davidrlurie
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Big, Beautiful and .... failed.
Mike Johnson claims that the current Congress is "probably in the top three or four of all time" and is "almost unmatched in history" 🙃
September 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Big, Beautiful and .... failed.
She is the only one, other than Trump, to have a permanent reservation for a spot on the Air Force One Catering Truck.
September 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
She is the only one, other than Trump, to have a permanent reservation for a spot on the Air Force One Catering Truck.
The now semi-permanent shroud over President Kennedy's name is truly creepy.
Americans taking to the streets to stand up to the malignantly narcissistic megalomaniac. #HandsOffTheKennedyCenter #VoteBlueNoMatterWho
September 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The now semi-permanent shroud over President Kennedy's name is truly creepy.
Trump has a great new name for AI: MAGA.
September 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Trump has a great new name for AI: MAGA.
They preferred not to see his face.
😂 there were more people behind JD (for the camera shot) than in front of him
September 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
They preferred not to see his face.
If questioned whether the DSA is a danger to the Democratic Party, any room for doubt was erased by the organization's choice to platform Hasan Piker while he's actively dragging down our party's chances of winning crucial races, including the Michigan Senate race. This was free media for the GOP.
114K views · 5.3K reactions | Thank you to Hasan Piker for joining us at the Workers Deserve More panel at Socialism Conference yesterday 🌹 DSA members will be here in Chicago all weekend, if you’re here, be sure to come find us and chat, and if you caught the stream yesterday and liked what you heard, join us today 🌹 dsausa.org/join | Democratic Socialists of America
Thank you to Hasan Piker for joining us at the Workers Deserve More panel at Socialism Conference yesterday 🌹 DSA members will be here in Chicago all weekend, if you’re here, be sure to come find us...
www.facebook.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
If questioned whether the DSA is a danger to the Democratic Party, any room for doubt was erased by the organization's choice to platform Hasan Piker while he's actively dragging down our party's chances of winning crucial races, including the Michigan Senate race. This was free media for the GOP.
Led by that towering Twitch streaming force Hasan Piker, Bluesky has suddenly birthed its own movement of morally obtuse Maoist intellectuals. Except, unlike Sartre, Kristeva and Foucault, these guys don't have the saving grace of being intelligent.
lmao holy shit the libs are Not Normal about Mao
eh, winning the civil war was actually a huge deal and the re-installation of real centralized government authority after decades of war was so huge even if his domestic policy largely sucked, it still lead to a massive increase in life expectancy over the course of his rule
September 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Led by that towering Twitch streaming force Hasan Piker, Bluesky has suddenly birthed its own movement of morally obtuse Maoist intellectuals. Except, unlike Sartre, Kristeva and Foucault, these guys don't have the saving grace of being intelligent.
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He has been playing through the long years of the war.
Every time I see him, it is a relief. He is here, with us, in his Kyiv.
Old Gentleman with a trumpet.
Every time I see him, it is a relief. He is here, with us, in his Kyiv.
Old Gentleman with a trumpet.
September 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
He has been playing through the long years of the war.
Every time I see him, it is a relief. He is here, with us, in his Kyiv.
Old Gentleman with a trumpet.
Every time I see him, it is a relief. He is here, with us, in his Kyiv.
Old Gentleman with a trumpet.
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No responsible news outlet should go to the White House as long as this ban on their colleagues is in effect. It’s time for big media to show some backbone.
Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
No responsible news outlet should go to the White House as long as this ban on their colleagues is in effect. It’s time for big media to show some backbone.
Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms:
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
September 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms:
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
Trump himself is responsible for many of the judicial precedents that bar him from selectively barring the press from the White House
September 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Trump himself is responsible for many of the judicial precedents that bar him from selectively barring the press from the White House
Piker fans say the shockstreamer's, and looksMaxxer's, remarks need to be considered "in context". I spent some time listening to this guy offering up "context" - and learned that he is an ignoramus with a strange affinity for Chairman Mao and Xi. See below thread.
Listening to Hasan Piker (I) excuse the millions of peasants Mao killed as "unintentional" victims; (ii) hem and haw about the colonization of Tibet; and (iii) assert that the ongoing, brutal genocide of Uyghur Muslims is not an "outright" genocide one can fairly wonder if he is a useful idiot.
