David F. Carr
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🔔 At the top of the hour: We’re all less informed when journalists’ sources fear retaliation. Join our live webinar with @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, @gracehussain.bsky.social, @fastlerner.bsky.social, Emily Spatz, @harloholm.es and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social.
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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Liberals: Stop the Masochism
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Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
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"I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way." Again, worth noting that this was exactly the defense that U-852's captain used in his post-WW2 war crimes trial for the Peleus Incident. He was found guilty and shot.
Won't the whole SOF community be relieved when doing water survival training that properly packed cocaine acts as a flotation device. Bradley "I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way."
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December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way." Again, worth noting that this was exactly the defense that U-852's captain used in his post-WW2 war crimes trial for the Peleus Incident. He was found guilty and shot.
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There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
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Trump cannot incite Americans to react in violence so they are trying to start a war over __?___ in order to respond with sweeping violence.
The unmitigated shame this administration is bringing down on America is going to reach far into the future, no matter what comes next.
The unmitigated shame this administration is bringing down on America is going to reach far into the future, no matter what comes next.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump cannot incite Americans to react in violence so they are trying to start a war over __?___ in order to respond with sweeping violence.
The unmitigated shame this administration is bringing down on America is going to reach far into the future, no matter what comes next.
The unmitigated shame this administration is bringing down on America is going to reach far into the future, no matter what comes next.
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I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
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@fortune.com #NYC
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
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@fortune.com #NYC
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So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
WaPo is reporting that Bradley told lawmakers that Hegseth DID give a kill order.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
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This is literally neo-Nazi talking points that I've been tracking for years.
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration says Europe faces 'civilisational erasure'
European politicians have begun to react, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul saying his country did not need "outside advice".
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is literally neo-Nazi talking points that I've been tracking for years.
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
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“How dare you insult the emperor’s clothes”
‘What’s Your Problem?’ Gutfeld Snaps at Fox News Colleague Who Pointed Out FIFA Made Award Specifically for Trump
‘What’s Your Problem?’ Gutfeld Snaps at Fox News Colleague Who Pointed Out FIFA Made Award Specifically for Trump
Fox host Greg Gutfeld snapped back at co-host Gillian Turner on Friday after she pointed out that the peace prize awarded to President Donald Trump by FIFA was created specifically for him. During a discussion on The Five about the United State’s hosting of the upcoming FIFA World Cup, Gutfeld praised the soccer governing body for choosing Trump […]
The post ‘What’s Your Problem?’ Gutfeld Snaps at Fox News Colleague Who Pointed Out FIFA Made Award Specifically for Trump first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“How dare you insult the emperor’s clothes”
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December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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