Italian in Nola
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Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?
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The US today. We gotta change it. 🧪
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By rebranding genocidal rhetoric and violent misogyny as “edgy jokes,” JD Vance provides a permission structure for extremism. And he’s signaling to the next generation of Republican leaders that this language is not a career-ender but an acceptable way to signal loyalty to the MAGA base.
Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."
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Interviewer: why did you invent the Allen wrench
WG Allen: because I love the people
Interviewer: and why did you make it in eleven different sizes
WG Allen (crosses his legs): well I also hate the people
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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We need to be absolutely clear

The President is claiming authority to violate the law, and the Constitution

The law in question is exceedingly clear. The Constitution is equally clear

What the president is claiming authority to do and has already done is unambiguously illegal and unconstitutional
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
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Call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
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Probably worth noting that both Vance and Trump have been “joking” about murdering fishermen in these strikes.
The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.
U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says
For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.
nyti.ms
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FINAL: Flacco gets his first win with the @Bengals.
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For the Epstein-th time, Oversight Dems are demanding no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. Release the files!
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more of this
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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Her campaign sent 10 texts in two days asking for money. I marked them all as spam…
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god I hate that Chuck Schumer is retroactively making Rotating Villain Theory true but how else do you describe actively recruiting a late-seventies filibuster supporter for the top offensive opportunity on the map
This is even better than not showing the video…
Today at Detroit Metro Airport.
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Relevant: In one of the few longitudinal (pre/post) studies of critical thinking skills around, Arum and Roska found that business majors showed no change, on avg, in critical thinking, complex reasoning, or communication skills after 4 years. Other majors did better.

This was well before GenAI.
Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
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In calling out Cuomo for only visiting a mosque AFTER he lost to a Muslim candidate, Mamdani perfectly illustrates what’s wrong with Centrist Dems. They are:
•Elitist
•Reactionary
•Out of touch
•Transactional
•Consultant driven
•Offended when shown how to do better
They’ve learned Nothing since 2016
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“What’s less clear is how a man with no private-sector resume, no known business ventures, and no discernible talent outside of writing xenophobic policy memos, ended up in a multimillion-dollar property in one of Arlington’s wealthiest enclaves.”

dailyboulder.com/sidewalk-cha...
Sidewalk Chalk Messages Force Stephen Miller to Flee Arlington, Put Home Up for Sale
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and architect of some of the Trump administration’s most hardline immigration policies, has listed his Arlington home for $3.75 million — just two yea...
dailyboulder.com
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The founders assumed a guy like Trump would come along. They never assumed a congress would so willingly give up their power

This arch thing is bat shit loonery
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