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Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
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“It’s like modern-day slavery.”
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“It’s like modern-day slavery.”
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
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I want to help make a government that isn’t evil and works so well that you don’t really think about it
I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I want to help make a government that isn’t evil and works so well that you don’t really think about it
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"That is our system: One person decides.”
This is not the system the framers had in mind, and it is a dangerous system for all the reasons the framers worried about."
Former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social (under GW Bush) on point
This is not the system the framers had in mind, and it is a dangerous system for all the reasons the framers worried about."
Former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social (under GW Bush) on point
On the Legality of the Venezuela Invasion
Executive branch precedents can be garnered to support the action—which does not, of course, mean that it is lawful.
www.execfunctions.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"That is our system: One person decides.”
This is not the system the framers had in mind, and it is a dangerous system for all the reasons the framers worried about."
Former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social (under GW Bush) on point
This is not the system the framers had in mind, and it is a dangerous system for all the reasons the framers worried about."
Former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social (under GW Bush) on point
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This right here:
“Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.”
“Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.”
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
This right here:
“Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.”
“Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.”
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I don't think it matters at this point whether Congress is briefed on criminal acts before they're committed or after, considering the most they can muster is feckless consternation.
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I don't think it matters at this point whether Congress is briefed on criminal acts before they're committed or after, considering the most they can muster is feckless consternation.
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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The Trump admin is what happens when you run the Bush admin through AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The Trump admin is what happens when you run the Bush admin through AI.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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My husband and I did it over morning coffee this morning. We will do it over morning coffee every damn day until our Congress reclaims authority and holds this administration accountable.
You don't have to give a big speech. They're counting numbers - seeing how many constituents care enough to call in. Just tell them to impeach for this illegal war. Also, make sure you only call YOUR reps - they don't care about out-of-district calls.
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My husband and I did it over morning coffee this morning. We will do it over morning coffee every damn day until our Congress reclaims authority and holds this administration accountable.
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Vance’s use of quotes is deliberate, not illiterate like Trump’s. Here, it signifies that legality itself is a dubious or frivolous concept as applied to the actions of the regime. It conveys not just that it’s wrong to say the acts were illegal, but ridiculous to use law as a metric at all.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Vance’s use of quotes is deliberate, not illiterate like Trump’s. Here, it signifies that legality itself is a dubious or frivolous concept as applied to the actions of the regime. It conveys not just that it’s wrong to say the acts were illegal, but ridiculous to use law as a metric at all.
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Then again, maybe we vastly underestimate the hundreds of billions of dollars the elite are willing to set on fire while destroying the public's ability to make sense of current events, whether that be online or network news.
January 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Then again, maybe we vastly underestimate the hundreds of billions of dollars the elite are willing to set on fire while destroying the public's ability to make sense of current events, whether that be online or network news.
BTW, NYC Mayor Mandami is part of the American experiment...
January 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
BTW, NYC Mayor Mandami is part of the American experiment...
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Entire volumes spoken in these few words.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Entire volumes spoken in these few words.
"An Invitation To Joy and Wonder" should be the theme of 2026.
It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"An Invitation To Joy and Wonder" should be the theme of 2026.
A much as Elon wants it, he cannot reverse the Paradox of Intolerance by willpower alone.
We will be intolerant of his intolerance of tolerance and it will not create an infinite recursion.
He is wrong anyway.
That man is just so dumb.
We will be intolerant of his intolerance of tolerance and it will not create an infinite recursion.
He is wrong anyway.
That man is just so dumb.
Religious toleration was arguably one of the hallmark achievements of what Musk would call “western civilization,” but sure dude, we will all just sit around waiting for you to make your list of what you and your rich white friends will or will not tolerate. I look forward to complying fully.
January 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
A much as Elon wants it, he cannot reverse the Paradox of Intolerance by willpower alone.
We will be intolerant of his intolerance of tolerance and it will not create an infinite recursion.
He is wrong anyway.
That man is just so dumb.
We will be intolerant of his intolerance of tolerance and it will not create an infinite recursion.
He is wrong anyway.
That man is just so dumb.
You can set up a collective game with rules and guardrails for "rugged individualism" to thrive safely.
Individualism without guardrails leads eventually, 100% of the time, to exploitation and the use of force to overwhelm an opponent.
"I must be free to exploit others" is the current GOP view.
Individualism without guardrails leads eventually, 100% of the time, to exploitation and the use of force to overwhelm an opponent.
"I must be free to exploit others" is the current GOP view.
No. Hell no. This is a country founded upon rugged individualism/individual freedom. NOTHING should or will replace individualism. Not here. No MAGA authoritarianism in America, and no leftist collectivism in America. Yes, all of us should help those less fortunate, but hell no to this.👇
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
You can set up a collective game with rules and guardrails for "rugged individualism" to thrive safely.
