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Trump is very, very stupid and ignorant and his key failures the first time around stem from this trait.
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DAVE TOUB THE LEGEND
this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
DAVE TOUB THE LEGEND
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It may be a simple thing but I have a measure of inner contentment that even if I could make a computer program do this for me, I never would. Wouldn’t even occur to me.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It may be a simple thing but I have a measure of inner contentment that even if I could make a computer program do this for me, I never would. Wouldn’t even occur to me.
You can see quite clearly from Trump's behavior during the presser that Trump is thinking only about his own monetary involvement with the Saudis. He is doing everything he can to make sure that is protected.
Guest: Trump found a way to actually make MBS look better than him. It was an astounding moment. We had the American president defending the murder of an American journalist. It really made us look small. It made the United States look like a wingman to Saudi Arabia.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
You can see quite clearly from Trump's behavior during the presser that Trump is thinking only about his own monetary involvement with the Saudis. He is doing everything he can to make sure that is protected.
Yes - my suspicion all along was companies would eat into their margins to bide tariffs from consumers. Can’t do that forever!
"We believe that much of the absorption of tariffs has actually been in the value chain in the company margin and hasn't been passed on," says Goldman Sachs President and COO John Waldron at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Yes - my suspicion all along was companies would eat into their margins to bide tariffs from consumers. Can’t do that forever!
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It is really annoying that people have to keep saying this, and yet the gizmo cult is just going to keep raking in that cash
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It is really annoying that people have to keep saying this, and yet the gizmo cult is just going to keep raking in that cash
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In 1862, @saulelbein.bsky.social writes, suffering textile workers streamed into a Manchester meeting hall. At stake: whether Britain should join the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. Proponents of "kitchen table politics" can learn a lot from what happened next.
New, on Heat Death!
New, on Heat Death!
Lions at the Kitchen Table
Saul considers the Lancashire Cotton Famine, political mythmaking and the cynical trap of "affordability"
heat-death.ghost.io
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In 1862, @saulelbein.bsky.social writes, suffering textile workers streamed into a Manchester meeting hall. At stake: whether Britain should join the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. Proponents of "kitchen table politics" can learn a lot from what happened next.
New, on Heat Death!
New, on Heat Death!
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
Northern lights from Eastern Iowa tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Northern lights from Eastern Iowa tonight.
@whstancil.bsky.social it’s ok everything is fine.
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@whstancil.bsky.social it’s ok everything is fine.
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While a 50 year mortgage might lower monthly payments, it drastically increases total interest and slows equity growth. Stimulating demand without fixing supply would likely raise prices. The core issue in the housing market isn't financing; it's the lack of supply.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
While a 50 year mortgage might lower monthly payments, it drastically increases total interest and slows equity growth. Stimulating demand without fixing supply would likely raise prices. The core issue in the housing market isn't financing; it's the lack of supply.
The BEST case scenario he can give is 70% chance of failure on subsidies. wtf.
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The BEST case scenario he can give is 70% chance of failure on subsidies. wtf.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
The fucking narrative bs slung at Arsenal here. Sunderland moved their ad hoardings in, when THEY USE LONG THROWS MORE THAN US!! It’s corners we score from, you dullards. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Premier League: How Sunderland stopped the Arsenal machine
Sunderland halt Arsenal's winning run to give hope to the Premier League chasing pack, with the way they stifled the leaders catching the eye.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The fucking narrative bs slung at Arsenal here. Sunderland moved their ad hoardings in, when THEY USE LONG THROWS MORE THAN US!! It’s corners we score from, you dullards. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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MAHA
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
MAHA
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Arsenal smashing records all the time, Max Dowman is trending on Bluesky….. The first 15 year old for Arsenal to be trending on Bluesky…. 😝😜
#Arsenal #MaxDowman #AFC #Gunners #UCL
#Arsenal #MaxDowman #AFC #Gunners #UCL
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Arsenal smashing records all the time, Max Dowman is trending on Bluesky….. The first 15 year old for Arsenal to be trending on Bluesky…. 😝😜
#Arsenal #MaxDowman #AFC #Gunners #UCL
#Arsenal #MaxDowman #AFC #Gunners #UCL
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Something Dems (especially natsecs types) need to get through their thick skulls is the only way we might come back from this internationally is if the accountability for it is swift, broad, and punishing
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Something Dems (especially natsecs types) need to get through their thick skulls is the only way we might come back from this internationally is if the accountability for it is swift, broad, and punishing
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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The man being chased in this video is 68 year old Robert Held. Yesterday, Held filed a lawsuit against Broadview over their protest curfew hours.
Status Coup's videojournalist @JonFarinaPhoto had a leg day on the clock capturing this epic chase between two ICE agents and a nonviolent, middle-age activist who was standing outside the gates of the Broadview processing center on September 27, 2025.
#iceprotest #chicagoprotest #broadview
#iceprotest #chicagoprotest #broadview
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The man being chased in this video is 68 year old Robert Held. Yesterday, Held filed a lawsuit against Broadview over their protest curfew hours.