uncle of the second class
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I have just read Against the Day, and I will not be taking questions at this time. Chicago, he/him.
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“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
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Also time for postal banking, which has been proposed for more than a century
Democrats should plan to flood the post office and libraries with money.
creates good union jobs, builds faith in government, creates vital social infrastructure. there's zero downsides.
creates good union jobs, builds faith in government, creates vital social infrastructure. there's zero downsides.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Also time for postal banking, which has been proposed for more than a century
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Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says his office fielded hundreds of complaints about federal immigration enforcement agents changing license plates to disguise their vehicles, but he says the tactic is illegal.
State puts feds, car rental firms on notice for alleged license-plate tampering during immigration crackdown
chicago.suntimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says his office fielded hundreds of complaints about federal immigration enforcement agents changing license plates to disguise their vehicles, but he says the tactic is illegal.
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The hegemonic transition? That train has left the station, buddy.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The hegemonic transition? That train has left the station, buddy.
It's really notable that some of the worst monsters of this era are of a very recently minted, ultra-wealthy cohort in Silicon Valley. The cherubic promises of yesteryear seem pretty sour now.
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's really notable that some of the worst monsters of this era are of a very recently minted, ultra-wealthy cohort in Silicon Valley. The cherubic promises of yesteryear seem pretty sour now.
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Again, any system in which these discrepancies exist simply is not a democracy.
"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"
We can't continue like this, where the rules, norms, media coverage, etc. are entirely different for one party than the other.
"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"
We can't continue like this, where the rules, norms, media coverage, etc. are entirely different for one party than the other.
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Again, any system in which these discrepancies exist simply is not a democracy.
"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"
We can't continue like this, where the rules, norms, media coverage, etc. are entirely different for one party than the other.
"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"
We can't continue like this, where the rules, norms, media coverage, etc. are entirely different for one party than the other.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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About a quarter of Americans enrolled in Obamacare health plans said they would go without insurance in 2026 if COVID-era government subsidies are not extended past this year and premium payments double, a poll by health-research firm KFF found.
Obamacare premium spikes could drive off enrollees, most want subsidy extension, KFF finds
About a quarter of Americans enrolled in Obamacare health plans said they would go without insurance in 2026 if COVID-era government subsidies are not extended past this year and premium payments double, a poll by health-research firm KFF found.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
About a quarter of Americans enrolled in Obamacare health plans said they would go without insurance in 2026 if COVID-era government subsidies are not extended past this year and premium payments double, a poll by health-research firm KFF found.
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California has launched an online portal for the public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing. Immigrant rights groups across the US have frequently accused federal agents of using unnecessarily violent tactics to intimidate immigrant communities and of detaining people indiscriminately reut.rs/4pGRchI
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
California has launched an online portal for the public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing. Immigrant rights groups across the US have frequently accused federal agents of using unnecessarily violent tactics to intimidate immigrant communities and of detaining people indiscriminately reut.rs/4pGRchI
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2025 has seen the most layoffs in the US since the pandemic, after over 70,000 jobs were cut in November, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
1.1 million people have been laid off in the US this year — more than any year since the pandemic
2025 has seen the most layoffs in the US since the pandemic, after over 70,000 jobs were cut in November, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
www.businessinsider.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
2025 has seen the most layoffs in the US since the pandemic, after over 70,000 jobs were cut in November, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
Losing India’s Guardian Angels - The American Prospect
USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone.
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
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Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
w/ @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
w/ @invisible.institute
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Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
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We've been getting these quarterly reports from the the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for seventeen years. The 2025 NDAA shuts down the office. Over the seventeen year history, SIGAR found between $25-$29 billion in waste. $29 billion. www.sigar.mil/Reports/Arti...
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We've been getting these quarterly reports from the the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for seventeen years. The 2025 NDAA shuts down the office. Over the seventeen year history, SIGAR found between $25-$29 billion in waste. $29 billion. www.sigar.mil/Reports/Arti...
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Rand Paul is a world-class jackass (derogatory) but he can also on occasion be a world-class jackass (laudatory)
Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Rand Paul is a world-class jackass (derogatory) but he can also on occasion be a world-class jackass (laudatory)
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
What a headline.
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As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe
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As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe
As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office. He has recently visited Albania, Israel, and Uzbekistan, sparking accusations that he was neglecting his d...
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
What a headline.
apnews.com/article/new-...
As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe
apnews.com/article/new-...
As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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I don't think I've ever seen someone confess to being an idiot and a Nazi this hard in under 2 minutes.
Curtis Yarvin, the pseudo-intellectual guru of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk and J.D.Vance, explaining how he was red-pilled by a neo-Nazi propaganda video on YouTube. Real deep stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't think I've ever seen someone confess to being an idiot and a Nazi this hard in under 2 minutes.
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So $250 for 25M Trump child accounts — but only in the “right” ZIP codes & only for kids who won’t get the $1K fed seed.
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
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A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Breaking News: Michael and Susan Dell said they would put $250 in individual investment accounts for 25 million American children, expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created "Trump accounts."
Michael and Susan Dell Pledge $6 Billion for Child Investment Accounts
The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created “Trump accounts.”
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So $250 for 25M Trump child accounts — but only in the “right” ZIP codes & only for kids who won’t get the $1K fed seed.
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Counterpoint: history does not in fact "rock."
Linda McMahon will be visiting schools in all 50 states as part of the Department of Education's "History Rocks!" Trail to Independence tour. “I look forward to highlighting excellence in patriotic education" ... www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon To Kick Off National “History Rocks!” Tour
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced the U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department) History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour.
www.ed.gov
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Counterpoint: history does not in fact "rock."
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To say progressives might repurpose this for their own ends (i) ignores the Court’s obvious double standard, it offered Biden no such deference; and (ii) defies the core of the progressive project, which was to build an administrative state somewhat insulated from presidential politics + whim. /fin
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To say progressives might repurpose this for their own ends (i) ignores the Court’s obvious double standard, it offered Biden no such deference; and (ii) defies the core of the progressive project, which was to build an administrative state somewhat insulated from presidential politics + whim. /fin
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We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
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It's important to have markers like this to help us comprehend the profound change the US political landscape has experienced in a short time. Anti-democratic norms have rapidly dissolved as tyrannical Trumpism has taken over one of America's main political parties.
It may come as a surprise, but in 2011, Michele Bachmann using the word "retardation" essentially nuked her presidential campaign. Now, when Trump uses it to describe Tim Walz, Republicans collectively shrug. My latest for @msnowreports.bsky.social
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump used an ugly slur against Tim Walz. Many on the right didn't mind.
Eric Garcia: Note how few Republicans have criticized the president's rhetoric.
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's important to have markers like this to help us comprehend the profound change the US political landscape has experienced in a short time. Anti-democratic norms have rapidly dissolved as tyrannical Trumpism has taken over one of America's main political parties.