Tom Richardson
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The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe …
—James Baldwin
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That’s the bike I road around on during the filming of the freeway sequence of The Matrix Reloaded
—James Baldwin
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That’s the bike I road around on during the filming of the freeway sequence of The Matrix Reloaded
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HERE’S THE LEDE, or what SHOULD BE:
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
Sally Kirkland Dies: Oscar-Nominated Star Of ‘Anna’ Was 84
Sally Kirkland, the Oscar-nominated actress for 'Anna', died at age 84 on November 11, 2025.
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
HERE’S THE LEDE, or what SHOULD BE:
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
“Kirkland, who suffered from dementia, had been in hospice care… for the past year. A GoFundMe page [was] set up... to pay for medical care since SAG-AFTRA CANCELED SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 in 2021."
deadline.com/2025/11/sall...
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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We’re getting so much empty, stupid, outrageous corruption and I just want a Democratic Party that says, “Enough.” That’s a full sentence!
Democrats should run the most aggressive, brutal, unrestricted anti-corruption campaign in history. Fuck all the big money, just go hard at the wealthy like you’ll never win them over. Because you won’t.
November 13, 2024 at 4:50 AM
We’re getting so much empty, stupid, outrageous corruption and I just want a Democratic Party that says, “Enough.” That’s a full sentence!
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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I'm reposting this photo to ask a question: Is Trump's obsession with gold some kind of Louis the Sun King delusion? Like he wants to pretend he lives in Versailles, but because his decorating style is an Atlantic City jumble sale, he turns everything into a gold plated shitbox?
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm reposting this photo to ask a question: Is Trump's obsession with gold some kind of Louis the Sun King delusion? Like he wants to pretend he lives in Versailles, but because his decorating style is an Atlantic City jumble sale, he turns everything into a gold plated shitbox?
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Two new Silicon Valley data centers are built and ready to operate, but they can't start running: the electric power equipment they need isn’t available. The U.S. electrical grid faces a crisis of supply-chain delays and soaring costs that threaten reliability, even as demand surges.
Supply-chain delays, rising equipment prices threaten electricity grid
The equipment needed to keep the grid running is hard to make, and materials are limited. And supply-chain bottlenecks are taking years to clear.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Two new Silicon Valley data centers are built and ready to operate, but they can't start running: the electric power equipment they need isn’t available. The U.S. electrical grid faces a crisis of supply-chain delays and soaring costs that threaten reliability, even as demand surges.
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Anyway, the answers are there. It’s media consumption and partisanship.
6/ Tl;dr: The answer is there, especially when you actually ask people about it. But no one really wants to hear it, because it is deeply awkward for lots of folks with vested interests in the answer being something else.
"Have you heard about the terrible economy?"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Have you heard about the terrible economy?"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Anyway, the answers are there. It’s media consumption and partisanship.
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i'm going to build woke singapore with cheap housing for all
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
i'm going to build woke singapore with cheap housing for all
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
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not even mayor yet and he’s already potentially getting big wins like this. there was a whole class of centrist writers who, after zohran won, immediately said he would not be able to get anything done, and particularly pointed to raising taxes as one very out of reach for him
imagine that
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
not even mayor yet and he’s already potentially getting big wins like this. there was a whole class of centrist writers who, after zohran won, immediately said he would not be able to get anything done, and particularly pointed to raising taxes as one very out of reach for him
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Way to put out that fire, sir.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Way to put out that fire, sir.
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Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
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If you don't own the input, you don't own the output.
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you don't own the input, you don't own the output.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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SO many people knew. So many people had evidence and they stayed quiet and complicit and let this disgusting man not only continue to hurt children but to win twice(!!) and run roughshod over our country and its most vulnerable people. I hope none of them ever sleep through the night again.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
SO many people knew. So many people had evidence and they stayed quiet and complicit and let this disgusting man not only continue to hurt children but to win twice(!!) and run roughshod over our country and its most vulnerable people. I hope none of them ever sleep through the night again.
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Trump spent hours and hours alone with a female child inside a sex trafficker's home who trafficked little girls for sex. Let it bake in your mind. It's a fact that was emailed by the sex trafficker "Epstein" 5 years before Trump became President the first time. 5 years, so this isn't politics folks
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump spent hours and hours alone with a female child inside a sex trafficker's home who trafficked little girls for sex. Let it bake in your mind. It's a fact that was emailed by the sex trafficker "Epstein" 5 years before Trump became President the first time. 5 years, so this isn't politics folks