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NEW: The entire NIH payment system is currently frozen for all grantees. This is tied to DOGE’s new “Defend the Spend” caper, reported in today’s Post, which has already led to payment cutoffs to doctors and health workers at hospitals treating the poor.
April 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: The entire NIH payment system is currently frozen for all grantees. This is tied to DOGE’s new “Defend the Spend” caper, reported in today’s Post, which has already led to payment cutoffs to doctors and health workers at hospitals treating the poor.
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i imagined passing away at a nice ripe old age in cambria with my wife by my side, but i have to admit, dying at 47 due to bad meat because the executive branch thought the USDA was kinda homo with it would be flat out hilarious.
April 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
i imagined passing away at a nice ripe old age in cambria with my wife by my side, but i have to admit, dying at 47 due to bad meat because the executive branch thought the USDA was kinda homo with it would be flat out hilarious.
I wonder if this is the real fascist, I guess recent immigrants are bad but Iranian refugees should be welcomed with open arms
April 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I wonder if this is the real fascist, I guess recent immigrants are bad but Iranian refugees should be welcomed with open arms
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roberts and his co-conspirators are probably writing an opinion “for the ages” explaining that the article ii vests the president with the inherent power to disappear anyone he pleases
Gotta say, I am not encouraged that SCOTUS has not yet resolved the El Salvador kidnapping case.
April 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
roberts and his co-conspirators are probably writing an opinion “for the ages” explaining that the article ii vests the president with the inherent power to disappear anyone he pleases
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Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
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Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
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me when Obama pops out telling people to get in the streets and universities to stop caving
April 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
me when Obama pops out telling people to get in the streets and universities to stop caving
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If you want a sober, expert description of why we should now characterize the US as a competitive authoritarian regime —not a democracy— and what we can do about it— I highly recommend spending an hour listening to Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky in this video: www.youtube.com/live/nS-nJQN...
Backsliding and Resistance in the United States
YouTube video by Harvard Ash Center
www.youtube.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you want a sober, expert description of why we should now characterize the US as a competitive authoritarian regime —not a democracy— and what we can do about it— I highly recommend spending an hour listening to Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky in this video: www.youtube.com/live/nS-nJQN...
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Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
April 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
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Israeli statement here is clearly true.
IDF did *not* "randomly attack' an ambulance and kill its occupants.
The IDF deliberately attacked an ambulance and murdered its occupants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
IDF did *not* "randomly attack' an ambulance and kill its occupants.
The IDF deliberately attacked an ambulance and murdered its occupants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Israeli statement here is clearly true.
IDF did *not* "randomly attack' an ambulance and kill its occupants.
The IDF deliberately attacked an ambulance and murdered its occupants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
IDF did *not* "randomly attack' an ambulance and kill its occupants.
The IDF deliberately attacked an ambulance and murdered its occupants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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young men will be D+20 in 2028
April 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
young men will be D+20 in 2028
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Fiji Water is produced, imported, marketed and sold by an American company.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Wa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Wa...
April 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fiji Water is produced, imported, marketed and sold by an American company.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Wa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Wa...
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Delighted to have David Card give our annual Gamble Lecture at UMass Amherst today. Open to the public.
April 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Delighted to have David Card give our annual Gamble Lecture at UMass Amherst today. Open to the public.
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“Take out the equivalent of a mortgage at 18, but here’s the best part: you’re also going to jail”
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Take out the equivalent of a mortgage at 18, but here’s the best part: you’re also going to jail”
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The guy that lost a million dollar bet with me on hyperinflation is the relative voice of reason on the right today
April 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The guy that lost a million dollar bet with me on hyperinflation is the relative voice of reason on the right today
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April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I'm super sad about the CDC.
You know in The Lion King when it seems like Mufasa will be trampled, but he emerges, clinging to the rock? He's hurt, but he’ll survive. And then, Scar throws him to his death. It’s like that.
You know in The Lion King when it seems like Mufasa will be trampled, but he emerges, clinging to the rock? He's hurt, but he’ll survive. And then, Scar throws him to his death. It’s like that.
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm super sad about the CDC.
You know in The Lion King when it seems like Mufasa will be trampled, but he emerges, clinging to the rock? He's hurt, but he’ll survive. And then, Scar throws him to his death. It’s like that.
You know in The Lion King when it seems like Mufasa will be trampled, but he emerges, clinging to the rock? He's hurt, but he’ll survive. And then, Scar throws him to his death. It’s like that.
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France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you
March 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you
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I think the key to understanding this is that these voters understood very well that by "illegal immigrants" Trump wasn't just referring to actual legal status, but to anyone perceived as being undesirable. Not hard to imagine that the distinction would work the other way around too.
March 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I think the key to understanding this is that these voters understood very well that by "illegal immigrants" Trump wasn't just referring to actual legal status, but to anyone perceived as being undesirable. Not hard to imagine that the distinction would work the other way around too.
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That last Arendt line in the middle paragraph. Fuck.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
That last Arendt line in the middle paragraph. Fuck.