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Real life experience with a sociopath, liberal as can be, community cat colony custodian, and ready for a little more kindness
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
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What an absolute clown show.
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
What an absolute clown show.
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
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This is the "Viva la Muerte" (Long Live Death) mindset. It is the joy of destruction found in the Spanish fascist hero General Millán Astray, who shouted down the philosopher Unamuno in 1936 at Salamanca.
When you cannot win the argument with intelligence, you destroy the intelligentsia.
When you cannot win the argument with intelligence, you destroy the intelligentsia.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is the "Viva la Muerte" (Long Live Death) mindset. It is the joy of destruction found in the Spanish fascist hero General Millán Astray, who shouted down the philosopher Unamuno in 1936 at Salamanca.
When you cannot win the argument with intelligence, you destroy the intelligentsia.
When you cannot win the argument with intelligence, you destroy the intelligentsia.
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History tells us where this "co-opt or destroy" scheme leads. In 1945, when it became clear he could not own the future of Germany, Hitler issued the "Nero Decree."
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
History tells us where this "co-opt or destroy" scheme leads. In 1945, when it became clear he could not own the future of Germany, Hitler issued the "Nero Decree."
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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"Next up, we have a 3 hour interview with an 80 year old Italian tailor who is no longer taking orders and isn't interested in helping you."
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Next up, we have a 3 hour interview with an 80 year old Italian tailor who is no longer taking orders and isn't interested in helping you."
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CBS should make me editor-in-chief and it will be 24 hours nonstop coverage about arcane menswear rules no one knows or cares about
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
CBS should make me editor-in-chief and it will be 24 hours nonstop coverage about arcane menswear rules no one knows or cares about
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Awful news.
“The LA Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old.”
Rob Reiner is 78. His wife, Michele Singer, is in her 60s.
www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...
Rob Reiner is 78. His wife, Michele Singer, is in her 60s.
www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion that belongs to director Rob Reiner
A man and woman were found dead inside a home in Brentwood that records and neighbors tie to director Rob Reiner.
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Awful news.
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this isn't addressed to yashar. but imagine the world of chaotic drama and self-glorifying nonsense that world - and these two avatars of it - encourages and thrives off of.
WOW.
This is quite unexpected.
Erika Kirk says she and Candace Owens are meeting.
Turning Point USA was set to host a stream tomorrow to address Candace’s various allegations and conspiracy theories.
This is quite unexpected.
Erika Kirk says she and Candace Owens are meeting.
Turning Point USA was set to host a stream tomorrow to address Candace’s various allegations and conspiracy theories.
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
this isn't addressed to yashar. but imagine the world of chaotic drama and self-glorifying nonsense that world - and these two avatars of it - encourages and thrives off of.
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NEW: Jan 6 police hero emerges as “go-to” Congressional witness to fight “whitewashing” of Capitol siege:
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Jan. 6 police hero becomes go-to witness for Democrats in Congress to counter Trump
Daniel Hodges, a D.C. metropolitan police officer, says he's trying to block the whitewashing of the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
www.cbsnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
NEW: Jan 6 police hero emerges as “go-to” Congressional witness to fight “whitewashing” of Capitol siege:
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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I'm going to get my family one of those big packs of 48 colonoscopies. Hear they are cheaper that way.
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'm going to get my family one of those big packs of 48 colonoscopies. Hear they are cheaper that way.
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Trump’s Interior took that study, endorsed it and this summer, it started to issue permits to Hamm again to allow the drilling to move ahead. I was out there in early December and met members of the drilling crew who had just “spudded” Hamm’s newest well.
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trump’s Interior took that study, endorsed it and this summer, it started to issue permits to Hamm again to allow the drilling to move ahead. I was out there in early December and met members of the drilling crew who had just “spudded” Hamm’s newest well.
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Federal records we dug up showed that after these questions emerged re groundwater impact, Hamm and other oil bosses hired their own consultant who did a report concluding no major groundwater impact will happen as 5,000 new wells are drilled. Guess what happened next?
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Federal records we dug up showed that after these questions emerged re groundwater impact, Hamm and other oil bosses hired their own consultant who did a report concluding no major groundwater impact will happen as 5,000 new wells are drilled. Guess what happened next?
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But once again, Hamm’s security detail spotted me. This time they grabbed me by the shoulder and threw me out of Hamm’s powwow. I had been invited to the event! So I visited his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma and even found the house where he spent his youth and some guys he grew up with.
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
But once again, Hamm’s security detail spotted me. This time they grabbed me by the shoulder and threw me out of Hamm’s powwow. I had been invited to the event! So I visited his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma and even found the house where he spent his youth and some guys he grew up with.
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Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
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Reddit is growing because it's just a collection of forums and people like their niches. Substack is something else and I'm bored even writing this sentence about it. All I know for sure is the reporters and commenters who spend their whole day on Twitter in 2025 have to go to a hospital.
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reddit is growing because it's just a collection of forums and people like their niches. Substack is something else and I'm bored even writing this sentence about it. All I know for sure is the reporters and commenters who spend their whole day on Twitter in 2025 have to go to a hospital.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!