Totally unregulated AI--being sneaked into the national defense bill--what could possibly go wrong?
Time to call your Senators.
Time to call your Senators.
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Totally unregulated AI--being sneaked into the national defense bill--what could possibly go wrong?
Time to call your Senators.
Time to call your Senators.
I cannot believe what we are tolerating.
Grateful for the work of these researchers and hope the result is some justice, however late and inadequate it will be.
Grateful for the work of these researchers and hope the result is some justice, however late and inadequate it will be.
"You Have Arrived in Hell": New Evidence Confirms Torture of Deported Venezuelans in El Salvador. New report confirms my warnings in March: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador were tortured. Half had no criminal record. Many were asylum seekers.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
"You Have Arrived in Hell": New Evidence Confirms Torture of Deported Venezuelans in El Salvador
A new HRW report confirms what I warned about in March: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador were systematically tortured. Half had no criminal record. Many were asylum seekers. We paid for this.
austinkocher.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I cannot believe what we are tolerating.
Grateful for the work of these researchers and hope the result is some justice, however late and inadequate it will be.
Grateful for the work of these researchers and hope the result is some justice, however late and inadequate it will be.
There is never a bottom. Great piece by Will Bunch.
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There is never a bottom. Great piece by Will Bunch.
I’m a huge proponent of roles.
Pete and James Talarico kill it.
Pete and James Talarico kill it.
Pete Buttigieg would be a good DNC spokesperson.
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’m a huge proponent of roles.
Pete and James Talarico kill it.
Pete and James Talarico kill it.
This is awesome and should be happening everywhere. ✊🏼
huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for @siembranc.bsky.social’s “Safe to Work, Safe to School” training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump’s mass deportation effort.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is awesome and should be happening everywhere. ✊🏼
Death by apathy.
If you want to destroy democracy, there’s a manual.
Authoritarians like Trump follow the steps.
Citizens lose freedoms slowly, one at a time.
The most important enabler is the public’s inaction.
You can stop this today, but not tomorrow.
Silence is complicity!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Authoritarians like Trump follow the steps.
Citizens lose freedoms slowly, one at a time.
The most important enabler is the public’s inaction.
You can stop this today, but not tomorrow.
Silence is complicity!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Death by apathy.
Amazing story. In Louisiana, no less.
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Amazing story. In Louisiana, no less.
Starbucks coffee is shit and overpriced. Unionizing is the least they can and should do, how is this a question.
Lots of great non-Starbucks options for your coffee! Pay them a visit until the greedy Starbucks owners decide to treat their workers with dignity.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Starbucks coffee is shit and overpriced. Unionizing is the least they can and should do, how is this a question.
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The MOST surprising thing about the latest Epstein reveals is
that literally ANYONE is surprised by it.
How did ANYONE not believe he was a pedophile years ago?
How could ANYONE see that much smoke and assume there was no fire.
The people who voted for him don’t care that he is a pedophile.
that literally ANYONE is surprised by it.
How did ANYONE not believe he was a pedophile years ago?
How could ANYONE see that much smoke and assume there was no fire.
The people who voted for him don’t care that he is a pedophile.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The MOST surprising thing about the latest Epstein reveals is
that literally ANYONE is surprised by it.
How did ANYONE not believe he was a pedophile years ago?
How could ANYONE see that much smoke and assume there was no fire.
The people who voted for him don’t care that he is a pedophile.
that literally ANYONE is surprised by it.
How did ANYONE not believe he was a pedophile years ago?
How could ANYONE see that much smoke and assume there was no fire.
The people who voted for him don’t care that he is a pedophile.
But her emails.
In retrospect, maybe when he said "grab 'em by the pussy," he meant "grab 'em by the pussy." But who could have known, really?
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
But her emails.
I’d say dereliction of duty, but he did just as he was supposed to. Unforgivable.
You know who had access to every page of the Epstein files and opted not to release them?
MERRICK MOTHER FUCKING GARLAND!!!!
MERRICK MOTHER FUCKING GARLAND!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’d say dereliction of duty, but he did just as he was supposed to. Unforgivable.
He thinks we’re fucking morons. I mean, a lot of us are, true. But still. This makes my brain crack. Just the dickest dick.
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
He thinks we’re fucking morons. I mean, a lot of us are, true. But still. This makes my brain crack. Just the dickest dick.
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We have long possessed the ability to have everyone fed, clothed and housed and have chosen not to do so. Now, this regime demands the power to commit more aggravated impoverishment.
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We have long possessed the ability to have everyone fed, clothed and housed and have chosen not to do so. Now, this regime demands the power to commit more aggravated impoverishment.
I cannot believe what we are tolerating.
These operations would be unlawful even if those murdered had all been criminals. But it's important to show just how much deception is involved from start to finish in this gruesome charade.
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I cannot believe what we are tolerating.
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Ever notice how the media constantly reports on courts ordering trump to do something and then rarely reports him entirely ignoring those courts without consequence?
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ever notice how the media constantly reports on courts ordering trump to do something and then rarely reports him entirely ignoring those courts without consequence?
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Or what will happen?
The enforcement mechanism of the courts being held within the executive branch is a huge oversight by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
They're essentially toothless against a rogue executive.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
The enforcement mechanism of the courts being held within the executive branch is a huge oversight by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
They're essentially toothless against a rogue executive.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
SNAP benefits must be fully paid by Trump administration by Friday, judge orders
The Trump administration recently said it would not pay any SNAP benefits, but then offered partial funding of the food stamp program after a judge's ruling.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Or what will happen?
The enforcement mechanism of the courts being held within the executive branch is a huge oversight by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
They're essentially toothless against a rogue executive.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
The enforcement mechanism of the courts being held within the executive branch is a huge oversight by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
They're essentially toothless against a rogue executive.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
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One of the last things you should be, in this fat ass country, is hungry. You shouldn't even have the ability to turn off people getting food in this country. This whole system is fucked.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
One of the last things you should be, in this fat ass country, is hungry. You shouldn't even have the ability to turn off people getting food in this country. This whole system is fucked.
I read 🇺🇸 as Republicans.
I am literally so sick of 🇺🇸 in every single way, they’ve ruined the global economy, they’ve attacked their neighbours, they’ve made indecency standard, they’ve ruined sports, everything they touch turns to monetized shit and then they whine how the world doesn’t feel sorry for them enough.
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I read 🇺🇸 as Republicans.
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I am literally so sick of 🇺🇸 in every single way, they’ve ruined the global economy, they’ve attacked their neighbours, they’ve made indecency standard, they’ve ruined sports, everything they touch turns to monetized shit and then they whine how the world doesn’t feel sorry for them enough.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am literally so sick of 🇺🇸 in every single way, they’ve ruined the global economy, they’ve attacked their neighbours, they’ve made indecency standard, they’ve ruined sports, everything they touch turns to monetized shit and then they whine how the world doesn’t feel sorry for them enough.
What incentive do they have to come back, ever?
I posted three weeks ago that Johnson is going to keep Congress out at least until the new year.
I see no reason to amend that prediction.
I see no reason to amend that prediction.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What incentive do they have to come back, ever?
Not me. Furious, hands down.
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Not me. Furious, hands down.
The Rude Pundit is my id.
America Is Living in the Trumpian Darkness Now rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/10/amer...
America Is Living in the Trumpian Darkness Now
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Rude Pundit is my id.
This is my greatest realization and disappointment.
"This is how fascism thrives. It does not interrupt normal life, it depends on it. The ordinary becomes its camouflage, the daily routine its accomplice. And if it feels normal right now, that should terrify you."--Frederick Joseph
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is my greatest realization and disappointment.
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NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.