“Law-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.”
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Posts by Pissed Off Optimist
“Of course they’re planning overseas bombings in a group chat. Because the stupidity of this White House outpaces any attempt at parody; and because these guys are exactly as dumb in real life as they look on television.”
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There’s nothing better than walking through Brooklyn listening to Gangstarr
No better way to roll into New York than bump to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… on my AirPods. It might be my favorite Wu Tang album of all time.
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
What an embarrassing, ugly, and crude display of belligerence. Everything that we were warned about is happening. Ukraine is getting sold out right in front of our eyes.
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As the saying goes, "Give me your tired, your poor, your millionaires..."
He's just out here casually selling citizenships. NBD.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 no idea where this originally came from, but it’s perfect
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
He nails it.
Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"
goddamn, I needed that!
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Thank god for saying it out loud.
The complete dismantling of our government in real time
Monday thought:
Jeffries: "It's unfortunate that many of our Republican colleagues are determined to stand up a shadow government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, and for the billionaires that will stick it to the American people. That's what's driving much of the behavior on the other side of the aisle."
“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal government right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both [the] law and potentially the constitution all over the place,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Taking a Gatling gun approach to governing, firing shots in all directions at the same time, Mr. Trump has left virtually no corner of Washington untouched as he seeks to tear down the old apparatus and refashion it to his liking.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
The 👀’s says so much
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
FFS