Jeff Hodges
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It’s far from clear whether Republicans have gained enough support to pass this new gerrymander in Indiana’s Senate, where many Republicans previously expressed their opposition.
Trump recently called for primaries against the holdouts, and several were targeted with swatting attempts within days
Trump recently called for primaries against the holdouts, and several were targeted with swatting attempts within days
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans face redistricting pressure | CNN Politics
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmakers...
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s far from clear whether Republicans have gained enough support to pass this new gerrymander in Indiana’s Senate, where many Republicans previously expressed their opposition.
Trump recently called for primaries against the holdouts, and several were targeted with swatting attempts within days
Trump recently called for primaries against the holdouts, and several were targeted with swatting attempts within days
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No one would ever mistake me for a Jeffries defender but this headline really did him dirty. What he DID say is that even though the Republicans will shut down impeachment he expects future criminal prosecutions
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
No one would ever mistake me for a Jeffries defender but this headline really did him dirty. What he DID say is that even though the Republicans will shut down impeachment he expects future criminal prosecutions
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It's Crowell & Moring if you're wondering which firm. Here's the docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71973...
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It's Crowell & Moring if you're wondering which firm. Here's the docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71973...
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
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@sfgov.sf.gov's housing plan made big promises to add capacity for new homes by upzoning large parts of the City previously closed off to new development. The Family Zoning Plan fails to fulfill these promises. CalHDF is ready to litigate (a thread): 1/6
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@sfgov.sf.gov's housing plan made big promises to add capacity for new homes by upzoning large parts of the City previously closed off to new development. The Family Zoning Plan fails to fulfill these promises. CalHDF is ready to litigate (a thread): 1/6
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They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
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EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
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If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
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Oh yeah? The homeowners say the climate risks aren’t accurate huh?
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh yeah? The homeowners say the climate risks aren’t accurate huh?
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the loop between "holy shit, AI can do <X> now, that's amazing, how did it even do that" and "I never want to see another <X> as long as I live" is just very tight
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
the loop between "holy shit, AI can do <X> now, that's amazing, how did it even do that" and "I never want to see another <X> as long as I live" is just very tight
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Part of the reason I'm more concerned about my parents being scammed than mugged is that they receive multiple calls per day trying to scam them and do not receive multiple mugging attempts per day. I also feel like the cops would maybe try to catch the mugger vs scammers who'd 100% get away with it
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Part of the reason I'm more concerned about my parents being scammed than mugged is that they receive multiple calls per day trying to scam them and do not receive multiple mugging attempts per day. I also feel like the cops would maybe try to catch the mugger vs scammers who'd 100% get away with it
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Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
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Trump putting the Washington Post and CBS News in his “Offender Hall of Shame,” even as they bend over backwards to curry favor tells us that nothing short of full propaganda mode will ever be acceptable to him. There's no way for a news organization to maintain credibility and be "fair" to Trump.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump putting the Washington Post and CBS News in his “Offender Hall of Shame,” even as they bend over backwards to curry favor tells us that nothing short of full propaganda mode will ever be acceptable to him. There's no way for a news organization to maintain credibility and be "fair" to Trump.
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
top notch mascottin'
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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I don't know exactly where you go beyond that in rooting out the special operations cult of lawlessness, but an immediate start would be abolishing SOCOM as its own combatant command and requiring, by law, such operations be conducted only through the regular geographic commands.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I don't know exactly where you go beyond that in rooting out the special operations cult of lawlessness, but an immediate start would be abolishing SOCOM as its own combatant command and requiring, by law, such operations be conducted only through the regular geographic commands.
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This is actually a relevant factor here: it's been pretty clear SOUTHCOM, whose commander resigned, has been pushing back, at least somewhat. They're putting it under the operational command of SOCOM specifically because that's the most already rotten place you'll find people happy to do crimes.
Why do you need Seal Team 6 to blow up a fucking boat?
This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is actually a relevant factor here: it's been pretty clear SOUTHCOM, whose commander resigned, has been pushing back, at least somewhat. They're putting it under the operational command of SOCOM specifically because that's the most already rotten place you'll find people happy to do crimes.
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This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
I always think of Tony Judt on this (though I'd hold the condescension and double down on the public university systems in the heartland)
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
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Watching with the family, and I think the dog in the live-action The Grinch is wearing ear extensions? I have never thought about his incredibly long ears before
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Watching with the family, and I think the dog in the live-action The Grinch is wearing ear extensions? I have never thought about his incredibly long ears before