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217 posts

• Day 1868: "The yips." Mar 2, 2026
• Day 1866: "A noble mission." Feb 28, 2026
• Day 1791: "A mind crippling disease." Dec 15, 2025
• Day 1785: "A colossal economic and national security failure." Dec 9, 2025
• Day 1680: "So that'll be great." Aug 26, 2025
• Day 1660: "They don’t care." Aug 6, 2025
• Day 1631: "Hubristic and senseless." Jul 8, 2025
• Day 1604: "Do not give in to him." Jun 11, 2025
• Day 1570: "Impeccable." May 8, 2025
• Day 1535: "One of the dumbest decisions in history." Apr 3, 2025
• Day 1534: "Trump has chosen to blow up the system." Apr 2, 2025
• Day 1528: "It’s not a big deal." Mar 27, 2025
• Day 1481: "The single greatest insider threat." Feb 8, 2025
• Day 1476: "Worth the price." Feb 3, 2025
• Day 1458: "An oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth." Jan 16, 2025
• Day 1456: "Nothing more and nothing less." Jan 14, 2025
• Day 1455: "They know how to do it." Jan 13, 2025
• Day 1449: "All hell will break out." Jan 7, 2025
• Day 1444: "Violence, intimidation and defiance undermine our Republic." Jan 2, 2025
• Day 1441: "Mediocrity over excellence." Dec 30, 2024
• Day 1429: "Embarrassing, though not criminal." Dec 18, 2024
• Day 1427: "That’s not gonna happen." Dec 16, 2024
• Day 1388: "The agenda." Nov 7, 2024
• Day 1386: "America is ready for a fresh start." Nov 5, 2024
• Day 1385: "A petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant." Nov 4, 2024
• Day 1381: "Like it or not." Oct 31, 2024
• Day 1366: "Too much, too late." Oct 16, 2024
• Day 1351: "A significant escalation." Oct 1, 2024
• Day 1330: "A dangerous escalation." Sep 10, 2024
• Day 1325: "An essential foundation." Sep 5, 2024
• Day 1302: "You’re all gone." Aug 13, 2024
• Day 1301: "Thought experiment." Aug 12, 2024
• Day 1296: "Bringing back the joy." Aug 7, 2024
• Day 1287: "It'll be fine." Jul 29, 2024
• Day 1271: "We cannot be like this." Jul 13, 2024
• Day 1259: "The President is now a king above the law." Jul 1, 2024
• Day 1205: "Problems, clearly." May 8, 2024
• Day 1199: "What have we done." May 2, 2024
• Day 1191: "Everyone knows it." Apr 24, 2024
• Day 1149: "Lack of detail." Mar 13, 2024
• Day 1115: "A good first step." Feb 8, 2024
• Day 1036: "Such absurd results." Nov 21, 2023
• Day 1015: "They will cost us a lot more in the future." Oct 31, 2023
• Day 981: "Total annihilation." Sep 27, 2023
• Day 980: "Stick with it." Sep 26, 2023
• Day 940: "We need to worry." Aug 17, 2023
• Day 933: "Serious concern." Aug 10, 2023
• Day 932: "A weak dictator." Aug 9, 2023
• Day 856: "An ongoing threat." May 25, 2023
• Day 854: "Very substantial." May 23, 2023
• Day 786: "Brink of collapse." Mar 16, 2023
• Day 778: "No blank checks." Mar 8, 2023
• Day 736: "Integrity matters." Jan 25, 2023
• Day 729: "Distorted." Jan 18, 2023
• Day 722: "MAGA extremists have hijacked the Republican Party." Jan 11, 2023
• Day 716: "The Republicans haven't been serious about this." Jan 5, 2023
• Day 657: "Chronicle of chaos." Nov 7, 2022
• Day 651: "Mega-MAGA." Nov 1, 2022
• Day 588: "The minimal solution." Aug 30, 2022
• Day 567: "Another day in paradise." Aug 9, 2022
• Day 555: "Get it done." Jul 28, 2022
• Day 553: "Kind of wild." Jul 26, 2022
• Day 475: "Serious risk." May 9, 2022
• Day 461: "Get organized." Apr 25, 2022
• Day 385: "A disservice." Feb 8, 2022
