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Three bags of broken glass and concertina wire in a trenchcoat. . Golden Gopher Bn alum. Veteran. Progressive. Tikkun olam. Big Sky. Representation matters. . Policy, technology, human rights, banjos, SABR. . gophergrad.com
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Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”

<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>

Vance spokesperson: No comment.
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I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.

Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
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Yet another cowardly display of appeasement by the New York Times:
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The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
Yesavage is straight out of Road to the Show.
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The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.
Portland ICE facility now.
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Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.
Shocked. I'm just shocked.

Notice how they called the exercise early, too, and barely mention that?
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Reminder: another way to say “research conducted without ethics approval” is “unethical research”
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
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Wild that the opposition party is running against the guy who has a strangle-hold on the ruling party.

Would they rather the Dems ran against Wendell Wilkie?

“Strangely, Dems target correct political target” is just a bizarro headline.
Lead front-page story in today's NYT

Time-travel dept:

-I don't remember front-page NYT stories "It's 1993, and GOP Is Still Running Against Clinton." That's what they did, for huge mid-term win.

-Nor "It's 2009, and GOP Is Still Running Against Obama." Which they did, for huge win.

Weird.
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Seems like the worst time to start sharing your citizens' biometric data with the US government
The EU-Commission wants to negotiate a very sensitive agreement that would allow US authorities direct (!) access to police-stored fingerprints & facial images in Europe.
Potentially, all travelers could be affected by this #EBSP – and people in need for protection.
digit.site36.net/2025/08/29/e...
"Border Security" with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states | Matthias Monroy
The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be…
digit.site36.net
This might be why we don't do these things ...
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
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The president of the United States posted a video of himself as a king in a fighter jet dropping poop bombs on his own country and still people are like “Hmm, not sure if I can vote for a Democrat unless they’re someone I agree with 100% on everything.”
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I'm so tired of buying Tums at Costco
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I suppose I have to do the social media engagement thing since it's basically part of marketing yourself for a job now.

*pushes up nerd glasses*

Hi, political scientist here. It's generally considered a diplomatic faux pas to bomb your allies then call them crackheads when they complain.
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Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?
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Great 🧵for everyone who loves art heists
Today's theft from the Louvre (
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/10/jewe...) is making me think about my favorite series of museum heists. Buckle up for a 🧵 on priceless porcelains, the Dead Zoo Gang, a Pekinese named Looty, and the unsolved mystery of who's stealing Chinese art from European museums.
Jewel Heist at the Musée du Louvre
"A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."
art-crime.blogspot.com
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Speaker Johnson keeps saying things that are simply not true about healthcare and insurance in this country. Let's check the answer machine.
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This isn't the Trump Shutdown this is the Epstein Shutdown and I think Dems should call it that
KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?

MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.