Hasan Piker on political violence, Israel and why he praises China | The Axios Show
YouTube video by Axios
youtu.be
September 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Piker fans say the shockstreamer's, and looksMaxxer's, remarks need to be considered "in context". I spent some time listening to this guy offering up "context" - and learned that he is an ignoramus with a strange affinity for Chairman Mao and Xi. See below thread.
Scoop: Trump has reportedly vowed that, if he can't destroy the John F. Kennedy Center, he will shut off this flame.
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Scoop: Trump has reportedly vowed that, if he can't destroy the John F. Kennedy Center, he will shut off this flame.
Rumor has it that Don jr. "paid back" the Russian oligarch out of his private stash of Donald and Melania Trump meme coins.
Trump says son has paid back Russian for wedding party
The president defended Donald Trump Jr.’s decision to take a large gift from Umar Kremlev, saying that such presents are “common.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Rumor has it that Don jr. "paid back" the Russian oligarch out of his private stash of Donald and Melania Trump meme coins.
Presidents used to receive talking points before White House events. Trump receives a lullaby.
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
September 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Presidents used to receive talking points before White House events. Trump receives a lullaby.
No wonder Trump is banning the press from the White House. Trump doesn't want journalists to report on his disintegration.
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
September 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
No wonder Trump is banning the press from the White House. Trump doesn't want journalists to report on his disintegration.
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The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting."
Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
September 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
I wish Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg could have joined them, and maybe chanted a bit.
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
September 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I wish Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg could have joined them, and maybe chanted a bit.
The UN will be hearing a lot about being electrocuted by boat batteries.
Q: You're speaking to the United Nations next week. What is your message?
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
September 19, 2026 at 2:01 AM
The UN will be hearing a lot about being electrocuted by boat batteries.
The GOP's slashing of health care, the tariff chaos and the pointless war have all wreaked particularly great damage on rural, and agricultural, America.
Facts: Cutting health care for rural Iowans hurts you, your family, & your neighbors, and my opponent has a track record of supporting those cuts.
September 19, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The GOP's slashing of health care, the tariff chaos and the pointless war have all wreaked particularly great damage on rural, and agricultural, America.
"Conservatives" spent decades railing against Title IX's requirement that girls' sports programs be adequately funded.
An easy iq test is “does that Republican care about women’s sports and should you believe what they have to say about it”
September 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM
"Conservatives" spent decades railing against Title IX's requirement that girls' sports programs be adequately funded.
Listening to Hasan Piker (I) excuse the millions of peasants Mao killed as "unintentional" victims; (ii) hem and haw about the colonization of Tibet; and (iii) assert that the ongoing, brutal genocide of Uyghur Muslims is not an "outright" genocide one can fairly wonder if he is a useful idiot.
Hasan Piker on political violence, Israel and why he praises China | The Axios Show
YouTube video by Axios
youtu.be
September 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Listening to Hasan Piker (I) excuse the millions of peasants Mao killed as "unintentional" victims; (ii) hem and haw about the colonization of Tibet; and (iii) assert that the ongoing, brutal genocide of Uyghur Muslims is not an "outright" genocide one can fairly wonder if he is a useful idiot.
Trump's tired of winning.
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
September 18, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Trump's tired of winning.
This could backfire -- a lot of federal prosecutors would welcome being fired.
BREAKING MS NOW:
A top Trump Justice Department official warned managers in a recent conference call that federal prosecutors could be fired if they decline to investigate and pursue cases of reported election fraud.
Legitimate voter fraud cases are extremely rare.
A top Trump Justice Department official warned managers in a recent conference call that federal prosecutors could be fired if they decline to investigate and pursue cases of reported election fraud.
Legitimate voter fraud cases are extremely rare.
Top DOJ official warned prosecutors would be fired for not pursuing alleged voter fraud, according to sources
In a conference call among senior officials, a directive to prosecutors: Go after election fraud cases presented to them or risk termination. The Justice Department denies a threat was made.
www.ms.now
September 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This could backfire -- a lot of federal prosecutors would welcome being fired.
At least we can still receive reliable White House coverage from TruthEagle.gun
BREAKING: Trump announces ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House
Trump says CNN, MS NOW and Politico are banned — and more could follow
His post leaves the ban's exact scope unclear.
www.axios.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
At least we can still receive reliable White House coverage from TruthEagle.gun