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A new audio recording shows that Kurt Volker set up and was on a phone call in which Giuliani badgered...
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I don’t know if this statement has been diarized, my apologies, but it bears repeating often, so if anyone missed...
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For his entire public life Donald Trump was more concerned with image than achievement. It's why his name is the...
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Once Senator Mitch McConnell staked out the politically uncompromising GOP opposition to ‘everything’ Democrats proffered, during the Obama administration, the...
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It does seem clear that in the name of “bipartisanship, there may be pro-Trumpists chosen who will attempt to sabotage...
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Bernie Sanders opinion piece in the NYT is an important read. It is also important to recognize who sparked this...
Bernie Sanders opinion piece in the NYT is an important read. It is also important to recognize who sparked this...
Fear and loathing rises in the land of previous guy. The raid on Giuliani’s apartment and office netted the Feds 10...
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Minerva @ Midnight: people like Giuliani's records, they're not thinking about the first impeachment
Remember when Trump said: "I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery". Maybe we...
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Don’t miss your...
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“A man responsible for Republican vaccine hesitancy wonders why he's being asked to promote getting vaccinated….. It is April 19, 2021,...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: I'm...
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Actually, had Spielberg reduced the running time, the film 1941 might have been a classic. The classic film history teaching exercise...
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Remember Pizzagate? It seems like Right Wing Republicans and the GQP had the wrong address. They should have visited Matt...
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Here’s some big news out of Florida: https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1375230872996229122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Should Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried run for Florida Governor, she starts in...
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Truly a tool, as the Inspector General reports are coming and Previous Guy’s going to be in the barrel. Donald Trump...
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Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D. MD) re-election campaign: The last four years have dramatically demonstrated...
Lost relevance continues with more of the same Trump delusions up-chucking soon, signaled by the latest Big Lie interview with...
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Like Chicago gangsters a century ago prosecuted for tax evasion, the Chicago way may catch up to Trump. As Elliot Ness...
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Big news today out of Missouri: https://twitter.com/dylanewells/status/1368943471717941250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw I’m not too surprised by this announcement. Blunt wasn’t getting great coverage back...
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The Democratic Party is once again proving that integrity matters. In recent days, the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has...
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According to reporting from The Intercept, the FBI secured the records of lawmakers and their staff just hours after the...
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According to reporting from The Intercept, the FBI secured the records of lawmakers and their staff just hours after the...
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The GQP senate is an honor-free zone with pro-wrestling byplay, save the magnificent seven dead. Mitch McConnell is doing his...
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I recognize the futility of all of this given the corruption of the Republicans. But for history and anyone paying...
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Riot declared at 1:49pm. Pence evacuated at 2:26pm. The count is now $3.5 million supporting the 6 January demonstration, up...
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A majority of people polled want Trump convicted in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, as pressure is being applied to...
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Lots of events happening even if they’re all quite chaotic in the Russian Federation. Numerous anti-Putin demonstrations in the middle...
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I like to study potential presidential nominees AND their running mates. I believed correctly Obama/Biden before President Obama picked Biden. I...
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No one wants to hear about GameStop(gate) even if it’s not really a scandal or a flaw in capitalism. Slavoj "we must...
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As Climate Crisis returns to the new US administration agenda, negative emissions technologies (NETs) may find their implementation hindered by...
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Democracy is an afterthought for Trumpists. Whether it’s the “sense of style” or “good men knowing their limitations” the movie...
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Republicans (not just Trump) have embraced and largely succeeded with a “flood the zone” strategy of misconduct and corruption that, regrettably,...
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As Steve Bannon is pardoned for scamming border wall money, he’s likely the new operative for a Trump political party to...
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No doubt there are Trump pardons, but the cluster falls close to the _____. Apparently Trump has been advised that...
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This post-election period has been like no other, for reasons I don’t need to restate. While every outgoing president and...
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In other words, a monstrous, noxious, venal scheme to lightly garnish the shart soufflé that is Donald Trump’s presidency. The...
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From The New York Times: x YouTube Video The first television advertisements of the 2022 campaign cycle are on the...
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Staring at the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office must have had a stochastic effect. Like Nixon talking to portraits,...
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“Trump at this point should welcome someone using the 25h amendment, an insanity defense is about all he has left.”...
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Since we have allowed ourselves to sink into the wormhole of conspiracies like QAnon and election fraud, my contribution is...
This post in the Anticapitalist Chat supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx #WeeklyMarx Reproduction and accumulation Capital...
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Taggan Goddard of Political Wire has an interesting theory about why Trump decided to veto the National Defense Appropriation Act...
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As he prepares to ride off into the sunset on a screeching, incontinent llama, Donald Trump is wasting no time in...
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The aftermath of the 2020 election has proven to any skeptical American that the GOP has gone to POT—the Party...
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There will be plenty of memorials to the Trump reign, but the most significant one will be the betrayal of democracy....
Rep. Katie Porter did not mince her words as she called Mitch McConnell a liar who is solely fighting for...
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Lack of standing is the reason for SCOTUS dismissing the Ken Paxton suit to overturn the votes of four states. Meritless...
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To define exactly what I mean: Banana Republicans: An exploitative party that functions purblindly, often reliant upon and disproportionately benefiting...
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All I’ll say is I’m glad Katie Porter is on our side. She’s fierce and unafraid, and her latest Twitter...
