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From downwithtyranny.com

The 2024 DownWithTyranny Gift Suggestions For Republicans, Pt.5:

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I doubt that there's much hope for a child raised in a Republican household ever becoming a decent human being. I mean, what are they learning other than the despicable hatreds, bigotries, greed, & religious nuttery, etc. of their parental units? In other words, the Satan wrapping paper is...

#vsn #News #leftistnews

15h ago

From downwithtyranny.com

Have You Tried Musk’s GROK-2 Yet? She Did A Guest Post For Us

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Musk's support for Trump wasn't just about electing a president; it was about a broader agenda-- policies that benefit his businesses, like deregulation & tax cuts for the ultra-rich. His influence raises questions about the integrity of our elections, the role of billionaires in politics & the...

#vsn #News #leftistnews

19h ago

From downwithtyranny.com

Hakeem And Señor T Agree On One Good Idea— Abolishing The Debt Ceiling Permanently

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Surveying all the GOP dysfunction last week, Jamie Raskin noted it wasn’t only about the economy. “As Trump’s oligarchs prepare for the royal restoration, the Judiciary Committee will be the headquarters of Congressional opposition to the authoritarianism of President Musk & Vice-President Trump...

4h ago

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Welcome to Christmas week 2024

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For at least half of Americans, Christmas time is all about the presents, celebrating the birth of a lily white Jaaysus, the greed and gluttony, and looking forward to a whole new year of hating those damn non-white "others." 

#vsn #News #leftistnews

8h ago

From downwithtyranny.com

Putin vs Trump? My Heartfelt Sympathies Go Out To The Valiant People Of Ukraine

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Putin certainly knows that despite Trump portraying himself as a “master negotiator,” his business successes are vastly overstated. Their Helsinki summit in 2018, demonstrated Trump's checker game compared to Putin’s chess. Trump's style is characterized by bold, overblown statements & promises,...

23h ago

From downwithtyranny.com

The Latest Max Miller Scandal— Who Can Keep Track Of Them All!

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Max Miller's divorce turned very contentious, Miller complaining that he filed after his wife bought a house without telling him & moved into it with their daughter & her belongings while he was away. She reminded anyone who would listen that Miller is still a drug user who spoke badly about her...

on Sep 6

From downwithtyranny.com

SHAME! The DCCC Has Just One Progressive Candidate In Its 2024 Red To Blue Program— Just One!

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Almost all of the Red to Blue candidates are Blue Dogs & New Dems. As has happened in previous years, when the DCCC decides which candidates to spend millions on, it’s likely to be the most conservative & the most corrupt— so candidates the DCCC leaders recognize themselves in— & not anyone with...

on Sep 5

From downwithtyranny.com

Elon Musk, Now Obsessed With Manipulating Politics, Is Being Sucked Into Full-On Megalomania

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A much bigger problem is something we’re seeing unfold right in front of our eyes in real time: billionaires becoming increasing obsessed with politics. Instead of getting obsessed with buying race horses or islands, Musk bought a political party— for a bargain price of just $277 million. And...

on Sat, 2PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Drones Over NJ!!!

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People began seeing drones & sending up their own drones into the world's most crowded airspace. Some have started shooting at any light in the sky! Other morons are shining lasers at them. Last night, 12 pilots in commercial jets making their approaches to area airports reported laser beams in...

on Sat, 9AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Most Americans Think Trump Is Off To A Good Start— Although Majorities Disagree With His Agenda

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Most Trump voters believed that he really is the character he played on The Apprentice. Trump was elected by low-information voters; this isn’t a slur on Americans’ intelligence, it's a reference to survey results showing that Trump’s edge depended entirely on support from voters who don’t pay...

on Sat, 2AM

From downwithtyranny.com

What Can Be Done About Musk? Does Trump Have What It Takes To Rein Him In? The Fear Has Taken Over

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Musk’s warning/threat on Wednesday didn’t sit well with many  congressional Republicans: “Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in two years!” However, “didn’t sit well” doesn’t amount to much in a dysfunctional Republican...

on Fri, 10PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Trump Threatens Freedom Caucus With Primaries— “How’s Bob Good Doing?”— And They Voted No Anyway

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Although both versions of the bill included $50 million for the Trumpanzee inauguration, it will exclude $190 million for the bipartisan ‘Give Kids a Chance’ program for child cancer research. Also defunded: research on premature labor, treatment of sickle cell disease, breast & cervical cancer...

on Fri, 7PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Following Musk’s Lede, Trump Called MAGA Mike’s Spending Deal “A Betrayal Of Our Country”

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Trump and his brain trust feel frustrated that MAGA Mike gave away concessions to Democrats without giving Trump the debt ceiling hike he wanted. But here’s the thing— Johnson probably wouldn’t be in this position if it weren’t for Musk, who spent all day Wednesday stoking rage on the right over...

on Fri, 3PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Most Dangerous Man On The Planet Speaks! 

