Ethan
@numinous.bsky.social
PhD InfoSci, professor, alright in a pinch
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BREAKING
Trump DOJ must give files unconstitutionally taken from the devices of Comey’s ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman back to him, a federal judge rules.
It’s the evidence at the center of Comey’s case.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/richman-su...
Trump DOJ must give files unconstitutionally taken from the devices of Comey’s ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman back to him, a federal judge rules.
It’s the evidence at the center of Comey’s case.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/richman-su...
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
BREAKING
Trump DOJ must give files unconstitutionally taken from the devices of Comey’s ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman back to him, a federal judge rules.
It’s the evidence at the center of Comey’s case.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/richman-su...
Trump DOJ must give files unconstitutionally taken from the devices of Comey’s ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman back to him, a federal judge rules.
It’s the evidence at the center of Comey’s case.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/richman-su...
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There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for “information” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
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You know quiet quitting? This is a soft firing. www.thedailybeast.com//trump-aides...
Trump Aides Float ICE Barbie Replacements as Scandals Spiral
One White House source said they heard Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is “about to leave.”
www.thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You know quiet quitting? This is a soft firing. www.thedailybeast.com//trump-aides...
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hmmm somehow there's some subtle difference in tone or shading, you might say, that exempts musk himself from this concern about foreign-born people taking part in american democracy
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
hmmm somehow there's some subtle difference in tone or shading, you might say, that exempts musk himself from this concern about foreign-born people taking part in american democracy
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"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate…
www.techdirt.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
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Trump says reporting on his health is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump says reporting on his health is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."
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“.. Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice,” said Kathleen Engel, a Suffolk University law professor and leading expert on mortgage finance.
@propublica.org
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@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“.. Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice,” said Kathleen Engel, a Suffolk University law professor and leading expert on mortgage finance.
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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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 11:01 PM
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
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On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
NEW: This year, Trump ended collective bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers — ending union protections for 1 in 14 unionized workers in the U.S.
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
Donald Trump, Union Buster
Trump's second term in office has been an all-out assault on organized labor.
inequality.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
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If we all play by the same rules, the Republicans loose, every time. Thus the David Frum quote,
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If we all play by the same rules, the Republicans loose, every time. Thus the David Frum quote,
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spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
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Man who brags about the Pulitzer Prize he earned for his part in helping Snowden escape to Russia after Snowden stole US classified documents is having a sad because someone leaked Russian documents that are embarrassing to Trump officials - who he does not support.
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Man who brags about the Pulitzer Prize he earned for his part in helping Snowden escape to Russia after Snowden stole US classified documents is having a sad because someone leaked Russian documents that are embarrassing to Trump officials - who he does not support.
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
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Dear foreign nationals in war-torn countries, terrorism hot-spots, and amidst our enemies:
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dear foreign nationals in war-torn countries, terrorism hot-spots, and amidst our enemies:
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
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you’re telling me that another thirtysomething republican has nazi beliefs. wow
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
you’re telling me that another thirtysomething republican has nazi beliefs. wow
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Are these for ants?
President Trump is seeking to build a triumphal arch on a Washington roundabout to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary next year. Trump showed models of the proposed arch at a fund-raising dinner on Wednesday for another of his pet projects, a White House ballroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Are these for ants?
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TRUMP: CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE MUST BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Replacing the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics with a stooge, proclaiming that crime is up when it’s down, and taking over the Smithsonian are all about trying to take over facts.
But facts are facts whether or not Trumpists agree.
But facts are facts whether or not Trumpists agree.
August 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Replacing the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics with a stooge, proclaiming that crime is up when it’s down, and taking over the Smithsonian are all about trying to take over facts.
But facts are facts whether or not Trumpists agree.
But facts are facts whether or not Trumpists agree.
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The GOP's greatest superpower is the sheer cartoon evil of their policies. "They are taking healthcare from the poor so they can give tax breaks to millionaires" makes you sound like a hysterical SJW but it is straightforwardly what they are doing.
July 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The GOP's greatest superpower is the sheer cartoon evil of their policies. "They are taking healthcare from the poor so they can give tax breaks to millionaires" makes you sound like a hysterical SJW but it is straightforwardly what they are doing.
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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for all of the praise of law enforcement we've seen since Saturday, it's now clear cops had at least two opportunities to prevent Vance Boelter from murdering Melissa Hortman and her husband but failed to do so.
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
for all of the praise of law enforcement we've seen since Saturday, it's now clear cops had at least two opportunities to prevent Vance Boelter from murdering Melissa Hortman and her husband but failed to do so.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I know we all know he’s unaware of history, but the implication here is…scary
June 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I know we all know he’s unaware of history, but the implication here is…scary
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Your now-regular reminder that no tax cut has ever paid for itself.
Ever
Ever
CBO just estimated the macrodynamic impact on the cost of the GOP bill - i.e., "is this bill going to help the economy so much that it pays for itself?"
CBO said that the bill pays for just 3.5% of itself - w/ a tiny upfront economic boost that declines over time. Legitimately embarrassing for Rs.
CBO said that the bill pays for just 3.5% of itself - w/ a tiny upfront economic boost that declines over time. Legitimately embarrassing for Rs.
June 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your now-regular reminder that no tax cut has ever paid for itself.
Ever
Ever