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Definition of APTRONYM
a person's name that is suited to that person's profession, personality, etc.… See the full definition
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I am starting a list of Aptronyms that might pop up if one were to write a book about the Trump era, that future generations might think were too on the nose to be real. (I had such a thread on the other site back in the day.) www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
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We’re not being governed, we’re being looted!
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September 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We’re not being governed, we’re being looted!
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Republicans' betrayal of the Bill of Rights is appalling. They'd dump the entire Constitution in exchange for a stock tip.
Their intellectual dishonesty is appalling too. Cue Sen. Barrasso's reference to "Hunter Biden's laptop."
Their intellectual dishonesty is appalling too. Cue Sen. Barrasso's reference to "Hunter Biden's laptop."
WELKER: The president said in 2025 'I have stopped all govt censorship and brought back free speech.' He's now limited reporters he doesn't like at the Pentagon & White House. Do these bans amount to govt censorship?
BARRASSO: You've asked the question a couple times and I've answered
(Not a no!)
BARRASSO: You've asked the question a couple times and I've answered
(Not a no!)
September 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Republicans' betrayal of the Bill of Rights is appalling. They'd dump the entire Constitution in exchange for a stock tip.
Their intellectual dishonesty is appalling too. Cue Sen. Barrasso's reference to "Hunter Biden's laptop."
Their intellectual dishonesty is appalling too. Cue Sen. Barrasso's reference to "Hunter Biden's laptop."
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September 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We're not quite at our end-of-year push, but we're starting to look ahead at our budget for next year — & want to do it on as strong a foundation as possible.
As a reminder—we're a nonprofit independent publication with no paywall. Any subscription you do is up to you: but a huge help!
As a reminder—we're a nonprofit independent publication with no paywall. Any subscription you do is up to you: but a huge help!
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I've seen people dismiss the Kennedy Center saga as a sideshow to the real problems wrought by this administration but I think that's missing the useful object lesson of Trump promising to "save" an institution and then promptly destroying it.
September 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I've seen people dismiss the Kennedy Center saga as a sideshow to the real problems wrought by this administration but I think that's missing the useful object lesson of Trump promising to "save" an institution and then promptly destroying it.
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In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
September 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
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Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
September 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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“Trump did an incredible job negotiating for things we already had in Greenland,” said one US critic.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
Trump Greenland Deal Panned as 'Largely a Rebranding of the Status Quo to Claim a Win' | Common Dreams
"Trump did an incredible job negotiating for things we already had in Greenland," said one US critic.
www.commondreams.org
September 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
“Trump did an incredible job negotiating for things we already had in Greenland,” said one US critic.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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Donald Trump as President is a failure. The November election is how you correct that.
Every Republican on that ballot must go.
Every Republican on that ballot must go.
September 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Donald Trump as President is a failure. The November election is how you correct that.
Every Republican on that ballot must go.
Every Republican on that ballot must go.
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You can tell this is a real statistic because it includes measurable variables like “vitality” and “a little longer”
Dr Oz: "I'll give you a number you'll never forget -- if we can get the average American to be so healthy, so with it, so vital that they just want to work a little longer, it's worth a trillion dollars to the US economy"
September 19, 2026 at 10:19 PM
You can tell this is a real statistic because it includes measurable variables like “vitality” and “a little longer”
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It's mad that after everything, Ed Sheeran thinks it's a win to stand on stage and say he wants people who agree with genocide to be able to stand next to people who disagree with genocide, so they all can listen to his songs about love & unity.
And by mad, I mean complicit.
#FreePalestine
And by mad, I mean complicit.
#FreePalestine
September 20, 2026 at 8:37 AM
It's mad that after everything, Ed Sheeran thinks it's a win to stand on stage and say he wants people who agree with genocide to be able to stand next to people who disagree with genocide, so they all can listen to his songs about love & unity.
And by mad, I mean complicit.
#FreePalestine
And by mad, I mean complicit.
#FreePalestine
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Sometimes things "look" bad because they "are" bad.
"The appearance of it is really bad" -- GOP Sen. Cassidy on a Putin crony paying for Don Jr's wedding
September 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Sometimes things "look" bad because they "are" bad.
