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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
You know, at some point the privilege of driving should be withdrawn by the state.
A man is dead after he was struck by an SUV while walking his dogs Saturday morning in Hopkinton, RI. Police say the driver was arrested. She had previously been arrested over 100 times. on.nbcboston.com/XEE5YAX
Man walking his dogs fatally struck by car in Hopkinton, RI; driver arrested
A man was walking his dog Saturday morning when he was hit and killed by an SUV in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and the driver involved has been arrested
on.nbcboston.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
You know, at some point the privilege of driving should be withdrawn by the state.
Thread.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Thread.
Explaining to my wife that at some point you have to stop firing as it's tipped over into desecration.
So many of my life choices led to this moment.
So many of my life choices led to this moment.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Explaining to my wife that at some point you have to stop firing as it's tipped over into desecration.
So many of my life choices led to this moment.
So many of my life choices led to this moment.
What these guys haven't figured out yet is that they're going to hehe
Hell.
Hell.
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What these guys haven't figured out yet is that they're going to hehe
Hell.
Hell.
Flying for most of us in the cheap seats is an uncomfortable, miserable experience as the airlines nickel and dime us on everything behind the curtain from domestic first.
If they want us to dress nicely, I want legroom, wider seats and services to make up for the loss of dressing comfortably.
If they want us to dress nicely, I want legroom, wider seats and services to make up for the loss of dressing comfortably.
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Flying for most of us in the cheap seats is an uncomfortable, miserable experience as the airlines nickel and dime us on everything behind the curtain from domestic first.
If they want us to dress nicely, I want legroom, wider seats and services to make up for the loss of dressing comfortably.
If they want us to dress nicely, I want legroom, wider seats and services to make up for the loss of dressing comfortably.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
If this is the case, I demand a coat closet like they had on Pan Am clippers.
Duffy: "I'm not a big government guy. I'm not fining anyone if they wear their pajamas on the airplane. We're just asking people to maybe dress a little better."
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If this is the case, I demand a coat closet like they had on Pan Am clippers.
And yet, despite himself, he is.
This is what plays him off so interestingly against a character like Garak, who considers himself a patriot working for a great good (as he might define it) but does not believe on any level, even for a second, that he's actually a misunderstood good person
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And yet, despite himself, he is.
They do know that farming in this country is absolutely dependent on the Government, right? It has been built for decades on that principle.
Rollins: "The bridge that is needed to get from the last administration & what basically happened under the last president to this new golden age for farmers where instead of farming for govt checks they can farm to feed their families and sell their products, this bridge is absolutely necessary"
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
They do know that farming in this country is absolutely dependent on the Government, right? It has been built for decades on that principle.
I would like to announce I am resigning from the Mr Fox Chair of Cunning Wheezes, a job I never legitimately had and was never approved for.
Please respect my privacy at this time.
Please respect my privacy at this time.
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I would like to announce I am resigning from the Mr Fox Chair of Cunning Wheezes, a job I never legitimately had and was never approved for.
Please respect my privacy at this time.
Please respect my privacy at this time.
Oh this needs investigation as soon as he's gone. Full court special prosecutor press.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh this needs investigation as soon as he's gone. Full court special prosecutor press.
"Kleptocrats".
This is new.
This is new.
Corruption threatens our national security, undermines legitimate business and steals money from working people’s pockets.
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Kleptocrats".
This is new.
This is new.
This extremely confident post ignores that GM, BMW, JLR, Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Stellantis, Nissan, Renault, Suzuki and Toyota all have manufacturing in Brazil.
At one point in 2024, Brazil imported 60% of its motor vehicles from China. That's down to 40% in Oct. '25, but it should be clear to everyone that China is rolling up the global car market aggressively. The frontlines of this battle are in emerging markets. The losers are European car makers...
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This extremely confident post ignores that GM, BMW, JLR, Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Stellantis, Nissan, Renault, Suzuki and Toyota all have manufacturing in Brazil.
@stevecooke.org It's 5.20. Go back to sleep.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@stevecooke.org It's 5.20. Go back to sleep.
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Based on the facts recounted by the Senator, the two do sound “shipwrecked” for LOAC purposes.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Based on the facts recounted by the Senator, the two do sound “shipwrecked” for LOAC purposes.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
But they were never lawful targets in the first place even if LOAC applied.
And LOAC doesn’t apply because there is no armed conflict.
Term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.
I am in awe.
Week 1 of the Malört advent calendar is complete. You’re not gonna believe this
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am in awe.
No it fucking hasn't, you absolute turnips.
"The time has come to decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education." ncte.org/statement/me...
Media Education in English Language Arts
NCTE statement on media education for the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed for life in an increasingly digital and mediated world.
ncte.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
No it fucking hasn't, you absolute turnips.
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
KISSing ass.
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
KISSing ass.
My expectation is that when daddy karks it, these guys have at best a decade before they're wanking tramps for coins to buy a happy meal.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My expectation is that when daddy karks it, these guys have at best a decade before they're wanking tramps for coins to buy a happy meal.
Someone I know has just resigned from a position but stayed in the organization (academia is like that). I think the admin is kinda relieved. The only thing I'd say is that previously my friend was locked in there with them. Now they're locked in there with her.
the joker is wearing a purple suit and making a funny face while standing in a dark room .
ALT: the joker is wearing a purple suit and making a funny face while standing in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Someone I know has just resigned from a position but stayed in the organization (academia is like that). I think the admin is kinda relieved. The only thing I'd say is that previously my friend was locked in there with them. Now they're locked in there with her.
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Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
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Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM