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05 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000

Meet Republican Sen Thom Tillis (NC) of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Tillis was among the senators who voted to confirm Mr. Hegseth for the role in early 2025, despite having voiced concerns about his nomination. #FuckUpLegacy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

04 Sep 2026 20:19 +0000

Abortion is banned entirely or almost entirely in 17 states. Women have died of preventable pregnancy-related causes; others have not received adequate treatment and wound up hemorrhaging, getting deadly infections or losing their reproductive organs. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/opinion/gloria-steinem-feminism-abortion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

03 Sep 2026 18:34 +0000

He “had come into this world incapable of caring much about anything. So, in order to hide this deficiency, he had become a great actor, pretending even to himself that he cared passionately about all sorts of things.” Kurt Vonnegut on point.

01 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000

These trumps can kill. https://apnews.com/article/trump-ecstasy-drugs-netherlands-warning-deb14fdd18d452a70fde747310a92003

30 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000

Shitbag Trump has no clue about Venezuelan heavy crude that reduces light products yield - gasoline & diesel - and increases proportion of heavy residues: •Difficult extraction •Increased transport costs •Higher refining complexity •Greater eco-impacts https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heavy-industries-crude-oil-refinement-process-quick-guide-dergano-vjrve

27 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000

“Donald Trump controls the Republican caucus in Congress like a bunch of trained seals.” - Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland

27 Aug 2026 15:56 +0000

Do mail-in ballots implicate the 1st Amendment? As SCOTUS Conservatives claim to use an historic approach to support their decisions, the mail played a crucial role in our constitution with “an intimate relationship between mail delivery and the press.” See firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/mail/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

27 Aug 2026 00:48 +0000

Monday, conservative SCOTUS said a legal challenge by Democratic state AGs was premature, because the government hadn’t finalized its plans. But on Friday the Postal Service finalized its rule for screening mail ballots. The justices did not acknowledge that in their order. #WTF

26 Aug 2026 22:21 +0000

SCOTUS, the Inspector Clouseau of the judiciary. USPS won’t deliver mail ballots in states that don’t share voter data. USPS would determine whether the recipient was enrolled with USPS to receive a mail ballot. First Amendment violation, SCOTUS motherf****ers.

26 Aug 2026 15:44 +0000

Mr. Trump, tear this wall down!

25 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000

John Roberts helped George W. Bush to the presidency in 2000 by convincing SCOTUS conservatives to stop a Florida Supreme Court ordered statewide recount of all undervotes, when over 61,000 ballots were missed by vote tabulation machines. #FuckingOverTheUSAgain https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballots.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

24 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000

Iran war gotcha down Mr. Trump? (Operation Epic Fury?) Cool out with a thick, juicy cheese burger topped with fried onion rings. For dessert, a fudge brownie a la mode (topped with ice cream). That should get your heart screaming. #OperationEconomicFury https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/24/us/trump-news-iran-economy?smid=nytcore-ios-share

23 Aug 2026 13:42 +0000

Can you remember back to March 2025? The Trump administration postponed the compliance deadline for the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule by 30 months that moved it from Jan. 20, 2026, to July 20, 2028. Now, Cyclospora, spread through human feces, is in our food supply. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/well/eat/how-cyclospora-contaminates-food.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

23 Aug 2026 02:23 +0000

With his borderline personality disorder, Trump cannot distinguish between what he thinks someone meant by their actions/words and what the other person’s true motivations actually were leading to a “love’em until he hates ‘em” relationship with others. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

22 Aug 2026 03:50 +0000

Could Trump’s filing suit to silence critics for reports he dislikes result in a malicious prosecution counterclaim? Malicious prosecution claims may be tried under state tort claims in federal court. See https://www.ktjlaw.com/blog/malicious-prosecution-at-the-federal-level/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-liberal-think-tank.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

