@jonathanlatimer.bsky.social
Working for Trump and the GOP robs you of your humanity… This proves it.
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Working for Trump and the GOP robs you of your humanity… This proves it.
Trump's disgraceful attack Rob and Michele Reiner following their murder is proof that to survive in the modern GOP you must abandon any sense of morality or basic human decency.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Working for Trump and the GOP robs you of your humanity… This proves it.
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Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
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A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. www.reuters.com/investigation...
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. www.reuters.com/investigation...
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Wow, this 🔥
“Corporations that have paid to help him demolish the East Wing … Law firms that capitulated are now doing work for the Donald Trump Commerce Department… Bezos, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump… No one has said anything about the character of this person today.”
“Corporations that have paid to help him demolish the East Wing … Law firms that capitulated are now doing work for the Donald Trump Commerce Department… Bezos, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump… No one has said anything about the character of this person today.”
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Wow, this 🔥
“Corporations that have paid to help him demolish the East Wing … Law firms that capitulated are now doing work for the Donald Trump Commerce Department… Bezos, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump… No one has said anything about the character of this person today.”
“Corporations that have paid to help him demolish the East Wing … Law firms that capitulated are now doing work for the Donald Trump Commerce Department… Bezos, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump… No one has said anything about the character of this person today.”
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Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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We just murdered eight more people in boats.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just murdered eight more people in boats.
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"Over the years, it lost ground to Chinese competitors with less-expensive products. This year, the company was clobbered by President Trump’s tariffs."
What happens to Roombas now that the company has declared bankruptcy?
What happens to Roombas now that the company has declared bankruptcy?
Roomba maker IRobot files for bankrupcy, Chinese supplier to take control
www.latimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Over the years, it lost ground to Chinese competitors with less-expensive products. This year, the company was clobbered by President Trump’s tariffs."
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The key thing here will be what lines the state alliances break along. If it’s the electrical power co-ops or the public health mutual aid, we got a real thing going.
Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The key thing here will be what lines the state alliances break along. If it’s the electrical power co-ops or the public health mutual aid, we got a real thing going.
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doubling down on the war crimes is a choice
The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes intensifies in Congress.
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
www.stripes.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
doubling down on the war crimes is a choice
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@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
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Dearth of Expertise
Good morning ppl! Within the FDA, there is now not a single Director or up line above them with legacy knowledge of how the FDA was pre-trump. This is one of the greatest risk to the FDA right now.
a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him
Alt: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dearth of Expertise
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Is anyone defending Trump’s vile post? I’ve only seen people speaking out against it or Mike Johnson saying he hadn’t heard about it.
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Is anyone defending Trump’s vile post? I’ve only seen people speaking out against it or Mike Johnson saying he hadn’t heard about it.
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The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
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What a lede:
"A heinous act of violence. A faceless killer on the loose. A desperate manhunt. An F.B.I. director with a finger poised over the “post” button on his social media account."
"A heinous act of violence. A faceless killer on the loose. A desperate manhunt. An F.B.I. director with a finger poised over the “post” button on his social media account."
FBI Director Kash Patel, Eager for Spotlight, Casts Aside Caution in Social Media Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What a lede:
"A heinous act of violence. A faceless killer on the loose. A desperate manhunt. An F.B.I. director with a finger poised over the “post” button on his social media account."
"A heinous act of violence. A faceless killer on the loose. A desperate manhunt. An F.B.I. director with a finger poised over the “post” button on his social media account."
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kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
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The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
Joy-Ann Reid and I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense and instead we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 271. 12/15/25
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 271. 12/15/25
… As Americans were waking up to the shocking news of the murder of beloved and acclaimed director and activist Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, Donald Trump reacted with perhaps the most vile and dis...
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 271. 12/15/25
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Stephen Miller Announces Chilling Hunt for “Fifth Column” newrepublic.com/post/204449/... via @newrepublic.com
Stephen Miller Announces Chilling Hunt for “Fifth Column”
The top White House adviser is applying an old antisemitic trope to his next group of targets.
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Stephen Miller Announces Chilling Hunt for “Fifth Column” newrepublic.com/post/204449/... via @newrepublic.com
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Thou shalt not condemn “violent rhetoric” after your ally is murdered and then mock the murder of someone who criticized you.
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thou shalt not condemn “violent rhetoric” after your ally is murdered and then mock the murder of someone who criticized you.
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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On the one hand, conservative media exists largely to make you, the reader, upset, and fisking every bad blog would be a full-time job that would leave me no space to write anything else. On the other hand, this Washington Post editorial sucks, and it is my solemn duty to explain to you why.
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On the one hand, conservative media exists largely to make you, the reader, upset, and fisking every bad blog would be a full-time job that would leave me no space to write anything else. On the other hand, this Washington Post editorial sucks, and it is my solemn duty to explain to you why.