AEGomezjr
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“Creation of a world view is work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or worse, add our brick to the edifice.” John Dos Passos. #nafo
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reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
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Watch the magical moment as a Ukrainian choir performs the famous Ukrainian carol in Austria’s Parliament.
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Watch the magical moment as a Ukrainian choir performs the famous Ukrainian carol in Austria’s Parliament.
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The three hardest tasks in the world are to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.”
May 5, 2023 at 6:11 AM
The three hardest tasks in the world are to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.”
Is it wrong that I cackled?
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Is it wrong that I cackled?
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A curated list of the books our writers, contributing editors, and staff kept coming back to in 2025.
The 2025 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List
It wouldn’t be the holidays without our annual War on the Rocks book roundup. Check off your gift list or pick a book to enjoy by the fire. Happy reading.
warontherocks.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A curated list of the books our writers, contributing editors, and staff kept coming back to in 2025.
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Tis the season where I share my reflections from a few years back on the best and worst Christmas specials:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Most Beloved Christmas Specials Are (Almost) All Terrible
Here are the only two worth watching.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tis the season where I share my reflections from a few years back on the best and worst Christmas specials:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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New from me:
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New from me:
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Nobody hates men and has more contempt for them than masculinity influencers. They love the idea that men exist to be useful piggy banks to their wives in exchange for sex. It's so bleak.
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nobody hates men and has more contempt for them than masculinity influencers. They love the idea that men exist to be useful piggy banks to their wives in exchange for sex. It's so bleak.
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If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
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They think the bookseller millionaire with 8 enacted bills in 35 years in Congress touring around shouting and talking shit on Dems to raise money for the individual campaign accounts of him and his 0 bills sidekick is ‘doing something’ though. 👇🙄 bsky.app/profile/maud...
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
They think the bookseller millionaire with 8 enacted bills in 35 years in Congress touring around shouting and talking shit on Dems to raise money for the individual campaign accounts of him and his 0 bills sidekick is ‘doing something’ though. 👇🙄 bsky.app/profile/maud...
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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Read this for some context of what the shooter lived though courtesy of the CIA www.propublica.org/article/afgh...
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Read this for some context of what the shooter lived though courtesy of the CIA www.propublica.org/article/afgh...
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“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
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"Perhaps this is behind the burgeoning genre of opinion pieces in which a rightwing man complains that women don’t want to date him. Often enough, he is an avowed libertarian, leaving it a mystery why he does not simply accept the workings of the free market."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan
Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Perhaps this is behind the burgeoning genre of opinion pieces in which a rightwing man complains that women don’t want to date him. Often enough, he is an avowed libertarian, leaving it a mystery why he does not simply accept the workings of the free market."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Hot oil and turkey are outbound. Gobble gobble to all y’all.
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hot oil and turkey are outbound. Gobble gobble to all y’all.
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This is fantastic reporting on Siembra’s work here in Charlotte. Other groups were active as well (especially Carolina Migrant Network). The resistance to and resilience against CBP’s assault wasn’t about meemaws with guns but this kind of organizing as well as organic responses from the community.
My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is fantastic reporting on Siembra’s work here in Charlotte. Other groups were active as well (especially Carolina Migrant Network). The resistance to and resilience against CBP’s assault wasn’t about meemaws with guns but this kind of organizing as well as organic responses from the community.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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If Carl von Clausewitz were to advise Secretary Rubio on peace in Ukraine, he might say something like this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If Carl von Clausewitz were to advise Secretary Rubio on peace in Ukraine, he might say something like this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK