Hal Davis
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Retired public safety team leader at St. Paul Pioneer Press. Flâneur. Reminded daily I should listen...
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A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents:
It does not provide immunity for prior crimes.
It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet.
Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
It does not provide immunity for prior crimes.
It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet.
Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents:
It does not provide immunity for prior crimes.
It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet.
Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
It does not provide immunity for prior crimes.
It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet.
Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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i gotta say, regardless of how you feel about Tom Steyer, this is an outstanding campaign ad.
December 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
i gotta say, regardless of how you feel about Tom Steyer, this is an outstanding campaign ad.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of people who are happy to be cruel in the name of God,” our columnist David French writes. “Jesus told us to take up our own cross, not to nail others to that terrible tree.”
“When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of people who are happy to be cruel in the name of God,” our columnist David French writes. “Jesus told us to take up our own cross, not to nail others to that terrible tree.”
Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
Living in the upside-down kingdom of God.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of people who are happy to be cruel in the name of God,” our columnist David French writes. “Jesus told us to take up our own cross, not to nail others to that terrible tree.”
“When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of people who are happy to be cruel in the name of God,” our columnist David French writes. “Jesus told us to take up our own cross, not to nail others to that terrible tree.”
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The most annoying thing about genAI is that eventually the genAI proponents are going to get to the end of the novelty of it, realize its limitations, and then claim to be the innovators of doing things the long way without genAI. Call it "slow productivity" or something.
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The most annoying thing about genAI is that eventually the genAI proponents are going to get to the end of the novelty of it, realize its limitations, and then claim to be the innovators of doing things the long way without genAI. Call it "slow productivity" or something.
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What Trump and his allies are doing, after all, is not really about honoring him. These tributes are meant to carry the same message as an unrepaired hole in the wall left by a violent domestic abuser’s fist.
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The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down.
trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What Trump and his allies are doing, after all, is not really about honoring him. These tributes are meant to carry the same message as an unrepaired hole in the wall left by a violent domestic abuser’s fist.
trib.al/ZqNdtXt
trib.al/ZqNdtXt
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Bonta: The Ninth Circuit refused to stay the order. And so, for the first time in six months, we have no National Guard deployed on the streets of California.
Popok: Have they been taken off the streets?
Bonta: They have. It was required as of, I believe, Monday.
Popok: Have they been taken off the streets?
Bonta: They have. It was required as of, I believe, Monday.
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bonta: The Ninth Circuit refused to stay the order. And so, for the first time in six months, we have no National Guard deployed on the streets of California.
Popok: Have they been taken off the streets?
Bonta: They have. It was required as of, I believe, Monday.
Popok: Have they been taken off the streets?
Bonta: They have. It was required as of, I believe, Monday.
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Fudali: This is what we call in the civil litigation world a document dump, where you hide things in plain sight by throwing out a massive volume of documents with zero context, no order, no rhyme or reason, and then force the people who actually want information to dig through it.
December 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fudali: This is what we call in the civil litigation world a document dump, where you hide things in plain sight by throwing out a massive volume of documents with zero context, no order, no rhyme or reason, and then force the people who actually want information to dig through it.
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
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How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/cbp9rs8
Transcript: Trump Explodes Over Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Worsen
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/cbp9rs8
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Many people claim AI is “hype,” but the fact is it—along with the algorithms and machine learning they rely on—is potentially more dangerous than nukes to humanity.
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Many people claim AI is “hype,” but the fact is it—along with the algorithms and machine learning they rely on—is potentially more dangerous than nukes to humanity.
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It's definitely not the biggest issue created by ICE, but I had in fact been thinking about how they have routinely dragged people out of their cars and left the cars where they'd get towed by the city.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Immigrant, BIPOC-run tow companies save the day when ICE arrests leave cars abandoned
Leo’s Tow and Galeana’s Towing & Services are offering free or discounted towing services to immigrants arrested by ICE whose cars are left abandoned.
sahanjournal.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It's definitely not the biggest issue created by ICE, but I had in fact been thinking about how they have routinely dragged people out of their cars and left the cars where they'd get towed by the city.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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White House Deputy Press Secretary gets community noted
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
White House Deputy Press Secretary gets community noted
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Trump renaming Washington Moment and mounting a personal identifying touch on top.
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump renaming Washington Moment and mounting a personal identifying touch on top.
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“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
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December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
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