OK, so now that it's pretty much done, I have thoughts about the #Platner nomination.

First, clearly there is a huge appetite in the electorate for people who sound like they want to fight hard for big changes. The reason the Wall Street #Democrats hated Platner was because he was not them and threatened their comfortable existence. They don't want to fight their friends across the aisle and resent being told they should.
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#USpol #politics

Lindsey Graham was a fascist who played a role in covering up the coup attempt against the Constitution to establish Trump as a fascist dictator. He should always be remembered as a traitor and a piece of shit scumbag whose grave should always be filled with other people's piss. - The Radical Centrist
#USpol

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Michael Fanone, a former police officer attacked by rioters on Jan 6 2021: I will always remember my first and only encounter with [Lindsey Graham] when he looked the grieving mother of a dead police officer in the face and barked that he wasn't going to listen to her blame Trump for Jan 6. When I showed him my body cam footage from that day he turned away and looked at his phone. Rest in piss you fucking worthless scumbag. If there is a hell I hope you're in it.

So the MAGAs all have the mads because so many people are making jokes about Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell today. Here's a thought MAGAs....If you don't want millions of people mocking you and laughing when you die, maybe try not spending your whole life being a huge fucking dick. - Mindy Fischer
#USpol

My favorite Lady G joke was, "#LindseyGraham once kissed Trump’s ass so hard he could taste conservative Fox News host Sean Hannity." #USPol

Fascism is an authoritarian government by the few.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

Good news everybody!

Lindsay #Ladybug #Graham made it to his appointment with the Afterlife Reconciliation Panel, and now that we've returned one of Satan's handmaidens to his side, the heat dome will subside.

I mean, the infernal heat was probably here to collect Mitch, but y'all I will take a BOGO schrödinger-senator set of death any day. (Mitch has been dead for days y'all. Days.)

Anyway he's dead. Yay! As an aside, this throws the midterms for the Senate back into contention for the Dems.

As I understand the election changes: Governor McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat until January 3, 2027. A special primary election will be held on August 11 to find a replacement for Graham on the November 2026 midterm election.

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/12/nx-s1-5890790/us-sen-lindsey-graham-dies

#LindsayGraham #GOP #SouthCarolina #Senate #USPol #Midterms

“Six soldiers💔died on day two of the Iran war in a drone strike on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Dozens more were wounded, some seriously.

It's one of the war's costliest attacks for U.S. personnel — and🚨survivors fear no one will be held accountable.”
#Hegseth #Trump #IranWar #IllegalWar #DOD #USPol
https://wapo.st/4vty9Ku

Interview:

* Concentration Camps Inside a Concentration Camp: Israel’s New Plan for Gaza

* Hamas: major threat or convenient justification?

* new claims re Oct7

* Zionism’s erasure of Palestinians

* Mike Huckabee’s remarks in Jerusalem;

* US officials feared Israel was plotting to kill Iranian negotiators

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260708-concentration-camps-inside-a-concentration-camp-israels-new-plan-for-gaza/

#USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #IranWar #BoP #hamas #Oct7 #palestine #news #Zionism .

Board of Trump's plan for concentration camps in Gaza to go ahead

"Palestinians will be herded into fenced 'humanitarian shelters' policed by foreign forces."

"The plan matches leaked documents for a surveilled, checkpoint-controlled ‘planned community' that’s designed to force Palestinians into what amounts to an Israeli panopticon”.
~Drop Site News

https://novaramedia.com/2026/07/02/palestinians-to-be-herded-into-humanitarian-shelters-in-gaza/

https://truthout.org/articles/the-board-of-peace-is-planning-to-concentrate-gazans-in-hamas-free-enclaves/

israeli source:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/30/board-of-peace-to-open-hamas-f7ree-humanitarian-zones-in-gaza/

#USPol #EUPol #news #palestine #gazaGenocide .

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truthout The board has selected the Tel Sultan neighborhood in Rafah as the first area where it will “direct” Palestinians in Gaza to enter in the coming weeks. Israel Hayom states that multinational forces under the board’s control will arrive in the area with “nonlethal weapons” in order to “maintain order in the humanitarian zones” while the Israeli military will expand its control over other areas of Gaza. These so-called “humanitarian zones” are enclaves facilitating the further concentration of Palestinians in Gaza into smaller and smaller areas as Israel deepens its control over the Strip.

Report: Ten western countries "have barred Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir & Bezalel Smotrich from entering their territories: UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand & France."

Ben-Gvir cancelled a planned trip to NY to attend a UN police summit amid planned protests & calls for his arrest.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260706-10-countries-ban-ben-gvir-smotrich-from-entering-their-territories/

#USPol #EUPol #news #israeliCrimes #GazaGenocide #BenGvir #BDS .

Report: Spain's National Court has opened an investigation into senior Israeli military officials over the illegal detention of activists from the Global Sumud flotilla.

Complaints filed against Military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir & Navy Commander Ram Rothberg included allegations of forcible control of vessels, property damage, illegal detention, incl detainees being subjected to torture & denied legal, etc. assistance.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260710-spains-national-court-opens-probe-into-israeli-military-officials-over-gaza-flotilla-interception/

#Spain #USPol #EUPol #news #palestine #Israel .

#OneYearAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

July 12, 2025 - Reviving a decades-long feud with Rosie O'Donnell, Trump announced that he was considering revoking the actress and comedian's citizenship.

"Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship," he wrote on Truth Social.

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#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

The memes are, as usual, unbeatable.

#uspol

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Photo of a tortoise-looking old white guy looking at another old white guy in profile. Text says: Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnell were reunited tonight after an upbeat 20-minute phone call.

One down...

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/12/politics/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-at-71-hnk

#USpol

Yes. Yes, he did. From comedian John Hartzell.
#USpol

What the Heck Just Happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zSvEDW0PA

#news #uspol #politics #culture #commentary #progressive #left #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Creationist Ken Ham Is Furious That a Reporter Did Her Job

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fr47Ehfy2M

#news #uspol #politics #culture #commentary #progressive #left #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Chris Hedges on PEN America

"PEN America has been hollowed out. Its moral core is gone. It abandoned its mission to 'defend writers, artists, and journalists and protect free expression'.”

"It transformed itself into a propaganda machine for the oppressors, not the oppressed. It should be purged and returned to its former self or shut down."

Source: Chris Hedges Report substack 12 July

#USPol #EUPol #PENAmerica #FakeAntisemitism #news #racism .

The Zionist argument that Palestinians ought to give up their land for Jewish settlement is patently absurd.

"If such a practice became universal, then Native Americans would drive out almost all Americans, Celtic descendants in Scotland, Ireland & Wales would reclaim the Czech Republic & southern Germany, & Mongol people would reestablish themselves throughout wide swaths of Eurasia."

https://www.juancole.com/2026/07/palestine-history-existence.html

#USPol #EUPol #palestine #palestineHistory #israeliExceptionalism #racism .

#lindsey_graham #mitchMcConnel #uspol #meme

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Threads: calebmcgeenormanok to lindsey graham - It's like we got sent a free appetizer because our entrees were taking a long time.

🇳🇱 Netherlands recruited 29 top scientist leaving U.S. under Trump

｢ The fund the Netherlands established to recruit leading scientists mainly attracted American researchers leaving the United States under the Trump administration. Of the 34 top scientists recruited last year, 29 came from the United States, the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science reported ｣

https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/07/netherlands-recruited-29-top-scientist-leaving-us-trump

#science #research #netherlands #uspol

US AWAKS flying over Persian Gulf for the past few hours.

US is planning new waves of attacks against Iranian targets, while the entire world is looking the other way, orange shitler has restarted the illegal war on Iran.

#StraitOfHormuz #CeasefireScam #WarOnIran #EpsteinWar #Israel #WestAsia #Iran #USpol #Politics

Caption this!

This is the new look of the West Colonnade of the White House.
🙁
#UsPol
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Pic of the West Colonnade of the White House.

RE: https://toad.social/@WilliamRobert/116907179595393713

❝If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed . . . and we will deserve it.❞

-- Lindsay Graham, via Twitter, May 3, 2016

❝He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party . . . You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.❞

-- Lindsay Graham, December 2015

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[in contrast to]

❝There’s no way this party is going to stay together without President Trump and his supporters. There is no construct where the party can be successful without him.❞

-- Lindsay Graham, May 2021

#lindsayGraham #USPol #Trump

In memoriam:

#USPol #Graham

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a post from X.com from Lindsey Graham's account from 2016: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed..... and we will deserve it."

Report: Spain's National Court has opened an investigation into senior Israeli military officials over the illegal detention of activists from the Global Sumud flotilla.

Complaints filed against Military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir & Navy Commander Ram Rothberg included allegations of forcible control of vessels, property damage, illegal detention, incl detainees being subjected to torture & denied legal, etc. assistance.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260710-spains-national-court-opens-probe-into-israeli-military-officials-over-gaza-flotilla-interception/

#Spain #USPol #EUPol #news #palestine .

The Israeli KKK minister is very sad to see their poodle in washing gone

"Today, Israel has lost one of its greatest friends."

😂😂😂😂

Hope to see him joining graham very soon.

#LindseyGraham #Bengvir #Israel #USpol

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@itamarbengvir X.com Today, Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. Senator Lindsey Graham stood with Israel not because it was easy, but because he believed it was right. His unwavering support, courage, and moral clarity earned him the admiration of millions of Israelis. The State of Israel will always remember his friendship, his unwavering support, and his steadfast commitment to Israel's security. Heartfelt condolences to his family and to the American people. May his memory be a blessing.

Lindsey Graham has always been the lap dog for whoever has the most power in the Republican party.