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The FBI sent a memo to ICE saying women wanted to “embarrass” immigration agents. trib.al/vzwfEZ1
FBI Warns Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE
The FBI sent a memo to ICE saying women wanted to “embarrass” immigration agents.
trib.al
September 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The FBI sent a memo to ICE saying women wanted to “embarrass” immigration agents. trib.al/vzwfEZ1
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Investigators are illegally accessing state voter rolls—and likely flagging U.S. citizens as “unlawful voters” in a rushed attempt to meet their quotas, a whistleblower warns. trib.al/KCGJbKG
Trump’s Voter Fraud Quest Is Turning Illegal, Whistleblower Says
Investigators are illegally accessing state voter rolls—and likely flagging U.S. citizens as “unlawful voters” in a rushed attempt to meet their quotas, a whistleblower warns.
trib.al
September 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Investigators are illegally accessing state voter rolls—and likely flagging U.S. citizens as “unlawful voters” in a rushed attempt to meet their quotas, a whistleblower warns. trib.al/KCGJbKG
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Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting?
SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies
KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies
KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
September 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.
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The U.S. military shouldn’t take a political position on anything, and never has until Trump filled it with inadequate white men like Hegseth.
September 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The U.S. military shouldn’t take a political position on anything, and never has until Trump filled it with inadequate white men like Hegseth.
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Steve Scalise is one of the Republican Party’s biggest liars. He has absolutely no shame.
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting?
SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies
KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies
KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
September 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Steve Scalise is one of the Republican Party’s biggest liars. He has absolutely no shame.
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September 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Ted Cruz and Pete Hegseth’s embarrassing college football appearances, like the racism from TX state candidate Bo French about nonwhite UT football fans, shows the broken brain of culture war.
They think college football is theirs’, the providence of bigots. But it, like the country, really isn’t.
They think college football is theirs’, the providence of bigots. But it, like the country, really isn’t.
September 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Ted Cruz and Pete Hegseth’s embarrassing college football appearances, like the racism from TX state candidate Bo French about nonwhite UT football fans, shows the broken brain of culture war.
They think college football is theirs’, the providence of bigots. But it, like the country, really isn’t.
They think college football is theirs’, the providence of bigots. But it, like the country, really isn’t.
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This election is not only about whether we keep our democracy, but also whether or not our beautiful country ends up being destroyed by greed! A vote for any member of the GOP is a vote for destruction of the environment!
September 20, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This election is not only about whether we keep our democracy, but also whether or not our beautiful country ends up being destroyed by greed! A vote for any member of the GOP is a vote for destruction of the environment!
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KARL: Bo French posted a photo of UT students, many of them non-white, and said 'how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners?' Karl Rove denounced it. Should more Republicans?
SCALISE: *immediately brings up Hasan Piker*
SCALISE: *immediately brings up Hasan Piker*
September 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
KARL: Bo French posted a photo of UT students, many of them non-white, and said 'how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners?' Karl Rove denounced it. Should more Republicans?
SCALISE: *immediately brings up Hasan Piker*
SCALISE: *immediately brings up Hasan Piker*
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At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Washington Monument into a top grade Death Star.
September 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Washington Monument into a top grade Death Star.
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If the White House Press Corps does anything but boycott all White House events going forward, it's a spectacular act of institutional cowardice.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
September 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
If the White House Press Corps does anything but boycott all White House events going forward, it's a spectacular act of institutional cowardice.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
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"The president said the US is in constant communication with the Houthis, and that they've agreed not to fight the US. But the big headline here is the president said the Iranians better behave, and he's making a decision as to whether or not to blow up their nation."
September 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"The president said the US is in constant communication with the Houthis, and that they've agreed not to fight the US. But the big headline here is the president said the Iranians better behave, and he's making a decision as to whether or not to blow up their nation."
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Well done again 🇪🇸
Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
euroweeklynews.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Well done again 🇪🇸
Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Is Trump under the impression that turning our nation's capital into Pyongyang is what people are looking for?
September 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Is Trump under the impression that turning our nation's capital into Pyongyang is what people are looking for?