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Sadly, with the CDC defunded, we won't be able to research or cure the devastating spine-wasting disease among Republicans.
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Catholic bishops collectively taking to Tik Tok to decry the war on immigrants is very notable: www.tiktok.com/@usbishops/v...
“We as Catholic bishops love our country and pray for its peace and prosperity. For this very reason, we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignit...
TikTok video by usbishops
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Catholic bishops collectively taking to Tik Tok to decry the war on immigrants is very notable: www.tiktok.com/@usbishops/v...
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It's been known for a while but demands more coverage.
Ehud Barak is friendly with the media. He should answer questions about his involvement with Epstein.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-sp...
Ehud Barak is friendly with the media. He should answer questions about his involvement with Epstein.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-sp...
Israeli Spy Stayed for Weeks at a Time at Jeffrey Epstein's Mansion
Leaked emails show Epstein working on a wire transfer to Ehud Barak's top aide, Yoni Koren, who regularly stayed at his apartment.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's been known for a while but demands more coverage.
Ehud Barak is friendly with the media. He should answer questions about his involvement with Epstein.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-sp...
Ehud Barak is friendly with the media. He should answer questions about his involvement with Epstein.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-sp...
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It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
Trump: "Right behind me by the way, in about 2 years from now, is a much bigger room. This will be the entrance. That's a knockout panel. It looks pretty nice right now but it'll look a lot better in a little while... The future entrance to something that's really become very popular, the ballroom."
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
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“Reporters, as a general rule, are not encouraged to give strategic PR advice to public figures about whom they might be writing, whether or not their interlocutor is a convicted sex trafficker.”
Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about
The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Reporters, as a general rule, are not encouraged to give strategic PR advice to public figures about whom they might be writing, whether or not their interlocutor is a convicted sex trafficker.”
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The other NY paper got it right.
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The other NY paper got it right.
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What. The. Actual. …
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What. The. Actual. …
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"JESUS BEST COMPANION." Worn it 25 years. Armor of God. "Quality hat," I said. Yes, said Ambrose. "Because the enemy, he will come. He come at you. He come at me." But the hat. "You love somebody, you got to tell them." Asked if I was a believer, too. I'm not. "But you love somebody?" I do.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"JESUS BEST COMPANION." Worn it 25 years. Armor of God. "Quality hat," I said. Yes, said Ambrose. "Because the enemy, he will come. He come at you. He come at me." But the hat. "You love somebody, you got to tell them." Asked if I was a believer, too. I'm not. "But you love somebody?" I do.
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An admin official proactively called Fox to help spread the news: bsky.app/profile/acyn...
FOX: Fox can now confirm that Eric Swalwell has been criminally referred to the DOJ accused of mortgage fraud.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
An admin official proactively called Fox to help spread the news: bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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This is the smartest thing I've read in ages. By the end I was practically cheering. Every word.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is the smartest thing I've read in ages. By the end I was practically cheering. Every word.
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Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
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Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized after falling near his Pennsylvania home and sustaining “minor injuries” to his face, the senator's spokesperson said.
Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized with 'minor injuries' after fall related to heart issue
The Pennsylvania Democrat, who has faced multiple health struggles in recent years, is "doing well" and is under "routine observation" at the hospital, his spokesperson said.
nbcnews.to
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized after falling near his Pennsylvania home and sustaining “minor injuries” to his face, the senator's spokesperson said.
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The founder of the violent extremist group No Lives Matter (NLM) has been arrested in the Netherlands on child abuse and terrorism charges. Identified as “Cxrpse,” he’s linked to the Com network, a transnational web of hackers, abusers, and neo-Nazi-inspired extremists.
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Founder of No Lives Matter Arrested on Child Abuse and Terrorism Charges
The founder of the violent extremist group No Lives Matter (NLM) has been arrested on child abuse and terrorism charges. Identified as “Justin B.,” he allegedly operated online as “Cxrpse,” promoting ...
globalextremism.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The founder of the violent extremist group No Lives Matter (NLM) has been arrested in the Netherlands on child abuse and terrorism charges. Identified as “Cxrpse,” he’s linked to the Com network, a transnational web of hackers, abusers, and neo-Nazi-inspired extremists.
Read more:
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Literally LOL’ed. God I love The Onion.
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Literally LOL’ed. God I love The Onion.
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seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
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Ah yes, in Germany they called this "lebensraum"
But one thing that's important to note: this was their policy back during the campaign too even as people believed for some reason that they would only deport crininals
But one thing that's important to note: this was their policy back during the campaign too even as people believed for some reason that they would only deport crininals
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 9:53 PM
Ah yes, in Germany they called this "lebensraum"
But one thing that's important to note: this was their policy back during the campaign too even as people believed for some reason that they would only deport crininals
But one thing that's important to note: this was their policy back during the campaign too even as people believed for some reason that they would only deport crininals
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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NYT spoke with the woman who testified that, at 17, she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NYT spoke with the woman who testified that, at 17, she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
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His defense is literally "He's not a pedophile, he is just a statutory rapist!"
June 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
His defense is literally "He's not a pedophile, he is just a statutory rapist!"
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Brilliant!
‘The center’s arrangement with soccer’s international governing body will disrupt its performance schedule, forcing relocation or postponement of several concerts at an institution that has seen a sharp decline in ticket sales since it was taken over by Trump’
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
FIFA will use Kennedy Center free of charge for World Cup event, contract says
The Kennedy Center booked the World Cup draw at President Donald Trump’s urging. It will occupy much of the campus and displace planned performances.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Brilliant!
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Swell. Trump is planning to attack Venezuela.
Wednesday Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and other senior military officials presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Wednesday Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and other senior military officials presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Swell. Trump is planning to attack Venezuela.
Wednesday Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and other senior military officials presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Wednesday Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and other senior military officials presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
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A USDA employee says the Trump administration is retaliating against her for appearing on MSNBC last month and warning that the shutdown would lead to millions of people losing SNAP benefits.
A day after her interview, she was told she was being fired.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A day after her interview, she was told she was being fired.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump admin retaliates against federal worker over MSNBC interview about shutdown
A day after she appeared on MSNBC last month to talk about how millions of Americans could lose food benefits because of the shutdown, the USDA informed Ellen Mei that she was scheduled to be terminat...
www.the-independent.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A USDA employee says the Trump administration is retaliating against her for appearing on MSNBC last month and warning that the shutdown would lead to millions of people losing SNAP benefits.
A day after her interview, she was told she was being fired.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A day after her interview, she was told she was being fired.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
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An astonishing story from the @nytimes.com based on newly released documents. Waiting for the Megyn Kelly response in defense of Gaetz and Greenberg. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
An astonishing story from the @nytimes.com based on newly released documents. Waiting for the Megyn Kelly response in defense of Gaetz and Greenberg. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Today, the judge deciding the legality of Lindsey Halligan's appointment said the court reporter stopped transcribing grand jury proceedings in the Comey case at 4:28 PM. That's over TWO HOURS that's missing.
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today, the judge deciding the legality of Lindsey Halligan's appointment said the court reporter stopped transcribing grand jury proceedings in the Comey case at 4:28 PM. That's over TWO HOURS that's missing.