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"Emails for my enemies but not for me"
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Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
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The Parking Lot Lawyer FINALLY figured out she wasn’t welcome.
And PS: This is a complete and total surrender by Habba.
And PS: This is a complete and total surrender by Habba.
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Parking Lot Lawyer FINALLY figured out she wasn’t welcome.
And PS: This is a complete and total surrender by Habba.
And PS: This is a complete and total surrender by Habba.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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Three-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to earn official rating
Three-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to earn official rating
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Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha practises for four to five hours each day
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Indian boy beats multiple adults to secure record-breaking status
India’s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official Fide rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days.
The chess prodigy edged out the previous record of compatriot Anish Sarkar, who was three years, eight months and 19 days when he reached the milestone in November last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Three-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to earn official rating
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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There are two people, above all, whom we have to blame for Pete Hegseth running the Pentagon.
One, of course, is Trump.
The other is Murdoch. Without him, Hegseth would be a nobody.
One, of course, is Trump.
The other is Murdoch. Without him, Hegseth would be a nobody.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
There are two people, above all, whom we have to blame for Pete Hegseth running the Pentagon.
One, of course, is Trump.
The other is Murdoch. Without him, Hegseth would be a nobody.
One, of course, is Trump.
The other is Murdoch. Without him, Hegseth would be a nobody.
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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We have a brain atrophied electorate but this is why Republicans love Trump and will never ever turn on him. He's basically untouchable when it comes to corruption and he will reward you for your loyalty/bribes.
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We have a brain atrophied electorate but this is why Republicans love Trump and will never ever turn on him. He's basically untouchable when it comes to corruption and he will reward you for your loyalty/bribes.
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The Admiral was thrown under the bus in seconds. Rules of engagement are sacred, and everyone knows it, which is why the truth about what Pete did leaked. Pete and Trump are no leaders. And they are not judge, jury, or executioner. Those poor fishermen.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The Admiral was thrown under the bus in seconds. Rules of engagement are sacred, and everyone knows it, which is why the truth about what Pete did leaked. Pete and Trump are no leaders. And they are not judge, jury, or executioner. Those poor fishermen.
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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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We didn’t hit it twice
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We didn’t hit it twice
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
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Trump spends most of his few sentient hours golfing
Vance averages a vacation a month
Mike Johnson is less informed than a high schooler
Isn’t meritocracy wonderful?
Vance averages a vacation a month
Mike Johnson is less informed than a high schooler
Isn’t meritocracy wonderful?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump spends most of his few sentient hours golfing
Vance averages a vacation a month
Mike Johnson is less informed than a high schooler
Isn’t meritocracy wonderful?
Vance averages a vacation a month
Mike Johnson is less informed than a high schooler
Isn’t meritocracy wonderful?
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Drugs are not weapons.
Drug traffickers are not terrorists.
The US wasn't attacked.
Boats on open water far from US coasts aren't a security threat.
There is absolutely no argument for self-defense in Caribbean boat strikes, nor in possible war with Venezuela.
This campaign is lies upon lies.
Drug traffickers are not terrorists.
The US wasn't attacked.
Boats on open water far from US coasts aren't a security threat.
There is absolutely no argument for self-defense in Caribbean boat strikes, nor in possible war with Venezuela.
This campaign is lies upon lies.
This is fundamentally the wrong way to deal with drug problems.
The campaign is built on lies.
The campaign is built on lies.
The White House's lies about the illegal Caribbean boat strikes are so obvious and about such serious matters that they're floundering.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social and @jenrubin.bsky.social explain, specific strikes are criminal, but even more so, the entire campaign is blatantly illegal and wrong.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social and @jenrubin.bsky.social explain, specific strikes are criminal, but even more so, the entire campaign is blatantly illegal and wrong.
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Drugs are not weapons.
Drug traffickers are not terrorists.
The US wasn't attacked.
Boats on open water far from US coasts aren't a security threat.
There is absolutely no argument for self-defense in Caribbean boat strikes, nor in possible war with Venezuela.
This campaign is lies upon lies.
Drug traffickers are not terrorists.
The US wasn't attacked.
Boats on open water far from US coasts aren't a security threat.
There is absolutely no argument for self-defense in Caribbean boat strikes, nor in possible war with Venezuela.
This campaign is lies upon lies.
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For instance the right has veered towards outright sociopathy because it is essentially immersed in a lynch mob 24/7, in which attention and fame are secured by endorsing ever-more-psychopathic expressions of violence towards a (largely hallucinated) class of subhuman out-group enemies
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For instance the right has veered towards outright sociopathy because it is essentially immersed in a lynch mob 24/7, in which attention and fame are secured by endorsing ever-more-psychopathic expressions of violence towards a (largely hallucinated) class of subhuman out-group enemies
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it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
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I really should stop using the term “war crime” to describe trump, Hegseth, et al just committing murder willy nilly
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I really should stop using the term “war crime” to describe trump, Hegseth, et al just committing murder willy nilly
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