Nick Manos
@manos.lol
Software engineer. FIRST Robotics Competition mentor.
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Opinions are my own. Repost != Endorsement.
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Opinions are my own. Repost != Endorsement.
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
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Lived experience is actually important! Elected officials who've never worried about the cost of groceries or rent or how to pay for childcare can't possibly deeply understand how to make it work! These fundamental needs are why I'm running!
Trump: “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone”
See, if you elect someone who never bought his own groceries, never scheduled an appointment, paid rent, bought medicine or cared for anyone.. then you get this.
See, if you elect someone who never bought his own groceries, never scheduled an appointment, paid rent, bought medicine or cared for anyone.. then you get this.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lived experience is actually important! Elected officials who've never worried about the cost of groceries or rent or how to pay for childcare can't possibly deeply understand how to make it work! These fundamental needs are why I'm running!
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The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
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Don’t get me wrong, this is nuts, but it’s also far more cogent than I’d expect, so I doubt he wrote it.
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don’t get me wrong, this is nuts, but it’s also far more cogent than I’d expect, so I doubt he wrote it.
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A very merry Big Boat Stuck-mas to all those who celebrate
#Canadian ship bound for Quebec City stuck in the Detroit River
More information about why the boat was stuck was not immediately available Friday evening
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More information about why the boat was stuck was not immediately available Friday evening
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian ship bound for Quebec City stuck in the Detroit River | CBC News
A Canadian ship is stuck in the Detroit River right between downtown Detroit and downtown Windsor.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A very merry Big Boat Stuck-mas to all those who celebrate
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Wow, indeed. This is very much worth reading.
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wow, indeed. This is very much worth reading.
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A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Let me put it another way: false nostalgia for a better past that didn’t actually exist is a pillar of fascism.
You can (and should) work to help Americans who are struggling without boosting fascist narratives in the process. Both really is possible.
You can (and should) work to help Americans who are struggling without boosting fascist narratives in the process. Both really is possible.
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let me put it another way: false nostalgia for a better past that didn’t actually exist is a pillar of fascism.
You can (and should) work to help Americans who are struggling without boosting fascist narratives in the process. Both really is possible.
You can (and should) work to help Americans who are struggling without boosting fascist narratives in the process. Both really is possible.
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There’s also tariffs and ICE goons weighing down the economy. If it wasn’t for the AI bubble the size of the Death Star we’d been in recession right now
STEPHANOPOULOS: Are we starting to see a permanent impact on the economy from the shutdown?
BESSENT: It's getting worse and worse. We had a fantastic economy under Trump the last 2 Qs, and now there are estimates that growth this Q could be cut by as much as half. We could end up with shortages.
BESSENT: It's getting worse and worse. We had a fantastic economy under Trump the last 2 Qs, and now there are estimates that growth this Q could be cut by as much as half. We could end up with shortages.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There’s also tariffs and ICE goons weighing down the economy. If it wasn’t for the AI bubble the size of the Death Star we’d been in recession right now
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SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
Hochul a 'no' on Mamdani's free bus plan; 'yes' on statewide universal childcare
The price tag to expand a universal childcare program statewide is $15B.
ny1.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
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The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
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They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
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the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Bonus points for Musk defining a swindler as someone who tells an audience whatever they want to hear.
I was thinking the same thing as I paid for my bulletproof Cybertruck robotaxi with X, the banking app, as it took me to the spaceport for my flight to Mars.
I was thinking the same thing as I paid for my bulletproof Cybertruck robotaxi with X, the banking app, as it took me to the spaceport for my flight to Mars.
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Bonus points for Musk defining a swindler as someone who tells an audience whatever they want to hear.
I was thinking the same thing as I paid for my bulletproof Cybertruck robotaxi with X, the banking app, as it took me to the spaceport for my flight to Mars.
I was thinking the same thing as I paid for my bulletproof Cybertruck robotaxi with X, the banking app, as it took me to the spaceport for my flight to Mars.