20 Aug 2026 20:22 +0000

As I see it, now that Trump’s deportees are being accepted by Liberia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, South Sudan and others, instead of being returned to their home countries, they are no longer shit hole countries. Wonders never cease. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/world/africa/liberia-trump-deportations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

20 Aug 2026 01:44 +0000

What is a “special message”? factually at https://factually.co/fact-checks/government/gao-review-presidential-special-message-impoundment-control-act-5f3dbd gives a fairly clear explanation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

20 Aug 2026 01:40 +0000

The Impoundment Control Act requires the Pres. to disperse funds appropriated by Congress, unless otherwise authorized to withhold them in certain circumstances if the Pres. notifies Congress by transmitting a “special message.” https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/122641?utm_medium=social

19 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000

Doofus Trump isn’t smart enough to think this up. Nixon's enemies list named his major political opponents from 1969 until he resigned as prez in 1974. The list was part of a campaign officially known as the “Political Enemies Project.” https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-is-wrong-about?r=a0ju&utm_medium=ios

19 Aug 2026 14:18 +0000

OK Dems - You have a script https://x.com/olenarohoza/status/2089882008482627769?s=12

19 Aug 2026 14:12 +0000

FL’s poverty rate is 13.1% or 2,805,433 people who cannot afford basic life needs. 2025 federal poverty level income for a family of four is $32,150 per year. Republican Byron Donalds has no plan to help the poor, does not speak of them and frankly couldn’t care less. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/us/elections/byron-donalds-profile-florida-governors-race.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

18 Aug 2026 23:20 +0000

Trump ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as Bad Health Sec RFK Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to the disorder. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism-research-trump-vaccines/

17 Aug 2026 20:04 +0000

Another day, another hissy fit as Big Baby T “blows up” US ally Oman. The terminally stupid president screwed the world economy by starting a no reason war against Iran. Pick an excuse: preemptive self-defense; Iran’s proxies, ballistic missiles & nuclear arms. #BS https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/politics/trump-iran-truce-oman.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

17 Aug 2026 15:09 +0000

Oh, so now you want to attack Bad Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s "eat real food" campaign simply because of a record-breaking number of cyclosporiasis infections and other US food-borne illness outbreaks? C’mon everybody, eat some roadkill. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6030799-rfk-jr-real-food-agenda-outbreaks/

17 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000

Why would Dr. Fauci voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel after the majority GOP voted to hold him in contempt for invoking the Fifth and ask the DOJ to take further steps against him? #Grandstanding https://apnews.com/article/anthony-fauci-covid-senate-contempt-15af424942646d9d43257d72e8bbd561?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share
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17 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000

Wasserman Schultz has long been a shit. Remember the 2016 rigging of the Democratic presidential primaries for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders? Wasserman Schultz resigned under fire as the DNC grudgingly admitted that they screwed Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid. https://www.ms.now/news/debbie-wasserman-schultz-florida-primaries-black-democrats

12 Aug 2026 00:36 +0000

Have we lost our minds? Flight Is Canceled After a Child Refuses to Be Seated. Sorry, Porter Airlines, you should have removed the child and the parents and had the rest of the passengers go on their way. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/travel/flight-canceled-child-seatbelt-porter-canada.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

10 Aug 2026 18:36 +0000

TACO flips again. After throwing hissy fits & tantrums befitting a two year old that the reflecting pool’s algae-stained waters and peeling lining were the fault of vandals, Trump half assed admits contractor error may be the cause. What a rube. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

10 Aug 2026 15:43 +0000

Communism is a system of government where the state plans and controls the economy and an authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order where the people will share in the greater wealth. You know, like the bullshit MAGA snake oil crap Trump peddles.

10 Aug 2026 03:11 +0000

Tweedle Dumbest Trump’s half baked war against Iran has screwed US weapons stockpiles to sidewalk spit levels. Trump is pissed about news coverage of the munitions shortages. His fix? A massive gov’t. leak hunt; told advisers to downplay, deny or blame (who else?) Biden. #Genius