Pete Rhomberg
@prhomberg.bsky.social
K-8 curriculum developer.
Milwaukee YIMBY.
Cohost of “Did You Do Your Homework,” a monthly pop culture podcast. @dydyhpodcast
Profile picture: "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump." Joseph Wright (1768).
Milwaukee YIMBY.
Cohost of “Did You Do Your Homework,” a monthly pop culture podcast. @dydyhpodcast
Profile picture: "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump." Joseph Wright (1768).
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
At BEST, Jeffries doesn't believe that politics involves doing, ya know, politics. Taking a stand to stake out a position. Forcing your opponent to take dumb votes.
Yet somehow he's the better of the two Dem Congressional leaders.
(At worst, he doesn't think war crimes are impeachable offenses)
Yet somehow he's the better of the two Dem Congressional leaders.
(At worst, he doesn't think war crimes are impeachable offenses)
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
At BEST, Jeffries doesn't believe that politics involves doing, ya know, politics. Taking a stand to stake out a position. Forcing your opponent to take dumb votes.
Yet somehow he's the better of the two Dem Congressional leaders.
(At worst, he doesn't think war crimes are impeachable offenses)
Yet somehow he's the better of the two Dem Congressional leaders.
(At worst, he doesn't think war crimes are impeachable offenses)
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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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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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If Trump pardons him, the next Dem president should just Kavanaugh Stop him and drop him off in The Hague.
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If Trump pardons him, the next Dem president should just Kavanaugh Stop him and drop him off in The Hague.
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You can reason with people who are curious but un- or ill-informed: I gave an A to a student in a medieval history class who asked me on the first day when Game of Thrones took place, because she read the material, worked hard, and produced well-argued essays. You can't work with bull-headed morons.
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You can reason with people who are curious but un- or ill-informed: I gave an A to a student in a medieval history class who asked me on the first day when Game of Thrones took place, because she read the material, worked hard, and produced well-argued essays. You can't work with bull-headed morons.
Snowy days mean Fleet Foxes and the first two Bon Iver albums. I don't make the rules, but I'm happy to follow them.
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Snowy days mean Fleet Foxes and the first two Bon Iver albums. I don't make the rules, but I'm happy to follow them.
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
100% this. I don't know enough about software/medical R&D/whatever else to know if AI is a legitimate tool in those arenas.
I do know something about education, and I can say with certainty that AI as it currently exists and is pushed is fucking TERRIBLE. Ditto with creative endeavors.
I do know something about education, and I can say with certainty that AI as it currently exists and is pushed is fucking TERRIBLE. Ditto with creative endeavors.
This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
100% this. I don't know enough about software/medical R&D/whatever else to know if AI is a legitimate tool in those arenas.
I do know something about education, and I can say with certainty that AI as it currently exists and is pushed is fucking TERRIBLE. Ditto with creative endeavors.
I do know something about education, and I can say with certainty that AI as it currently exists and is pushed is fucking TERRIBLE. Ditto with creative endeavors.
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Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
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me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
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Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
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“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
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I hate it when my family argues about politics at Thanksgiving. My Independent Dad is yelling at my Covenanter cousin for allying with the king while my Fifth Monarchist uncle keeps making cryptic pronouncements about the Book of Daniel, and here I am, a Leveller.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I hate it when my family argues about politics at Thanksgiving. My Independent Dad is yelling at my Covenanter cousin for allying with the king while my Fifth Monarchist uncle keeps making cryptic pronouncements about the Book of Daniel, and here I am, a Leveller.
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Same story everywhere you look...except in Nassau County, the fiefdom of anti-Mamdani New York Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, whose hand-picked "Moderate Party" Dem slate was slaughtered during a blue wave everywhere else in the country. Seems worth noting by people other than a TV critic
You look at results like this and you realize Trump can gerrymander to his heart's content and it won't matter.
TN-07 special election (Trump +22 in 2024)
Van Epps (R) 48
Behn (D) 46
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
TN-07 special election (Trump +22 in 2024)
Van Epps (R) 48
Behn (D) 46
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Same story everywhere you look...except in Nassau County, the fiefdom of anti-Mamdani New York Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, whose hand-picked "Moderate Party" Dem slate was slaughtered during a blue wave everywhere else in the country. Seems worth noting by people other than a TV critic
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No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea