The Fear Factor
The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking
These are scary times, and itβs okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.
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Latinos in Chicago are our neighbors. They make our community better. They're not a problem at all.
Texas National Guard troops are not our neighbors. They make our community worse. They're our main problem right now.
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Did you vote for Trump? Then you voted for this!
Fucking dumbfucks.
The Party of Face Eating Leopards never think the leopards will eat their faces too.
Fucking dumbfucks!
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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!
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Donald Trump is trying to create a police state. In this country. In America. Fuck that. Trump is trying to turn America into a police state. Most Americans will not accept that. Most Americans will not live in a police state. No fucking way.
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Thisπ
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Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
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Rightβ½
She could have easily lied and said, βNo.β
But she didnβt.
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What happened to βno fat soldiersβ?
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Of course they do. Itβs ReTrumplican Jesus
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100%
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Donβt be intimidated into shutting up.
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Itβs a war zone out there! π€£
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"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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Sheβs a contemptible bitch!
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Youβre probably right
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Pam Bondi is a truly contemptible person
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That looks terrifying.
Why isnβt she wearing body armor?
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@nytimes.com survey of 50 legal experts: βEvery single one of the 50 respondents believe that Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, have used the Justice Department to go after the presidentβs political and personal enemies and provide favors to his allies.β
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This is beyond outrageous.
Trump and his Nazi tactics must be stopped.
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She is a contemptible bitch.
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Truth!
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What a contemptuous bitch!
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And there are a lot of those people in this country, sadly.
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Absolutely unbelievable.
She should not allowed to be in the position she is in.
She should resign in shame.
Hold her in Contempt of Congress!
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It is really bad.
ICE is out of control.
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