Vaughn McMonigle

I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.

The allegations against Donald Trump for sexual assault seem to have a common denominator: He is physically violent and intentionally inflicts pain on his victims. He likes to slam women and girls up against doors and walls as he roughly manhandles them. Donald Trump is a sick and twisted person.

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNg2Uea6uUs

Never forget what the Florida Felon incited on J6 when the sniveling little cheating bitch LOST BIGLY to Biden, sparked an insurrection to stop the certification of his win, and has cried, denied and whined about it ever since. Zero grace. Zero class. Zero respect for our constitution.

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No, they were middle-aged men wearing powdered wigs, elaborately embroidered hostess jackets, silk hose, and shoes with enormous buckles and substantial heels. In other words, our Constitution was written and signed by drag queens.

Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

A gas venture that came up in President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace talks had a hidden backer, according to its former boss. Link ⤵️

THE NARCISSISM IS FUCKING STAGGERING. Trump did not “settle 8 wars.” That claim has been repeatedly fact-checked as FALSE! It’s FAKE NEWS! Meanwhile, he launched a war with Iran WITHOUT congressional authorization — and at least 22 American service members have died.

You know, Elon, if you just paid your taxes, we could give those kids food and healthcare, things far more valuable than stock in a government-welfare-dependent company that is bound to go bankrupt eventually.

This was Lindsey Graham's bill, something he felt strongly about. So, of course, his devoted sister, Darline Graham, will ferociously rebuke Donald Trump for this. I'm kidding! She doesn't give a shit about her dead brother's wishes. She just wants the fame, $174,000, and free healthcare.

I am with Bernie Sanders on this, you?

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Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦

Years and years of fighting to get a plaque installed honoring the officers who held the line on January 6th. Last week a federal judge dismissed our lawsuit. She said we have no standing. I'm used to losing. I'm not done. www.standingourground.us/p/they-dismi...

Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."

YOU NEED TO SEE THIS Rob Bonta (California AG): “We think it’s limitless what he (Trump) will try and what he is capable of. So, if you can imagine it, we have thought of it and we have a plan.” Every attorney general should be planning for this.

The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?

Y’all have seen the viral short clip. Here’s the full original. The energy we need when somebody tries to push disinformation down our throats.

Shooting Latino immigrants because they’re undocumented is fascism. Being undocumented is not even a criminal offense. It’s civil, like expired plates. But police don’t shoot people for that. Oh—they do if motorist is Black. So, no surprise MAGA supports ICE fascists who shoot Latino immigrants.😐

Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

US govt and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets Boehly's consortium includes US International Development Finance Corp, UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan and billionaire Syrian-Qatari Al-Khayyat family - bidding against Carlyle www.ft.com/content/152a...

In 1971, Henry Fonda played the Vietnam War in a TV ad. Last week a Russian actor took the role. Nikita Kukushkin, in exile since condemning the invasion of Ukraine, faces the camera: I am war. Help me kill. Don't protest. Don't follow the news. Have a latte on Patriarch's Ponds.

Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."

Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Susan Collins’ bribery scheme exposed - Trump's press ban backfires - GOP breaks with Trump on diesel - Trump's arch is now slated to be a sniper nest open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

JD Vance walked right into this one. He never saw the follow-up coming. “People who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted.” Kaitlan Collins: So about January 6th…

And why has no reporter made this point to his face in live television?

“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases

JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

RAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...

A fuel supplier says $4M in gas vanished from its reserves, unpaid. Some allegedly ended up at "Freedom Fuel" stations Trump pitched as cheap gas amid his Iran conflict spiking oil prices. Sound familiar? I fought against Trump's lies when he turned them against our democracy. (Link in reply)

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Applebaum explains the reasons of the war on Ukraine: "Putin wanted to rebuild the Soviet Empire, but he was also seeking to prevent the democratization of Russia, following a revolutionary change in the nature of the Ukrainian government. This is the revolution Putin is most afraid of at home."

5 million fewer people enrolled. Premiums more than doubled for millions. Republicans didn’t “reform” anything. They just pulled the ladder up and called it freedom. This wasn’t an accident. It was the plan. The November VOTE BLUE to #RestoreACATaxCredits

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Why is it so many Republican ran facilities and ideals are rampant with sadistic behavior towards children?

NEW: Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911. with @wpln.bsky.social

If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.

I love this. Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she decided to jump into the race the day RFK Jr was nominated to lead HHS. She’s a pediatrician. Saw what was coming & decided she couldn’t sit on the sidelines. THIS is what I’m talking about. Feeling called to serve & actually following through.

If any of the perpetrators in the Epstein files were Black, their names would have been released on Day 1 and they’d already be behind bars. We know it's true. Stop protecting rich White pedophiles—especially that one. Release the #EpsteinFiles