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It was always embarrassing when Dubya was president. Let's just say there wasn't much evidence that he, ever knew how to read. Unlike Reagan & Biden, it wasn't ever an age issue, but the one we have that's about to be sworn in with an oath he will break every hour of every day, this idol of the...

on Fri, 9AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Gaetz Went To Law School. He Knows When You Screw A Minor It's Rape— Even If You're A Congressman

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No one plans to swear in 2 Members from FL01 & that the person who will be sworn in will be Patronis, not Gaetz. The reason he’s threatening to expose his former colleagues is because it just leaked out that the Ethics Committee met in secret last month & voted to release their nearly 3...

on Fri, 1AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Shouldn't All The Democrats Who Don't Envision Themselves As Part Of An Opposition Party Retire Now?

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Though TIME made Trump “person of the year,” The Economist made “kakistocracy” the word of the year. Nominees like Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Russ Vought… will do that. More than just a problem of policy or politics, kakistocracy undermines a core constitutional...

on Thu, 10PM

From downwithtyranny.com

RFK, Jr. Wants Us All To Eat Healthy, Exercise And Get Polio And Small Pox— So, Some Good, Some Bad

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Asked if they believe vaccines are related to autism, 60% of the poll's respondents said no and just 17% said yes. And when told that RFK Jr “has expressed skepticism of certain vaccines and has been nominated by Trump to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, 45% said they do not...

on Thu, 7PM

From downwithtyranny.com

American Plutocracy: Co-President Musk Gets To Shut Down The Government— & Putin Gets Tulsi Gabbard

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What about MAGA Mike? A face plant of this nature could imperil his political future. The speaker election is Jan. 3. Thomas Massie (R-KY) already said he wouldn’t back Johnson for speaker. And there are more Republicans— at least 2— who are in Massie’s camp. Some Johnson critics are already...

on Thu, 3PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! TIME Magazine To Offer Trump Person Of The Year Collector Editions?

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TIME spokesperson: "Plans are already being laid out for 2025 when, in honor of Bobby Jr, we will be naming polio as our favorite 2025 Disease Of The Year. We will also be offering a Trump scratch and sniff cover since I can tell you all of us at TIME simply love his smell!"

on Thu, 9AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Remember When New Hampshire Was Considered Safely Blue? Ask The State Legislators About That

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Michael Biundo, a prominent New Hampshire GOP strategist: it behooves the GOP to make good on the campaign promises made during the election cycle, or risk losing them again in upcoming elections. Republicans talked about "changing & fixing the economy. We talked about cutting spending, making...

on Thu, 3AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Without Trump’s Solid Backing, MAGA Mike Would Be A Back-Bencher Again... Instantly

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Members of MAGA Mike’s conference are fuming at the way he’s handling the end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like an omnibus— which they abhor— than a simple temporary funding measure. The CR to keep funding at current levels is also set to include...

on Wed, 10PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Are The Banksters Really Stupid Enough To Believe Anything That Comes Out Of Trump's Mouth?

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Members of Congress are petrified to stand up to the crypto-cartel. Most, on both sides of the aisle, have pledged their fealty, regardless of the likelihood that the bandits are going to destroy the dollar, wreck the country & do grievous harm to their constituents. I’ve never seen anything...

on Wed, 7PM

From downwithtyranny.com

At 84 It's Time For Pelosi To Retire Instead Of Spending Her Last Rotten Days Sabotaging AOC

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Identity without ideology risks becoming mere tokenism, where a candidate’s background is leveraged to deflect criticism of harmful or regressive policies. AOC is objectively a more skilled communicator and narrative shaper than just about anyone in her party, and certainly more than Connolly....

on Wed, 2PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Media Hacks Fail Us Again!

