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Please note the president does not need Congress to vote to force him to release the Epstein files in order to release the files.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Please note the president does not need Congress to vote to force him to release the Epstein files in order to release the files.
So the baristas at our local coffee shop know the names and faces of everybody within a 20 mile radius, but the Secretary of Homeland Security can't recognize a current member of the U.S. Senate.
June 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So the baristas at our local coffee shop know the names and faces of everybody within a 20 mile radius, but the Secretary of Homeland Security can't recognize a current member of the U.S. Senate.
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Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...
It's grotesque
It's grotesque
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...
It's grotesque
It's grotesque
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People who say things like "we achieved racial equality through MLK doing peaceful protests" tend to ignore three major facts:
1. We never achieved racial equality.
2. There were literally hundreds of violent race riots in the 60s.
3. They killed MLK. They fucking shot that dude anyway. Come on.
1. We never achieved racial equality.
2. There were literally hundreds of violent race riots in the 60s.
3. They killed MLK. They fucking shot that dude anyway. Come on.
June 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
People who say things like "we achieved racial equality through MLK doing peaceful protests" tend to ignore three major facts:
1. We never achieved racial equality.
2. There were literally hundreds of violent race riots in the 60s.
3. They killed MLK. They fucking shot that dude anyway. Come on.
1. We never achieved racial equality.
2. There were literally hundreds of violent race riots in the 60s.
3. They killed MLK. They fucking shot that dude anyway. Come on.
Healthcare is not really necessary, you see, because we already have Heaven.
June 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Healthcare is not really necessary, you see, because we already have Heaven.
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Can't wait for AI to replace all the software engineers so humanity can finally achieve its ultimate goal of No One Remotely Understanding How The Damn Computer Works.
May 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Can't wait for AI to replace all the software engineers so humanity can finally achieve its ultimate goal of No One Remotely Understanding How The Damn Computer Works.
Today in weird: "DOGE is a way of life, like Buddhism," he said. "Buddha isn't alive anymore. You wouldn't ask the question: 'Who would lead Buddhism?'"
Elon Musk opens up: Admits DOGE has fallen short of expectations
It had the feel of a de-facto exit interview for Musk, who's planning to scale back his time in Washington .
www.axios.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today in weird: "DOGE is a way of life, like Buddhism," he said. "Buddha isn't alive anymore. You wouldn't ask the question: 'Who would lead Buddhism?'"
This is a terrible story but the details are so unbelievable it's worth clicking through to read the whole thing.
Any politician who cares to run on disbanding ICE and locking them all up will get my vote.
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
April 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is a terrible story but the details are so unbelievable it's worth clicking through to read the whole thing.
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I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Update on the "Dear Colleague" letter
Three judges, including two Trump appointees, rule against the Department of Education’s anti-DEI policy | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s efforts to crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs suffered a major legal blow Thursday as three separate judges – two of them appointed by the president – rule...
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Update on the "Dear Colleague" letter
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just pure evil. what more is there even to be said
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
just pure evil. what more is there even to be said
Credit to the Associated Press for writing this headline correctly. Let's not start calling citizens "homegrowns" please.
Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That's likely illegal
President Donald Trump keeps talking about sending U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador. But that's likely illegal.
apnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Credit to the Associated Press for writing this headline correctly. Let's not start calling citizens "homegrowns" please.
Yes, sure, this vile rhetoric perfectly summarizes the connection between racism and capitalism, but also, crucially: that's not how Amazon Prime works.
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Yes, sure, this vile rhetoric perfectly summarizes the connection between racism and capitalism, but also, crucially: that's not how Amazon Prime works.
Latest border security plan: go after the people who immigrated legally and punish them for following the law.
Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app
The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Latest border security plan: go after the people who immigrated legally and punish them for following the law.
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They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30.
“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”
They are so afraid of us.
“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”
They are so afraid of us.
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30.
“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”
They are so afraid of us.
“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”
They are so afraid of us.
Genuine question after watching this terrifying video: how is a person supposed to know whether they are being arrested by real police officers or abducted by criminals?
Surveillance shows Tufts graduate student detained
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Genuine question after watching this terrifying video: how is a person supposed to know whether they are being arrested by real police officers or abducted by criminals?
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Everyone is blaming Waltz, but why did no one—not even the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard—say that they should not be discussing classified information on Signal.
"A senior administration official told POLITICO on Monday afternoon that they are involved in multiple text threads with other administration staffers on what to do with Waltz"
"'Half of them are saying he’s never going to survive or shouldn’t survive'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
"'Half of them are saying he’s never going to survive or shouldn’t survive'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak
"You can’t have recklessness as the national security adviser,” one official said.
www.politico.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Everyone is blaming Waltz, but why did no one—not even the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard—say that they should not be discussing classified information on Signal.
But her emails...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
But her emails...
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I mean it's not so much a "conspiracy", it's just that hundreds of millions of people across the globe would strongly prefer if you died, so...
'They Basically Wanna Kill Me': Musk Alleges Cloak-and-Dagger Conspiracy Is Trying To Take Him Down
‘They Basically Wanna Kill Me’: Musk Alleges Cloak-and-Dagger Conspiracy Is Trying To Take Him Down
Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk suggested there is a vast conspiracy against him, the ultimate aim of which is his death and the end of Tesla Motors.
bit.ly
March 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I mean it's not so much a "conspiracy", it's just that hundreds of millions of people across the globe would strongly prefer if you died, so...
Is there still bipartisan support for the belief that Venezuela is not El Salvador? They are not being sent "back." We are paying another government $6 million to take them.
Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced that his country had taken in more than 200 prisoners whom the U.S. has accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Is there still bipartisan support for the belief that Venezuela is not El Salvador? They are not being sent "back." We are paying another government $6 million to take them.
Get ready to start hearing that Goldman Sachs is a mouthpiece for globalist propaganda.
Goldman Sachs’ chief economist just downgraded the entire U.S. economy as Trump’s latest tariff salvo rattles markets
The storied investment bank has forecast GDP growth to come in below Wall Street’s consensus for the first time in 2½ years.
fortune.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Get ready to start hearing that Goldman Sachs is a mouthpiece for globalist propaganda.
sadopopulism: n. A political strategy or occurrence in which a leader appeals to people by harming them but making them believe that people they hate are at fault and/or are being harmed worse.
Just learned this word recently and finding it useful. (Coined by @timothysnyder.bsky.social )
Just learned this word recently and finding it useful. (Coined by @timothysnyder.bsky.social )
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
sadopopulism: n. A political strategy or occurrence in which a leader appeals to people by harming them but making them believe that people they hate are at fault and/or are being harmed worse.
Just learned this word recently and finding it useful. (Coined by @timothysnyder.bsky.social )
Just learned this word recently and finding it useful. (Coined by @timothysnyder.bsky.social )
Yet another escalation in the current administration's campaign against free speech on college campuses.
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Yet another escalation in the current administration's campaign against free speech on college campuses.
Good scoops, AP... now please do a profile that helps me understand how there were over 20 people who were apparently against dismantling critical public services but somehow worked for DOGE for like 2 weeks before they realized that was the plan.
AP teams deliver major scoops examining work of Musk's DOGE | The Associated Press
As the Trump administration undertakes sweeping moves to revamp the federal government, AP’s Washington news and investigative teams have been closely
www.ap.org
March 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Good scoops, AP... now please do a profile that helps me understand how there were over 20 people who were apparently against dismantling critical public services but somehow worked for DOGE for like 2 weeks before they realized that was the plan.