CoffeeMonstress
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“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
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Looks like Trump will sign the bill to release the Epstein files – perhaps as early as tonight – and then he'll have Bondi insist that they can't release the files because of an "ongoing investigation" that Trump himself ordered.
Senate Republicans were so eager to dispense with the Epstein measure that they agreed with Schumer to declare it passed by unanimous consent--even though it has not formally been sent over by the House yet. It may land on Trump's desk tonight.
@anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Agrees to Quickly Clear Bill Seeking Release of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Looks like Trump will sign the bill to release the Epstein files – perhaps as early as tonight – and then he'll have Bondi insist that they can't release the files because of an "ongoing investigation" that Trump himself ordered.
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In a civilized country, Trump's treatment of women reporters would drop his approvals so low that he'd be forced to leave office.
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In a civilized country, Trump's treatment of women reporters would drop his approvals so low that he'd be forced to leave office.
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It's like a replay of this. It's his utter lack of decency on proud, nasty display.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's like a replay of this. It's his utter lack of decency on proud, nasty display.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
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Opinion | Mamdani was elected weeks ago. Why aren’t buses free yet?
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Opinion | Mamdani was elected weeks ago. Why aren’t buses free yet?
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This is Mack. In his head he absolutely crushed this agility course. Who are we to tell him otherwise. 14/10 (TT: adventuresof.mack)
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is Mack. In his head he absolutely crushed this agility course. Who are we to tell him otherwise. 14/10 (TT: adventuresof.mack)
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The farthest Trump’s own Treasury Secretary will go is “I think those commitments are real.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The farthest Trump’s own Treasury Secretary will go is “I think those commitments are real.”
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"The skin simply starts sloughing off and you become unable to maintain your body temperature, where you also get skin infection....They had not seen cases like that for two decades."
You can thank the richest man in the world.
You can thank the richest man in the world.
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The skin simply starts sloughing off and you become unable to maintain your body temperature, where you also get skin infection....They had not seen cases like that for two decades."
You can thank the richest man in the world.
You can thank the richest man in the world.
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There is a complete vacuum among Republican politicians where decency and self-respect are supposed to reside.
GOP Rep. Salazar won't criticize Trump calling a woman reporter "piggy" -- "President Trump is a very different type of politician. But I always say I look at his policies and not his personality. Nobody is perfect."
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There is a complete vacuum among Republican politicians where decency and self-respect are supposed to reside.
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In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Tobias Peter and I propose that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes. We also analyze the consequences of making such a change in terms of new housing production etc.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Tobias Peter and I propose that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes. We also analyze the consequences of making such a change in terms of new housing production etc.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
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there was not even a disparate impact analysis. it was purely disparate intent. "you intended to change the racial makeup of districts based on the percentage of their population which was of a particular race, and you said that you were doing this."
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
there was not even a disparate impact analysis. it was purely disparate intent. "you intended to change the racial makeup of districts based on the percentage of their population which was of a particular race, and you said that you were doing this."
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lmao. reading the opinion on the Texas gerrymander, the court, reasonably, ruled that (a) the Trump admin had sent Texas a letter demanding that it dismantle districts based entirely on their racial makeup; (b) that Texas acknowledged this as their motivation when they did this; (c) this is racist.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
lmao. reading the opinion on the Texas gerrymander, the court, reasonably, ruled that (a) the Trump admin had sent Texas a letter demanding that it dismantle districts based entirely on their racial makeup; (b) that Texas acknowledged this as their motivation when they did this; (c) this is racist.
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I mean, I not sure Jim Jordan is *all* for exposing bad guys for bad things
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I mean, I not sure Jim Jordan is *all* for exposing bad guys for bad things
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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"Republican incompetence and cruelty, and their choice of an amoral monster and adjudicated sexual abuser to lead them, is not good news for anyone. It’s worth remembering, though, that the Democrats are not the only party with an uncanny aptitude for self-destruction."
Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
The House speaker and his boss put on a masterclass of failure.
www.publicnotice.co
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Republican incompetence and cruelty, and their choice of an amoral monster and adjudicated sexual abuser to lead them, is not good news for anyone. It’s worth remembering, though, that the Democrats are not the only party with an uncanny aptitude for self-destruction."
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Donald Trump has never been particularly critical of the Saudis, and he has always been very clear about the reasons why.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Donald Trump has never been particularly critical of the Saudis, and he has always been very clear about the reasons why.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
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No Rapist Left Behind
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No Rapist Left Behind
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According to the CBO, America's population will start to decline around 2040 at the current birth rate. The only way you save your country from annihilation after that is by letting millions immigrate. You think our politics can sustain something like that? www.cbo.gov/publication/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
According to the CBO, America's population will start to decline around 2040 at the current birth rate. The only way you save your country from annihilation after that is by letting millions immigrate. You think our politics can sustain something like that? www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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This is ten times funnier due to the venue
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is ten times funnier due to the venue
Why does @harvard.edu employ professors like Larry Summers who spend more time trying to figure out how to fuck their students rather than teaching and mentoring them?
I don’t see how this could possibly work for anyone involved www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Why does @harvard.edu employ professors like Larry Summers who spend more time trying to figure out how to fuck their students rather than teaching and mentoring them?
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Taking responsibility would've involved voluntarily stepping up and speaking out while there was still time to do so.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Taking responsibility would've involved voluntarily stepping up and speaking out while there was still time to do so.
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“But not for stalking the young woman”
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“But not for stalking the young woman”