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Trump didn't demand Jimmy Kimmel's firing because he said mean things about Charlie Kirk.
Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired because said mean things about Donald Trump.
Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired because said mean things about Donald Trump.
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Trump didn't demand Jimmy Kimmel's firing because he said mean things about Charlie Kirk.
Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired because said mean things about Donald Trump.
Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired because said mean things about Donald Trump.
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"The Times is unlikely to sacrifice its journalistic credibility because of a laughably tenuous lawsuit and a few mean social media posts. But if Trump wants to let the paper’s team of top-notch First Amendment lawyers depose Mark Burnett, who are we to complain?" — @lizdye.bsky.social
Trump tries to stick up The New York Times with a water gun
The lawsuit is beyond parody, even by Trump's standards.
www.publicnotice.co
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"The Times is unlikely to sacrifice its journalistic credibility because of a laughably tenuous lawsuit and a few mean social media posts. But if Trump wants to let the paper’s team of top-notch First Amendment lawyers depose Mark Burnett, who are we to complain?" — @lizdye.bsky.social
I have no idea why conservatives are worried about Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School. I studied Critical Theory as an undergrad. I really wanted to believe in it, but I ended up totally disillusioned. It’s worthless nonsense.
This article makes clear just how much of the current right-wing attack on higher education is rooted in beliefs about "cultural Marxism" - a conspiracy that, as I've described, traces back to beliefs about the Frankfurt School and German Jewish émigré intellectuals. forward.com/opinion/4502...
September 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I have no idea why conservatives are worried about Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School. I studied Critical Theory as an undergrad. I really wanted to believe in it, but I ended up totally disillusioned. It’s worthless nonsense.
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America is so geographically large and disparately populated that it can be hard for average Americans living day-to-day lives to see that they are living under authoritarianism.
But we are living under authoritarianism.
But we are living under authoritarianism.
Let's keep focused on the broader pattern here. I've outlined it in six bullet points below. Viewed all in one place, it's quite ominous:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
August 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
America is so geographically large and disparately populated that it can be hard for average Americans living day-to-day lives to see that they are living under authoritarianism.
But we are living under authoritarianism.
But we are living under authoritarianism.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
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Every authoritarian movement attracts wackos obsessed with various crackpot theories, because the social psychology of kooky conspiracism is adjacent to that of authoritarianism.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Every authoritarian movement attracts wackos obsessed with various crackpot theories, because the social psychology of kooky conspiracism is adjacent to that of authoritarianism.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
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While the rest of the world, especially China, continues to invest in the modernization of their electrical grids with clean, renewable energy technologies, our dipshit dumbass and his moronic cult are taking us back a century to near complete dependence on coal and fossil fuels.
July 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
While the rest of the world, especially China, continues to invest in the modernization of their electrical grids with clean, renewable energy technologies, our dipshit dumbass and his moronic cult are taking us back a century to near complete dependence on coal and fossil fuels.
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Those of you making lists of Democrats that DOJ has arrested (usually via Kristi Noem's goons), I beg of you not to forget CA SEIU President David Huerta.
The pattern is the same, and in that case they charged a conspiracy which may be an effort to get inside SEIU's private records.
The pattern is the same, and in that case they charged a conspiracy which may be an effort to get inside SEIU's private records.
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Those of you making lists of Democrats that DOJ has arrested (usually via Kristi Noem's goons), I beg of you not to forget CA SEIU President David Huerta.
The pattern is the same, and in that case they charged a conspiracy which may be an effort to get inside SEIU's private records.
The pattern is the same, and in that case they charged a conspiracy which may be an effort to get inside SEIU's private records.
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Hard to overstate the degree to which there appears to be literally no one in the president's current circle who has any experience, even at a low level, managing ANY kind of national security crisis or even situation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...
Thoughts on Israel’s Iran Campaign and Donald Trump
I haven’t had a lot to say about Israel and Iran because...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hard to overstate the degree to which there appears to be literally no one in the president's current circle who has any experience, even at a low level, managing ANY kind of national security crisis or even situation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...
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“Santa Monica, not far from downtown Los Angeles” is the most hilarious phrase you can say to an Angeleno
June 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“Santa Monica, not far from downtown Los Angeles” is the most hilarious phrase you can say to an Angeleno
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone...
theonion.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
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Senate Democrats should be looking to file amendments to this big ugly bill that should propose massive cuts targeting Elon's companies. There will never be better opportunity to open up this divide among the worst people.
And the breakup continues
June 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Opinion: The debate over transgender rights is a liability for Democrats. Here’s how to neutralize it, writes @thirdway.bsky.social think tank co-founder Jonathan Cowan.
Opinion | The Debate Over Transgender Rights Is a Liability for Democrats. Here’s How to Neutralize It.
It’s time for real discussion, dissent and debate, without fear of being canceled.
www.politico.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Opinion: The debate over transgender rights is a liability for Democrats. Here’s how to neutralize it, writes @thirdway.bsky.social think tank co-founder Jonathan Cowan.
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Opinion: Seven reasons Putin doesn’t want to end the war in Ukraine, according to Leon Aron, senior fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
(Originally published in April.)
(Originally published in April.)
Opinion | 7 Critical Things Trump Doesn’t Understand about Putin
For the Russian strongman, the price of peace looks higher than the costs of war.
www.politico.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Opinion: Seven reasons Putin doesn’t want to end the war in Ukraine, according to Leon Aron, senior fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
(Originally published in April.)
(Originally published in April.)
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Interesting.
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the Pentagon's top civilian leader during his first months on the job, casting himse...
www.military.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Interesting.
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Like, have they tried not escalating in the first place
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Like, have they tried not escalating in the first place
Re: Trump’s tariffs on “foreign” movies, i e. not America. These are all “foreign”:
-James Bond
-Harry Potter
-Lord of the Rings
-Godzilla
-King Kong
-Dracula
-Frankenstein
-Mummies
-Shakespeare
-Sherlock Holmes
-Every Bible movie
-James Bond
-Harry Potter
-Lord of the Rings
-Godzilla
-King Kong
-Dracula
-Frankenstein
-Mummies
-Shakespeare
-Sherlock Holmes
-Every Bible movie
May 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Re: Trump’s tariffs on “foreign” movies, i e. not America. These are all “foreign”:
-James Bond
-Harry Potter
-Lord of the Rings
-Godzilla
-King Kong
-Dracula
-Frankenstein
-Mummies
-Shakespeare
-Sherlock Holmes
-Every Bible movie
-James Bond
-Harry Potter
-Lord of the Rings
-Godzilla
-King Kong
-Dracula
-Frankenstein
-Mummies
-Shakespeare
-Sherlock Holmes
-Every Bible movie
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Trump's threat to arrest Governor Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & silence dissent.
They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.
We will NOT be intimidated.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will DEFEND our freedom.
They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.
We will NOT be intimidated.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will DEFEND our freedom.
May 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trump's threat to arrest Governor Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & silence dissent.
They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.
We will NOT be intimidated.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will DEFEND our freedom.
They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.
We will NOT be intimidated.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will DEFEND our freedom.
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May Day and the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights... fascinating piece by the brilliant April Ryan open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
May Day and the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights
It took a bit, but labor eventually got on board with protecting everyone's rights.
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
May Day and the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights... fascinating piece by the brilliant April Ryan open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Last line is the best.
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
theonion.com/salvado...
theonion.com/salvado...
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America. “How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel […]
theonion.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last line is the best.
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Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
April 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...