Individualism without guardrails leads eventually, 100% of the time, to exploitation and the use of force to overwhelm an opponent.
"I must be free to exploit others" is the current GOP view.
Individualism without guardrails leads eventually, 100% of the time, to exploitation and the use of force to overwhelm an opponent.
"I must be free to exploit others" is the current GOP view.
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Wishing everyone in Washington state and across the country a Happy New Year.
Let's carry the lessons of 2025 with us as we continue to fight for the true promise of the country we love in the new year.
Let's carry the lessons of 2025 with us as we continue to fight for the true promise of the country we love in the new year.
January 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Wishing everyone in Washington state and across the country a Happy New Year.
Let's carry the lessons of 2025 with us as we continue to fight for the true promise of the country we love in the new year.
Let's carry the lessons of 2025 with us as we continue to fight for the true promise of the country we love in the new year.
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White supremacist "social scientist" Carlton Putnam is being unfairly called "a racist" by the Communists who control the nation's universities and media. He's been forced to pay for ads just to get his pro-white and anti-integration "truths" out to the public. The year is 1970.
January 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
White supremacist "social scientist" Carlton Putnam is being unfairly called "a racist" by the Communists who control the nation's universities and media. He's been forced to pay for ads just to get his pro-white and anti-integration "truths" out to the public. The year is 1970.
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For any nation, its concept of security is about perception.
Can America still tackle hard truths about itself, its allies, and its adversaries?
Can we imagine a better way ahead?
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
Can America still tackle hard truths about itself, its allies, and its adversaries?
Can we imagine a better way ahead?
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
2025, the atomization of reality, and the failure of imagination… (part 1)
The free world is thinking small. Our adversaries are not.
www.greatpower.us
January 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
For any nation, its concept of security is about perception.
Can America still tackle hard truths about itself, its allies, and its adversaries?
Can we imagine a better way ahead?
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
Can America still tackle hard truths about itself, its allies, and its adversaries?
Can we imagine a better way ahead?
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
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Many interesting statements have been falsely attributed to Winston Churchill, and I used one of them as an epigraph of my book, “The Incomplete Book of Running:”
“When you’re going through hell… keep going.”
Keep going, everyone. And Happy New Year!
“When you’re going through hell… keep going.”
Keep going, everyone. And Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Many interesting statements have been falsely attributed to Winston Churchill, and I used one of them as an epigraph of my book, “The Incomplete Book of Running:”
“When you’re going through hell… keep going.”
Keep going, everyone. And Happy New Year!
“When you’re going through hell… keep going.”
Keep going, everyone. And Happy New Year!
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beware anyone offering loud and simple solutions to the tech landscape. there are more potholes -- regulatory capture, erosion of civil liberties, etc. -- than pavement on the road to responsible computing.
The problem with stories like this is that "regulations" can mean very, very different things to different people. It's easy to say "regulate AI." It's extremely difficult to come up with actual regulations that won't kick off another partisan shitshow fight once it gets distorted.
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
beware anyone offering loud and simple solutions to the tech landscape. there are more potholes -- regulatory capture, erosion of civil liberties, etc. -- than pavement on the road to responsible computing.
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Government tech capacity is majorly injured. The remnant who haven't been fired are afraid to talk about real priorities like memory safety. The Trump admin is redirecting them into frivolous projects like putting LLM chat-bots into everything.
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Government tech capacity is majorly injured. The remnant who haven't been fired are afraid to talk about real priorities like memory safety. The Trump admin is redirecting them into frivolous projects like putting LLM chat-bots into everything.
"Permanent" is a relative concept in governing.
2025 RECAP: Trump & Republicans moved heaven and earth to make tax breaks for billionaires permanent by cutting Medicaid, SNAP & other programs families rely on.
Their pro-billionaire agenda has exploded the national debt by trillions while betraying working families.
Their pro-billionaire agenda has exploded the national debt by trillions while betraying working families.
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Permanent" is a relative concept in governing.
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Palantir, Sauron … It’s like they skimmed LOTR but didn’t understand it, particularly the warnings.
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Palantir, Sauron … It’s like they skimmed LOTR but didn’t understand it, particularly the warnings.
Watched some of the Harry Potter movies and was struck by the similarities between Trumpism and Team Voldemort.
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
New Study Shows Reading Harry Potter Lowers Americans’ Opinions of Donald Trump
www.asc.upenn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Watched some of the Harry Potter movies and was struck by the similarities between Trumpism and Team Voldemort.
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...