RandomMinutia
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this is great - an actual serious challenge from someone with established progressive credentials and a longstanding presence in state politics
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales on Monday announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026, aiming to ride a wave of liberal and progressive dissatisfaction with Democratic leadership to an upset primary victory.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper | Colorado Newsline
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026.
coloradonewsline.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is great - an actual serious challenge from someone with established progressive credentials and a longstanding presence in state politics
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
it's an uphill road - all primary challenges are - but hickenlooper has voted with trump more than you'd expect and his numbers are slipping
it's doable
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Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes".
Deserves to go viral.
Deserves to go viral.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes".
Deserves to go viral.
Deserves to go viral.
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extremely funny that Your Party is now making it to the Guardian's consumer rights column
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
Your Party let me down with membership chaos
A reader found there seemed no way to cancel a subscription for Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
extremely funny that Your Party is now making it to the Guardian's consumer rights column
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
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*sobbing* do you want me to read Clausewitz or not!?! I can't tell anymore
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December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
*sobbing* do you want me to read Clausewitz or not!?! I can't tell anymore
They’re chopping off their own legs from underneath them thinking they’ll be powerful giants forever.
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They’re chopping off their own legs from underneath them thinking they’ll be powerful giants forever.
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It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
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This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
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"It might be necessary to spell this out: If *not* passing subsidies has a painful, unpopular effect, then passing them will have a *good* effect. Alas, there is no sign that Republicans will accept that deal." prospect.org/2025/12/08/r...
Republicans Scramble for Health Care Ideas as Obamacare Deadline Looms - The American Prospect
Next week, massive premium increases get locked in. The GOP has shown no interest in stopping it, or preventing any other increases in health care costs.
prospect.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"It might be necessary to spell this out: If *not* passing subsidies has a painful, unpopular effect, then passing them will have a *good* effect. Alas, there is no sign that Republicans will accept that deal." prospect.org/2025/12/08/r...
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Rebecca Slaughter helped the FTC sue big corporations for abusing their power and ripping off customers. Then Trump fired her.
Today, a lawsuit over the legality of her firing will be argued before SCOTUS.
Watch my recent conversation with Slaughter youtu.be/HxQJinGZijY?...
Today, a lawsuit over the legality of her firing will be argued before SCOTUS.
Watch my recent conversation with Slaughter youtu.be/HxQJinGZijY?...
She Helped Sue Amazon. Then Trump Fired Her. (In Conversation with Rebecca Slaughter)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rebecca Slaughter helped the FTC sue big corporations for abusing their power and ripping off customers. Then Trump fired her.
Today, a lawsuit over the legality of her firing will be argued before SCOTUS.
Watch my recent conversation with Slaughter youtu.be/HxQJinGZijY?...
Today, a lawsuit over the legality of her firing will be argued before SCOTUS.
Watch my recent conversation with Slaughter youtu.be/HxQJinGZijY?...
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Lol of course he is
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lol of course he is
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Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
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At some point it may occur to the extremely wealthy people on Netflix’s side that the best way to save their deal is to make sure everyone in America knows how corrupt Trump and Ellison are. Their opponents paid off the referees! Make some noise about it!
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
At some point it may occur to the extremely wealthy people on Netflix’s side that the best way to save their deal is to make sure everyone in America knows how corrupt Trump and Ellison are. Their opponents paid off the referees! Make some noise about it!
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washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
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this is absolutely hilarious
Trump attacks the new Ellison-owned Paramount, saying "THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP" of CBS. Paramount is biding for Warner on the premise that it has a good relationship with Trump.
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
this is absolutely hilarious
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An interesting piece about the Atwater quote. It's absolutely correct that Reagan etc were trying to engage in racebaiting, but Atwater was trying to DENY that that was the case. But the truncated, attempted-to-be satirical quote ended up summarizing far better what was going on than he intended.
Inspired by an exchange here yesterday, I wrote up a short piece at CAMPAIGN TRAILS about an infamous Lee Atwater quotation that just about everyone gets wrong.
Southern Strategies
This week, I saw someone on social media trot out a notorious quote from Lee Atwater that's wildly misunderstood. I went back to dust off my old Twitter thread about it, but I found that a lot of the ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
An interesting piece about the Atwater quote. It's absolutely correct that Reagan etc were trying to engage in racebaiting, but Atwater was trying to DENY that that was the case. But the truncated, attempted-to-be satirical quote ended up summarizing far better what was going on than he intended.
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BREAKING: A tsunami as high as 10 feet could hit Japan's northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore, the Japan Meteorological Agency said reut.rs/44iNwL0
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
BREAKING: A tsunami as high as 10 feet could hit Japan's northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore, the Japan Meteorological Agency said reut.rs/44iNwL0
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All these arguments about how the stuff we have is obsolete ignore how badly other countries want what we have.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
This is a wild framing.
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
All these arguments about how the stuff we have is obsolete ignore how badly other countries want what we have.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
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The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
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NEW COLUMN: Foreign leaders are mulling the possibility that President Donald Trump will take more risks abroad as his domestic popularity falls. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump’s Domestic Struggles are Making Foreign Leaders Nervous
One question is whether he’ll take more risks outside America’s borders.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
NEW COLUMN: Foreign leaders are mulling the possibility that President Donald Trump will take more risks abroad as his domestic popularity falls. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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a corrupt act everyday. appropriate he's there with melania since she just set up a company to collect bribes.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
a corrupt act everyday. appropriate he's there with melania since she just set up a company to collect bribes.
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Paramount Skydance launched a $108.4 billion deal for Warner Bros Discovery, throwing a wrench into the $72 billion deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant reut.rs/4a40lwj
Paramount makes $108.4 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, throwing a wrench into the deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would ch...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Paramount Skydance launched a $108.4 billion deal for Warner Bros Discovery, throwing a wrench into the $72 billion deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant reut.rs/4a40lwj
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Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
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Can we talk about Steve Bannon helping Jeffrey Epstein behind the scenes a fraction as much as we talked about Hunter Biden's corruption?
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Can we talk about Steve Bannon helping Jeffrey Epstein behind the scenes a fraction as much as we talked about Hunter Biden's corruption?
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The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.