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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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NEW: A federal grand jury rejected DOJ’s latest bid to indict NY attorney general Letitia James, the latest black eye in Trump’s push to prosecute his adversaries
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Grand jury rejects new indictment for Letitia James
The Justice Department can try a third time.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NEW: A federal grand jury rejected DOJ’s latest bid to indict NY attorney general Letitia James, the latest black eye in Trump’s push to prosecute his adversaries
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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As Vicky Pebsworth listed the groups she blames for the increase in HBV—gay men, promiscuous women, heroin users, Asian immigrants, and urban populations—it may be germane that she is a member of the National Association of Catholic Nurses.
Then again, it may not be.
Then again, it may not be.
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
As Vicky Pebsworth listed the groups she blames for the increase in HBV—gay men, promiscuous women, heroin users, Asian immigrants, and urban populations—it may be germane that she is a member of the National Association of Catholic Nurses.
Then again, it may not be.
Then again, it may not be.
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ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
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Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that this entire meeting is complete bullshit and should be adjourned.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that this entire meeting is complete bullshit and should be adjourned.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
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ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
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When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
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Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
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What the anti-vax members of ACIP seem to saying is:
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What the anti-vax members of ACIP seem to saying is:
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Yet another criminal case against a U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement goes kaput. This time prosecutors have dropped charges against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
Charges dropped against Lakeview comedy club manager accused of assaulting federal agents
Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to drop charges against a comedy club manager accused of shutting a car door on a federal immigration agent’s leg in the Lakeview neighborhood, the latest …
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yet another criminal case against a U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement goes kaput. This time prosecutors have dropped charges against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
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New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Kamlager-Dove: We also know that DHS has a habit of taking people to hospitals under false names so they cannot be located. This prevents their family members and lawyers from getting to them. And so we want to know: is this what also happened to Vicente?
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Kamlager-Dove: We also know that DHS has a habit of taking people to hospitals under false names so they cannot be located. This prevents their family members and lawyers from getting to them. And so we want to know: is this what also happened to Vicente?
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*stares in Adelita Grijalva*
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
*stares in Adelita Grijalva*
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NEW: Judge Howell barred the Trump administration from continuing to make warrantless immigration arrests in DC unless there is probable cause to believe there is a risk of flight.
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Judge Howell barred the Trump administration from continuing to make warrantless immigration arrests in DC unless there is probable cause to believe there is a risk of flight.
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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the president says absolutely crazy stuff all the time on social media and it doesn't make headlines because everyone paying attention knows he's nuts
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
the president says absolutely crazy stuff all the time on social media and it doesn't make headlines because everyone paying attention knows he's nuts
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24 after winning a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election.
A Democrat, Pope will take the seat that retiring Sen. David Jordan held for 33 years.
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A Democrat, Pope will take the seat that retiring Sen. David Jordan held for 33 years.
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Justin Pope Wins Mississippi Senate District 24 Runoff, Replacing Sen. David Jordan After 33 Years
Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24, located in Panola, Leflore and Tallahatchie counties.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24 after winning a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election.
A Democrat, Pope will take the seat that retiring Sen. David Jordan held for 33 years.
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A Democrat, Pope will take the seat that retiring Sen. David Jordan held for 33 years.
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credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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this is the final map for TN-7. Uniform shift to the left and most of this is rural districts at full midterm size. We have a year left of Trump fucking shit up. Have fun GOP www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
this is the final map for TN-7. Uniform shift to the left and most of this is rural districts at full midterm size. We have a year left of Trump fucking shit up. Have fun GOP www.nytimes.com/interactive/...