• Day 384: "Legitimate political discourse." Feb 7, 2022
• Day 359: "Doomed to fail." Jan 13, 2022
• Day 349: "A symptom of a broader illness." Jan 3, 2022
• Day 321: "Crimes against humanity." Dec 6, 2021
• Day 302: "We must draw the line." Nov 17, 2021
• Day 283: "The world wonders whether we can function." Oct 29, 2021
• Day 279: "Get this done." Oct 25, 2021
• Day 258: "Just get out of the way." Oct 4, 2021
• Day 213: "Strategic ambiguity." Aug 20, 2021
• Day 171: "Any necessary action." Jul 9, 2021
• Day 169: "A lot of good things." Jul 7, 2021
• Day 160: "Not my intent." Jun 28, 2021
• Day 141: "Frustrated." Jun 9, 2021
• Day 136: "This is progress." Jun 4, 2021
• Day 134: "My Republican friends." Jun 2, 2021
• Day 129: "Short-term political gain." May 28, 2021
• Day 128: "No excuse." May 27, 2021
• Day 106: "Disingenuous." May 5, 2021
• Day 1455: "He must go." Jan 13, 2021
• Day 1453: "Significant failures." Jan 11, 2021
• Day 1449: "A horror show for America." Jan 7, 2021
• Day 1428: "A grave risk." Dec 17, 2020
• Day 1420: "That might not go over well." Dec 9, 2020
• Day 1413: "A very dangerous place." Dec 2, 2020
• Day 1387: "I don't like losers." Nov 6, 2020
• Day 1372: "Out of whack." Oct 22, 2020
• Day 1366: "You're not someone's crazy uncle who can retweet whatever." Oct 16, 2020
• Day 1358: "They knew what was happening and they didn't tell you." Oct 8, 2020
• Day 1355: "That should never have happened." Oct 5, 2020
• Day 1339: RIP RBG. Sep 19, 2020
• Day 1338: "You need a test." Sep 18, 2020
• Day 1337: "A steady drumbeat of misinformation." Sep 17, 2020
• Day 1334: "Reckless and selfish." Sep 14, 2020
• Day 1321: "Sounds like conspiracy theory." Sep 1, 2020
• Day 1313: "I am not engaged in sabotaging the election." Aug 24, 2020
• Day 1310: "Season of darkness." Aug 21, 2020
• Day 1306: "Widespread and expanding." Aug 17, 2020
• Day 1296: "Shameful." Aug 7, 2020
• Day 1295: "It wouldn't hurt." Aug 6, 2020
• Day 1287: "Nobody likes me." Jul 29, 2020
• Day 1271: "Highest risk." Jul 13, 2020
• Day 1257: "Nobody told me." Jun 29, 2020
• Day 1247: Priorities. Jun 19, 2020
• Day 1246: "On the cusp of losing control." Jun 18, 2020
• Day 1230: "Everything to divide us." Jun 2, 2020
• Day 1228: American carnage. May 31, 2020
• Day 1226: Fuck this shit. May 29, 2020
• Day 1225: "Big action." May 28, 2020
• Day 1224: 100,000 dead. May 27, 2020
• Day 1182: "As dangerous as it sounds." Apr 15, 2020
• Day 1145: "Nobody is trying to minimize this." Mar 9, 2020
• Day 1141: Confusion. Mar 5, 2020
• Day 1132: "This might be bad." Feb 25, 2020
• Day 1111: An unmitigated disaster. Feb 4, 2020
• Day 1110: "History will not be kind to Donald Trump." Feb 3, 2020
• Day 1103: A colorful distraction. Jan 27, 2020
• Day 1099: "No president has abused his power in this way." Jan 23, 2020
• Day 1098: "Protect our democracy." Jan 22, 2020
• Day 1081: "Reign of terror." Jan 5, 2020
• Day 1065: "A near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused." Dec 20, 2019
• Day 1047: Entirely prudent. Dec 2, 2019
• Day 1040: Without reason. Nov 25, 2019
• Day 1014: Out of step. Oct 30, 2019
• Day 992: "Further acts of obstruction." Oct 8, 2019
• Day 985: Entitled. Oct 1, 2019
• Day 965: Boneheads. Sep 11, 2019
• Day 953: Cone of uncertainty. Aug 30, 2019
• Day 942: Damaging to our democracy. Aug 19, 2019
• Day 932: "Not a photo op." Aug 9, 2019
• Day 931: "Hostile actions." Aug 8, 2019
• Day 903: Collateral damage. Jul 11, 2019
• Day 855: Full and complete authority. May 24, 2019
• Day 851: "Threshold for impeachment." May 20, 2019
• Day 846: Escalating tensions. May 15, 2019
• Day 825: Transparency. Apr 24, 2019
• Day 798: Bully. Mar 28, 2019
• Day 781: Sanity. Mar 11, 2019
• Day 778: Blameless. Mar 8, 2019
• Day 701: Tailspin. Dec 21, 2018
• Day 698: A shocking pattern of illegality. Dec 18, 2018
• Day 697: A form of compromise. Dec 17, 2018
• Day 613: Lingering stench. Sep 24, 2018
• Day 586: Serious situation. Aug 28, 2018
• Day 580: Individual-1. Aug 22, 2018
• Day 564: A complete fabrication. Aug 6, 2018
• Day 558: Unhinged. Jul 31, 2018
• Day 545: Big results. Jul 18, 2018
• Day 523: Common ground. Jun 26, 2018
• Day 508: Sobering and a bit depressing. Jun 11, 2018
• Day 497: Third-party status. May 31, 2018
• Day 496: "An absolute, total tool." May 30, 2018
• Day 482: Russian assistance. May 16, 2018
• Day 476: Wrap it up. May 10, 2018
• Day 475: Unprecedented and coordinated. May 9, 2018
• Day 447: Get ready. Apr 11, 2018
• Day 445: Barbaric. Apr 9, 2018
• Day 441: Can't speak to the future of __________. Apr 5, 2018
• Day 440: Short-term pain. Apr 4, 2018
• Day 432: Botched obligations. Mar 27, 2018
• Day 431: Conflicts. Mar 26, 2018
• Day 428: Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye. Mar 23, 2018
• Day 425: Shuffling the deck. Mar 20, 2018
• Day 419: A movement, not a moment. Mar 14, 2018
• Day 393: Information warfare. Feb 16, 2018
• Day 372: Confrontation. Jan 26, 2018
• Day 369: Under pressure. Jan 23, 2018
• Day 368: Shutdown shut down. Jan 22, 2018
• Day 362: Subpoenaed. Jan 16, 2018
• Day 357: To surveil and abuse. Jan 11, 2018
• Day 354: Executive time. Jan 8, 2018
• Day 350: Cease and desist. Jan 4, 2018
• Day 333: Not looking good. Dec 18, 2017
• Day 330: Shame. Dec 15, 2017
• Day 329: Break the internet. Dec 14, 2017
• Day 307: IT WAS ME. Nov 22, 2017
• Day 306: A great, big, beautiful Christmas present. Nov 21, 2017
• Day 291: Bad conduct. Nov 6, 2017
• Day 288: The only one that matters. Nov 3, 2017
• Day 286: The lowest point. Nov 1, 2017
• Day 285: Covfefe boy. Oct 31, 2017
• Day 273: Who knows. Oct 19, 2017
• Day 263: War on coal. Oct 9, 2017
• Day 258: Moron. Oct 4, 2017
• Day 256: An act of pure evil. Oct 2, 2017
• Day 252: No guarantees. Sep 28, 2017
• Day 251: Middle class miracle. Sep 27, 2017
• Day 246: Dotard. Sep 22, 2017
• Day 225: A rigged system. Sep 1, 2017
• Day 215: Principled realism. Aug 22, 2017
• Day 209: Stunned and disheartened. Aug 16, 2017
• Day 207: On many sides. Aug 14, 2017
• Day 167: Heart of the US. Jul 5, 2017
• Day 160: Failing fake news. Jun 28, 2017
• Day 132: Au revoir. May 31, 2017
• Day 126: Street fighters. May 25, 2017
• Day 87: Provocation. Apr 16, 2017
• Day 83: Trading barbs. Apr 12, 2017
• Day 77: Filibustered. Apr 6, 2017
• Day 75: Undermine. Apr 4, 2017
• Day 68: Tarnished. Mar 28, 2017
• Day 64: Ultimatum. Art of the deal. Mar 24, 2017
• Day 47: Unveiled. Mar 7, 2017
• Day 44: Accused. Mar 4, 2017
• Day 21: Ethics. Blocked. Feb 9, 2017
• Day 18: Stumbles Uninvited. Feb 6, 2017
• Day 17: Denied. Feb 5, 2017
• Day 16: Suspended. Feb 4, 2017
• Day 15: The massacre. Feb 3, 2017
• Day 9: Unreal. Jan 28, 2017
• Day 8: Banned. Jan 27, 2017
• Day 7: Shut it. Jan 26, 2017
• Day 5: Command and control. Jan 24, 2017