Craig Cheslog
@craigcheslog.com
GenXer against fascism. Talking politics, women’s soccer, WNBA, Manchester United men and women, USWNT, USMNT, Green Bay Packers, Boston Celtics, Chicago Cubs, and Taylor Swift. (he/him/his) My newsletter: https://thelongtwilightstruggle.com/.
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The Stephen Miller Regency (#107)
Reminding my fellow Californians to vote “yes” on Proposition 50 today, Democrats should make clear how Stephen Miller is acting as the president’s Regent, thanking Vasili Arkhipov for being “the man ...
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The Long Twilight Struggle: Reminding my fellow Californians to vote “yes” on Prop 50, Democrats should make clear how Stephen Miller is the president’s Regent, thanking Vasili Arkhipov for being “the man who saved the world” during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and links to other stories I’m following.
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Glad people are on this. I've kind of figured that if you can't get FLORIDA to hate the largest Medicare fraudster in US history after a decade to do it, we, excluding Matthew, are just not trying hard enough
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Glad people are on this. I've kind of figured that if you can't get FLORIDA to hate the largest Medicare fraudster in US history after a decade to do it, we, excluding Matthew, are just not trying hard enough
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"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
This cave, with the all-too-cute decision not to have anyone facing election in 2026 vote yes, was a massive betrayal. The healing can only begin once Schumer & Durbin take responsibility and step down.
Are you in favor of new leadership?
Are you in favor of new leadership?
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This cave, with the all-too-cute decision not to have anyone facing election in 2026 vote yes, was a massive betrayal. The healing can only begin once Schumer & Durbin take responsibility and step down.
Are you in favor of new leadership?
Are you in favor of new leadership?
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
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In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
And that’s why we must primary any Senator who does not call for Schumer’s removal as leader. This cute play changes what is now required of them.
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
And that’s why we must primary any Senator who does not call for Schumer’s removal as leader. This cute play changes what is now required of them.
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They never fail to disappoint.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They never fail to disappoint.
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Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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Momentum builds for new leadership!
Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Momentum builds for new leadership!
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I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
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I am SO SICK of Trump and his MAGA losers vilifying SNAP recipients
The people that get SNAP are generally hardworking Americans that aren’t paid nearly enough by companies like Amazon and Walmart
And THESE are the people whose benefits they eliminate
While giving billionaires more tax breaks
The people that get SNAP are generally hardworking Americans that aren’t paid nearly enough by companies like Amazon and Walmart
And THESE are the people whose benefits they eliminate
While giving billionaires more tax breaks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I am SO SICK of Trump and his MAGA losers vilifying SNAP recipients
The people that get SNAP are generally hardworking Americans that aren’t paid nearly enough by companies like Amazon and Walmart
And THESE are the people whose benefits they eliminate
While giving billionaires more tax breaks
The people that get SNAP are generally hardworking Americans that aren’t paid nearly enough by companies like Amazon and Walmart
And THESE are the people whose benefits they eliminate
While giving billionaires more tax breaks
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this is just like the diplomat
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
this is just like the diplomat
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Nancy Pelosi was a groundbreaking Speaker, but she was too focused on getting Democrats to respect the will of their voters.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Nancy Pelosi was a groundbreaking Speaker, but she was too focused on getting Democrats to respect the will of their voters.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
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It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
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We’re all trying to figure out who controls the democratic Senate caucus, because that person should resign.
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’re all trying to figure out who controls the democratic Senate caucus, because that person should resign.
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This is why it's different. It was unfair that Biden was given no credit for the soft landing but people were still traumatized and still felt discombobulated. Trump promised to bring morning in America and not only hasn't the economy improved the entire culture is in chaos.
but also, Biden inherited something in rough shape and made it better and Trump inherited something in excellent shape and made it worse. But that said, people are mostly responding to nominal prices (CPI has ticked up post April) and deteriorating job market (which Trump is largely responsible for)
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is why it's different. It was unfair that Biden was given no credit for the soft landing but people were still traumatized and still felt discombobulated. Trump promised to bring morning in America and not only hasn't the economy improved the entire culture is in chaos.
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We have discovered the antidote to Elon Musk's tyranny—his truest nemesis.
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We have discovered the antidote to Elon Musk's tyranny—his truest nemesis.
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
He is such a prolific liar.
But okay, I will play. If coming up with a solution is a priority, why has the Speaker kept the House in recess for six weeks?
But okay, I will play. If coming up with a solution is a priority, why has the Speaker kept the House in recess for six weeks?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He is such a prolific liar.
But okay, I will play. If coming up with a solution is a priority, why has the Speaker kept the House in recess for six weeks?
But okay, I will play. If coming up with a solution is a priority, why has the Speaker kept the House in recess for six weeks?
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Share one, Mike. One idea.
Mike Johnson on the Republican healthcare plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Share one, Mike. One idea.