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Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild
The BBC is funded from mandatory license fees paid by the British public to watch and stream. I can’t even begin to imagine the reaction of people if their money was used to bribe Mangolini.
Pssst Brits...this is a shakedown. He's threatening to sue the BBC so that they will pay him millions to make it go away like CBS or ABC. Don't give him a pence.
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The BBC is funded from mandatory license fees paid by the British public to watch and stream. I can’t even begin to imagine the reaction of people if their money was used to bribe Mangolini.
Ok, now I think the thing everyone is talking about is true.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ok, now I think the thing everyone is talking about is true.
When Mangolini trying to tie Bill Clinton to the release of the Epstein files has backfired spectacularly.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
When Mangolini trying to tie Bill Clinton to the release of the Epstein files has backfired spectacularly.
Nah, people are still gonna talk about Mangolini and what the Epstein files say he did.
And also, I think this will shore up support for the BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And also, I think this will shore up support for the BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Nah, people are still gonna talk about Mangolini and what the Epstein files say he did.
And also, I think this will shore up support for the BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And also, I think this will shore up support for the BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Make the son of a bitch deny it.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Make the son of a bitch deny it.
Someone had to pay the tariffs, and it wasn’t Brazil.
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Someone had to pay the tariffs, and it wasn’t Brazil.
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For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
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What you have to understand is that during the preparation, interviewing, writing and editing of this story: everyone involved knew that Epstein was a sex pest. No way the extent or enough to credibly report on it, but they wrote about him as a Bon Vivant anyways. They all knew and always did
Here's the New York magazine article — nymag.com/nymetro/news... — which contains paragraphs like this:
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
What you have to understand is that during the preparation, interviewing, writing and editing of this story: everyone involved knew that Epstein was a sex pest. No way the extent or enough to credibly report on it, but they wrote about him as a Bon Vivant anyways. They all knew and always did
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) just signed the discharge petition to force a vote on making the DOJ release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
Discharge Petition No. 9, Bill Number: H.Res. 581, 119th Congress
SPONSOR: Thomas Massie DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Thomas Massie, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution entitled, a resolution providi...
clerk.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) just signed the discharge petition to force a vote on making the DOJ release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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The fact that Trump and his lackeys are using the Situation Room to figure out how not to release the Epstein files should be THE headline in tomorrow's NYT.
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The fact that Trump and his lackeys are using the Situation Room to figure out how not to release the Epstein files should be THE headline in tomorrow's NYT.
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Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
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“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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There are two reasons people do this:
1. Hating Dems is "cool" and "hip" and the way to show that you're totally savvy and part of the in-group; and
2. It's just kind of assumed that the torches and pitchforks are already out for Republicans, so why actually bother to take them out?
Both are dumb
1. Hating Dems is "cool" and "hip" and the way to show that you're totally savvy and part of the in-group; and
2. It's just kind of assumed that the torches and pitchforks are already out for Republicans, so why actually bother to take them out?
Both are dumb
Exactly this. People are too quick to get out the torches and pitchforks for Dems and not quick enough for Republicans l.
I’ll reserve judgment after I see how things shake out. After all, y’all were ready to burn Ketanji Brown Jackson at the stake just a couple of days ago.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There are two reasons people do this:
1. Hating Dems is "cool" and "hip" and the way to show that you're totally savvy and part of the in-group; and
2. It's just kind of assumed that the torches and pitchforks are already out for Republicans, so why actually bother to take them out?
Both are dumb
1. Hating Dems is "cool" and "hip" and the way to show that you're totally savvy and part of the in-group; and
2. It's just kind of assumed that the torches and pitchforks are already out for Republicans, so why actually bother to take them out?
Both are dumb
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“Democrats inarguably got at least one very important win: They have placed a glaring spotlight on Republicans’ refusal to renew the Obamacare healthcare subsidies, hanging the blame for spiking healthcare costs around their necks as the midterms draw near.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Democrats inarguably got at least one very important win: They have placed a glaring spotlight on Republicans’ refusal to renew the Obamacare healthcare subsidies, hanging the blame for spiking healthcare costs around their necks as the midterms draw near.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
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So make no mistake, this is a coordinated assault on one of the cornerstones of British civic life from people who want to weaken our democracy. Sadly, the BBC is so cowed it will actively abet them in its own destruction.
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
So make no mistake, this is a coordinated assault on one of the cornerstones of British civic life from people who want to weaken our democracy. Sadly, the BBC is so cowed it will actively abet them in its own destruction.
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The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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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I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:
Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them
Railing against Ukraine, Israel, and other outsiders is easy. Solving problems at home is not.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link: