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Blue Dot dad of two boys in a Red Sea. Penn State grad. I play the tuba and enjoy hiking and painting. I enjoy the Grateful Dead and Billy Joel.
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I don’t think the young people (ie if you’re under 25 you don’t really remember Obama) realize just how electric a speaker he is
“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth
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Everytime I hear him speak, I am reminded that he IS the POTUS. Is this how we want politicians speaking, let alone POTUS? Shit, we're supposed to show the office respect by standing when he enters and calling him Mr. President. Tell me we don't really have kings.
Trump blasts a woman reporter at ABC who he says is "not a particularly attractive person"
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For all the bluster about how "great" Gen X is. Turns out my generation is actually the worst generation.
In the most recent New York Times/Siena University poll of likely midterm voters, 70 percent of young voters identified as Democrats or leaned that way. That’s 15 points higher than the last poll before the 2024 election. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...
I don't want to hear conservatives talk about their concern for "men in women's sports". It's not about that. When they mock someone who was raped and takes the side of the enabler of that. It was never about concern for the women. It was bigotry.
JD Vance smears Amy Acton: "I happen to think that the people of Ohio see through that fraudulent activity for exactly what it is. Somebody said alcohol. You can say it. I can't."
The thing is this. Republicans generally hate women more than anything. They despise women, and generally are okay with them dying due to no healthcare and are especially okay with them being assaulted. they are okay with rape.
🚨 VILE: Vivek Ramaswamy’s new attack ad against Amy Acton features her estranged mother, who stayed married to the man who sexually abused her daughter at age 12, even after his arrest. Now even conservatives are calling the ad disgusting. The horrifying story behind Vivek’s attack:
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I think he's right. After democrats trounce Republicans he needs a war time consigliere, and Susie is not it. Bloodshed is coming.
My take on the supposedly sudden internal battle over the future of Susie Wiles in the White House: none of this is organic or tied to what reports are saying. Trump knows he needs a chief of staff who will help him launch a civil war sometime post-midterms, and he believes Wiles isn't that person.
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Trump’s obsession with demonizing the Somali community is dangerous and reprehensible. Hate to break it to him: Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump intimidate us. Our neighbors have our back.
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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When Democrats retake the presidency. The first act should be before to inauguration day isnover is firing everyone hire between 2025 and 2029.
The ICE Air Operations official handbook allows minors as young as 13 to be shackled on ICE flights. We don’t know this girl/young woman’s age, but if she is over 18, it probably isn’t by much. I don’t know how those flight “guards” sleep at night.
This. 100% This. Never mind the probably countless people who have been put to death wrongly over the years. This should hever happen.
Today I wrote about the botched execution of Christina Pike and how the death penalty must end, in all situations, with absolutely no exceptions. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...