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This should go without saying, but Trump is not opposed to political violence. He’s opposed to violence against his political allies.
He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.
He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.
Donald Trump foments and supports violence against anyone who disagrees with him.
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
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Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
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Nothing to worry about, just a US official advising our nuclear-armed adversary how to manipulate the President of the United States, a notoriously weak-minded mark
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nothing to worry about, just a US official advising our nuclear-armed adversary how to manipulate the President of the United States, a notoriously weak-minded mark
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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somewhere between 10/7 and today, an economic and ideological split happened where the largest donors to a bunch of Jewish community institutions decided that a tidal wave of antisemitism was coming, and also that antisemitism consists exclusively of antizionism. not even Holocaust denial counts.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
somewhere between 10/7 and today, an economic and ideological split happened where the largest donors to a bunch of Jewish community institutions decided that a tidal wave of antisemitism was coming, and also that antisemitism consists exclusively of antizionism. not even Holocaust denial counts.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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4 images that perfectly tell a California story:
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
4 images that perfectly tell a California story:
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
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A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
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13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
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I’m still not numb enough to accept these things as normal.
I genuinely can’t understand how any church going Christian can support Trump and the MAGA movement, when so much of what they promote seems rooted in anger, hate and is aimed at causing needless suffering.
I genuinely can’t understand how any church going Christian can support Trump and the MAGA movement, when so much of what they promote seems rooted in anger, hate and is aimed at causing needless suffering.
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m still not numb enough to accept these things as normal.
I genuinely can’t understand how any church going Christian can support Trump and the MAGA movement, when so much of what they promote seems rooted in anger, hate and is aimed at causing needless suffering.
I genuinely can’t understand how any church going Christian can support Trump and the MAGA movement, when so much of what they promote seems rooted in anger, hate and is aimed at causing needless suffering.
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The Guardian is tracking the Trump administration's campaign of mass deportation.
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Guardian is tracking the Trump administration's campaign of mass deportation.
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
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This is what Duffy wants to distract you from with his "don't wear pajamas on flights" nonsense.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Airline Passenger Rights; Withdrawal
The Department is withdrawing the ANPRM on Airline Passenger Rights issued on December 11, 2024. The ANPRM sought public comment on a potential regulatory action that would require airlines to provide...
www.federalregister.gov
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is what Duffy wants to distract you from with his "don't wear pajamas on flights" nonsense.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
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Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
Leavitt: “We believe the attorney in this case, Lindsey Halligan, is not only extremely qualified…but she was in fact legally appointed. And I know the DOJ will be appealing this in very short order.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
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I was told recently that the FBI and DC Metro PD take academy cadets to the Holocaust Museum to punctuate the danger of mindlessly following illegal and immoral orders.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I was told recently that the FBI and DC Metro PD take academy cadets to the Holocaust Museum to punctuate the danger of mindlessly following illegal and immoral orders.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
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It's a national disgrace that Viola Fletcher didn't see more racial progress in her 111 years.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's a national disgrace that Viola Fletcher didn't see more racial progress in her 111 years.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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NEW: The DOJ filed an amicus brief Monday claiming its much-criticized letter urging redistricting was NOT what prompted Texas to redraw its map immediately afterward.
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
DOJ Tries To Undo Damage of Its ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter in Texas Gerrymander Case
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NEW: The DOJ filed an amicus brief Monday claiming its much-criticized letter urging redistricting was NOT what prompted Texas to redraw its map immediately afterward.
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
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Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
Well this isn’t good.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Well this isn’t good.