ€™s no longer closed and you can claim you canโ€™t release information because itโ€™s an โ€œongoing investigationโ€

15.11.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10429    ๐Ÿ” 3233    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127
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Trump Axes Biden-Era Plan To Compensate Passengers For Flight Disruptions The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.

The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.

14.11.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1886    ๐Ÿ” 985    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.

15.11.2025 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11205    ๐Ÿ” 3316    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 392    ๐Ÿ“Œ 132
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๐ŸŽฏ

15.11.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22265    ๐Ÿ” 7351    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 335    ๐Ÿ“Œ 228

In some ways the most notable feature of Trump 2.0 is the total absence of even pretending to care about being seen as corrupt. No facade at all. Itโ€™s just all corruption all the time.

15.11.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 319    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I just donโ€™t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

15.11.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46651    ๐Ÿ” 11774    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 477

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