Karl Bode
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McConaissance Quietly Concludes
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
McConaissance Quietly Concludes
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It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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I wrote about the ways propaganda takes root, how attacks against trans people in the US and UK reflect different mythologies of protection, and why combating disinformation at the local level might be a more effective way to dismantle these frameworks than abstract online arguments with strangers.
You're soaking in it
Propaganda, transphobia, and an end to manufacturing hate.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I wrote about the ways propaganda takes root, how attacks against trans people in the US and UK reflect different mythologies of protection, and why combating disinformation at the local level might be a more effective way to dismantle these frameworks than abstract online arguments with strangers.
regulatory oversight stifles innovation
“.. some engineers argued for mechanical handles,” but “Musk’s directive was clear: Virtually everything in the new vehicle — including the doors — should be controlled electrically ..
“.. 15 people have died in crashes where Tesla doors wouldn’t open ..”
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“.. 15 people have died in crashes where Tesla doors wouldn’t open ..”
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
regulatory oversight stifles innovation
regulatory oversight stifles innovation
Elon Musk's Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
FAA documents revealed that three aircraft were in far greater danger than SpaceX let on of its Starship debris field.
futurism.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
regulatory oversight stifles innovation
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yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
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NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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It’s become impossible to ignore that Trump is hiding evidence he committed crimes with Epstein.
A journalist needs to ask Trump directly if he’s ever had sex with someone he met through Epstein, and if he’s ever slept with someone who might be under-age.
A journalist needs to ask Trump directly if he’s ever had sex with someone he met through Epstein, and if he’s ever slept with someone who might be under-age.
President Trump has responded to the release of the Epstein files, saying Monday that the release of photos risked ensnaring "highly respected" people with no connection to Epstein's crimes.
Trump calls release of photos of Clinton and others in Epstein files "a terrible thing"
President Trump has responded to the release of the Epstein files, saying Monday that the release of photos risked ensnaring "highly respected" people with no connection to Epstein's crimes.
cbsn.ws
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s become impossible to ignore that Trump is hiding evidence he committed crimes with Epstein.
A journalist needs to ask Trump directly if he’s ever had sex with someone he met through Epstein, and if he’s ever slept with someone who might be under-age.
A journalist needs to ask Trump directly if he’s ever had sex with someone he met through Epstein, and if he’s ever slept with someone who might be under-age.
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
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This person analyzes American politics for a living
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This person analyzes American politics for a living
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I wrote about Yglesias' attack on critical race theory, and why framing Black intellectuals as aggressive sneaky infiltrators threatening to murder innocent liberalism is pretty racist. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/yglesias-a...
Yglesias and Fear of a Black Intellectual
Liberal centrist inadvertently demonstrates the truth of critical race theory
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wrote about Yglesias' attack on critical race theory, and why framing Black intellectuals as aggressive sneaky infiltrators threatening to murder innocent liberalism is pretty racist. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/yglesias-a...
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I won’t be taking any criticism from these folks about what’s normal and what isn’t, thanks though
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I won’t be taking any criticism from these folks about what’s normal and what isn’t, thanks though
I'm not sure Brendan Carr believes in anything outside of careerist opportunism and a generalized disdain for corporate oversight
if the President was a brony you'd immediately see him prancing around in a velour zebra onesie
if the President was a brony you'd immediately see him prancing around in a velour zebra onesie
No one loves President Trump more than FCC Chairman Brendan Carr
Carr used to insist on FCC independence. Now he uses FCC to fight Trump's battles.
arstechnica.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm not sure Brendan Carr believes in anything outside of careerist opportunism and a generalized disdain for corporate oversight
if the President was a brony you'd immediately see him prancing around in a velour zebra onesie
if the President was a brony you'd immediately see him prancing around in a velour zebra onesie
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"back to the mines with you"
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"back to the mines with you"
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I wrote about Bari Weiss, 60 Minutes, CBS News, and what all of this says about the state of mainstream media. www.readtpa.com/p/the-kill-s...
The Kill Switch
How Bari Weiss handed the Trump administration a veto over CBS News
www.readtpa.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss, 60 Minutes, CBS News, and what all of this says about the state of mainstream media. www.readtpa.com/p/the-kill-s...
and often encourages people who might have never watched it previously to check it out to see what you're trying to hide
I vaguely remember some guy coining a phrase to explain this phenomenon
I vaguely remember some guy coining a phrase to explain this phenomenon
The thing about trying to censor content is that it gets out
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
and often encourages people who might have never watched it previously to check it out to see what you're trying to hide
I vaguely remember some guy coining a phrase to explain this phenomenon
I vaguely remember some guy coining a phrase to explain this phenomenon
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Don’t worry, guys. Special envoy to the president Ric Grenell wants you to know that the CBS thing is totally on the up and up, and not to please the admin. He’s proving that by demanding CBS fires people.
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Don’t worry, guys. Special envoy to the president Ric Grenell wants you to know that the CBS thing is totally on the up and up, and not to please the admin. He’s proving that by demanding CBS fires people.
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
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Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
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Here's Roger Goodell in the Oval Office hanging out with President Trump while he suggests suspending habeas corpus. Definitely not the kind of behavior that's detrimental to the league whatsoever
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here's Roger Goodell in the Oval Office hanging out with President Trump while he suggests suspending habeas corpus. Definitely not the kind of behavior that's detrimental to the league whatsoever
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...