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Just like insurance companies, they have boardrooms chock full of CEOs and lackeys stuffing the benefits of not giving a damn into their pockets

on Wed, 8AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Amputations, Lies And Deceptions

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How many arms & legs of the children of Gaza must be blown off to satisfy the Israeli-American hegemony? Through lying & deceit to Americans & ignoring both US & International Laws, the Biden administration has created the perfect storm for the decimation of Palestinian children. UNRWA reports...

on Wed, 2AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Electoral Politics 101: Campaigns Should Always Be About The Voters— Not The Candidate's Identity

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While the White House moved quickly to bring down gas prices with oil sales from the Strategic Reserve, it did little to stop firms from padding their margins. Profits surged, as did rents, land prices & the stock market. The Biden economists had overlooked a fundamental fact, which is that the...

on Tue, 9PM

From downwithtyranny.com

The Bizarre Media Treatment of the Mangione Case

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Has the Class War come home?

on Tue, 6PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Taxation Should Eliminate All Billionaires— They Are Inherently Evil And Extremely Dangerous

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Elon Musk, for all his cosplay as a disruptor, is the ultimate insider— a man whose wealth allows him to manipulate governments & markets while pretending to be the underdog. So why do we keep falling for the myth that someone like Musk— a man who embodies the worst impulses of greed & ego— is...

on Tue, 2PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! TIME Magazine Chooses Sides In The Battle For America

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TIME Is Now Officially Complicit!!!! by NoahWhen I first heard the news that TIME Magazine had chosen Traitor Trump as its Person Of The Year, I guess my first question was, "Who the hell puts a picture of a rapist on the cover?" Then it was something along the lines of, "The Zodiac Killer...

on Tue, 9AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Schumer & Jeffries Blow Another Opportunity To Raise The Minimum Wage Because Neither is Very Smart

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Or Maybe They Just Don't Really Care That Much?The Democrats have a chance to raise the minimum wage— before Trump does. But, as usual, they blew it… because they don’t really give a shit. So how could they have done it? The government runs out of money on Friday. MAGA Mike needs Democratic...

on Tue, 1AM

From downwithtyranny.com

Trump Donors Want Regulations On Air Pollution, Consumer Safeguards, Worker Protections “Eased” 

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To the victors go the spoils. And for the MAGA victors, the spoils they seek to strip away are decades of progress in consumer & worker protections, painstakingly won battles against the kinds of predatory practices now backed by Trump’s campaign financiers. From mega-donors from Elon Musk to...

on Mon, 11PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Trump Needs To Pass All His Crap Fast, Before The Democrats Flip The House In 2026

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Pete Wilson strongly supported Prop 187 (1994), which alienated Latino voters & reshaped the state’s political landscape for 3 decades. It was a ballot initiative designed to deny undocumented immigrants access to public services, including education & healthcare. And the campaign was UGLY. It...

on Mon, 3PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Will Pete Hegseth Drink Himself To Death On Our Dime?

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All GOP senators appear to be insane at this point. Take Iowa's Joni Ernst, for instance. She's a former military officer &, according to her own book, a victim of rape in college & domestic abuse at home at the hands of her ex-husband, himself a military man. And yet, she not only meets with...

on Mon, 9AM

From downwithtyranny.com

If You Think "Bipartisan" Means Surrendering To Fascists, I Have A List Of 29 Dems You're Gonna Love

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On Thursday, 207 Republicans and 29 Democraps, including third-in-command Pete Aguilar, voted for the bill, while 171 Democrats and 2 Republicans (contrarians Chip Roy and Tim Burchett) voted no. These are the 29 Democrats who voted to give Trump the opportunity to appoint 22 more judges as...

on Mon, 3AM

From downwithtyranny.com

It's Been A Long Time But... Is The FBI Ready For Another Closet Case Director?

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Greg Sargent: "Any media accounts that don’t leave casual readers armed with some simple truths— that Trump-MAGA rage at law enforcement is exclusively about its efforts to apply the law to him, and that he’s installing Patel in a position of extraordinary power for wholly corrupt ends— are...

on Sun, 11PM

From downwithtyranny.com

I Bet It Wouldn't Be Hard For Trump To Get Kay Ivey Or Joe Lombardo To Appoint Barron To A Judgeship

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Trump is trying to get his daughter-in-law into the U.S. Senate. He nominated an arch enemy, Senator Marco Rubio, who once famously made fun of Trump’s small genitals, to be Secretary of State— a temporary position— to open the seat and has been trying to leverage DeSantis into giving the...

on Sun, 7PM

From downwithtyranny.com

Democrats Lost A Lot of Seats In Vermont— But Not Because The State Went MAGA

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Top vote-getter in the state was Gov. Phil Scott, an anti-Trump Republican. In the 30-person state Senate, Dems Christopher Bray, Jane Kitchel, Irene Wrenner, Andy Judlow, Mark MacDonald & Robert Starr were beaten by Republicans, breaking the Democrats’ supermajority. (All 5 Progressive Party...

on Dec 15

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Wokeness: Why So Many Republicans Secretly Hate Jesus

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Republicans hate the real Jesus. Think of the level of hypocrisy involved in their celebration of his birth every year. They make no bones about hating the woke. They like to say that If Jesus ever could and did come back, they'd rejoice in the rapture but in fact, half of them would run like...

on Dec 15

From downwithtyranny.com

Can The Democrats Pull Their Heads Out Of Their Asses And Win The 2026 Midterms?

