Mindless Philosopher
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Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
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Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
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People really don't understand what an extraordinary energy revolution China is creating right now. They're installing 1GW of solar a DAY. It's not slowing down either. They just peaked their emissions and we could see them phase out coal by the end of the decade.
In 2024, China installed 1.5x as much new solar as the entire US installed base.
(via MS/Jonas)
(via MS/Jonas)
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
People really don't understand what an extraordinary energy revolution China is creating right now. They're installing 1GW of solar a DAY. It's not slowing down either. They just peaked their emissions and we could see them phase out coal by the end of the decade.
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TN-7 Candidate @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "If you’re not OK with the chaos at our federal government, are upset with the cost of living & inflation, then I'm your candidate… I’ve never taken corporate PAC money, which is important- because are you fighting for the people or your donors?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
TN-7 Candidate @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "If you’re not OK with the chaos at our federal government, are upset with the cost of living & inflation, then I'm your candidate… I’ve never taken corporate PAC money, which is important- because are you fighting for the people or your donors?"
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We aren’t the audience for these anti-Trump talking points delivered by MTG and Massie, and our negative reactions and suspicions are justified.
It’s nonetheless important to understand the significance of this messaging in terms of its potential impact on the intended audience.
It’s nonetheless important to understand the significance of this messaging in terms of its potential impact on the intended audience.
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are deciding how to vote that Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement. But in 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles."
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We aren’t the audience for these anti-Trump talking points delivered by MTG and Massie, and our negative reactions and suspicions are justified.
It’s nonetheless important to understand the significance of this messaging in terms of its potential impact on the intended audience.
It’s nonetheless important to understand the significance of this messaging in terms of its potential impact on the intended audience.
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Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Amazing how upfront and unfiltered he is about his ongoing authoritarian project. The goal is to make sure the opposition can never win, and he flat-out says it.
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Amazing how upfront and unfiltered he is about his ongoing authoritarian project. The goal is to make sure the opposition can never win, and he flat-out says it.
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He’ll certainly try, but I think the results might just make Republicans skittish about playing along.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He’ll certainly try, but I think the results might just make Republicans skittish about playing along.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
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"... the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it."
@gelliottmorris.com
@gelliottmorris.com
This is a very informative read: Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"... the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it."
@gelliottmorris.com
@gelliottmorris.com
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
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👀 REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “Here’s some tea for you — Trump shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal ambitions to run for senate in Georgia, and she has been on a revenge tour ever since.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
👀 REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “Here’s some tea for you — Trump shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal ambitions to run for senate in Georgia, and she has been on a revenge tour ever since.”
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The regime’s attacks on dissent are escalating. Trump’s goal is to silence opposition through fear, but the American people will never submit to his corrupt rule. The best way to protect our rights is by continuing to exercise them.
Trump DOJ Indicts Congressional Candidate for Protesting ICE
She and five other protesters face up to eight years in prison if convicted.
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The regime’s attacks on dissent are escalating. Trump’s goal is to silence opposition through fear, but the American people will never submit to his corrupt rule. The best way to protect our rights is by continuing to exercise them.
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Excellent statement from one of Abugazelah's opponents in the IL-9 Dem primary.
I am disgusted by the partisan and unethical indictments of Kat Abugazelah and five others at the direction of Donald Trump’s weaponized Justice Department.
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Excellent statement from one of Abugazelah's opponents in the IL-9 Dem primary.
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This is one of the most important pieces of journalism this year. Some thoughts on the magnitude of its significance. 1/
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is one of the most important pieces of journalism this year. Some thoughts on the magnitude of its significance. 1/
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"This is a moment that demands a response. If Dems can’t run on a unified platform that centralizes and prioritizes taxing the ultrawealthy in order to dismantle their stranglehold on our govt, then they need to get out of the way for people who will."
Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq
#TaxBillionaires
Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq
#TaxBillionaires
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"This is a moment that demands a response. If Dems can’t run on a unified platform that centralizes and prioritizes taxing the ultrawealthy in order to dismantle their stranglehold on our govt, then they need to get out of the way for people who will."
Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq
#TaxBillionaires
Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq
#TaxBillionaires
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
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Not seeing much about the massive anti-Trump pro-Gaza protests are we? Funny, that.
(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)
(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Not seeing much about the massive anti-Trump pro-Gaza protests are we? Funny, that.
(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)
(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)
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Sunday Reading: A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, Complicity
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
democracyamericana.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sunday Reading: A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
Some thoughts from my new piece: