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The Founders are appalled. Loves checks and balances, functional markets, boring banks, anticorruption and Lina Khan.

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Portland antifa frog

Portland antifa frog

The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance

08.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

β€œslightly more than 1 Gupta in medicine”

Lol there’s probably more than one Dr. Gupta in every hospital in the country

07.10.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. β€” This should shake everyone to their core.

07.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 26348    πŸ” 7238    πŸ’¬ 2034    πŸ“Œ 581

I am not a constitutional scholar but I am pretty sure β€œthe president my personally levy taxes and choose what they fund” is not in fact what the founders intended

07.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1843    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

07.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 21451    πŸ” 4755    πŸ’¬ 1443    πŸ“Œ 398

Who remembers Greg Abbott crying about Jade Helm?

07.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a thread with some examples of what I’m talking about. In the 1970s it was inconceivable to the illiberal far right that they might ever win control of the federal government via elections. So they assumed these powers would be used against them. bsky.app/profile/seth...

07.10.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

07.10.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1618    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 17

It’s very surreal suddenly to live in a society with two tiers of citizenship, dependent on political affiliation.

07.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Senator Jim Banks V
@SenatorBanks
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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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October 6, 2025
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U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230
Dear Secretary Lutaick:
I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque
voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral
xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot Δ‘oo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens.
Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, Β»hich the
The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n
nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo.
Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot Δ‘oo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, Β»hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

β€œWho was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

07.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6030    πŸ” 1337    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 67
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β€œ.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. β€œThere are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

07.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 79

So paying the hundreds of thousands of employees they have directly and carelessly harmed is β€œinappropriate” or β€œunnecessary”? Republicans are so flippant and condescending about everything

07.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesse Watters' history of inflammatory and dehumanizing remarks Fox News host Jesse Watters’ inflammatory rhetoric has reached new lows during the second Trump administration. After the right-wing prime-time host said last week that America needed to bomb or β€œmayb...

After Jesse Watters said last week that America needed to bomb or β€œmaybe gas” the United Nations headquarters, the UN reached out to Fox News and Watters privately apologized. The incident is part of a much larger pattern: www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watter...

07.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 22

Repeat after me: prebunking.

07.10.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Theres a guy in a frog costume and a handful of vegans screaming at the ICE detention facility? iNsUrEcTiOn!

07.10.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s a theater of WAR!

lol

07.10.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spending my evening reading about the potential for cell culture to revolutionize the dairy industry. There’s much more there there with commercializing yogurt and cheese than cell-cultured burgers, Kimbal Musk. Fewer, happier cows (and a happier planet) plus more Greek yogurt? Everyone wins.

07.10.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A website like DonorsChoose except instead of donating $100 to a classroom here and there, everyone from investment banks to foreign governments can roll in and find defunded American research of interest and drop a few million here and there. Keep the science, halt the corrupt federal coercion.

07.10.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah well you just have mitochondrial challenges Jonathan

07.10.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest β€” but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3678    πŸ” 1873    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 192

depends on your perspective

07.10.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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harry potter and hermione granger are standing next to each other . ALT: harry potter and hermione granger are standing next to each other .

yeah sure we know you were one of Prof McGonagall’s favorites so you got to use a time turner too

07.10.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Belgium, Japan, Germany, Netherlands and everyone else - how’d you like to cut a deal to support some US labs working on mRNA vaccines to cure cancer? (Thanks to our inane fedgov) the labs need the funding and humanity could use a cure. Big risk, huge huge reward.

07.10.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So if we stop allowing Elon to litter the sky it will eventually clear up on its own? Nature healing itself lol

07.10.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is coercively, unconstitutionally seizing blue state energy funding. Economic cooperation agreements that bring in foreign investment to support energy projects *and other* high-tech, clean energy or university-linked research initiatives in our states shld abso.fvcking.lutely be on the table

07.10.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

05.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 84

ffs

07.10.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯

07.10.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

06.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7558    πŸ” 1490    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 42
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

06.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 17609    πŸ” 6767    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 233

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