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Core 2nd-term policies that Trump & the GOP Congress have championed could harm rural communities. Agricultural producers could face worse losses than any other economic sector from Trump’s plans to impose sweeping tariffs & to undertake mass deportations. Hospitals & other health providers in...

on Dec 15

From downwithtyranny.com

What Do Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran, Phil Collins And Paul Simon Have In Common

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Musk, who has very severe mental problems that prevent him from feeling empathy, tweeted that "homeless" is a "propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness." He was commenting favorably on a post that claimed providing shelter to unhoused people is counterproductive. But...

on Dec 14

From downwithtyranny.com

One Kind Of Bank Robber Wants To Disarm The Police, The Other Kind Wants To Disband Regulators

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The new regulatory warnings come amid one of the most influential cryptocurrency trade associations issuing a 100-day policy agenda for the Trump administration. The 100-day plan issued by the Blockchain Association calls for the Trump administration & Congress to establish a more friendly...

on Dec 14

From downwithtyranny.com

Identity vs. Ideology: How Blue America Picks Its Champions

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There's no doubt that identity politics has played a crucial role in bringing historically marginalized voices into the halls of power. Representation matters. This symbolic power cannot be dismissed, as it helps challenge systemic barriers & encourages greater participation in democracy....

on Dec 14

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Trump Claims Mandate!

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Trump has no mandate, unless you use a microscope or magnifying glass... and it's certainly not to tear the constitution and the government-- let alone the country-- apart.

on Dec 14

From downwithtyranny.com

Imagine New York City With A Mayor Whose First Concerns Everyday Are About New Yorkers, Not Himself

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Zohran Mamdani, a Queens state Assemblyman, has made a name for himself as a tireless advocate for working class NYers. As a Democratic Socialist, Mamdani has championed housing justice, transit equity & immigrant rights— issues that speak directly to the struggles & aspirations of millions...

on Dec 14

From downwithtyranny.com

How Long Did It Take For The German Jews Who Voted For Hitler To Realize They'd Made A Big Mistake?

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For all their purported education, there has always been strains of Judaism with adherents who have been attracted to fascism— whether in Israel, Brooklyn or Los Angeles. In one very observant Jewish community on the Westside of L.A., the MAGA disease has infected the overwhelming majority of...

on Dec 13

From downwithtyranny.com

North Carolina Republicans Make Their Move To Overturn The Expressed Will Of North Carolina Voters

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Rejected by North Carolinians, the North Carolina Republicans in the lame duck legislature made a huge power grab, overturning the will of the voters by muscling through a sweeping expansion of their own power on Wednesday, overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill that will give the...

on Dec 13

From downwithtyranny.com

Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Wisdom Of Our Innocents

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How sad and appalling it is when children, having not yet found their way in our world, have to deal with yet another artificial aspect of the world that has been created by the greed and avarice of the adults around them.

on Dec 13

From downwithtyranny.com

Did You Forget That Trump Will Also Be Commander-in-Chief? This Time He May Use That More Forcefully

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The people whose views we don’t understand tend to be the people who simply don’t follow politics that closely. And yet, that’s most Americans. This majority still votes, but not in every election. They typically vote for the same party, but not always. Their political beliefs can be all over...

on Dec 13

From downwithtyranny.com

Is Trump Really A Danger To Democracy? Yes, But Only If The Republican Party Stands Firmly With Him

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If Trump, with the encouragement of Republican members of Congress, is talking about jailing members of Congress— J-6 Committee members— then how much protection can journalists expect to get from the Bill of Rights? That isn’t something the authoritarian mind pays any attention to.

on Dec 12

From downwithtyranny.com

Can We Get Some Good House Candidates For The 2026 Midterms— No One Recruited By Chuck Schumer?

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House Majority PAC prez Mike Smith: “The way we are looking at it is we have to start seeding the ground, recruiting the right candidates now, knowing that Democrats could shift the ground with Trump & Republican control in Washington. We are focused on expanding the map & recruiting candidates...

on Dec 12