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This is the first time a FIFA Peace Prize laureate has ever ordered a naval blockade, of a nation with more than 3,000 miles of land borders, for allegedly "stealing" its own oil reserves. Truly historic.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is the first time a FIFA Peace Prize laureate has ever ordered a naval blockade, of a nation with more than 3,000 miles of land borders, for allegedly "stealing" its own oil reserves. Truly historic.
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historically, people have answered this with "national economy bad, but i'm doing alright" or such. the fact they're now saying "ii'm going bad" is, uh, not great
"How would you rate..."
National Economy:
Poor/Fair: 65%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Personal Finances:
Poor/Fair: 66%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Local Economy:
Poor/Fair: 58%
Excellent/Good: 37%
Clarity / Dec 11, 2025
National Economy:
Poor/Fair: 65%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Personal Finances:
Poor/Fair: 66%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Local Economy:
Poor/Fair: 58%
Excellent/Good: 37%
Clarity / Dec 11, 2025
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
historically, people have answered this with "national economy bad, but i'm doing alright" or such. the fact they're now saying "ii'm going bad" is, uh, not great
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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No one should ever be allowed to prosecute Trump and his friends for any reason, but Trump's enemies should be prosecuted and jailed even if their only crime is saying unpleasant truths Trump doesn't want said.
And MAGA is fine with this.
They should not be treated like serious people.
And MAGA is fine with this.
They should not be treated like serious people.
Trump blasts "weak and pathetic" Jared Polis because he "won't allow our wonderful Tina to come out of a jail. A high intensity jail."
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No one should ever be allowed to prosecute Trump and his friends for any reason, but Trump's enemies should be prosecuted and jailed even if their only crime is saying unpleasant truths Trump doesn't want said.
And MAGA is fine with this.
They should not be treated like serious people.
And MAGA is fine with this.
They should not be treated like serious people.
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The New York Times is increasingly competing with NYT Pitchbot for satire. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The New York Times is increasingly competing with NYT Pitchbot for satire. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
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Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
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Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
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A deeply sad morning, with heartbreaking mass killings in Providence & Sydney.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A deeply sad morning, with heartbreaking mass killings in Providence & Sydney.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
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Wow, hard to imagine a world where rich people have access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals while the average person doesn't. Let's hope that Americans never have to worry about that happening.
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wow, hard to imagine a world where rich people have access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals while the average person doesn't. Let's hope that Americans never have to worry about that happening.
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Love me some limited government conservatism
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Love me some limited government conservatism
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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CBP *still* claims that it has no deal with Meta and that these are personal glasses owned by the agents. If they're personal glasses, though, then it is illegal for the agent to record
![CBP’s policy on recording devices states that “no personally owned devices may be used in lieu of IDVRS [Incident Driven Video Recording Systems] to record law enforcement encounters.” It adds that “recorded data shall not be downloaded or recorded for personal use or posted onto a personally owned device.” The broader DHS policy says that “the use of personally owned [Body Worn Cameras] or other video, audio, or digital recording devices to record official law enforcement activities is prohibited.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo/bafkreihrg6bpndw5yhgmljaty44vx4b2bhwrzsehbtafxkzhgb5hbltwme@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
CBP *still* claims that it has no deal with Meta and that these are personal glasses owned by the agents. If they're personal glasses, though, then it is illegal for the agent to record
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The Supreme Court is completely compromised with right-wing hacks who have been groomed by billionaires and white Christian nationalists.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Supreme Court is completely compromised with right-wing hacks who have been groomed by billionaires and white Christian nationalists.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
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The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.
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At the end of this clip, Berman had Cotton taking the position (which is de facto the Administration’s position) that the President on his own can declare who he wants to to be terrorists and to kill them under inherent Article II authority.
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 3:54 PM
At the end of this clip, Berman had Cotton taking the position (which is de facto the Administration’s position) that the President on his own can declare who he wants to to be terrorists and to kill them under inherent Article II authority.
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Should go without saying, but governing groups of people who do not share a reality is impossible
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Should go without saying, but governing groups of people who do not share a reality is impossible