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Crisis and Reputation Management, Strategic Communications Consultant based on the UES of Los Angeles. Believer in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Adjunct Professor at USC; PP Board Member. Triplets+1. #Seahawks #Dodgers #Mariners

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As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.

10.03.2026 14:03 👍 8304 🔁 2378 💬 304 📌 102
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There is one word that explains how so many men can be in the Epstein files. So why is no one saying it? We talk endlessly about the factors that make rape easier, but never about the factors that cause rape in the first place.

There is one word that explains how so many men can be in the Epstein files. So why is no one saying it?
open.substack.com/pub/celestem...

10.03.2026 15:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Masuma Khan has lived in Altadena for nearly 30 years.

Last year, despite having no criminal history, she was detained by ICE and denied the medication she needed to breathe. Her family contacted my office, and we successfully advocated for her release.

09.03.2026 20:03 👍 7724 🔁 1740 💬 143 📌 39

It's horrible that we have a President that does so much horrific things to the American people and pledges his allegiance to foreign leadership
and nobody can do anything about it, horrific!!

09.03.2026 13:02 👍 6054 🔁 1210 💬 535 📌 99

So we're all smarter than the Bank of America securities head of US Equity and Quantitative Strategy?

09.03.2026 19:53 👍 7344 🔁 1655 💬 560 📌 88

This is one of his most terrifyingly stupid performances ever, this one’s a Hall of Famer

09.03.2026 22:26 👍 1459 🔁 192 💬 99 📌 9
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So he’s surrendering without accomplishing any of his stated objectives while declaring victory. Exactly what we said would happen.

09.03.2026 21:01 👍 10568 🔁 2885 💬 1447 📌 299
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goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024

10.03.2026 03:56 👍 16384 🔁 3788 💬 165 📌 153
If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump is completely flailing. He didn't anticipate the economic blowback and now he's trying to undo the past 10 days and contain the damage.

10.03.2026 00:34 👍 6790 🔁 1738 💬 693 📌 266
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I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

10.03.2026 00:41 👍 17238 🔁 5503 💬 1759 📌 773

Does it bother anyone but me that Donald Trump can still have "productive talks" with Putin?

09.03.2026 23:21 👍 1554 🔁 274 💬 219 📌 32

The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.

A senseless, criminal waste

10.03.2026 00:26 👍 11997 🔁 3307 💬 582 📌 170
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To all the radical women who have made the world better, especially those women who radicalized us, thank you.

10.03.2026 01:23 👍 2830 🔁 878 💬 119 📌 72

The stupidest President of all time calls anyone who stands against him stupid.

09.03.2026 22:02 👍 36 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 0

What?!

09.03.2026 22:29 👍 555 🔁 168 💬 80 📌 17

It was amazingly nuts

10.03.2026 00:10 👍 741 🔁 78 💬 18 📌 1

Historical ranking of US Presidents is silly, but until Trump 2, people could legitimately say Presidents like Jackson, Pierce, Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Nixon, etc. were worse in terms of harm caused. In adding psychopathic war criminal to his attributes, it’s now difficult to argue against Trump.

07.03.2026 22:13 👍 535 🔁 81 💬 22 📌 4

I mean, in what universe did anyone believe that a man with gold toilets would understand or identify or care about ordinary Americans?

“Some people will die…” and “yes gas prices may rise…” and “I guess Americans should fear Iran attacks in the US”

The ? is - why were people so blind?

08.03.2026 03:20 👍 68 🔁 14 💬 7 📌 1

It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.

07.03.2026 22:17 👍 16850 🔁 4037 💬 548 📌 143
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When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.

07.03.2026 21:57 👍 15130 🔁 3234 💬 1323 📌 346

Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.

07.03.2026 19:34 👍 14517 🔁 2956 💬 569 📌 150
An article describing how a Norwegian immigrant married a US citizen but ICE detailed her and refused her insulin, causing blindness and almost killed her. In between, an ad from the common sense leadership fund lauds the president's "understanding of the art of the deal" and boosts his alleged pro-business agenda

An article describing how a Norwegian immigrant married a US citizen but ICE detailed her and refused her insulin, causing blindness and almost killed her. In between, an ad from the common sense leadership fund lauds the president's "understanding of the art of the deal" and boosts his alleged pro-business agenda

The contrast is ghoulish. A "pro-business" president nearly killing people because cruelty is the point.

07.03.2026 13:33 👍 4496 🔁 1634 💬 195 📌 71

The President is endangering Citizens.

08.03.2026 00:37 👍 4596 🔁 789 💬 319 📌 49
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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

08.03.2026 13:38 👍 24101 🔁 7414 💬 884 📌 398
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Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran.

And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program?

This is incompetence. Plain and simple.

05.03.2026 02:07 👍 14236 🔁 3878 💬 559 📌 148

I'm not even slightly distracted from the details contained within the Epstein files. Are you?

04.03.2026 05:33 👍 1900 🔁 383 💬 99 📌 29
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DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed (The Independent) The Department of Justice has withheld from the public nearly 48,000 files stemming from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein,after publishing more than 2 mil...

l.smartnews.com/p-7hce9aNi/y...

04.03.2026 19:19 👍 330 🔁 182 💬 11 📌 6
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Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

05.03.2026 02:26 👍 20667 🔁 5874 💬 660 📌 277
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NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson?

WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

04.03.2026 15:50 👍 23582 🔁 4397 💬 2155 📌 814
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 👍 28196 🔁 7524 💬 1132 📌 680