Benj
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We are contumacious diodes with mercurial biases, and we are transfixed by our borealis.
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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I know the press has lowered the bar for this one guy to such a degree that presidential is no longer visible and you need a spelunking crew to reach it, but it's nevertheless worth remembering that knowing about use of US military force abroad is a core part his job. Article II and all that.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I know the press has lowered the bar for this one guy to such a degree that presidential is no longer visible and you need a spelunking crew to reach it, but it's nevertheless worth remembering that knowing about use of US military force abroad is a core part his job. Article II and all that.
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Republican senator pretends he doesn’t know any senators
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Republican senator pretends he doesn’t know any senators
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Do reporters ever follow up with questions like:
-Why do doctors keep telling you to get cognitive tests?
-Is identifying a picture of a giraffe challenging for you?
-Can you tell us a difficult question from one of these cognitive tests, or are you unable to remember?
-Why do doctors keep telling you to get cognitive tests?
-Is identifying a picture of a giraffe challenging for you?
-Can you tell us a difficult question from one of these cognitive tests, or are you unable to remember?
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Do reporters ever follow up with questions like:
-Why do doctors keep telling you to get cognitive tests?
-Is identifying a picture of a giraffe challenging for you?
-Can you tell us a difficult question from one of these cognitive tests, or are you unable to remember?
-Why do doctors keep telling you to get cognitive tests?
-Is identifying a picture of a giraffe challenging for you?
-Can you tell us a difficult question from one of these cognitive tests, or are you unable to remember?
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but if you don’t bend to these absurd and impossible demands, you render these people powerless. let them fucking howl, who gives a shit.
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
but if you don’t bend to these absurd and impossible demands, you render these people powerless. let them fucking howl, who gives a shit.
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this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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It’s also notable that TPUSA employs rabid Islamophobes like this person. Imagine what the Trump admin would do to a university if they allowed an organization that said this about Jews and pork to establish themselves on campus.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s also notable that TPUSA employs rabid Islamophobes like this person. Imagine what the Trump admin would do to a university if they allowed an organization that said this about Jews and pork to establish themselves on campus.
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This is what Americans elected in 2024: a man who had clearly demonstrated his unwillingness to accept unwelcome information. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’s doing the same thing now.
Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets
From elections to the economy, he keeps denying reality.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is what Americans elected in 2024: a man who had clearly demonstrated his unwillingness to accept unwelcome information. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’s doing the same thing now.
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There's an entire chapter in my book about this tactic! They'll never stop doing this.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There's an entire chapter in my book about this tactic! They'll never stop doing this.
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Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
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I am once again asking United States Senators to take a trial ad class to learn cross examination and witness control techniques plz
One thing to note about Bove’s response re: whistleblower report is that he didn’t explicitly deny making the “fuck you” comment.
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
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Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
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November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Not great that we’ve created a system where the best job opportunities for working class men involve either overseeing other working class people in prison, or working as masked secret police violently hunting down working class immigrants targeted for deportation despite having committed no crimes.
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Not great that we’ve created a system where the best job opportunities for working class men involve either overseeing other working class people in prison, or working as masked secret police violently hunting down working class immigrants targeted for deportation despite having committed no crimes.
...lmao, thats quite the twist for a "curing ballots" and "clearing the voter rolls" guy...
His name and age match this guy, who resigned from the PA legislature after being convicted on federal perjury charges linked to an illegal campaign finance scheme. Which, if the same guy: maybe he had other reasons for backing Trump! 3/3
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Frank Serafini - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
...lmao, thats quite the twist for a "curing ballots" and "clearing the voter rolls" guy...
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District Judge Boasberg and federal appellate judges deserve our thanks for not simply shrugging and letting the Trump regime get away with defying a court order regarding their cruel and illegal fights to El Salvador..
Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe
A federal judge in Washington has relaunched his contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
District Judge Boasberg and federal appellate judges deserve our thanks for not simply shrugging and letting the Trump regime get away with defying a court order regarding their cruel and illegal fights to El Salvador..
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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It’s a slogan for political operatives who think campaigns are won and lost based on placards and stump speeches.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s a slogan for political operatives who think campaigns are won and lost based on placards and stump speeches.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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Yup. Even if Trump's policies were both effective and popular (lolololol, I know), Trump's pardons *alone* would be ample fodder.
This weekend Trump pardoned *yet another* drug lord and *yet another* infamous scammer!
This isn't low-hanging fruit, it's fruit delivered in a holiday basket!
This weekend Trump pardoned *yet another* drug lord and *yet another* infamous scammer!
This isn't low-hanging fruit, it's fruit delivered in a holiday basket!
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yup. Even if Trump's policies were both effective and popular (lolololol, I know), Trump's pardons *alone* would be ample fodder.
This weekend Trump pardoned *yet another* drug lord and *yet another* infamous scammer!
This isn't low-hanging fruit, it's fruit delivered in a holiday basket!
This weekend Trump pardoned *yet another* drug lord and *yet another* infamous scammer!
This isn't low-hanging fruit, it's fruit delivered in a holiday basket!
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The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
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huh i wonder if this is because like 90% of nurses are women (it’s definitely because of that)
The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
huh i wonder if this is because like 90% of nurses are women (it’s definitely because of that)
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“The GHF model is one of the worst ‘aid’ — and I use ‘aid’ in quotes — models that’s been tried in the 21st century, if not longer than that,” said Anastasia Moran, advocacy director at MedGlobal, a Chicago-based medical aid organization that has teams inside Gaza.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid
The aid group GHF oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine.
interc.pt
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“The GHF model is one of the worst ‘aid’ — and I use ‘aid’ in quotes — models that’s been tried in the 21st century, if not longer than that,” said Anastasia Moran, advocacy director at MedGlobal, a Chicago-based medical aid organization that has teams inside Gaza.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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You can cite the Bible in an academic paper. You can reference it, chapter and verse, in support of your thesis. But there's a big difference between citing the Bible as an academic reference and simply saying "God is the bestest God in the whole wide world, and I should get an A+ for saying so."
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
You can cite the Bible in an academic paper. You can reference it, chapter and verse, in support of your thesis. But there's a big difference between citing the Bible as an academic reference and simply saying "God is the bestest God in the whole wide world, and I should get an A+ for saying so."