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The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

People who were critical of Friday’s remarks by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox might take a second listen. “Words are not violence,” he said, which in recent years has been an idea expressed by many conservatives. But…

In goose meme form.

“What is your basis for saying she puts roast beef in her pockets and in her pants?” I don’t even know where to begin. You just have to read these two pages.

Michael Fanone on Home of the Brave: " The purpose of it is to provide a platform for everyday Americans who have been adversely affected by this administration's actions.”

My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; generate less electricity; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a cloud of uncertainty.

Don’t be the kind of ghoul who is delighted by the death of innocent children in Texas. That’s Greg Abbott’s thing. Don’t be like Greg Abbott.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense.

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

Silly Leftists thought we’d be better off spending the last 40 years addressing climate change and making sure everyone had healthcare. Glad we didn’t get ourselves into a mess like that. I mean, could you imagine??

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Sen. Murphy continues to regularly say the things that many of you complain that no prominent Democrat is saying.

Whether it's Democrats putting flyers on Chris Cillizza’s Tesla or Republicans assassinating Democratic lawmakers, it's time for both sides to turn down the temperature.

Where were the 200,000+ people who were supposed to be at Trump's military parade? Right here:

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@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."

Happy 250th Birthday to OUR Army. These are the kinds of memories I’ll always cherish, celebrating the cutting of the Army’s birthday cake together with the youngest soldier in the unit. Celebrating true service, our values and the legacy of our force. This is who & what our army is!

These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.

Someone referred to Karoline Leavitt as Taco Belle, and I just couldn’t resist.🤭

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Yeah, it does seem kinda bad for a newspaper owner to get into business with a guy who vivisected one of his opinion columnists.

To put this into context he is flying to the Middle East TOMORROW to negotiate business deals per the WaPo. Also in context is the is a massive OpSec problem. It would take years to scour this thing for surveillance devices.

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

You may notice that after years of griping about alleged collusion between social media cos and govt, the social media platforms are curiously absent from the list. MAGA is not interested in tech's role now, because the social media platforms are currently doing Trump’s bidding. 4/

As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.

"A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act" is another way of saying "breaking the law because no one will enforce it"

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me?? Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?

Ah, the ole #2 treatment for our #2.

Trump's trade war: Volvo plans lay off up to 800 workers at three plants in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania because of concern that Trump's tariffs will cut into sales. This is how we get to a recession (or are in one already).

Thank you for that, Slackbot.

Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.

Character matters. Chris Krebs told inconvenient truths about the 2020 election being the safest and most secure and got fired by tweet for it. This man holds more courage in his little finger than the sum of the entire Republican apparatus.

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

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