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@jbshakerman

Democracy Today. Democracy Tomorrow. Democracy Forever. Read a lot, write a bit, help wife, love kids, pet cats, play klezmer. Retired. Slava Ukraini. Save the Republic. (No DMs please.)

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I blame John Roberts for a lot of this debacle. The rest goes to RUPERT MURDOCH & Ronald Reagan. Fox News was the beginning of the END for us.

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in southern Lebanese town Human Rights Watch says the Israeli military unlawfully fired white phosphorus shells into a village in southern Lebanon.

www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nationa...

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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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Opinion | The Popcorn Resistance of β€˜One Battle After Another’

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...

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@miamiherald.com

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So lucky to live when the Iron Pyrite Age of Trump is in full bloom.

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Today I learned that Iran was the second country to give de facto recognition to the modern state of Israel.

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Trump’s tantrum sounds like a way to stop funding the debacle in Iran.

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This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!...

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πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―

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Spotted in Nashville this week…

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Terrible..

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As always, whatever @willbunch.bsky.social writes, you should read it.

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Brilliant πŸ†

Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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"Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook."

β€”Harry S. Truman

"Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." β€”Harry S. Truman

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I hope he didn't give away the milk for free.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Europe looks on in disbelief as US appropriates its weapons for Iran war (IntelliNews) By Ben Aris in BerlinEuropean allies are looking on in disbelief and growing concern as the US appropriates weapons they've paid for use in the Operation Epi...

Read "Europe looks on in disbelief as US appropriates its weapons for Iran war" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7iKaapoc/Q...

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Epstein's War is Not even two weeks old
And everything is already a spectacular disaster
The price of oil skyrocketed to over $100 a barrel, stock markets dropping like a rock
Dead soldiers, Innocent Dead children
Remember-You voted for the
'No More Wars President'

Epstein's War is Not even two weeks old And everything is already a spectacular disaster The price of oil skyrocketed to over $100 a barrel, stock markets dropping like a rock Dead soldiers, Innocent Dead children Remember-You voted for the 'No More Wars President'

'𝑡𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒔 π‘·π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’•'
😱😳 🍊🀑

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Probably a good time for Democrats to point out Trump has never once pumped his own gas in his whole life. He has almost no idea how much gas costs or how it impacts normal people's budgets.

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KC Airport evacuated potential threat. FBI on scene.

KC Airport evacuated potential threat. FBI on scene.

You will not convince me that this is not a plan to terrorize Americans.

The regime wants terrorism on US soil to cancel the election.

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The funny thing is β€” he can’t do anything about college sports because the oligarchs are bigger than him, and he can’t do anything about Russian intel because the oligarchs are bigger than him. He can’t solve either problem. He can’t solve any problem. (2/3)

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He can just use state power to make bad things worse, blame others, and demand that we don’t hold elections. That’s it, that’s the whole plot; and if we don’t see it that’s on us. (3/3)

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And how is this different from places where economic activity is controlled by a few elite party members?

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Spoken like a true chickenshit bully, Pete.

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