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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC he's a soybean farmer who feels farmers' pain. He's actually a $500M landlord who owns $25M in farmland and collects up to $1M yearly in rent from actual farmers while negotiating China crop deals.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC he's a soybean farmer who feels farmers' pain. He's actually a $500M landlord who owns $25M in farmland and collects up to $1M yearly in rent from actual farmers while negotiating China crop deals.
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People lost their livelihoods were harassed online, and received death threats for less offensive statements about Charlie Kirk. @boingboing.net
JD Vance downplays Young Republican leaders' pro-Hitler, racist, antisemitic comments: "Pearl-clutching"
Newsweek published the names of Young Republican leaders caught using racist slurs and joking about sexual violence.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
People lost their livelihoods were harassed online, and received death threats for less offensive statements about Charlie Kirk. @boingboing.net
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
I recently reported on the wonderful “jest resistance” of musical comedian, artist, and film producer Rob Potylo, aka Robby Roadsteamer, who has been bringing his funny and biting protest activism — f...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
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They may burn books, but we are the fire in Lady Liberty’s torch. Vote Yes on 50
October 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
They may burn books, but we are the fire in Lady Liberty’s torch. Vote Yes on 50
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Freedom! It’s everybody’s job! Vote YES on 50
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Freedom! It’s everybody’s job! Vote YES on 50
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Happy days CAN be here again! Vote YES on Prop 50!
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy days CAN be here again! Vote YES on Prop 50!
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Make an Ice agent cry, vote YES on Prop 50!
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Make an Ice agent cry, vote YES on Prop 50!
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October 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Fascists killed 2/3rds of my family and chased the rest out of Europe 80 some odd years ago. Chase the fascists out of the United States! Vote YES on Prop 50!
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fascists killed 2/3rds of my family and chased the rest out of Europe 80 some odd years ago. Chase the fascists out of the United States! Vote YES on Prop 50!
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Clive James reviews "the most boring book in the world" @boingboing.net
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Tackling tedium: roughlydaily.com/2025/09/18/h...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Clive James reviews "the most boring book in the world" @boingboing.net
(Plus- Samuel Johnson)
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While I’m marching in the @wgaeast.bsky.social protest of ABC/Disney, @boingboing.net published my post about videos making fun of Disney
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"Shut Your Trap": Colbert's show-stopping animated musical making fun of Disney's Kimmel suspension
Last night, Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" aired a funny animated musical short featuring Lumière from Disney's own "Beauty and the Beast," singing "Shut Your Trap" to the tune of "Be…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
While I’m marching in the @wgaeast.bsky.social protest of ABC/Disney, @boingboing.net published my post about videos making fun of Disney
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Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initially lying that they did.
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Maine police caught lying about using AI to alter drug bust photo
Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initial denials. Citizens spotted missing details and altered colors in evidence documentation, raising concerns about police...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initially lying that they did.
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All on her own with no help!
June 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All on her own with no help!
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Trump CDC's plan for kids: vaccines and fluoride bad, lead good
Under the guidance of Trump henchman RFK Jr, the CDC spends time and money investigating things we already know, and moving away from protecting children.
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May 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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PBS told the filmmakers that they could either buy back their licensing deal or allow PBS to run the censored version.
PBS censors free speech documentary
PBS has censored a documentary about Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus. It removed a 90-second clip of Spiegelman at a public event.…
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May 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PBS told the filmmakers that they could either buy back their licensing deal or allow PBS to run the censored version.
A company in Japan has created a fake high school so foreigners of all ages can pretend to be Japanese high school students for a day.
Tourists can now spend a day as Japanese students at mock high school
If you watch anime and read manga, you know that many of the stories take place in Japanese high schools. A company in Japan has created a fake high school…
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May 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A company in Japan has created a fake high school so foreigners of all ages can pretend to be Japanese high school students for a day.
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I wrote on @boingboing.net about Super Nintendo World in the brand new theme park Epic Universe.
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First look: Super Nintendo World brings video game magic to Universal Orlando
The Super Nintendo World portal in Universal Orlando's new theme park Epic Universe is the only portal of the four (five, if you count the central hub, Celestial Park) that…
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May 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I wrote on @boingboing.net about Super Nintendo World in the brand new theme park Epic Universe.
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An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job.
Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculptor loses $2 million to crypto scammers
An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job. Ed Suman, 67, had over $2 million…
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May 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job.
"Entrants may not have been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude" — which means President Trump won't be joining the Superman premiere festivities, at least not until Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas change the rules for the orange Lex Luthor.
DC Comics forbids Donald Trump from entering Superman sweeepstakes
DC Comics is hiding "Golden Biscuits" inside reprints of a 1955 comic book, offering two lucky fans a chance to trade their local comic shop for the Superman movie premiere's…
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May 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Entrants may not have been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude" — which means President Trump won't be joining the Superman premiere festivities, at least not until Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas change the rules for the orange Lex Luthor.
Kushner said he "paid a very heavy price" for his crimes — and what could be more devastating than having to settle for being a billionaire ambassador forced to suffer through life in a taxpayer-funded palatial residence in Paris?
Felon who mailed sex tape to his sister now represents America in France
Nothing captures the pure essence of Trump's magacrocy like watching a convicted felon who filmed his brother-in-law with a sex worker — and then mailed the tape to his own…
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May 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Kushner said he "paid a very heavy price" for his crimes — and what could be more devastating than having to settle for being a billionaire ambassador forced to suffer through life in a taxpayer-funded palatial residence in Paris?
Out of 184 countries studied, the US stands alone in its tourism decline – a special kind of American exceptionalism.
U.S. shocked that xenophobia isn't great for tourism
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, The United States stands to lose $12.5 billion due to declining tourism. As reported in The Times, foreign visitors are choosing to…
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May 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Out of 184 countries studied, the US stands alone in its tourism decline – a special kind of American exceptionalism.
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Tip: Whiten found animal bones and skulls using concentrated hydrogen peroxide (not bleach, which damages them). Get strong H2O2 from beauty supply stores (labeled Clairoxide) — it works fast and preserves bone integrity
May 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tip: Whiten found animal bones and skulls using concentrated hydrogen peroxide (not bleach, which damages them). Get strong H2O2 from beauty supply stores (labeled Clairoxide) — it works fast and preserves bone integrity