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OK, so the White House can spike a CBS story by saying "no comment" and college students can guarantee a passing grade by railing against trans people even if the assignment has nothing to do with trans people. Once upon a time, the GOP was the party that lectured us about perverse incentives.
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
OK, so the White House can spike a CBS story by saying "no comment" and college students can guarantee a passing grade by railing against trans people even if the assignment has nothing to do with trans people. Once upon a time, the GOP was the party that lectured us about perverse incentives.
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Excellent 🧵 refuting misguided leftist reluctance to support Ukraine. They are literally battling the global leader of fascism and imperialism, a regime that props up reactionary regimes around the world.
the erasure of the Ukr state and its absorption into Ru will not increase socio-econ equality, on the contrary-- Ru's rapacious regime steals Ukr wealth and concentrates it in Ru elites. Ru is far from an environmentalist actor either. But the biggest misunderstanding is that Ukr are fighting for...
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Excellent 🧵 refuting misguided leftist reluctance to support Ukraine. They are literally battling the global leader of fascism and imperialism, a regime that props up reactionary regimes around the world.
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American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
In addition to everything else ghastly about Putin's war, it is deeply racist and imperialist to its core. Yet he continues to con a surprising number of lefties into backing him.
The Kremlin deliberately recruits from poor minority regions while protecting urban Russians with political influence, UK intel reports. The result: over 400,000 KIA and WIA in 2025 alone, yet less than 1% of Russian officials have family serving in Ukraine.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
Less than 1% of Russian officials have relatives fighting in Ukraine — UK intelligence
Moscow deliberately targets economically desperate communities for recruitment while shielding cities where people have political influence, per the report.
euromaidanpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In addition to everything else ghastly about Putin's war, it is deeply racist and imperialist to its core. Yet he continues to con a surprising number of lefties into backing him.
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"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
Being an extremely large surface ship worked so well for the Yamato, the Musashi, the Bismarck, and the Tirpitz...and that was before drones, air-to-surface missiles, stealthier submarines, etc. He has access to more expert advice than anyone in the world but never rises above cartoonish bragging.
"The future Trump-class battleship – the USS Defiant – will be the largest, deadliest and most versatile and best-looking warship anywhere on the world’s oceans,”
losing my fucking mind
news.usni.org/2025/12/22/t...
losing my fucking mind
news.usni.org/2025/12/22/t...
Trump Battleship Will be Largest Surface Combatant Since WWII - USNI News
The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of th...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Being an extremely large surface ship worked so well for the Yamato, the Musashi, the Bismarck, and the Tirpitz...and that was before drones, air-to-surface missiles, stealthier submarines, etc. He has access to more expert advice than anyone in the world but never rises above cartoonish bragging.
It's customary to name the second and subsequent ships in a class for similar to the first ship that gave the class its name. So after the U.S.S. Trump, should we have the U.S.S. Capone, the U.S.S. David Dukes, or the U.S.S. Madoff? Better still, the second ship should be the U.S.S. Epstein.
“Trump-class” Golden Fleet AI-controlled battleships will be the largest "in the history of the world ever built" with hypersonic weapons, the most-sophisticated lasers and Cruise nuclear missiles and "ultimately there'll be 20 to 25 of these," announces the president.
December 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's customary to name the second and subsequent ships in a class for similar to the first ship that gave the class its name. So after the U.S.S. Trump, should we have the U.S.S. Capone, the U.S.S. David Dukes, or the U.S.S. Madoff? Better still, the second ship should be the U.S.S. Epstein.
Sounds like these ships will sink almost as fast as their namesake's administration.
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sounds like these ships will sink almost as fast as their namesake's administration.
Please stop making excuses for men palling around with Epstein. Even if they didn't know all the details, the top line values were plain as day -- and deeply malign.
And the entire culture that he perpetuated devalued women and treated us like objects and objects to be controlled and demeaned. Any man who spent his time with Epstein thought this was OK. Not a fucking question.
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Please stop making excuses for men palling around with Epstein. Even if they didn't know all the details, the top line values were plain as day -- and deeply malign.
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Trump is still blaming the economy's problems on Biden. I know Trump has problems with logic, as do his aides, but by November of 2021, year-over-year inflation was up to 6.9%. If today's problems are Biden's fault, then 6.9%inflation is Trump's fault.
