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Here you are, for those who still haven't understood.
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Here you are, for those who still haven't understood.
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please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
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Washington state: we're not out of the woods yet. Spread the word and make sure you and your family are prepared for power outages and other side effects of the flooding and extreme weather.
What to know about preparing for flooding, stormy weather
Here's what to know about preparing for potential power outages and floods as the forecast calls for more heavy rain and high winds this week.
www.seattletimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Washington state: we're not out of the woods yet. Spread the word and make sure you and your family are prepared for power outages and other side effects of the flooding and extreme weather.
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INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold
Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township
thebuckeyeflame.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
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thinking about this with regards to the Uvalde cops twiddling their thumbs while kids got killed. all kinds of normies are naturally heroic under fire, you have to be trained to be that much of a chickenshit
turns out the guy was a Syrian immigrant named Ahmed al Ahmed who got his Australian citizenship in 2022 www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
thinking about this with regards to the Uvalde cops twiddling their thumbs while kids got killed. all kinds of normies are naturally heroic under fire, you have to be trained to be that much of a chickenshit
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Anne Applebaum hosts a new season of “Autocracy in America,” reporting on the sweeping changes unfolding in our country and preparing you to think about what might happen next.
Sign up here to listen to new episodes starting in January 2026:
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Coming Soon: Season 3 of Autocracy in America
This is not business as usual.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Anne Applebaum hosts a new season of “Autocracy in America,” reporting on the sweeping changes unfolding in our country and preparing you to think about what might happen next.
Sign up here to listen to new episodes starting in January 2026:
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Even some of Donald Trump’s most devoted followers have recoiled at his suggestion that Rob Reiner was killed because of his “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
MAGA Turns on Trump Over Unhinged Rob Reiner Post
The president managed to make even a grisly murder about himself.
trib.al
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Even some of Donald Trump’s most devoted followers have recoiled at his suggestion that Rob Reiner was killed because of his “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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I gotta say, yes he does.
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I gotta say, yes he does.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
Jared Kushner’s Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance
For more than two years, the U.S. president’s son-in-law has sought to build a complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
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Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The DOJ once considered crimes involving a breach of public trust "to be among the most serious offenses on the books"—but now Trump is "reshaping the American system of governance to make room for graft," the former pardon attorney Liz Oyer argues.
Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes
The president’s pardons encourage public officials to place personal interests ahead of the interests of the people.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ once considered crimes involving a breach of public trust "to be among the most serious offenses on the books"—but now Trump is "reshaping the American system of governance to make room for graft," the former pardon attorney Liz Oyer argues.
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No, this is EXACTLY what they voted for.
They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
No, this is EXACTLY what they voted for.
They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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Worse
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Worse
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thanks for this excellent thread, seth!
If you haven't listened to @maddow.bsky.social's new podcast series Burn Order, then you should remedy that asap. It's a very timely and well-told story about the last time (before now) that the US invoked the Alien Enemies Act in an unconstitutional manner.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
RACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: BURN ORDER
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.” This six-part series reveals how an executive order au...
www.ms.now
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thanks for this excellent thread, seth!
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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Here is the correct link: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Here is the correct link: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Here's how lawyers can push back: bit.ly/48MyFJV
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Here's how lawyers can push back: bit.ly/48MyFJV
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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The Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to hear arguments on President Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship. The text and history ought to make this an open-and-shut case. bit.ly/40oplbc
Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship
President Trump's executive order is almost certain to be struck down.
www.brennancenter.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to hear arguments on President Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship. The text and history ought to make this an open-and-shut case. bit.ly/40oplbc
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In 1996 there was a mass shooting in Australia; 35 people were killed. Australia’s government passed a sweeping gun reform law in 12 days.
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In 1996 there was a mass shooting in Australia; 35 people were killed. Australia’s government passed a sweeping gun reform law in 12 days.
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
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And an important update on the Stephen Miller story from @gregsargent.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And an important update on the Stephen Miller story from @gregsargent.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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"Europe is framed almost exclusively in terms of demographic decline and political malaise." This is what you get when American right-wing culture war determines foreign policy.
New National Security Strategy Is Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Detail
Without explaining how national means can be used to achieve desired ends, the strategy is just empty rhetoric.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Europe is framed almost exclusively in terms of demographic decline and political malaise." This is what you get when American right-wing culture war determines foreign policy.