i submit: Trump has squeezed his core supporters into a classic trauma-bond… an approach ideal for gaslighting narcissists
he has them convinced that pain & misery are an indispensable aspect of being a good American
i guess Trump sees Vets as a component of his coalition
I just saw on the local news that Trump promised Vets new LA housing but fucked them on the budget and they're pissed.
Well, welcome to the party. pals. You didn't see that coming?
Trump & Associates are committing SuperPower Suicide—on our behalf and in our name
but WE don’t want America to lose her SuperPower status
Because you always want to make sure your troops might be incapacitated with a preventable illness in the middle of a war…
American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is being held by the Kuwaiti government for his social media posts. EFF calls for his immediate release. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
"Bill sponsor Del. Alex Askew was direct: “Why is the commonwealth supporting groups that rewrite history to obscure the true cause of the Civil War? A war fought to uphold the institution of slavery, America’s original sin?”
The UDC called it “viewpoint discrimination.”
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ends tax-exempt status for Confederate organizations
6 days ago, Credit @reichwingwatch.bsky.social & @abigailspanberger.com
"🚨Gov. Abigail Spanberger just signed House Bill 167, stripping the United Daughters of the Confederacy — and other #Confederate heritage organizations — of their state property and recordation tax exemptions"
💙🗽👏😀
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Happy Hour?
free guillotine lubricant and blade sharpening service
inquire within
I prefer guillotining
lovely project…
democracy must survive AND thrive
so let’s strive to make democracy survthrive
✅fund election campaigns with public money
✅fact-check campaign claims
✅make lying an onerous proposition
✅restore right-of-response for candidates
✅non-journo influencers must declare themselves
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That's why we @democracydefendersfund.org are looking for young voices w/bold ideas
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Gasoline went up 20 cents per gallon at the station in my city from when I filled up last evening and now. 👀
Best selling point ever! Vote YES Virginia.
evening-news stalwarts are among 250 journalists exhorting other journalists to confront Trump during upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner
it goes even better when we say it🙃
i like stories suggesting or implying that GOP intends to contest the midterms, as opposed to downright steal them
and i hope the party of MAGA—who’s been unable to confront one single, solitary misdeed or crime by Trump—realizes that his coattails are more slippery than an eel dipped in engine oil
the revenge of the incompetents
A Rational thought-
A man known to lean on alcohol for what troubles him inked in images of white supremacy With slogans from the literal 11th century crusades is the absolute wrong choice to lead even a picnic in the modern day Middle East
Why is nonsense tolerated?
how promptly…
✅Trump rose (with a shooter on the loose)
✅Old Glory was raised for the photo finish
STUPID CULT.
This was the worst staged event I've ever seen!
Walks into a hospital and releases a report from some dumb doctor who wasn't there?
His 2 cm gunshot wound didn't have a mark in 19 days?
FUCKING MORONS
DUMBASSES
Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
Where's the fucking bullet hole?
Trump murdered a MAGA firefighter and they're all still cheering him on? LOSERS. Go to his rallies, idiots! Just make sure to wear Kevlar.
Heather tells it like is (was).
People so often get the timeline, and causes, of the Revolutionary War completely wrong.
And the post of the day award...
Goes to Kevin Kruse. 🏆
Worldwide, girls and women are far more likely to be killed by their intimate partners or family members, than complete strangers.
Josef Palermo spent 10 months working at the Kennedy Center because he wanted to help protect it. He reports from inside the "hostile political takeover" of the nation’s cultural center: theatln.tc/OexwWjt5
📸: Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty
what would Schrödinger say?
All-New Countdown Podcast drops at midnight:
Is the Strait of Hormuz open or is it closed? Are there peace talks with Iran or nah? Is Vance going? Is IRAN going? Does 'blowing a hole' in an Iranian cargo ship violate the ceasefire he keeps boasting about? Don’t ask Trump. He doesn’t know
Euphemisms for war crimes. 🤬
