We try to NOT be that topical.

Hey, journalists!

Could you do us all a favour?

Fact check Donald Trump BEFORE you quote him.

Then, if he's lying, we don't need the quote. A simple statement "Donald Trump lied again" will do.

Save us all a LOT of time - you don't have to write a lot of nonsense, we don't have to read it.

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Curses! I went with my taste instead of my behavior

A spoiled self interested moron, born with a golden spoon in his mouth.
A coward when there is any possible cost to himself.
Witness the dissolving bone spurs.
Would happily stage an assassination that cost the life one of his supporters, if it insured his grip on power.

Nice

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Supporting the man who started a war that just a few days ago Joe was railing against.
Scumbag

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Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

It's reassuring, in a way, that the military and others understand Trump well enough that they kept him out of the room during the Iran rescue mission, distrusting his ability to make sound decisions.

But that's also why he should be removed from office.

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Help Alma and her family Hi,

Reuters: "UNICEF “outraged” after two truck drivers it contracted to deliver clean water to families in the Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli fire."

Conditions are dire, the Gazans rely on our donations. No amount is too small.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem and her family. And to others. 💜

My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, and I'm going to be dead within 2 years now that the CDC cancelled funding for the mRNA treatment that might have save my life. But at least now we have Secretary of War who is a Pulp Fiction fan.

Sunday thought: A change in the air The noxious realities of Trump's authoritarianism are revealed for all to see

I hesitate to say we’ve reached a turning point in this horrific time. But something profound seems to be changing. Let me explain. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-chang...

Remember when Trump and his cronies said their war in Iran would end in 4-6 weeks?

We’re now at 7 weeks and 1 day.

Donald has no plan.

And nobody around Trump will show this to him

Trump Made A Deal With Billionaires. Communities Are Making Him Pay For It. The resistance is fighting back and winning

Read the full exposé here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-made...

100,000 jobs? That’s what Trump promised. The reality? Massive pollution, skyrocketing electric bills, and a total drain on our water supply. These aren't public investments—they’re private profit machines.

Full story: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-made...

This week at Democracy Docket: On the ground in Chicago tp bring you exclusive election news Unlike a lot of media outlets that cover politics, at Democracy Docket we invest in original reporting. This week was a great example of why.

NEW: This week we were at the US Election Assistance Commission convening in Chicago where we revealed that Trump is blocking experts from a key federal committee on voting machine standards. We also unearthed a troubling federal proposal to create a massive system for sharing state voter data.

Trump Made A Deal With Billionaires. Communities Are Making Him Pay For It. The resistance is fighting back and winning

Bernie & AOC are drawing a line in the sand. While the Trump regime hands keys of our power grid to Silicon Valley, these leaders are fighting to ensure that "progress" doesn't mean doubling your electric bill.

Read why the resistance is winning: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-made...

"We cannot sit back and allow a handful of billionaire Big Tech oligarchs to make decisions that reshape our economy." 🛑

Bernie joined the fight to stop the $500B data center land grab. While Trump hands over the grid, we’re left with the bill.

Full story: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-made...

AOC is calling for a federal freeze on new AI data centers. No more billionaire "free-riding" at the expense of your electric bill and your water. 📉

The resistance is winning: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-made...

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Always the smartest fellow in the room.

Buttigieg: I’ll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic credit for going to a lot of different places. Going to these college campuses is kind of the equivalent, in their minds, of the way I feel when I go on Fox News.

The difference is, when I go on Fox News, I’m telling the truth

I'd line up for Pete. If this country wasn't so backward thinking, Pete would be our next president.

This important event is happening right now.

No, not yet.

I think Mr. Schultz would approve the image of Snoopy being used this way.

Yes, we did not rebuild it from the ground up.
It would have cost and time prohibitive, pulling crew off of the making of the actual show.

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