El Jefecito
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This story is bonkers. A Pulte ally shared confidential Fannie Mae data with people at Freddie Mac and the people who flagged her behavior were fired.
"Emails reviewed by The Associated Press show that Fannie Mae executives were unnerved about what one called the 'very problematic' disclosure of data by Lauren Smith, the company’s head of marketing, who was acting on Pulte’s behalf." apnews.com/article/fann...
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This story is bonkers. A Pulte ally shared confidential Fannie Mae data with people at Freddie Mac and the people who flagged her behavior were fired.
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Every MAGA woman looks like she's trying to be on a D-tier reality show, every MAGA man looks like Kyle Rittenhouse apnews.com/article/fann...
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Every MAGA woman looks like she's trying to be on a D-tier reality show, every MAGA man looks like Kyle Rittenhouse apnews.com/article/fann...
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
Ok, sure, but they need to be the Post Malone Oreos. Don’t ask me how or why, but those things fucking slapped like no Oreo I’ve had before or since.
There should be exactly one kind of Oreo. These are my politics.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ok, sure, but they need to be the Post Malone Oreos. Don’t ask me how or why, but those things fucking slapped like no Oreo I’ve had before or since.
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I spent a few years with housing as my main or second beat as a reporter and that is absolutely not why housing is expensive. Not even remotely why.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I spent a few years with housing as my main or second beat as a reporter and that is absolutely not why housing is expensive. Not even remotely why.
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megyn kelly keeping this one fresh
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
megyn kelly keeping this one fresh
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That plane is part of the California Medfly prevention program. You can literally Google the tail number. Also if the military was trying to do some nefarious plot spraying airborne chemicals you think they'd be squawking their full ass registration?
www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/p...
www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/p...
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
That plane is part of the California Medfly prevention program. You can literally Google the tail number. Also if the military was trying to do some nefarious plot spraying airborne chemicals you think they'd be squawking their full ass registration?
www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/p...
www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/p...
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ALSO: Cannabis should be legalized federally too.
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ALSO: Cannabis should be legalized federally too.
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...so Bovino just admitted DHS is going to arrest & incarcerate thousands of innocent folks in Chicago as retribution for being court ordered to release hundreds of innocent folks they illegally arrested & incarcerated....🤔
I hope someone in IL is filing paperwork for injunctions right tf now
I hope someone in IL is filing paperwork for injunctions right tf now
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
...so Bovino just admitted DHS is going to arrest & incarcerate thousands of innocent folks in Chicago as retribution for being court ordered to release hundreds of innocent folks they illegally arrested & incarcerated....🤔
I hope someone in IL is filing paperwork for injunctions right tf now
I hope someone in IL is filing paperwork for injunctions right tf now
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"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
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Can I tell you about somebody else divine who got rebooted
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
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The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Can I tell you about somebody else divine who got rebooted
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What US media should have done.
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What US media should have done.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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the "wild conspiracy theory" is just an accurate description of what happened
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
the "wild conspiracy theory" is just an accurate description of what happened
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Just a reminder to everyone: there's no reason to jump out here and vouch for your employer when they're fucking up. They can defend themselves just fine, and all you're gonna do is damage your own credibility.
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just a reminder to everyone: there's no reason to jump out here and vouch for your employer when they're fucking up. They can defend themselves just fine, and all you're gonna do is damage your own credibility.
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"Generations of the Times' most significant decision-makers have minimized the actions of fascists and/or put their finger on the scale to the detriment of those fascists' opponents" seems less like a wild conspiracy theory than just a record of what the Times has published for the last 90 years.
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Generations of the Times' most significant decision-makers have minimized the actions of fascists and/or put their finger on the scale to the detriment of those fascists' opponents" seems less like a wild conspiracy theory than just a record of what the Times has published for the last 90 years.
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it’s good this happened and it’s another reason the death penalty should not exist. this never should’ve had to come down to a last minute decision by a governor. we suck at the death penalty, get rid of it
A man who was set to be executed — for a killing his brother admitted to — has been granted clemency at the last minute
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
it’s good this happened and it’s another reason the death penalty should not exist. this never should’ve had to come down to a last minute decision by a governor. we suck at the death penalty, get rid of it
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Tesla shares were down 7% today seemingly in response to the news the company is recalling 10,500 Powerwall 2 systems due to overheating and fire risk in customers' homes... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/t...
Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 battery systems due to overheating, fire risk
Elon Musk's autos and energy business said it will replace all affected units for Powerwall 2 customers in the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tesla shares were down 7% today seemingly in response to the news the company is recalling 10,500 Powerwall 2 systems due to overheating and fire risk in customers' homes... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/t...
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This is what happens if you try to have a conversation about science with somebody who either doesn't believe there's such a thing as the truth, or doesn't believe it matters.
It's not "arguing both sides" when one of you is right and one is wrong
It's not "arguing both sides" when one of you is right and one is wrong
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is what happens if you try to have a conversation about science with somebody who either doesn't believe there's such a thing as the truth, or doesn't believe it matters.
It's not "arguing both sides" when one of you is right and one is wrong
It's not "arguing both sides" when one of you is right and one is wrong
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I'm not really sure how to describe what I'm saying in this video, beyond saying that I think it captures an absurd truth about our current situation.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm not really sure how to describe what I'm saying in this video, beyond saying that I think it captures an absurd truth about our current situation.
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
It’s exactly this: there’s a level of wealth where you have far more money that would ever be necessary to meet one’s needs or even wants. I think there are a whole lot of wealthy people (not the ultra-rich) who are very happy and largely care free.
Money can't buy me happiness.
But it can buy me a boat.
It can buy me a truck to pull it.
It can buy me a Yeti 110 full of iced down silver bullets.
But it can buy me a boat.
It can buy me a truck to pull it.
It can buy me a Yeti 110 full of iced down silver bullets.
There a certain kind of poster or justice advocate or theorist who clearly doesn’t believe that “money can’t buy happiness”, and think that it’s just bs to disguise a secret joy and delight and peace that all wealthy and/or powerful people must surely feel.
Sadly, these types are just wrong, lol.
Sadly, these types are just wrong, lol.
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s exactly this: there’s a level of wealth where you have far more money that would ever be necessary to meet one’s needs or even wants. I think there are a whole lot of wealthy people (not the ultra-rich) who are very happy and largely care free.
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It is in fact arbitrary to bypass the safeguards and this will remain a problem literally forever. Every way you can think of to manipulate a human will apply to an LLM but be simplified because they dont have agency.
I feel like it shouldn't be this easy to circumvent safeguards on AI systems, yet we see it all the time
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It is in fact arbitrary to bypass the safeguards and this will remain a problem literally forever. Every way you can think of to manipulate a human will apply to an LLM but be simplified because they dont have agency.
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The Dems have discovered a wide, sore, festering wound in the MAGA coalition that they could rub salt vigorously into and divide them. Knowing Dems, they almost certainly won’t do this, but they COULD and it would be extremely effective.
Trump's fight with Laura Ingraham over H1-B should be read in this context. MAGA remains fully committed to removing all undocumented and provisionally present immigrants as a demographic reengineering project. This gives Dems a way to split the MAGA coalition.
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Dems have discovered a wide, sore, festering wound in the MAGA coalition that they could rub salt vigorously into and divide them. Knowing Dems, they almost certainly won’t do this, but they COULD and it would be extremely effective.