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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
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This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act has passed the Senate with unanimous consent—but the job is not done.
This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent and provide full honesty to the American people.
Anything less than full transparency will be unacceptable.
This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent and provide full honesty to the American people.
Anything less than full transparency will be unacceptable.
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Epstein Files Transparency Act has passed the Senate with unanimous consent—but the job is not done.
This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent and provide full honesty to the American people.
Anything less than full transparency will be unacceptable.
This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent and provide full honesty to the American people.
Anything less than full transparency will be unacceptable.
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It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
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They are really treading on thin ice here. Even if a document is privileged, the fact of its existence is not.
BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They are really treading on thin ice here. Even if a document is privileged, the fact of its existence is not.
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One verrrry important rule for federal-court practitioners is *never* do anything that causes the judge to be concerned
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One verrrry important rule for federal-court practitioners is *never* do anything that causes the judge to be concerned
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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New conspiracy theory just dropped:
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New conspiracy theory just dropped:
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
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The US public is very easily demagogued and the politicians count on this.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The US public is very easily demagogued and the politicians count on this.
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Running this playbook (which didn’t really work in LA or Chicago either) is such a gift to Mamdani who’s going to be able to do unifying anti-Trump stuff that’s overwhelmingly popular with New Yorkers
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Running this playbook (which didn’t really work in LA or Chicago either) is such a gift to Mamdani who’s going to be able to do unifying anti-Trump stuff that’s overwhelmingly popular with New Yorkers
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"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
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For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.
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This should be played every time Shitler shows up somewhere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7b...
Pig Calling Contest goes METAL!
YouTube video by Andre Antunes
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This should be played every time Shitler shows up somewhere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7b...
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I mean, the only rational response to this is LOL
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I mean, the only rational response to this is LOL
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www.wbez.org/public-safet... - the fact that this is just regular order really speaks to this country.
Chicago’s top cop pledges to address rise in officers pointing their guns at people
The independent monitor overseeing the city’s consent decree pointed to CPD data showing a nearly 44% increase from 2022 to 2024.
www.wbez.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
www.wbez.org/public-safet... - the fact that this is just regular order really speaks to this country.
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“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that *we are too freaking old*.’”
Yeah.
Yeah.
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that *we are too freaking old*.’”
Yeah.
Yeah.
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The rich will get richer, and we're all going to get poorer. It's a big club, and we ain't in it.
Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations.
Everyone Wants to Ban Congressional Stock Trades, but Some Supporters Worry Mike Johnson Is Stalling
Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations. Will Mike Johnson stall a ban?
interc.pt
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The rich will get richer, and we're all going to get poorer. It's a big club, and we ain't in it.
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Thank you Mary Bruce for being a real journalist.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Thank you Mary Bruce for being a real journalist.
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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FLASHBACK: “You spend all this time working with Saudi Arabia, you leave office—6 months later you get $2 BILLION.”
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
FLASHBACK: “You spend all this time working with Saudi Arabia, you leave office—6 months later you get $2 BILLION.”
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.