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I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere. Writer-for-hire. SF-based film critic (Cinapse, Screen Anarchy, That Shelf). Pragmatic progressive.

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I did too, Sam, so fighting postponed (I guess).

07.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh.

β€œWe have agreed” β€” how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?

07.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 9241 πŸ” 3681 πŸ’¬ 576 πŸ“Œ 298

an "executive" smile!

06.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 1832 πŸ” 456 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 10

Basically all of the bad economic news this term is because the president deliberately decided to do something moronic. He is much more personally responsible for this than most presidents are for the downturns in their administration.

06.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 4528 πŸ” 968 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 35
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07.03.2026 06:07 πŸ‘ 9030 πŸ” 2639 πŸ’¬ 529 πŸ“Œ 146
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Kamala Harris: "I predicted a lot about what's happening right now. I'm not here to say 'I told you so,' but we did see it coming."

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 11601 πŸ” 2647 πŸ’¬ 654 πŸ“Œ 632

The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases.

We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 15715 πŸ” 4052 πŸ’¬ 373 πŸ“Œ 136
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I spit my coffee β˜ οΈπŸ˜‚

Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page, y’all

06.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 5375 πŸ” 1420 πŸ’¬ 303 πŸ“Œ 136

Package deal, so not at all surprised.

Besides, where would he sleep? Not with MarkWayne, I'm sure.

07.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)

06.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 12495 πŸ” 3793 πŸ’¬ 325 πŸ“Œ 149
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Ben Stiller is calling out the White House after it used a clip from Tropic Thunder in a video promoting the Iran war.

β€œWe never gave you permission and have no interest in being part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie,” Stiller wrote.

06.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 12469 πŸ” 3063 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 94
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Leavitt: "The overall mission in this operation is to ensure that Iran can never again possess a nuclear weapon. That was the real imminent threat that was posed by Iran." (Iran never had a nuclear weapon!)

06.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 3391 πŸ” 895 πŸ’¬ 442 πŸ“Œ 121
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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power - Wikipedia

"How the Decision to Start a War Became the President’s" -

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Also, fwiw -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift:_...

06.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 1874 πŸ” 596 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 21
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Proving yet again one of my basic rules on navigating Trumpism: He will always replace an incompetent person with someone more incompetent.

05.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 7899 πŸ” 2078 πŸ’¬ 789 πŸ“Œ 186

The reason we have β€œstupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

05.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 22557 πŸ” 5536 πŸ’¬ 608 πŸ“Œ 172
The Transgender female athletes advantage is a myth.
The Transgender female athletes advantage is a myth. YouTube video by Kirsti Miller30

In 99.9% of sports there are not enough trans athletes to study, that should gives us all some idea of the scale of the problem.

This is only an issue because Putin, Trump, the LNP in πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί & both sides of politics in the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ have determined it is an issue.
youtu.be/B8CzqxhZk7I?...

05.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator Markey 🎯

06.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 7016 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 46
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A budget is a moral document.

06.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 7562 πŸ” 3011 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 112
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06.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 14401 πŸ” 4618 πŸ’¬ 656 πŸ“Œ 251

[Insert whynotboth.gif here.]

06.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYou’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someoneπŸ‘‡πŸ½

This should go great

05.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 9368 πŸ” 3506 πŸ’¬ 1113 πŸ“Œ 524

unknown unknown

05.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 2897 πŸ” 751 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 25
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The headline says it all

06.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5
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A remarkably EVIL coalition.

05.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 3563 πŸ” 1495 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 154
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Trump's War If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

β€œAsked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. β€˜I guess,’ he says.”

06.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 957 πŸ” 302 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 160

I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.

The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.

It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.

05.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 11953 πŸ” 2498 πŸ’¬ 1568 πŸ“Œ 305

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 40289 πŸ” 9091 πŸ’¬ 1492 πŸ“Œ 306

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18720 πŸ” 7289 πŸ’¬ 795 πŸ“Œ 414

ending her career lying about an orwell quote while the entire room is getting news notifications about how she’s been fired and clearly doesn’t know it, perfect

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 6169 πŸ” 1265 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 40

The Trump regime has abandoned the constitution:

- declared war without Congressional authorization

- ignoring multiple court orders

- impounding Congressional authorized funds

- ignoring the freedom of speech and assembly

It’s a lawless regime that has no legitimacy.

04.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 6769 πŸ” 1952 πŸ’¬ 379 πŸ“Œ 98