Kim Philby Was Bad
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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In Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”, the character sells his soul but nonetheless refuses Satan’s demand that he become a slave trader as going too far. They settle on moneylending.
That was 1824.
They knew.
That was 1824.
They knew.
December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”, the character sells his soul but nonetheless refuses Satan’s demand that he become a slave trader as going too far. They settle on moneylending.
That was 1824.
They knew.
That was 1824.
They knew.
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David Brooks says not all elites protect pedophiles and that’s why there’s too much effort to read the files
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
David Brooks says not all elites protect pedophiles and that’s why there’s too much effort to read the files
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Dosage continues to be a problem
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Dosage continues to be a problem
Towards the top of the list should be “kill people to satisfy his pathological urges”
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Towards the top of the list should be “kill people to satisfy his pathological urges”
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Given the collapse of all Republican health care plans last night the ONLY option Speaker Johnson has to end the year without blowing up our healthcare system is to bring a clean vote to the floor on ACA extensions. It would likely pass. Everything else is deadly theater.
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Given the collapse of all Republican health care plans last night the ONLY option Speaker Johnson has to end the year without blowing up our healthcare system is to bring a clean vote to the floor on ACA extensions. It would likely pass. Everything else is deadly theater.
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A blockade will last for years, cost us tens of billions, degrade our forces, inflict needless suffering on the people of Venezuela but MAGA will love it because there’s no US causalities.
December 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A blockade will last for years, cost us tens of billions, degrade our forces, inflict needless suffering on the people of Venezuela but MAGA will love it because there’s no US causalities.
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Stephen Miller and JD Vance say their opposition to immigration is not just gutter racism but concern about the cultures supposedly incompatible with the US.
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
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Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
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On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Stephen Miller and JD Vance say their opposition to immigration is not just gutter racism but concern about the cultures supposedly incompatible with the US.
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
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Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
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If there is enough talk of the 25th Amendment from a large number of sources, Trump will have cabinet members murdered. Not all of them, just enough to send a message.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If there is enough talk of the 25th Amendment from a large number of sources, Trump will have cabinet members murdered. Not all of them, just enough to send a message.
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Donald Trump is a very sick man.
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Donald Trump is a very sick man.
According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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“I’m looking all over, and there’s just no way we can make this any worse,” Trump said
Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy
WASHINGTON--Searching in vain for a meaningful way to retaliate after Indiana lawmakers rejected his Republican gerrymandering push, a visibly frustrated President Donald Trump was reportedly struggling Friday to find any infrastructure left in the stat...
theonion.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I’m looking all over, and there’s just no way we can make this any worse,” Trump said
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
The “fixation” is a symptom of Trump’s diminished capacity. He’s down to knowing only a handful of subjects to fill the time in front of cameras and on social media 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Always on My Mind: Trump’s Enduring Focus on Joe Biden
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The “fixation” is a symptom of Trump’s diminished capacity. He’s down to knowing only a handful of subjects to fill the time in front of cameras and on social media 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Lies. China bought $1.4 billion in soybeans from Illinois alone last year.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Lies. China bought $1.4 billion in soybeans from Illinois alone last year.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
Note: government *lawyers* suggested disappearing boat strike survivors into ElSalvador’s death camp in order to hide that there was no justification for killings
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Note: government *lawyers* suggested disappearing boat strike survivors into ElSalvador’s death camp in order to hide that there was no justification for killings
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
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December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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"In the first six months of the program, air pollution—in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller—dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)... The team also reported declines across the city's five boroughs and surrounding suburbs."
NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by 22% in Manhattan, study finds
Since New York City introduced congestion pricing in January 2025, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, and toll revenue p...
phys.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"In the first six months of the program, air pollution—in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller—dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)... The team also reported declines across the city's five boroughs and surrounding suburbs."
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
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“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
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There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.