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Any belief held to the extreme is wrong, be it religious, political or personal. Any kind of extremism is ultimately evil.
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"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
open.substack.com
This is absolutely insane and completely drives home the point that NO. INDIVIDUAL. SHOULD. EVER. ACQUIRE. SUCH. WEALTH!
Absolutely disgusting!
Absolutely disgusting!
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The dem cavers are telling us the ACA plan is a pinky swear promise vote potentially in December. Voters gave dems a massive election win and they failed us. Dem leadership must be removed immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The dem cavers are telling us the ACA plan is a pinky swear promise vote potentially in December. Voters gave dems a massive election win and they failed us. Dem leadership must be removed immediately.
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I'm used to getting fucked over by Republicans, but it always hurts more getting stabbed in the back by Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm used to getting fucked over by Republicans, but it always hurts more getting stabbed in the back by Democrats.
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Schumer's a coward. Shaheen & co. soiled themselves. Yes, yes to all of it. But why don't Murkowski, Tillis, & company even get asked questions? Why do we have zero expectation of them? Journalists don't even bother trying. We have accepted Murc's Law as a constitutional provision. It's maddening.
These 5 people could caucus with the Democrats, giving them a majority & firmly opposing the fascism, any time. It might be nice for an enterprising journalist to ask them why they keep not doing this every day as the crimes & corruption continue & John Thune refuses to fulfill his oath of office.
🚨 The Senate votes 52-48 to overturn President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on Brazil. 5 GOP Senators break ranks to vote against Trump: Collins ME, McConnell KY, Murkowski AK, Paul KY, and Tillis NC.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Schumer's a coward. Shaheen & co. soiled themselves. Yes, yes to all of it. But why don't Murkowski, Tillis, & company even get asked questions? Why do we have zero expectation of them? Journalists don't even bother trying. We have accepted Murc's Law as a constitutional provision. It's maddening.
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Yeah this is it. Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party.”
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yeah this is it. Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party.”
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Moving forward, we have to do a deep dive on our future candidates.
Fetterman should have never been allowed to run as a Dem. Santos, Sinema, etc. were never Democrats.
Fetterman should have never been allowed to run as a Dem. Santos, Sinema, etc. were never Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Moving forward, we have to do a deep dive on our future candidates.
Fetterman should have never been allowed to run as a Dem. Santos, Sinema, etc. were never Democrats.
Fetterman should have never been allowed to run as a Dem. Santos, Sinema, etc. were never Democrats.
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One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
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I recommend checking out this documentary: Ordinary Men, on Netflix.
It’s bleak, but a fascinating look at the psychology of the men in Germany’s murder battalions.
I was surprised it’s been out since 2022. It’s pretty clear how so much of this directly maps to 2025 America.
It’s bleak, but a fascinating look at the psychology of the men in Germany’s murder battalions.
I was surprised it’s been out since 2022. It’s pretty clear how so much of this directly maps to 2025 America.
Documentary Review: The Psychology of “Ordinary Men” who carried out “The Forgotten Holocaust”
It can’t be a coincidence that Netflix chose this moment in time to stream the 2022 German TV doc “Ganz normale Männer – Der ‘vergessene Holocaust,'” “Ordinary M…
rogersmovienation.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I recommend checking out this documentary: Ordinary Men, on Netflix.
It’s bleak, but a fascinating look at the psychology of the men in Germany’s murder battalions.
I was surprised it’s been out since 2022. It’s pretty clear how so much of this directly maps to 2025 America.
It’s bleak, but a fascinating look at the psychology of the men in Germany’s murder battalions.
I was surprised it’s been out since 2022. It’s pretty clear how so much of this directly maps to 2025 America.
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Too many people didn’t read project 2025. There’s not one thing this administration has done since January 20, 2025 that wasn’t covered in it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Too many people didn’t read project 2025. There’s not one thing this administration has done since January 20, 2025 that wasn’t covered in it.
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And the bigger problem is the worst kept secret in the world. TONS of countries have copied the US Constitution. States too. Bicameral legislatures, separation of powers. NONE included the "lets give all counties an equal voice regardless of population" structure of the Senate.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And the bigger problem is the worst kept secret in the world. TONS of countries have copied the US Constitution. States too. Bicameral legislatures, separation of powers. NONE included the "lets give all counties an equal voice regardless of population" structure of the Senate.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
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Remember when Elon Musk said Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott was destroying Western civilization by giving billions to charities for women, minorities, and marginalized groups?
After learning about his comment, she doubled her donations.
Perfect response.
After learning about his comment, she doubled her donations.
Perfect response.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember when Elon Musk said Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott was destroying Western civilization by giving billions to charities for women, minorities, and marginalized groups?
After learning about his comment, she doubled her donations.
Perfect response.
After learning about his comment, she doubled her donations.
Perfect response.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Really great piece tying extractive model of AI to its bubble.
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really great piece tying extractive model of AI to its bubble.
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You know what the difference is between the German SA, the SS & the Gestapo and American ICE , CPB and DHS ?
Nothing.
Nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You know what the difference is between the German SA, the SS & the Gestapo and American ICE , CPB and DHS ?
Nothing.
Nothing.
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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Why is Elon Musk so dangerous?
Because he is an unstable, extremely ambitious man with far too much money and power who overestimates his grasp of societal issues, has unresolved issues affecting his views, and still craves more influence.
That mix breeds death and chaos, just like with DOGE
Because he is an unstable, extremely ambitious man with far too much money and power who overestimates his grasp of societal issues, has unresolved issues affecting his views, and still craves more influence.
That mix breeds death and chaos, just like with DOGE
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Why is Elon Musk so dangerous?
Because he is an unstable, extremely ambitious man with far too much money and power who overestimates his grasp of societal issues, has unresolved issues affecting his views, and still craves more influence.
That mix breeds death and chaos, just like with DOGE
Because he is an unstable, extremely ambitious man with far too much money and power who overestimates his grasp of societal issues, has unresolved issues affecting his views, and still craves more influence.
That mix breeds death and chaos, just like with DOGE
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It’s not some radical left idea to say that it’s unhealthy for society when a few people hold obscene amounts of wealth and power.
When people like Elon Musk hold that much influence, the US starts to look like an oligarchy, and that’s dangerous for the entire world
When people like Elon Musk hold that much influence, the US starts to look like an oligarchy, and that’s dangerous for the entire world
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s not some radical left idea to say that it’s unhealthy for society when a few people hold obscene amounts of wealth and power.
When people like Elon Musk hold that much influence, the US starts to look like an oligarchy, and that’s dangerous for the entire world
When people like Elon Musk hold that much influence, the US starts to look like an oligarchy, and that’s dangerous for the entire world
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This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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He’s near catatonic, not to mention heartless and soulless. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a human being with less compassion. And that’s our president. Good job all those voters who just couldn’t vote for the smart biracial woman.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He’s near catatonic, not to mention heartless and soulless. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a human being with less compassion. And that’s our president. Good job all those voters who just couldn’t vote for the smart biracial woman.