Monthly Archives: June 2025

Open Thread | Republicans Are Using the Los Angeles Protests to Get Trump’s Budget Bill Passed

Posted on June 12, 2025 by rikyrah

UH HUH UH HUH The GOP Budget takes an AXE TO THE AMERICAN SOCIAL SAFETY NET. Republicans Are Using the Los Angeles Protests to Get Trump’s Budget Bill Passed God forbid they condemn the government’s excessive use of force. By … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Trump’s Attack On The State of California

Posted on June 10, 2025 by rikyrah

From Josh Marshall: Digging Into Trump’s Attack on the State of California June 9, 2025 1:22 p.m. National Guard troops are mobilized fairly frequently for domestic purposes, usually during natural disasters. Having them federalized isn’t that uncommon. But having them … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The Attempt to Scapegoat Foreign Students

Posted on June 9, 2025 by rikyrah

Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 6:00 AM on Wed, May 28, 2025: Awful: Trump just blamed foreign students for taking the slots of American kids. But the cuts in the House GOP bill he’s pushing could cost hundreds of thousands … Continue reading →

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Weekend Open Thread

Posted on June 7, 2025 by rikyrah

Good Morning. I hope that you are enjoying this weekend, fully vaccinated and boosted, with family and friends. That new booster shot has been approvedsoon..be sure to get it. Order your free COVID Tests., if you still can.

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Open Thread | Why this Palantir Contract Is Horrendous And a Threat to Democracy

Posted on June 6, 2025 by rikyrah

Maine (@TheMaineWonk) posted at 9:04 AM on Sun, Jun 01, 2025: Trump’s election was designed to manufacture consent for the techno-fascist takeover of the federal government. While you were distracted by transgenders, you were actually voting in your own demise. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | What The Attack on JobCorps REALLY Means

Posted on June 4, 2025 by rikyrah

This Administration, which lied about how this country needs more people going into trades.. Just eliminated a program that directly helped the most vulnerable of our youth get an education and an entrance into a trade. They just eliminated JobCorps. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Let’s Try And Save Biomedical Research

Posted on June 2, 2025 by rikyrah

From Josh Marshall: A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research May 16, 2025 1:26 p.m. Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers either at NIH, other government grant-making agencies or at the various American … Continue reading →

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