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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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part of me is annoyed that I left the US due to conditions created by Stephen Miller immigration policies and a media industry clearly in crisis but I still feel like it was partly my fault, even though the border officer also felt bad for me today
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
part of me is annoyed that I left the US due to conditions created by Stephen Miller immigration policies and a media industry clearly in crisis but I still feel like it was partly my fault, even though the border officer also felt bad for me today
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
Ski Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Ski Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo.
Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ski Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
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What the Times doesn’t explain is that FL ⬆️ New College’s budget by 75%, all while now having a graduation yield the second lowest in the state, lowest placement rate for BA holders, lowest starting salary, and falling SAT scores and GPAs for incoming students www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
December 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What the Times doesn’t explain is that FL ⬆️ New College’s budget by 75%, all while now having a graduation yield the second lowest in the state, lowest placement rate for BA holders, lowest starting salary, and falling SAT scores and GPAs for incoming students www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
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As Howard Dean said in 2004 when the Democrats did this shit: “I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.”
It would be nice if the party stopped fully backing centrist dipshits whose entire campaign strategy is running against the Democratic brand.
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As Howard Dean said in 2004 when the Democrats did this shit: “I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.”
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Republicans motivate their core voters to show up every cycle and they do. Democrats just assume their equivalent will do the same and spend the entire cycle pursuing swing voters, meanwhile depressing core turnout. Then they blame those core voters when they lose. The cycle must be broken.
What got us Trump was the GOP being a malevolent force for evil and the Democrats at every turn refusing to fire full blast at the right (including before Trump). It’s obviously not all on Harris but a cycle with Democrats assuming the left would just show up without any motivation is a big reason.
They have a point. “She didn’t earn my vote” got us Trump. Like I think it’s good to push against the party for better policy but when the alternative is Trump, it’s too much.
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Republicans motivate their core voters to show up every cycle and they do. Democrats just assume their equivalent will do the same and spend the entire cycle pursuing swing voters, meanwhile depressing core turnout. Then they blame those core voters when they lose. The cycle must be broken.
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Guys who claim to be "free speech absolutists" suing for defamation. Keeps happening.
Read the complaint. It's ridiculously weak. Doesn't even attempt to show actual malice. Repeatedly cites opinion statements as if they're factual.
Censorial bullshit from Taibbi.
Read the complaint. It's ridiculously weak. Doesn't even attempt to show actual malice. Repeatedly cites opinion statements as if they're factual.
Censorial bullshit from Taibbi.
December 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Guys who claim to be "free speech absolutists" suing for defamation. Keeps happening.
Read the complaint. It's ridiculously weak. Doesn't even attempt to show actual malice. Repeatedly cites opinion statements as if they're factual.
Censorial bullshit from Taibbi.
Read the complaint. It's ridiculously weak. Doesn't even attempt to show actual malice. Repeatedly cites opinion statements as if they're factual.
Censorial bullshit from Taibbi.
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As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that the Trump administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in Project 2025.
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year
As the year ends, The 19th takes a look at how the conservative policy wishlist for President Donald Trump’s second term affected women and LGBTQ+ Americans.
www.pbs.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that the Trump administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in Project 2025.
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The right wing meltdown about the NY mag photo shoot is telling. She is not some elite richie rich but they complain about her that way because she is striking and beautiful in a way that cuts against the Mar a Lago aesthetic. But even more, those photos!
I get served NYP a lot on fb (how I found the butt phrenology thing I just posted) and they’ve been on a wiiiiiiild blitz of meltdown posts about her NY mag interview
Like every day, a new one
Like every day, a new one
December 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The right wing meltdown about the NY mag photo shoot is telling. She is not some elite richie rich but they complain about her that way because she is striking and beautiful in a way that cuts against the Mar a Lago aesthetic. But even more, those photos!
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Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
DeSantis and our Republican legislature gave cops another excuse to pull people over and the FHP is weaponizing it against immigrants:
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention, wrongful arrest
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention, wrongful arrest
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention, wrongful arrest
Advocates and attorneys believe a new license plate law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
www.tampabay.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
DeSantis and our Republican legislature gave cops another excuse to pull people over and the FHP is weaponizing it against immigrants:
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention, wrongful arrest
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention, wrongful arrest
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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More seriously, as most readers here know I helped draft the CA billionaire tax initiative text and you just can't get out of it by setting up a couple of LLCs in Florida. We have thought about how to block these fake paper moves for 4 years.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
More seriously, as most readers here know I helped draft the CA billionaire tax initiative text and you just can't get out of it by setting up a couple of LLCs in Florida. We have thought about how to block these fake paper moves for 4 years.
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
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In case you missed it over the holiday, here's my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with his thoughts on ICE in NYC and some of what he told Trump about the raids. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In case you missed it over the holiday, here's my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with his thoughts on ICE in NYC and some of what he told Trump about the raids. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
This Day in Labor History: On December 26, 1996, the government of South Korea issued new repressive labor laws. The South Korean working class rose up in revolt
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/this...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/this...
This Day in Labor History: December 26, 1996 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
On December 26, 1996, the government of South Korea issued new repressive labor laws. The South Korean working class rose up in revolt, leading to an enormous strike that challenged the legitimacy of…
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This Day in Labor History: On December 26, 1996, the government of South Korea issued new repressive labor laws. The South Korean working class rose up in revolt
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/this...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/this...
Safety or Surveillance: Vicarious Liability and Driver Monitoring onlabor.org/safety-or-su...
Safety or Surveillance: Vicarious Liability and Driver Monitoring ✦ OnLabor
From school bus drivers to long-haul truckers, workers in the logistics and transportation industries face constant surveillance. Apps track hard breaking, backup distance, time spent at stop signs.…
onlabor.org
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Safety or Surveillance: Vicarious Liability and Driver Monitoring onlabor.org/safety-or-su...
As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...
As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled
From federal rulemakers all the way down to Kentucky lawmakers, 2025 was full of regulatory wins for mining companies. Meanwhile, health researchers confirm that deaths from black lung disease are…
www.lpm.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...
Florida approved the largest electric rate increase in history. Here's how it happened. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-ap...
Florida approved the largest electric rate increase in history. Here's how it happened.
How did Florida Power & Light pull off yet another record-setting electric rate increase – and who is responsible for it?
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Florida approved the largest electric rate increase in history. Here's how it happened. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-ap...
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This is in reference to the unjust firing of Melissa McCool, but it’s true of every right-wing harassment campaign
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is in reference to the unjust firing of Melissa McCool, but it’s true of every right-wing harassment campaign
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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It's a choice to write this about Trump supporters in Northern California and not about Democrats in, say, central Nashville who have been without "their representative" ever since the GOP's TN gerrymander switched from packing to cracking? bsky.app/profile/bill...
Both devin nunes and kevin McCarthy were central valley CA Republicans
Yet somehow the times is only just now discovering conservatives exist here only by hiring a stringer like CA is Baghdad..
Yet somehow the times is only just now discovering conservatives exist here only by hiring a stringer like CA is Baghdad..
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's a choice to write this about Trump supporters in Northern California and not about Democrats in, say, central Nashville who have been without "their representative" ever since the GOP's TN gerrymander switched from packing to cracking? bsky.app/profile/bill...