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The US military is well on its way to becoming a partisan political rogue federal agency just like all the others, largely because retired Republican veterans in Congress and elsewhere betray their oaths to the Constitution by remaining silent.

The divide in the Democratic Party used to be Progressive v. Moderate. But the real divide now is Fight vs. Flight. Waiting for President Trump to do bad things is not a strategy. We need a plan to bring things to people. And we cannot do that by using the same old, tired playbook from the last three decades.

@G_Dub93 @josh_ieeee What was Jefferson’s Test? Does it “pick my pocket or break my leg”?

@josh_ieeee Like how tf do two CONSENTING Adults being together bother you THAT much? They literally have no bearing on your life. Mind the business that minds you.

What baffles me about homophobia is this: gay people don’t affect your finances, your health, or your progress in any way. So going out of your way to spread hate just means you’re just a horrible person. Also, using religion doesn’t make you less horrible.

Three fired FBI agents sued on Tuesday to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit that they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. to.pbs.org/3PRFGU3

@RepBrandonGill Every fake ass conservative

In his Status newsletter @oliverdarcy reports the White House got Getty to delete this photo (from a Thanksgiving White House PHOTO-OP STUNT) because @PressSec @karolineleavitt was offended It ran only in a Swiss newspaper. It would be a shame if you retweeted and Streisanded it

Study shows COVID vaccines decreased heart attacks and strokes. A sweeping analysis of nearly 46 million adult health records has delivered a clear verdict: COVID-19 vaccination sharply lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, directly refuting persistent claims to the contrary. Published in Nature Communications, the study followed people across England from December 2020 through January 2022. It documented a 10% drop in serious arterial blood clots (including heart attacks and strokes) after the first dose alone. Protection strengthened further with subsequent doses: a 20% reduction among those fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech and a striking 27% reduction for AstraZeneca recipients. The researchers were upfront about rare side effects—myocarditis and certain clotting disorders—that can occur shortly after vaccination, but stressed these remain exceptionally uncommon. By comparison, catching COVID-19 itself dramatically raised the odds of major cardiovascular events. Lead co-author Dr. Samantha Ip described the results as some of the strongest evidence yet that the vaccines do more than prevent severe infection: they also confer lasting protection against two of the world’s leading killers. [Ip, S., North, TL., Torabi, F. et al. Cohort study of cardiovascular safety of different COVID-19 vaccination doses among 46 million adults in England. Nat Commun 15, 6085 (2024). doi. org /10.1038/s41467-024-49634-x]

@SenMikeLee Literal traitor to the country

Can we all agree that Hillary Clinton was so fucking right about everything.

I’m starting to think letting the guy whose previous qualifications were judging who had a better pop up shop on a game show & laundering money for the Russian mob become POTUS wasn’t such a great idea, thanks Fox News & white trash generational ignorance, you suck balls MAGA.

As far as I'm concerned, getting the ChristoFascists out of our government is job one. We can debate about whose fault it was later. We can hash out our policy differences later. If we can't get these monsters out of power, none of that other shit will matter.

🔥 This comes from a highly respected Marine Corps general and former member of Trump’s own cabinet… let that sink in.👏

Jon Husted is backing another endless war in the Middle East. Veterans are angry because they know the costs of war, it’s time Washington listens to them.

Hegseth’s embrace of vice signaling is most obvious in his efforts to combine his adolescent, gung-ho excitement about war with Christian prayer, which results in a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike. theatlantic.com/newsletters/20…

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@jonfavs @lflorepolitics Is the world really going to have to suffer WW3 because the USA can’t impeach a president who incited an insurrection and stole and shared national secrets? Are Americans just going to sleep while Trump is leading America’s bravest into an illegal war without Congress approval?

“El amor por los pobres debe expresarse no solo con palabras sino sobre todo con hechos”. (Papa Benedicto XVI)

America has been destroyed by Trump: The economy has been destroyed, our alliances have been destroyed, gas prices have skyrocketed, inflation is rising, groceries are more expensive, environmental protections have been gutted, cancer research has been cut, health insurance has been stripped away, we are at war against Iran, American citizens are being murdered in the streets, concentration camps are being built in multiple cities, we are hated throughout the world, the American president is universally recognized as a child rapist and global laughingstock... Are we great, yet?