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Why are some liberals turning Charlie Kirk into a martyr for liberal democracy?
Holding him up as a champion of dialogue paints him in a false light to millions who might only know him in death, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
www.editorialboard.com
My latest: Charlie Kirk was a gutter bigot who built his career on censorship and bussed insurrectionists to the Capitol on J6. Why are liberals like Ezra Klein trying to paint him as a paragon of reason and dialogue?
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Lyme is one of many health problems caused & exacerbated by manmade climate change. A legitimate health secretary would acknowledge that.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Lyme is one of many health problems caused & exacerbated by manmade climate change. A legitimate health secretary would acknowledge that.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
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By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
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We filed amicus briefs supporting @aclu-norcal.bsky.social in a case that successfully challenged Vallejo's attempts to keep a long-hidden report into badge-bending under wraps, five years after Open Vallejo first revealed the practice. The case expands access to public records statewide.
Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings
The tradition is known at the highest levels of Vallejo city government and to Solano County's district attorney, sources say.
openvallejo.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
We filed amicus briefs supporting @aclu-norcal.bsky.social in a case that successfully challenged Vallejo's attempts to keep a long-hidden report into badge-bending under wraps, five years after Open Vallejo first revealed the practice. The case expands access to public records statewide.
I didn’t think I could hate Pearl Harbor conspiracists more than I already did, but it happened.
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I didn’t think I could hate Pearl Harbor conspiracists more than I already did, but it happened.
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"CBS News conducted its own analysis of nearly 12 day care centers mentioned by Shirley: all but 2 have active licenses... & all active locations were visited by state regulators within the last 6 mos.
CBS News' review also found... no recorded evidence of fraud."
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
CBS News' review also found... no recorded evidence of fraud."
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
How a viral video prompted investigations into alleged fraud at day care centers in Minnesota
While many of the Minnesota day care centers in the video were cited and fined for safety violations, investigators previously found no evidence of fraud.
www.cbsnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"CBS News conducted its own analysis of nearly 12 day care centers mentioned by Shirley: all but 2 have active licenses... & all active locations were visited by state regulators within the last 6 mos.
CBS News' review also found... no recorded evidence of fraud."
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
CBS News' review also found... no recorded evidence of fraud."
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
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NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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“One of the sources said the strike was successful in that it destroyed the facility and its boats, but described it as largely symbolic since it is just one of many port facilities used by drug traffickers leaving Venezuela.”
Exclusive: The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility in Venezuela, sources told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. This is the attack Trump has repeatedly alluded to in recent days. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“One of the sources said the strike was successful in that it destroyed the facility and its boats, but described it as largely symbolic since it is just one of many port facilities used by drug traffickers leaving Venezuela.”
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Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
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idk man maybe it’s just the dad in me but I don’t think we should so easily give up our ability to be shocked by this
December 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
idk man maybe it’s just the dad in me but I don’t think we should so easily give up our ability to be shocked by this
Whose inauguration. Trump’s not building that for JD Vance.
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Whose inauguration. Trump’s not building that for JD Vance.
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Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
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So, what Bari Weiss has essentially done here is generate enormous interest in a segment she attempted to censor, only for that segment to be shared worldwide within 24 hours of her censorship attempt because of her incompetence.
She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself.
She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So, what Bari Weiss has essentially done here is generate enormous interest in a segment she attempted to censor, only for that segment to be shared worldwide within 24 hours of her censorship attempt because of her incompetence.
She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself.
She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself.
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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We were sitting on the patio at our hotel in Costa Rica when I heard what sounded like someone shaking a huge piece of sheet metal out back. That could only be this #birdsseenin2025. Photo courtesy of Sandra Schmid, because mine were just dark blobs. #birding
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We were sitting on the patio at our hotel in Costa Rica when I heard what sounded like someone shaking a huge piece of sheet metal out back. That could only be this #birdsseenin2025. Photo courtesy of Sandra Schmid, because mine were just dark blobs. #birding
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I hate that instead of celebrating this, I'm deeply suspicious.
But maybe this is good? Let's watch and see.
But maybe this is good? Let's watch and see.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I hate that instead of celebrating this, I'm deeply suspicious.
But maybe this is good? Let's watch and see.
But maybe this is good? Let's watch and see.
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Well *this* extremely bleak paragraph is gonna haunt me for a while. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Well *this* extremely bleak paragraph is gonna haunt me for a while. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
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NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
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Christopher Caldwell is a regular contributor to the @nytimes.com by the way, if you want to get a sense of what opinions the intelligentsia think are respectable and intriguing and which they think are beyond the pale.
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Christopher Caldwell is a regular contributor to the @nytimes.com by the way, if you want to get a sense of what opinions the intelligentsia think are respectable and intriguing and which they think are beyond the pale.
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Every Stephen Miller tweet is like, "America used to be about driving a Dodge Charger and getting a malt with your girlfriend. Now there are brown people here. Despicable."
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Every Stephen Miller tweet is like, "America used to be about driving a Dodge Charger and getting a malt with your girlfriend. Now there are brown people here. Despicable."
I keep mixing up Christopher Caldwell the Claremont race freak and Christopher Cantwell the Crying Nazi.
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep mixing up Christopher Caldwell the Claremont race freak and Christopher Cantwell the Crying Nazi.
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I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
Bulldoze the ballroom.
"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bulldoze the ballroom.
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If you have a billion dollars, you literally have enough money to never have to hear any criticism for the rest of your life. Just because they’re all addicted to going online and getting yelled at isn’t my fucking problem.
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you have a billion dollars, you literally have enough money to never have to hear any criticism for the rest of your life. Just because they’re all addicted to going online and getting yelled at isn’t my fucking problem.