Ed Cottrell
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
This is a good thing. But I expect the bill is going to pass eventually, no matter how full of idiotic policy and cruelty it is. Rest of the world, please note how every member of Congress votes on this. We need you to be our record keepers as our country and liberties are dismantled.
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Senate Democrats have forced EVERY WORD in Trump's 900 page Big Beautiful Bill to be read on the floor before the vote.
The move will delay the vote to cut Medicaid and SNAP, raise energy costs, and give tax breaks to the ultra-rich. This is historic.
The move will delay the vote to cut Medicaid and SNAP, raise energy costs, and give tax breaks to the ultra-rich. This is historic.
June 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is a good thing. But I expect the bill is going to pass eventually, no matter how full of idiotic policy and cruelty it is. Rest of the world, please note how every member of Congress votes on this. We need you to be our record keepers as our country and liberties are dismantled.
It’s all so stupid. Dishonest, libelous, racist, and hateful, but also stupid. They didn’t even both to get the lightsaber color right for their message, though it ended up unintentionally correct.
May 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s all so stupid. Dishonest, libelous, racist, and hateful, but also stupid. They didn’t even both to get the lightsaber color right for their message, though it ended up unintentionally correct.
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As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
How is SCOTUS going to ensure that every individual, before the govt puts them on a plane to a foreign prison, is notified they’re subject to rendition, and has the opportunity to challenge it?
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
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Hard not to be a "PANICAN" when led by someone suffering from severe mental illness
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hard not to be a "PANICAN" when led by someone suffering from severe mental illness
Siri either has a long way to go or has achieved sentience and hates me. Exact transcript from today:
Me: Hey Siri, play “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
Siri: Here’s BABYMETAL. [“Megitsune” by BABYMETAL starts]
Me: Hey Siri, play the song “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
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Me: Hey Siri, play “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
Siri: Here’s BABYMETAL. [“Megitsune” by BABYMETAL starts]
Me: Hey Siri, play the song “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Siri either has a long way to go or has achieved sentience and hates me. Exact transcript from today:
Me: Hey Siri, play “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
Siri: Here’s BABYMETAL. [“Megitsune” by BABYMETAL starts]
Me: Hey Siri, play the song “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
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Me: Hey Siri, play “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
Siri: Here’s BABYMETAL. [“Megitsune” by BABYMETAL starts]
Me: Hey Siri, play the song “Metali” by BABYMETAL.
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“But her emails.” FFS. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans | CNN Politics
Former national security officials reacted with shock and horror to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely hi...
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“But her emails.” FFS. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
At what point do we think the “egg voters” will comprehend the role of H5N1 (avian influenza) in egg prices?*
* Assuming they ever get it, which is not a given.
* Assuming they ever get it, which is not a given.
March 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
At what point do we think the “egg voters” will comprehend the role of H5N1 (avian influenza) in egg prices?*
* Assuming they ever get it, which is not a given.
* Assuming they ever get it, which is not a given.
He really said this. The link’s at the bottom of the thread if you don’t believe me.
But he didn’t say it first. These words are attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who staged a bloodless coup, overthrew the French First Republic, made himself Emperor,
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But he didn’t say it first. These words are attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who staged a bloodless coup, overthrew the French First Republic, made himself Emperor,
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February 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
He really said this. The link’s at the bottom of the thread if you don’t believe me.
But he didn’t say it first. These words are attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who staged a bloodless coup, overthrew the French First Republic, made himself Emperor,
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But he didn’t say it first. These words are attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who staged a bloodless coup, overthrew the French First Republic, made himself Emperor,
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
If you voted for Trump, you voted for this: pure, justified terror for a brave and loyal law enforcement officer because your guy likes violent felons more than heroes.
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If you voted for Trump, you voted for this: pure, justified terror for a brave and loyal law enforcement officer because your guy likes violent felons more than heroes.
Volume 1 of the report is out. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/u...
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case (Gift Article)
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Volume 1 of the report is out. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/u...
Y’all, I’m a history buff. I’m especially interested in WWII and, to various extents, the American Civil War, WWI, the fall of the Soviet Union, and similar periods of major turmoil.
I am freaking terrified. Literally everything about this moment is alarming.
I am freaking terrified. Literally everything about this moment is alarming.
January 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Y’all, I’m a history buff. I’m especially interested in WWII and, to various extents, the American Civil War, WWI, the fall of the Soviet Union, and similar periods of major turmoil.
I am freaking terrified. Literally everything about this moment is alarming.
I am freaking terrified. Literally everything about this moment is alarming.
Immediately after winning power, he organized a meeting with major capitalists.
He told them that his plan was to fight communism.
He referred to “the last election.”
The capitalists were told to get on board and how much to donate.
And they all fell in line.
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He told them that his plan was to fight communism.
He referred to “the last election.”
The capitalists were told to get on board and how much to donate.
And they all fell in line.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Immediately after winning power, he organized a meeting with major capitalists.
He told them that his plan was to fight communism.
He referred to “the last election.”
The capitalists were told to get on board and how much to donate.
And they all fell in line.
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He told them that his plan was to fight communism.
He referred to “the last election.”
The capitalists were told to get on board and how much to donate.
And they all fell in line.
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The human tragedies in this story are awful. But the overall picture is also not getting any less concerning. www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Officials continue probe on DR Congo mystery illness
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 10, 2024 at 3:19 AM
The human tragedies in this story are awful. But the overall picture is also not getting any less concerning. www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
I had the same reaction when this news broke yesterday that I had on 1/1/2020, reading the first report of what we now know was the COVID-19 outbreak.
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BREAKING NEWS: At least 143 people in DR Congo have died from an unidentified illness, according to local officials.
Victims reported flu-like symptoms, including high fever, severe headaches, cough and anaemia.
Samples are being taken to identify the illness (Reuters via BNO)
Victims reported flu-like symptoms, including high fever, severe headaches, cough and anaemia.
Samples are being taken to identify the illness (Reuters via BNO)
Unknown disease kills 143 in southwest Congo, local authorities say
An unknown disease killed 143 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo's southwestern province in November, local authorities told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I had the same reaction when this news broke yesterday that I had on 1/1/2020, reading the first report of what we now know was the COVID-19 outbreak.
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This is not great
Here is Trump’s nominee for FBI Director Kash Patel calling for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.”
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
December 1, 2024 at 2:32 AM
This is not great