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Liberal/left/progressive, happy husband πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ and dad to our smart and perfect son, recovering German historian haunted by today’s parallels to the fall of the Weimar Republic. Cantab./CUWBC/CULRC

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It’s amazing Americans have never learned that bombing people into freedom isn’t a thing.

06.03.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He sure talks big but then he falls in line like the rest of the lapdogs. Carney talks a big β€œelbows up” game but he supports the Iran war.

05.03.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a single Dem talking about Nuremberg 2.0 has given any kind of indication of what that looks like, and given how utterly terrified they were to even file an impeachment motion against a dog killing Nazi, the idea they'll actually hold anyone accountable is laughable.

05.03.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But this pantomime will fool Dems, who will help confirm Markwayne and who will now say β€œoh, it’s all fixed, so will give DHS as much money as they want.”

05.03.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t really care that Kristi Noem was fired as she will be replaced by someone just as detestable. Her firing merely a pantomime of accountability. It is theater.

05.03.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

What does that look like?

Dems aren’t going to do shit but tweet.

I mean, Fetterman and Welch have already indicated their support for Noem.

And what about Nuremberg 2.0 for Schumer, who’s done more to facilitate Israeli war crimes than anyone in this country.

05.03.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a single Dem who’s mouthed platitudes about accountability has ever given a single concrete statement on what that accountability will look like.

Meanwhile, 2 Dem senators (Fetterman and Welch) have indicated their support for Markwayne Mullin, who’s as bad a Nazi as Noem.

05.03.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With collaborating Dems, who even needs the GOP.

05.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your periodic reminder that no UK or Canadian MP would get away with defying their party and still be a member of that party.

05.03.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bet the number of Dems who vote for Markwayne is more than 1.

05.03.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least.

And Democrats have been itching for an excuse to fully fund ice and DHS, so now they’ll find that all of their concerns have magically evaporated and they’ll vote to give them all the money they want after Markwayne pinky swears they’ll be nice.

05.03.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s also just patently untrue. These Republicans are terrified of cities, so how would she know, but I work in downtown Los Angeles and the idea that pot smoke is the predominant smell is absurd.

05.03.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who wants to bet that the number of Dems voting to confirm him is greater than 0?

05.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But god forbid you pass any laws to that effect.

I’m surprised you’re not saying the money should go to Israel.

05.03.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why we need to break the country up. We all hate each other and we have nothing in common.

05.03.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No one in the world hates each other like Americans do.

05.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need better Democrats.

Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.

05.03.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4942    πŸ” 858    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 24

No money for healthcare or anything else but lots and lots for oil companies.

05.03.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, Dems will keep helping confirm Trump’s nominee, Dems will help fund ICE, and Dems will keep failing to pull out all the stops to rein Trump in.

Dems are all just words.

05.03.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it only me, or are these people becoming harder to imagine as ones we can peaceably share a society with?

05.03.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?

05.03.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The country that regularly faps to β€œwe have no kings” sure loves to vest unreviewable authority into unelected figures.

04.03.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Except he supports the war on Iran.

04.03.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, Raskin will tear her a new one, but that’s it. Dems confuse words for substance.

Noem doesn’t care. The people who vote GOP don’t care. This is performative theatre masquerading as substance.

04.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13414    πŸ” 4953    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 287

And what does that look like? When Dems have the majority, what will you actually DO?

04.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Raskin says this, but if Dems were truly committed to oversight, they’d send a team to every ICE facility every day, without pause, and hold a press conference every time, detailing what awful things they saw.

Instead they do one theatrical visit and then go back to funding ICE.

04.03.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dems are always β€œcalling on” the other side to do things (β€œwhen will Republican stand up to Trump?”) but never, ever say that they’ll do anything.

04.03.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure wish Carney wasn’t being a lapdog on this Iran war.

03.03.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess Dems just didn’t get the memo that explains how they can hold up nominations when they’re upset.

03.03.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0