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I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health

Take a moment to appreciate Harry Truman‘s negotiating skills. He got Hitler to surrender everything, agree to Germany’s occupation and then shoot himself in the head.

The fact that this administration is hell bent on punishing Kilmar Abrego Garcia while rewarding Ghislane Maxwell tells you all you need to know about their violent racism and misogyny.

Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared

BIG DUMB JD VANCE, WHO DEFINITELY FUCKED A COUCH, WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT WORLD WAR TWO ENDED BECAUSE OF NEGOTIATIONS. HOW FUCKING STUPID IS THAT? FAKE NEWS! THANK YOU JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) FOR WRITING ABOUT IT — AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO READING MY POST. THE LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/3JRdKws

DC deserves more autonomy and representation, not less. DC statehood is the most democratic way forward, and it's long overdue.

Rep. Adam Smith: "Look, it's pretty clear the president wants his own domestic police force and step by step he's trying to create it. We should be deeply alarmed by that regardless of how you feel about crime in DC or any other city ... it's a huge step toward an autocratic government."

The Trump-Putin Summit, as it is being framed, a peace deal “land-swap” between Russia and Ukraine, is very troubling and should sound alarm bells at home and abroad.

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Elon Musk donated $15 million to Republican and pro-Trump super PACs...in just a single day. That’s roughly 0.00375% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can spend pennies to rig the system in their favor at the expense of everyone else. We must get Big Money out of politics.

There are so many times this nightmare should’ve been over, but I’ll never get how inciting a violent coup on J6 didn’t lead to a prison term post haste. That fucker should’ve been yanked by the lapels out of the White House, handcuffed, and hauled away that day. Everyone knew he was responsible.

Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione...the same man who rammed through a six‑week abortion ban...has been exposed: a 17‑year affair and allegedly paid for multiple abortions. These aren't leaders...they're hypocrites in power. If that doesn’t make you furious, you’re not awake.

Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant. Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.

ICYMI: At a Texas House hearing on the state’s redistricting scheme, Democrats asked the GOP chair if he knew most of the state’s population growth came from communities of color. He said he hadn’t looked at the census data.

my “i never had the privilege of going to pedo island” press conference is raising a lot of questions already answered in the press conference

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

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Oh this gives the game away. And it’s sick. How truly, unrelenting terrible these people are.

The new lawlessness enforcers. No ID, No accountability. No rights....

It sucks that the president of the United States is pure evil and a career criminal. America is not well and not safe.

FEMA will send $608 million to states to construct temporary immigrant detention centers, like Florida’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz.” Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response. Cruelty is always the priority.

I just can’t bear this.

happy English writer/philosopher bday Aldous Huxley, b.1894. "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”

It is SO complicated……..

People who think the United States isn't depraved enough to rehabilitate sexual predator Ghislaine Maxell forget how quickly the United States rehabilitated sexual predator Donald Trump. We are not a moral country; we are a country of shameless opportunism.

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

Anti-Trump protester in Scotland: “I want him to leave our country. He’s an odious man, horrible orange buffoon.”

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Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just relaxed export restrictions on AI chip manufacturers AMD and Nvidia. Lutnick's family business empire holds a combined $1.1B stake in both companies. "Conflict of interest" is an understatement.

While the Department of Justice is meeting in secret with Ghislaine Maxwell to coach her on testimony, it is hiding from us three discs containing court-authorized recordings of her phone calls. [Source: ABC News] That is the REAL evidence. And this is a cover-up.

What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job? Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.

Well done, jeffrey toobin! “the invocation of the possibility by a president who put the prosecutorial process in motion suggests that the nation has moved to a never-before-seen era of malevolence and reprisal.” The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

The purpose of antitrust authority, including FCC media merger approval, is to prevent market distortion. The purpose is not to get promises of coverage biased in the ruling party’s favor and discrimination in hiring, plus get the president a bribe. The Paramount-Skydance merger is deeply corrupt.

I hope people understand Ghislaine Maxwell wasn’t an assistant or mark. She manipulated young women to gain their trust—Epstein would’ve never “procured” so many without her. She built that. She also directly abused the girls. Don’t ever feel an ounce of sympathy for her because she’s a woman.

So then her credibility is not a question. She has no credibility. Period.

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Administration just put out half-baked plan to cut USDA into 6 pie 🥧 pieces (15,000 staff already quit/fired) to MO, IN, CO, NC, &Utah, & what remains in DC. This will decimate research etc just as farmers are walloped by tariffs. Calling for public oversight hearing next week.

“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.” They’re wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

IF Anything in your Amazon Order doesn’t say “Prime” when your Ordering…BACK OUT AND DELETE THOSE ITEMS! Tariffs are in the guise of Shipping and Handling now! Each $6.88 items total weight is 2.02 oz so 8 ounces Cost $39.96?!? Backed the fuck right out of That! SPREAD THE WORD EVERYWHERE…!

Of course he’ll pardon her

It happened this morning. Thanks for checking in though.