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No more hypotheticals anymore, we’re here.
October 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
No more hypotheticals anymore, we’re here.
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Between this and the AES debate tonight, it's refreshing to hear this from democrats. I'm glad every question is not treated as an opportunity to pivot to "kitchen table issues," but is instead met with all the reasons why the R is a gigantic piece of shit.
October 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Between this and the AES debate tonight, it's refreshing to hear this from democrats. I'm glad every question is not treated as an opportunity to pivot to "kitchen table issues," but is instead met with all the reasons why the R is a gigantic piece of shit.
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Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
October 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
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That same nyt reporter this week cast the deep problems in US politics as a product of “polarisation.” Not the extremity of radical Republican actions.
October 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
That same nyt reporter this week cast the deep problems in US politics as a product of “polarisation.” Not the extremity of radical Republican actions.
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NYT ME Carolyn Ryan’s portfolio includes oversight of political coverage. Ryan directly oversaw coverage of the 2016 campaign.
In between, Ryan oversaw the nyt’s propagandistic coverage of trans ppl, which spread medical falsehoods and right-wing fabrications
In between, Ryan oversaw the nyt’s propagandistic coverage of trans ppl, which spread medical falsehoods and right-wing fabrications
When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it
October 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
NYT ME Carolyn Ryan’s portfolio includes oversight of political coverage. Ryan directly oversaw coverage of the 2016 campaign.
In between, Ryan oversaw the nyt’s propagandistic coverage of trans ppl, which spread medical falsehoods and right-wing fabrications
In between, Ryan oversaw the nyt’s propagandistic coverage of trans ppl, which spread medical falsehoods and right-wing fabrications
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Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus.
The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy.
Full text below. 👇
The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy.
Full text below. 👇
October 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus.
The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy.
Full text below. 👇
The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy.
Full text below. 👇
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Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
October 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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never the wrong time for this classic
October 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
never the wrong time for this classic
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In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care.
Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops.
Their cruelty is endless.
Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops.
Their cruelty is endless.
'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
www.commondreams.org
October 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care.
Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops.
Their cruelty is endless.
Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops.
Their cruelty is endless.
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BREAKING: Anti-ICE activists are outside NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill’s office demanding to speak with her. Protesters are demanding she take more aggressive action against Delaney Hall ICE Prison. TheDemands Below.
-Public report of findings from Health Dpt Inspection
-Governor meeting with DH Detainees
-Public report of findings from Health Dpt Inspection
-Governor meeting with DH Detainees
October 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
BREAKING: Anti-ICE activists are outside NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill’s office demanding to speak with her. Protesters are demanding she take more aggressive action against Delaney Hall ICE Prison. TheDemands Below.
-Public report of findings from Health Dpt Inspection
-Governor meeting with DH Detainees
-Public report of findings from Health Dpt Inspection
-Governor meeting with DH Detainees
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“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
October 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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I’m gonna put my fist through a wall
For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment."
Former university president
Former university president
October 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I’m gonna put my fist through a wall
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Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
October 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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You can read Jamal’s work here.
It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post.
Rest in peace, Jamal.
And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post.
Rest in peace, Jamal.
And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
You can read Jamal’s work here.
It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post.
Rest in peace, Jamal.
And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post.
Rest in peace, Jamal.
And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
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Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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It is totally fair to accuse the Post of making something seem partisan when it's actually not partisan at all.
October 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It is totally fair to accuse the Post of making something seem partisan when it's actually not partisan at all.
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He is not defying the Democrats. He is defying the US Congress, aka the people. A president cannot legally or constitutionally spend money however he wishes to. Congress appropriated the funding. Previous presidents signed those appropriations into law. Trump is lawless. That's the story here.
October 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
He is not defying the Democrats. He is defying the US Congress, aka the people. A president cannot legally or constitutionally spend money however he wishes to. Congress appropriated the funding. Previous presidents signed those appropriations into law. Trump is lawless. That's the story here.
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He shielded the CIA's torturers from scrutiny and prosecution:
journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2009/04/...
He reneged on his promise to shut down Gitmo:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2009/04/...
He reneged on his promise to shut down Gitmo:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Obama Publishes ‘Torture’ Memos, Immunizes CIA Staff
The Obama Justice Department has released four memos detailing the harsh techniques used on some detainees during the Bush administration. The memos – three written in 2005 and another in 20…
journals.law.harvard.edu
October 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
He shielded the CIA's torturers from scrutiny and prosecution:
journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2009/04/...
He reneged on his promise to shut down Gitmo:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2009/04/...
He reneged on his promise to shut down Gitmo:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Sunday's @washingtonpost op-ed on why “The Great aWOKEning is over" was so absurd, I thought it was a parody article...
Until I saw who wrote it
9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacist
Until I saw who wrote it
9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacist
Throwback Thursday: Megan McArdle Can’t Tell Me Shit About White Supremacy
Before Jeff Bezos hired her, the whitest white woman who ever whited dedicated an entire column warning me to “be careful” who I called a white supremacist.
dlvr.it
October 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Sunday's @washingtonpost op-ed on why “The Great aWOKEning is over" was so absurd, I thought it was a parody article...
Until I saw who wrote it
9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacist
Until I saw who wrote it
9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacist
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Yes, you voted for this if you voted for Trump. He told you he’d be a dictator. He told you he’d punish America for voting him out in 2020. Don’t blame Trump. Blame yourself.
".. When pressed on the limits of his power, Trump left himself ample room: He would not rule out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms .. 'I’m not committing to anything,' he says."
October 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Yes, you voted for this if you voted for Trump. He told you he’d be a dictator. He told you he’d punish America for voting him out in 2020. Don’t blame Trump. Blame yourself.
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The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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I hope the survivors who came forward years or decades ago know that they are the reason the Cornell case is resonating the way it is.
Every single one of you helped pave a path for people to understand the harms of rape and institutional betrayal.
Thank you. I know it’s hard. But thank you.
Every single one of you helped pave a path for people to understand the harms of rape and institutional betrayal.
Thank you. I know it’s hard. But thank you.
October 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
I hope the survivors who came forward years or decades ago know that they are the reason the Cornell case is resonating the way it is.
Every single one of you helped pave a path for people to understand the harms of rape and institutional betrayal.
Thank you. I know it’s hard. But thank you.
Every single one of you helped pave a path for people to understand the harms of rape and institutional betrayal.
Thank you. I know it’s hard. But thank you.
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The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
September 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration