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More probably than any other member of the administration, Hegseth has done *serious*crimes* (arguably *eighty-three* murders) in the open, admitting his responsibility, without congressional authorization, violating the laws of war on the assumption that Trump will protect him.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
More probably than any other member of the administration, Hegseth has done *serious*crimes* (arguably *eighty-three* murders) in the open, admitting his responsibility, without congressional authorization, violating the laws of war on the assumption that Trump will protect him.
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It seems worth noting that, given what he's ordered, Hegseth's freedom long-term almost certainly depends on staying in Trump's good graces enough to swing an end-of-administration pardon.
So he is likely to cling *very hard* to the job to avoid being pushed out before the end.
So he is likely to cling *very hard* to the job to avoid being pushed out before the end.
Hoo boy
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them
Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this
There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It seems worth noting that, given what he's ordered, Hegseth's freedom long-term almost certainly depends on staying in Trump's good graces enough to swing an end-of-administration pardon.
So he is likely to cling *very hard* to the job to avoid being pushed out before the end.
So he is likely to cling *very hard* to the job to avoid being pushed out before the end.
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
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There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in children. There is evidence that COVID causes serious harm — including long COVID, MIS-C, cardiac complications & diabetes.
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in children. There is evidence that COVID causes serious harm — including long COVID, MIS-C, cardiac complications & diabetes.
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
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Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we have @marbleliberal.bsky.social on to talk about the 30 years' war, including the disturbing similarities to our own time: www.leftanchor.com/e/why-the-th...
Why the Thirty Years’ War Matters - 374 | Left Anchor
Today we have Dr. Lucian Staiano-Daniels on to talk about his book The War People: A Social History of Common Soldiers during the Era of the Thirty Years War. It is something of an obscure conflict th...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Are people from Venezuela coming to the U.S. an invasion? Absolutely not. Is the Trump Admin preparing for an actual invasion of Venezuela? They sure are.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Are people from Venezuela coming to the U.S. an invasion? Absolutely not. Is the Trump Admin preparing for an actual invasion of Venezuela? They sure are.
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“To measure Mamdani’s chances of success, we must take a closer look at the constraints and opportunities of the City’s unique public spending model.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
Mamdani's First Budget | Andrew Perry
Image and reality of New York City’s finances
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“To measure Mamdani’s chances of success, we must take a closer look at the constraints and opportunities of the City’s unique public spending model.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
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We need to get everyone up to speed on the vile Great Replacement Theory. Noxious & absurd though it is, it has many powerful believers among conservatives. And it shapes — you might say, determines — the Trump regime's immigration policy. theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We need to get everyone up to speed on the vile Great Replacement Theory. Noxious & absurd though it is, it has many powerful believers among conservatives. And it shapes — you might say, determines — the Trump regime's immigration policy. theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
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This is at the 9th percentile of all approval ratings since Gallup started asking the question in 1941. It’s the second-lowest (after Nixon) of any pres 11 months into his second term.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is at the 9th percentile of all approval ratings since Gallup started asking the question in 1941. It’s the second-lowest (after Nixon) of any pres 11 months into his second term.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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I feel safer already
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I feel safer already
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preview here! www.leftanchor.com/e/summers-ep...
Summers, Epstein, and Economics | Left Anchor
Today we have economics professor Marshall Steinbaum on to talk about the potential fall of Larry Summers due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein, and what it reveals about the culture of the econ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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This is evil bullshit
ICE is arresting husbands & wives at their final green card interviews
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is evil bullshit
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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Do not miss @attackerman.bsky.social's modest proposal today: Nationalize AI!
How To Expropriate An Artificial Intelligence Oligarchy
An industry whose bubble is set to burst is crucial to U.S. national security, you say?
www.forever-wars.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Do not miss @attackerman.bsky.social's modest proposal today: Nationalize AI!
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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we have @marbleliberal.bsky.social on to talk about the 30 years' war, including the disturbing similarities to our own time: www.leftanchor.com/e/why-the-th...
Why the Thirty Years’ War Matters - 374 | Left Anchor
Today we have Dr. Lucian Staiano-Daniels on to talk about his book The War People: A Social History of Common Soldiers during the Era of the Thirty Years War. It is something of an obscure conflict th...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we have @marbleliberal.bsky.social on to talk about the 30 years' war, including the disturbing similarities to our own time: www.leftanchor.com/e/why-the-th...
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“Whether you vote for me or you don’t vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion, and I will be your champion” — Trump to crowd in Little Haiti, 9/16/16
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Whether you vote for me or you don’t vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion, and I will be your champion” — Trump to crowd in Little Haiti, 9/16/16
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NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
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and it also should be read alongside @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social 's "Close Reading is For Everyone"
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defector.com/close-readin...
Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector
In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
and it also should be read alongside @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social 's "Close Reading is For Everyone"
defector.com/close-readin...
defector.com/close-readin...
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus ep, we have @econmarshall.bsky.social on to talk about Larry Summers, his good pal Jeff Epstein, and Summers' noxious influence on the discipline of economics as well as Democratic Party policymaking www.patreon.com/posts/144130...
Summers, Epstein, and Economics | Left Anchor
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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these folks aren’t 100 percent my politics (who is?) but I’m very simpatico with the overall approach. worth kicking them a couple bucks
We’ve been sharing the fundraiser today, and the rationale and what we’ll do if funded are explained there and on the site, but I thought I’d do a thread here—on the supposedly failed social media platform to which we owe so much gofund.me/197477c3a
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
these folks aren’t 100 percent my politics (who is?) but I’m very simpatico with the overall approach. worth kicking them a couple bucks
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1