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trump is still blaming the economy's problems on Biden. I know Trump has problems with logic, as do his aides, but by November of 2021, year-over-year inflation was up to 6.9%. If today's problems are Biden's fault, then 6.9%inflation is Trump's fault.
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
We blockade countries to defend against drugs they are not sending to us while pardoning drug lords. We declare drugs and their precursors WMD while slashing funds to fight international drug smuggling. See a pattern?
Earlier in the year, Trump unilaterally instituted a 9% cut to international narcotics control and law enforcement.
DJT just signed an EO designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We blockade countries to defend against drugs they are not sending to us while pardoning drug lords. We declare drugs and their precursors WMD while slashing funds to fight international drug smuggling. See a pattern?
Lovely, but this Administration's sanctions typically last about a nanosecond before getting waived (or brazenly evaded). If you are only willing to sanction Russia in ways that Putin doesn't mind, you will not accomplish much.
The Trump administration is preparing sanctions targeting Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers if Vladimir Putin rejects a peace agreement with Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent briefs European ambassadors on the plans this week
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/17/u...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/17/u...
US readies shadow fleet sanctions if Putin rejects peace deal
The Trump administration is preparing sanctions targeting Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers if Vladimir Putin rejects a peace agreement with Ukraine, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent briefing…
euromaidanpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Lovely, but this Administration's sanctions typically last about a nanosecond before getting waived (or brazenly evaded). If you are only willing to sanction Russia in ways that Putin doesn't mind, you will not accomplish much.
Important findings. In many respects, people in much less affluent countries are freer than we are because they have real choices to avoid the stress, danger, and cost of constant driving. Individual projects, whether intercity or intracity, get attacked for low ridership because we omit complements
TLDR: Despite the public’s interest in car-free living, securing the funding needed to make that possible for more people simply won’t happen without more organizing, intentional narrative work to connect transportation to other issues, and outreach to powerful stakeholders on behalf of our cause.
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Important findings. In many respects, people in much less affluent countries are freer than we are because they have real choices to avoid the stress, danger, and cost of constant driving. Individual projects, whether intercity or intracity, get attacked for low ridership because we omit complements
This map is absolutely bizarre. Zambia and Tanzania in but no worries about Belarus or Russia? The whole premise of nation-specific bars is an odious betrayal of this country's history (and the kind of thing the Declaration of Independence protested), but then the execution is insanely racist.
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This map is absolutely bizarre. Zambia and Tanzania in but no worries about Belarus or Russia? The whole premise of nation-specific bars is an odious betrayal of this country's history (and the kind of thing the Declaration of Independence protested), but then the execution is insanely racist.
I wonder if the next administration could turn it into a homeless shelter. Not ideal, but it would have better security than most and D.C. has had problems with sufficient beds.
Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I wonder if the next administration could turn it into a homeless shelter. Not ideal, but it would have better security than most and D.C. has had problems with sufficient beds.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
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@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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This fall, my 12yo daughter was in her classroom when they had a shelter in place warning. Her teacher had briefly left the room so the kids were alone. They hid in a closet. It was not a shooter, but they didn’t know. Their baseline assumption is that someone will shoot them in their classroom
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This fall, my 12yo daughter was in her classroom when they had a shelter in place warning. Her teacher had briefly left the room so the kids were alone. They hid in a closet. It was not a shooter, but they didn’t know. Their baseline assumption is that someone will shoot them in their classroom
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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I will say it until I am red in the face: The U.S. doesn't experience mental illness ANY differently than other industrialized countries.
So why do we have a gun death rate that's 26x higher than our peer nations?
It's. the. guns.
So why do we have a gun death rate that's 26x higher than our peer nations?
It's. the. guns.
RFK Jr. blames pills—not guns—for school shootings
There is no credible evidence that antidepressants cause violence, but the health secretary now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I will say it until I am red in the face: The U.S. doesn't experience mental illness ANY differently than other industrialized countries.
So why do we have a gun death rate that's 26x higher than our peer nations?
It's. the. guns.
So why do we have a gun death rate that's 26x higher than our peer nations?
It's. the. guns.
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People who are saying that Trump's new National Security Strategy should not be taken seriously should ask themselves this: Was it right or wrong not to take Project 2025 seriously?
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People who are saying that Trump's new National Security Strategy should not be taken seriously should ask themselves this: Was it right or wrong not to take Project 2025 seriously?