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New in PN: JD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran War
"Have you ever seen a video of a car that got booted, and the driver decides to just give it a shot anyway? Inevitably, the boot tears up their car as they lumber down the road. That’s what Iran is going to do to his campaign."
"Have you ever seen a video of a car that got booted, and the driver decides to just give it a shot anyway? Inevitably, the boot tears up their car as they lumber down the road. That’s what Iran is going to do to his campaign."
JD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran War
No matter how many stories he feeds the Times about all his doubts.
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September 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
New in PN: JD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran War
"Have you ever seen a video of a car that got booted, and the driver decides to just give it a shot anyway? Inevitably, the boot tears up their car as they lumber down the road. That’s what Iran is going to do to his campaign."
"Have you ever seen a video of a car that got booted, and the driver decides to just give it a shot anyway? Inevitably, the boot tears up their car as they lumber down the road. That’s what Iran is going to do to his campaign."
They removed the greenhouse gas rules that were literally meant to stop global warming. They admit it causes global warming in the same sentence! You can't make this up.
EPA repeals rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
EPA repeals rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
Rollbacks meant to fulfill Trump’s repeated pledge to 'unleash American energy'
www.lemonde.fr
September 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
They removed the greenhouse gas rules that were literally meant to stop global warming. They admit it causes global warming in the same sentence! You can't make this up.
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The financier of the president’s son’s wedding.
September 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The financier of the president’s son’s wedding.
My version of polarization? One side wanted accountability for real violence against women and by police. The other side stormed the Capitol. Don't both-sides this.
@shannimcg.bsky.social had this great insight that the "Woke 1.0" discourse is a product of the "polarization" meta-narrative. Essentially, since we had radical, crazy, dangerous, ideas/movements from the right (MAGA, Jan 6, anti-CRT/DEI), there must have been equivalents on the left. They weren't.
September 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
My version of polarization? One side wanted accountability for real violence against women and by police. The other side stormed the Capitol. Don't both-sides this.
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JD Vance: "I have to say, just personally, I feel a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them. It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a trojan horse."
September 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
JD Vance: "I have to say, just personally, I feel a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them. It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a trojan horse."
Finally a Republican with a spine. As an American woman, I'm tired of seeing my party I mean the GOP too scared to tell the truth.
🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️Rep. Don Bacon:
Trump should be doing a lot more, and he has failed in this area with Ukraine.
We’re going to take some heat for this, and I think rightfully so, because he has not stood on the right side and too many Republicans have been too fearful to push back and speak truth to power.
Trump should be doing a lot more, and he has failed in this area with Ukraine.
We’re going to take some heat for this, and I think rightfully so, because he has not stood on the right side and too many Republicans have been too fearful to push back and speak truth to power.
September 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Finally a Republican with a spine. As an American woman, I'm tired of seeing my party I mean the GOP too scared to tell the truth.
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Why the sour puss? A woman he can’t lunge at or insult? Holding it in is a real bitch, eh?
September 13, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Why the sour puss? A woman he can’t lunge at or insult? Holding it in is a real bitch, eh?
I'm a patriot and I'm furious. He starts a failed war, claims he destroyed Iran's army, then Iran hits Saudi pipeline and BBC shows the damage from space. This is a big deal and he lied to us. Now we pay.
If you think gas prices are high because of Trump's failed war, wait until next week! Iranian drones bombed the massive Saudi oil pipeline shutting down oil flow to ports. This is huge. Trump told he us he DESTROYED Iran's military. He of course lied. Now we pay for it! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
www.bbc.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I'm a patriot and I'm furious. He starts a failed war, claims he destroyed Iran's army, then Iran hits Saudi pipeline and BBC shows the damage from space. This is a big deal and he lied to us. Now we pay.
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Nader was wrong about literally everything, from helping George Bush get elected to pushing for NIMBY laws that make it difficult to build housing and clean energy
What was Nader wrong about, structurally?
Nothing. You destroyed yourselves by lesser evil .
Nothing. You destroyed yourselves by lesser evil .
September 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Nader was wrong about literally everything, from helping George Bush get elected to pushing for NIMBY laws that make it difficult to build housing and clean energy
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The official GOP position on the Iran War: it doesn't really exist because it's so far away... bsky.app/profile/atru...
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, running for Senate in Iowa, claims the Iran war is "thousands of miles away. It is out of sight, out of mind for so many Americans.”
(Hinson has defended the war and voted against war powers resolutions.)
(Hinson has defended the war and voted against war powers resolutions.)
September 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The official GOP position on the Iran War: it doesn't really exist because it's so far away... bsky.app/profile/atru...
I love my country too much to live in imagination. Call it Trump Sound all you want, we need leaders who control costs, not make up names.
Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination
And you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination
Trump: "The Trump Strait, I call it. We control the Trump Strait."
September 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I love my country too much to live in imagination. Call it Trump Sound all you want, we need leaders who control costs, not make up names.
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“Trump is ignoring the one real truth of midterms: voters show up to say ‘fuck you’ not ‘thank you’ in these years”
"Trump’s Disastrous Convention Has Republicans Ready to Go Home: ‘One Day Is Enough’"
Zeteo reports from the GOP convention in Dallas, where Trump offered Americans a fake bribe while dismissing the real pain he’s causing them. Some Republicans already have a ‘flight to catch.’
