@vastleft

I'm a crazy far-leftist who wants healthcare for all and no war. In a saner world, they'd call me a centrist.

 Boston, MA
Joined April 2009
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The difference between the Mafia & the big political parties is that no one is dumb enough to say "I'll work from within to fix the Mafia."
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The impulse to whipsaw between generally well-placed concerns about what Trump and company will do and victory dances at their reliably temporary and meaningless setbacks is so weird to me.
Mary L Trump
@MaryLTrump10 Feb 2025
LIVE: Mary Trump RESPONDS to Courts DESTROYING Trump xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1kvKpyPDo…
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Vastleft@vastleft30 Jan 2025
Breaking: Trump signs Executive Order renaming the helicopters to White Hawk.
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins30 Jan 2025
We don’t yet know the names of the 67 people we were killed, and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and Air Traffic Control and, seemingly, the member of the US military flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation?   Trump: “I don't think so at all…”
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Breaking: Trump signs Executive Order renaming the helicopters to White Hawk.
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins30 Jan 2025
We don’t yet know the names of the 67 people we were killed, and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and Air Traffic Control and, seemingly, the member of the US military flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation?   Trump: “I don't think so at all…”
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Alternate-reality premise: America in which the GOP’s “opposition” party didn’t take Bill Clinton’s Reaganesque “the era of big government is over” tack.
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Rubio confirmed with 99-0 vote. “What do you call this act?” “The Resistance!” apnews.com/article/trump-cab…

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.

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Grover Cleveland's Q-Rating will never be higher than today.
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Every highly paid Democratic consultant: "Clearly the party needs to stand for even less!" cnn.com/2025/01/19/politics/…

CNN Poll: Most Democrats think their party needs major change, while the GOP coalesces around Trump...

In the wake of the 2024 election, most supporters of the Democratic Party say it needs to make significant changes and that they feel “burned out” by politics, according to a new CNN poll conducted...

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To quote the old Toyota ads: “You asked for it, you got it.” "In my view, we need a strong Republican Party. We need a Republican Party that's united." -Joe Biden
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar16 Jan 2025
Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
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Vastleft@vastleft12 Dec 2021
I’m not generally in favor of capital punishment, but I might make an exception for whoever convinced Tony Romo that it’s charming to constantly call people by their first name.
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Exclusive footage of the Trump trial prosecutors
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"'we must be respectful of the office of the presidency' and Trump’s pending inauguration." When they go low, we go accommodating. cnn.com/politics/live-news/t…

January 10, 2025 - Presidential transition news | CNN Politics

President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his hush money case conviction.

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Which big party's followers are in deeper denial of what their party actually stands for, and where it will lead us?
50%Democratic
25%Republican
25%It's a tie
4 votes • Final results
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There are no libertarians in disaster zones. Somehow the "drown government in a bathtub" people are horrified by lack of infrastructure investment... when the calamity is in their own backyards.🤔
☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️@schwarz8 Jan 2025
I used to believe that when global warming truly began to bite, deniers would face reality & we could act. Now I think it's more likely it will lead to a kind of fascism that will respond to global warming by, like, executing everyone who says global warming is real.
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The Great Normalization is on
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@axios3 Jan 2025
SCOOP: Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee. He joins other top CEOs and companies in making a seven-figure pledge. trib.al/SBpNJ2E

Scoop: Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration

Cook joins other top CEOs and companies in making a seven-figure pledge.

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So true. It is disappointing to see so many other generally sensible commentators describe Biden as a failure, as if he had noble but thwarted aspirations, rather than just fulfilling a narcissist’s dream of adding POTUS to his résumé… like some other politicians one could name.
Chris Floyd@empireburlesque23 Dec 2024
With admirable consistency, Biden is leaving the national stage as the same person he's always been throughout his decades of public service: a nasty, hard-hearted corporate bagman. That's what he always was – and that's all he ever was.
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"Senators, how dare anyone suggest that a scorpion such as I would sting the frog that is carrying me!" thehill.com/policy/healthcar…

RFK Jr. seeks to win over Senate GOP skeptics as he begins HHS meetings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be seeking to ease any skepticism over his confirmation this week as he begins meetings with Senate Republicans over his nomination to lead the Department of Health and H…

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Yes. And who let this rapacious Trumpist SOB stay in his post all through his administration? Good Ole Joe, Grandpa Joe, Decent Guy Joe.
BythePeople@BythePeople1814 Dec 2024
Louis DeJoy is the perfect example of a Trump nominee. After Trump appointed him, he ran USPS into the ground. Now, he claims it doesn't work a& will propose privatizing it. Then, he, Trump & their cronies will steal the business, charge exorbitant amounts & rape the public.
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I think Biden‘s only aim was to add President to his résumé. Mission accomplished.
ettingermentum
@ettingermentum5 Dec 2024
Has any modern American presidency failed as much at its core aims as Biden’s?
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Liberals: Trump taking his policy cues from the Heritage Foundation is the end of Our Democracy! Also liberals: Obama's implementation of the Heritage Foundation's health-insurance scheme is the shining policy accomplishment of the modern era!
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