AMG Himself
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· Jun 19
PSA: When there’s a difference between what you feel and what you’re supposed to feel, and you make an effort to correct that, that is called emotion work. When your job is getting paid to do emotion work – the smiling face at MickyD's, flight attendant, even sex work – that’s emotional labor.
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Yes, I'm laughing. But you have to figure that over time this becomes a bit demoralizing for federal public corruption prosecutors.
It's like even though he's a Dem Trump can't help but feel a profound sympathy for a money launderer wapo.st/4as1ygY
Trump says he will pardon Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar
Cuellar was charged last year with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. His wife, Imelda, also will receive a pardon, according to Trump.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yes, I'm laughing. But you have to figure that over time this becomes a bit demoralizing for federal public corruption prosecutors.
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
Hegseth: "As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations. All these strikes, they're making judgement calls ensuring they defend the American people. They've done the right things. We'll keep doing that."
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
Congress shouldn’t be allowed to create federal programs that rely on, or are expanded by, donated money from oligarchs. For private wealth to co-fund public policy undermines the entire structure of congressional appropriations and blurs the line between democracy and plutoracy.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Congress shouldn’t be allowed to create federal programs that rely on, or are expanded by, donated money from oligarchs. For private wealth to co-fund public policy undermines the entire structure of congressional appropriations and blurs the line between democracy and plutoracy.
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
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I named my fists "Dunning" and "Kruger" because I haven't trained in any sort of martial art but am confident I would do pretty well.
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I named my fists "Dunning" and "Kruger" because I haven't trained in any sort of martial art but am confident I would do pretty well.
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Listening to Mexican folk music on Youtube and they're running this horrible ad urging people to self-deport.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Listening to Mexican folk music on Youtube and they're running this horrible ad urging people to self-deport.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
If you think Kevin O'Connell is a bad coach because a super young and totally untested pair of quarterbacks have struggled, you're a fucking idiot.
This season sucks. I wish it were going differently. Calm the fuck down.
This season sucks. I wish it were going differently. Calm the fuck down.
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If you think Kevin O'Connell is a bad coach because a super young and totally untested pair of quarterbacks have struggled, you're a fucking idiot.
This season sucks. I wish it were going differently. Calm the fuck down.
This season sucks. I wish it were going differently. Calm the fuck down.
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
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Would be a bit awkward given that the Trump administration has condemned millions of people with AIDS to death through their USAID cuts
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Would be a bit awkward given that the Trump administration has condemned millions of people with AIDS to death through their USAID cuts
And it cost the world hundreds of thousands of lives.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
And it cost the world hundreds of thousands of lives.
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The biggest drivers of AI* being forced into higher ed:
1. The ungodly amounts of money behind it
2. The sweaty AI* marketing promises of increased efficiencies (whatever that means)
3. High susceptibility of administrators who are determined to run universities "like businesses."
1. The ungodly amounts of money behind it
2. The sweaty AI* marketing promises of increased efficiencies (whatever that means)
3. High susceptibility of administrators who are determined to run universities "like businesses."
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The biggest drivers of AI* being forced into higher ed:
1. The ungodly amounts of money behind it
2. The sweaty AI* marketing promises of increased efficiencies (whatever that means)
3. High susceptibility of administrators who are determined to run universities "like businesses."
1. The ungodly amounts of money behind it
2. The sweaty AI* marketing promises of increased efficiencies (whatever that means)
3. High susceptibility of administrators who are determined to run universities "like businesses."
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Beyond all other illegalities Hegseth's order to kill survivor's in the water is a crime which implicates all US personnel. If Hegseth's policy would be generally accepted, future US navy personnel shipwrecked would also become lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Beyond all other illegalities Hegseth's order to kill survivor's in the water is a crime which implicates all US personnel. If Hegseth's policy would be generally accepted, future US navy personnel shipwrecked would also become lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
Also, essentially none of them are true. This man would claim a coup is legal, so long as it serves his God King.
He's lying constantly, politicizing the office, in violation of the War Powers Act, and is wildly incompetent. He needs to be removed from office.
He's lying constantly, politicizing the office, in violation of the War Powers Act, and is wildly incompetent. He needs to be removed from office.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Also, essentially none of them are true. This man would claim a coup is legal, so long as it serves his God King.
He's lying constantly, politicizing the office, in violation of the War Powers Act, and is wildly incompetent. He needs to be removed from office.
He's lying constantly, politicizing the office, in violation of the War Powers Act, and is wildly incompetent. He needs to be removed from office.
So I've never seen Prime Vision because lol, Thursday Night Football happens at like 3 am here usually.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So I've never seen Prime Vision because lol, Thursday Night Football happens at like 3 am here usually.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
And after having already removed TPS for Afghanis, now they're doing what they've wanted to do for a long time: www.reuters.com/world/us/afg...
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
And after having already removed TPS for Afghanis, now they're doing what they've wanted to do for a long time: www.reuters.com/world/us/afg...
PSA: People keep saying "small sample size" when they really mean "small sample." It's genuinely nice that everyone has internalized that the Law of Large Numbers matters for sports analysis. But as a statistics-knower and pedant, all I can think is: lose the "size." 1:3
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
PSA: People keep saying "small sample size" when they really mean "small sample." It's genuinely nice that everyone has internalized that the Law of Large Numbers matters for sports analysis. But as a statistics-knower and pedant, all I can think is: lose the "size." 1:3
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
What happened in Georgia was fucking ridiculous. Willis was removed over an "appearance of impropriety" that in no way affected the case. Meanwhile, Trump and his goon squad will once again avoid accountability for literally trying to steal an election.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What happened in Georgia was fucking ridiculous. Willis was removed over an "appearance of impropriety" that in no way affected the case. Meanwhile, Trump and his goon squad will once again avoid accountability for literally trying to steal an election.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
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Det här är trams. Unga kvinnor är mer vänster än någon annan grupp i samhället – tydligt i en SOM-mätning så sent som förra veckan. Och det finns ingen väljargrupp där SD har så lågt stöd som bland unga kvinnor. Det vet de om, och de försöker ändra på det. SvD ställer tydligen tjänstvilligt upp.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Det här är trams. Unga kvinnor är mer vänster än någon annan grupp i samhället – tydligt i en SOM-mätning så sent som förra veckan. Och det finns ingen väljargrupp där SD har så lågt stöd som bland unga kvinnor. Det vet de om, och de försöker ändra på det. SvD ställer tydligen tjänstvilligt upp.
Excellent thread about science funding and the NIH.
This new policy from NIH is concerning.
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Excellent thread about science funding and the NIH.