I usually feels bad when someone's pet dies... #LindseyGraham #USPol

A US Republican politician has died.

No, not that one, or the one who may already be dead.

#USpol
#LindseyGraham

Senator #LindseyGraham, #Republican of #SouthCarolina, Dies at 71

Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the #Senate for more than two decades.

#Congress #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/us/politics/lindsey-graham-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#mitchmcconnell and #lindseygraham would have taken advantage of Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham’s absences in the #senate.

And after primarying two other old school GOP senators, the calculus for #trump is drastically changed. #SAVEAct at least seems dead in the water (bad analogy?).

#democrats need to press the advantage. #uspol

all right! double prizes!! #uspol

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sid “winning” buzz and woody from the claw machine in toy story sid is labelled “death” buzz and woody are labelled as mitch mcconnell and lindsay graham

Report: Anyone in Germany who publicly denies Israel’s right to exist or calls for its abolition could face up to five years in prison under a new draft law.

The proposal would probably violate Germany’s constitution. The govt research service said the law could create a "special right against a specific opinion & conflict with freedom of expression under Article 5 of the Basic Law".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-moves-criminalise-denial-israels-existence-while-refusing-recognise-palestine

#USPol #EUPol #Germany #fakeAntisemitism #gazaGenocide #news #racism .

Trump could fuck up a ham sandwich.

Sen. Whitehouse announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-whitehouse-announces-whistleblower-allegations-of-construction-problems-at-kennedy-center

#TrumpMustGo #USPol

Ivanka and Jared’s Luxury Resort Hit by Fresh Scandal

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's controversial luxury resort project in Albania has hit a new setback after prosecutors alleged that land tied to the development may have been acquired through forged ownership documents
#AureFreePress #News #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ivanka-and-jareds-luxury-resort-hit-by-fresh-scandal/

What gives the US the right to bomb Iran again?

Seriously what the fuck?

I'm sure German chanslor will come to defend them so does the head of NATO and the PM of UK.

#Iran #USpol #WarOnIran

I think Mitch McConnell is effectively dead. I think they will keep his heart beating long enough to prevent a special election and not a day longer
#usPol

Oh, this is going on a hoodie. AND a tee shirt.
#USpol

: #delusionaldon #democrats #donaldthehoaxtrump #eightysix47 #makebelieveeconomy #nokings #trumpcurse #trumpstein #trumpsteincoverup #trumpublicans #uspol #uspolitics @uspolitics :

TRUMP WOULD NOT SIGN A BILL WITH NOTHING IN IT FOR BILLIONAIRES
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@ablueview The #KuKluxKlan was started by one of the Confederate Army’s most feared leaders, General Nathan Bedford Forrest from #Tennessee. He recruited mostly battle-tested veterans of the #CivilWar. It became something else, but retained that #history.

#PatriotFront is masked #ChadsAndChuds in khakis and polos. #Incels don’t intimidate anybody - except their reflection in a mirror!

#Resist #WhiteSupremacists in #USpol and #American society.

Thought for the day...

#USPol #Resist #Protest

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Cartoon of Linus and Lucy at their school desks and Linus is telling her "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them."

I’m sure your average, ordinary, uneducated tRumpanzee hasn’t a clue about any of this, being just the type of individual the FOTUS has said he loves. Courtesy of writer Mindy Fischer.
#USpol

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A social media post from writer Mindy Fischer. “Fun fact....True throughout history, tyrants often meet violent, humiliating, or tragic demises. -Napoleon Bonaparte died lonely in exile. -Joseph Stalin ruled with terror and died isolated. -Pol Pot died under house arrest, rejected by the world. -Idi Amin died in exile, forgotten and despised. -Benito Mussolini was arrested and then executed. - Adolf Hitler, to avoid capture, committed suicide. -Saddam Hussein was captured, put on trial, convicted of his crimes, and executed. History shows the cost of absolute power is that tyrants rarely enjoy peaceful or glorious ends. Paranoia, violence, and extreme isolation that typify dictatorships often lead to highly volatile and violent downfalls.”

Comments on the OMB rule on White House direct control of federal grants are unfortunately due by Monday, July 13. So far, 107,555 comments have been submitted.

More on the story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/07/07/comments-flood-omb-proposal-political-control

Holden Thorp at https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 - "The time to act is now. The scientific community needs to flood OMB with responses during the public comment period."

How to write an effective comment - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2026/04/06/what-makes-effective-public-comment

OMB rule and comments link at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance

#UsPol
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"If I was trying to ruin American leadership in scientific research this is pretty much the kind of rule I would write."

The rule Prof. Daniel Drezner is referring to is the OMB proposal which would require all federal grants to be approved by the president’s political appointees.

"This dismantles the post-WWII system used by NIH, NSF, DOE, NASA, ... of independent expert peer review as the primary measure of scientific merit."

https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-administrations-existential
#UsPol #Science
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