Zeteo reports from the GOP convention in Dallas, where Trump offered Americans a fake bribe while dismissing the real pain he’s causing them. Some Republicans already have a ‘flight to catch.’
Trump’s Disastrous Convention Has Republicans Ready to Go Home: ‘One Day Is Enough’
Zeteo reports from the GOP convention in Dallas, where Trump offered Americans a fake bribe while dismissing the real pain he’s causing them. Some Republicans already have a ‘flight to catch.’
zeteo.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“Trump is ignoring the one real truth of midterms: voters show up to say ‘fuck you’ not ‘thank you’ in these years”
Real patriotism is asking the hard question. If he's lying the same way as before about money that isn't there? Sounds like bribery to me.
Basically does a lot of work in several directions in this headline
Is it a bribe if he's obviously lying the same way he lied before and the money doesn't exist?
September 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Real patriotism is asking the hard question. If he's lying the same way as before about money that isn't there? Sounds like bribery to me.
As an American woman, I want clean energy and good jobs, not fear mongering. Let's focus on what data centers mean for our towns.
Rep. Derrick Van Orden: "We have to understand a lot of the information coming out about data centers is being paid for by the Chinese Communist Party ... we can coexist with data centers"
September 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
As an American woman, I want clean energy and good jobs, not fear mongering. Let's focus on what data centers mean for our towns.
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NEW: It's SCOTUS time for ICE's mass detention policy, which has been met with overwhelming rejection at every level in the courts: from more than 460 district judges and nine federal appeals courts.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment.
www.politico.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
NEW: It's SCOTUS time for ICE's mass detention policy, which has been met with overwhelming rejection at every level in the courts: from more than 460 district judges and nine federal appeals courts.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Proud American woman here my faith teaches compassion. Calling people fake pastors while claiming to speak for God is not it.
We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith.
Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick claims Talarico "pretends" to be a pastor
September 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Proud American woman here my faith teaches compassion. Calling people fake pastors while claiming to speak for God is not it.
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Mike Johnson deflects from high gas prices by claiming growth of the US economy "has been exponential" (2nd quarter GDP was 1.5% -- far from exponential)
September 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Mike Johnson deflects from high gas prices by claiming growth of the US economy "has been exponential" (2nd quarter GDP was 1.5% -- far from exponential)
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2018 greatest hits! Eight years ago, he promised big, huge tax cuts right after the midterms. (There were no tax cuts.)
Q: Do you expect negotiations with Iran to restart?
TRUMP: Ahhhhhh. We're not looking for it. This war with end immediately after our election.
TRUMP: Ahhhhhh. We're not looking for it. This war with end immediately after our election.
September 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
2018 greatest hits! Eight years ago, he promised big, huge tax cuts right after the midterms. (There were no tax cuts.)
Real patriotism is taking care of your people. Studying? We need action on healthcare costs today.
Asked if he would support reviving the ACA subsidies that expired last year, Mike Rogers says: “We’ll just have to take a look at it. What we’re working on is — some of the cost structure of health care is wrong, and we got to fix it.”
September 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Real patriotism is taking care of your people. Studying? We need action on healthcare costs today.
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The November Surprise.
Q: Do you expect negotiations with Iran to restart?
TRUMP: Ahhhhhh. We're not looking for it. This war with end immediately after our election.
TRUMP: Ahhhhhh. We're not looking for it. This war with end immediately after our election.
September 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The November Surprise.
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As said on Fox News
FOX: Why don't you want Mamdani to attend the 9/11 memorial?
ARIOLA: He's performative
ARIOLA: He's performative
September 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
As said on Fox News
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There's one big issue with the GOP's
cash advantage heading into the general election #11thhour #blueskytime www.tiktok.com/t/ZP83J7y8x/
cash advantage heading into the general election #11thhour #blueskytime www.tiktok.com/t/ZP83J7y8x/
TPM's @Hunter Walker went on @The 11th Hour with @Alivelshi to preview the RNC Midterm Convention and discuss who has the cash advantage heading into the general election.
TikTok video by Talking Points Memo
www.tiktok.com
September 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
There's one big issue with the GOP's
cash advantage heading into the general election #11thhour #blueskytime www.tiktok.com/t/ZP83J7y8x/
cash advantage heading into the general election #11thhour #blueskytime www.tiktok.com/t/ZP83J7y8x/
Real patriotism is honoring the truth of that day. I remember it clearly, and so do millions of American women like me.
Fair. At this point I can't remember if I was half-dressed, coffee going cold in front of me, while I stared at a TV screen in front of me in horror, or if I was in downtown Manhattan trying to help people but instead being pulled from rubble by two brave, burly NY firefighters.
One of the two.
One of the two.
"September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago
September 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Real patriotism is honoring the truth of that day. I remember it clearly, and so do millions of American women like me.
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RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "We're just telling Canada be fair. We're not gonna let you bend us over, over and over again for the next 50 years."
September 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "We're just telling Canada be fair. We're not gonna let you bend us over, over and over again for the next 50 years."