Rinkytone
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Can someone please explain why the government giving people healthcare or food assistance is Socialism, but the government giving someone $5,000 cash is not?
Give it up, already!
A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.
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A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.
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September 21, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Give it up, already!
A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.
news.google.com/topics/CAAqI...
A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.
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After more than a year locked up in a US immigration detention centre, Nika was granted legal protections and freed on a judge’s orders. Within two weeks DHS had rearrested her, and days later she was on the plane heading 7,000 miles east.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
After more than a year locked up in a US immigration detention centre, Nika was granted legal protections and freed on a judge’s orders. Within two weeks DHS had rearrested her, and days later she was on the plane heading 7,000 miles east.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Trump: “It’s really just cumulative stories over the last two years. You get sick of it.”
Darn right! I’m completely sick of everything Trump has ever said and done, going back years and years.
www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/p...
Darn right! I’m completely sick of everything Trump has ever said and done, going back years and years.
www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/p...
Natalie Harp showed Trump coverage clips before he issued media ban | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp showed him clips of media coverage last week before he banned Politico, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, people familiar with the matter said.
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September 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Trump: “It’s really just cumulative stories over the last two years. You get sick of it.”
Darn right! I’m completely sick of everything Trump has ever said and done, going back years and years.
www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/p...
Darn right! I’m completely sick of everything Trump has ever said and done, going back years and years.
www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/p...
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PO1135809 is a lame fuck president. Oh, and also a traitor.
September 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
PO1135809 is a lame fuck president. Oh, and also a traitor.
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BIDEN BESTS TRUMP
It’s not even close…
It’s not even close…
September 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
BIDEN BESTS TRUMP
It’s not even close…
It’s not even close…
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Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
September 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
September 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Are Trump, the GOP, and ICE making this kind of thing happening here?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists
Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSB
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Are Trump, the GOP, and ICE making this kind of thing happening here?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Every morning Trump gets up and thinks “What can I announce today that’s even more insane than yesterday?”
September 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Every morning Trump gets up and thinks “What can I announce today that’s even more insane than yesterday?”
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Honestly, do we need to know anything the President says?
It's all lies anyway.
It's all lies anyway.
September 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Honestly, do we need to know anything the President says?
It's all lies anyway.
It's all lies anyway.
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Every headline should be
AUTHORITARIAN SHITS ON FIRST AMENDMENT AND EVERYONE LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT
Every
Single
Outlet
AUTHORITARIAN SHITS ON FIRST AMENDMENT AND EVERYONE LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT
Every
Single
Outlet
September 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Every headline should be
AUTHORITARIAN SHITS ON FIRST AMENDMENT AND EVERYONE LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT
Every
Single
Outlet
AUTHORITARIAN SHITS ON FIRST AMENDMENT AND EVERYONE LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT
Every
Single
Outlet
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Works quite well actually!
September 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Works quite well actually!
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You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
September 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
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September 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Ok, here's a compromise: Print out the unredacted Epstein Files and tape them to the Kennedy Center. Boom! His name will be all over the place.
September 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Ok, here's a compromise: Print out the unredacted Epstein Files and tape them to the Kennedy Center. Boom! His name will be all over the place.
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The fact that US news outlets do not report every day that Trump is clearly mentally ill is an epic failure of American journalism.
September 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The fact that US news outlets do not report every day that Trump is clearly mentally ill is an epic failure of American journalism.
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Trump legalizes lead ammunition for hunting.
“Lead ammunition was a problem, huh? Is it better than other ammunition? I assume, huh? That’s pretty good. I don’t know what the hell that means, but I know one thing: You wanted it. You wanted it, and I’m here for you.”
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“Lead ammunition was a problem, huh? Is it better than other ammunition? I assume, huh? That’s pretty good. I don’t know what the hell that means, but I know one thing: You wanted it. You wanted it, and I’m here for you.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump signs orders loosening hunting restrictions, teases Outdoors Act ‘2.0’
President Trump hosted more than 100 hunters, anglers and outdoor industry officials for a dinner in the Rose Garden on Thursday to announce executive orders rolling back certain hunting and fishin…
thehill.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Trump legalizes lead ammunition for hunting.
“Lead ammunition was a problem, huh? Is it better than other ammunition? I assume, huh? That’s pretty good. I don’t know what the hell that means, but I know one thing: You wanted it. You wanted it, and I’m here for you.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
“Lead ammunition was a problem, huh? Is it better than other ammunition? I assume, huh? That’s pretty good. I don’t know what the hell that means, but I know one thing: You wanted it. You wanted it, and I’m here for you.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...