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Seems like people should be crowdfunding a mil for Kilmer Abrego Garcia, to see what would happen when he applied for his card.
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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(also, just a reminder that if you click on the settings gear, and then 'content and media,' you can disable autoplay on videos and gifs)
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The imaginary "protect Bill Clinton at all costs" wing of the Democratic Party remains imaginary.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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In case you missed it, this fantastic SABR session is now online! #CardSky

youtu.be/TnHfC72Z1v8
SABR Virtual: Phil Rosenzweig, "One Splendid Season: Baseball and America in 1912"
YouTube video by SABRvideos
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Republicans are scared shitless after the TN-07 special election showed a 13-point shift against them. What would that look like nationwide? Democrats flipping about 600 state legislative seats, winning 6 new state trifectas and breaking a lot of supermajorities heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/10/h...
How Tennessee 7th’s 13-point Democratic shift would look across the nation for 2026
Last week, Republicans won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by 9%, and it has them scared shitless. That’s because the margin was 13% worse than the previous representat...
heartlandsignal.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@michaelcaley.bsky.social @themlg.bsky.social Gents, do you have any insight into their methodology? Do they exclude European competition?
Following their late win over Arsenal on Saturday, Aston Villa are now sixth in Opta's Global Power Rankings, ahead of Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid. 📈

#AVFC
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era veterans committee elects Jeff Kent
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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That book is Steve Bannon’s inspiration, a fascist novel. Just openly laughing at everyone they hate
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”

The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.

It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.

Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The 777 Partners saga is not over, far from it. New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @pbsportswriter.bsky.social and myself: what of A-CAP, the "wizard of Oz" which seized their football assets, also said to be in serious financial trouble?
josimarfootball.com/2025/12/04/t...
The A-CAP mystery - josimarfootball.com
Josh Wander of 777 Partners has been indicted by the DOJ, but what does this mean for A-CAP, their biggest creditor, which has seized most of their assets, football clubs included, and remains accused...
josimarfootball.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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my complete, map-filled, analysis of the 2025 election in New York City

-How Zohran won the primary
-How Zohran won the general (different story!)
-How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What the 2025 Election in New York Can Teach Us About the National Political Environment
More than you think, but not in the way you’re thinking.
www.expectinggoals.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others."

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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“Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences:
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Hillsborough families decry ‘bitter injustice’ that no officers will face disciplinary proceedings
None of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Awful, awful news from Algeria. The French government must act now, and we journalists must put pressure to ensure it does. @liberation.fr @lemonde.fr @lefigaro.fr @franceinter.fr @leparisien.fr

www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
Algerian court increases jail time for French journalist convicted of 'terrorism'
A court in Tizi Ouzou, in eastern Algeria, on Wednesday announced a ten-year sentence in the appeal trial of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, accused among other things of "glorifying terr...
www.rfi.fr
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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@russbengtson.bsky.social @bakerdphd.bsky.social I can’t reply to the post I was tagged in but I have an answer, which is in a piece I have coming—rich shoppers accumulated so much cash during the early pandemic that they’d buy basically anything at any price bc they were bored, so brands raised
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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If there's any justice in this world, this post will end up as evidence in The Hague.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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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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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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“Murder, war crimes, or both.”

A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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It's great to see @uglygame.bsky.social being given his due by @financialtimes.com for his terrific work on football clubs accepting money from companies such as ZKP; and it's awful to see FC Barcelona, already the No.1 partner of 1XBet, being one of those football clubs. www.ft.com/content/9fb4...
FC Barcelona’s tie-up with Samoa-based crypto start-up sparks backlash
Heavily indebted club faces accusations of desperation over sponsorship deal with little-known firm Zero-Knowledge Proof
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM