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Jerome Frank + Frank Murphy fan
NYU Law
As a mild fan of the musical, and despite MOSTLY liking Wicked Part 1 ... I am sorry to report that Wicked Part 2 is not good.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As a mild fan of the musical, and despite MOSTLY liking Wicked Part 1 ... I am sorry to report that Wicked Part 2 is not good.
Trying to find a pharmacy that has adderall in stock is my least favorite regular chore.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trying to find a pharmacy that has adderall in stock is my least favorite regular chore.
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
I’m usually not a fan of engaging with grok … but these are pretty funny.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I’m usually not a fan of engaging with grok … but these are pretty funny.
Jesus Christ.
Grok defaming a Palestinian journalist … and then, in the replies, seemingly alternating between saying “no it’s true” and “oh wait I actually don’t have any evidence; this guy should be respected.”
Grok defaming a Palestinian journalist … and then, in the replies, seemingly alternating between saying “no it’s true” and “oh wait I actually don’t have any evidence; this guy should be respected.”
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Jesus Christ.
Grok defaming a Palestinian journalist … and then, in the replies, seemingly alternating between saying “no it’s true” and “oh wait I actually don’t have any evidence; this guy should be respected.”
Grok defaming a Palestinian journalist … and then, in the replies, seemingly alternating between saying “no it’s true” and “oh wait I actually don’t have any evidence; this guy should be respected.”
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KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
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this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
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“His tone was especially unbecoming for an immigrant” is a stunningly fucked-up thing to think, let alone put out into the world. It’s nasty work, even by the Post’s standards
When Republicans win elections: The people have spoken, we must let them implement their agenda.
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“His tone was especially unbecoming for an immigrant” is a stunningly fucked-up thing to think, let alone put out into the world. It’s nasty work, even by the Post’s standards
Naomi Wolf is claiming election fraud re: the NYC mayoral election … somehow I doubt I’m going to be able to persuade her otherwise.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Naomi Wolf is claiming election fraud re: the NYC mayoral election … somehow I doubt I’m going to be able to persuade her otherwise.
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remember all those hot takes during the primary about how Mamdani was the candidate for rich white liberals? a "champagne socialist" ?
yeah, about that
yeah, about that
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
remember all those hot takes during the primary about how Mamdani was the candidate for rich white liberals? a "champagne socialist" ?
yeah, about that
yeah, about that
stay classy, twitter
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
stay classy, twitter
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He is proposing five municipal grocery stores
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
He is proposing five municipal grocery stores
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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JUST IN: Unusual filing in Tish James case. DOJ says it isn't complying with judge's order to turn over discovery on selective prosecution issue. Usual procedure would be move to reconsider the order but prosecutors file 'notice' telling judge no. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#46 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE Of Reasons for Not Providing Pre-Vindictive/Selective Prosecution Motion Related Discovery by USA as to Letitia A. James (Keller, Roger) (Entered: 11/04/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
JUST IN: Unusual filing in Tish James case. DOJ says it isn't complying with judge's order to turn over discovery on selective prosecution issue. Usual procedure would be move to reconsider the order but prosecutors file 'notice' telling judge no. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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yeah why might it be harder for someone to break 50% in a three-way race versus a two-way race. obviously it has something to do with ideology.
The Better Things Aren't Possible Wing has declared Spanberger is The Future Of The Democratic Party with this transparently stupid line fed to one of their press familiars
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
yeah why might it be harder for someone to break 50% in a three-way race versus a two-way race. obviously it has something to do with ideology.
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Jfc. Her islamophobia is off the charts. One of her Insta stories is a Londoner talking about Sadiq Khan imposing no-go zones and sharia courts in London.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Jfc. Her islamophobia is off the charts. One of her Insta stories is a Londoner talking about Sadiq Khan imposing no-go zones and sharia courts in London.
I was just on the phone with Dick Cheney telling him I thought a Muslim guy would be elected mayor of nyc today, and the line cut short. Can someone go check on him?
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I was just on the phone with Dick Cheney telling him I thought a Muslim guy would be elected mayor of nyc today, and the line cut short. Can someone go check on him?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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How many “hops” am I away from a known member of a designated terrorist organization? I filed a brief in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, so is that one hop from a “known” terrorist?
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How many “hops” am I away from a known member of a designated terrorist organization? I filed a brief in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, so is that one hop from a “known” terrorist?
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cool cool cool cool cool
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
cool cool cool cool cool
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A new report into why Democrats lost in 2024 arrives at its answer in part by pretending that popular GOP talking points about the party were official Dem policy proposals last year. And it does not grapple with how the GOP escaped its unpopular, real agenda
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A new report into why Democrats lost in 2024 arrives at its answer in part by pretending that popular GOP talking points about the party were official Dem policy proposals last year. And it does not grapple with how the GOP escaped its unpopular, real agenda
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
Insane comeback for Texas ... gotta feel bad for Arch Manning. His best game in a not-good season ... and it clearly looked like he was badly concussed after a big hit to the head (his teammates pulling him up limp).
October 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Insane comeback for Texas ... gotta feel bad for Arch Manning. His best game in a not-good season ... and it clearly looked like he was badly concussed after a big hit to the head (his teammates pulling him up limp).
Even if it's aa true misrepresentation, I love the idea that the Reagan Foundation could sue if someone misrepresents Ronald Reagan.
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Even if it's aa true misrepresentation, I love the idea that the Reagan Foundation could sue if someone misrepresents Ronald Reagan.
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Even if you’re already against the death penalty — even if you’re already a prison abolitionist, please read this. It is devastating. No society worth redemption engages in state-sanctioned torture and murder.
They tortured him.
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
open.substack.com/pub/treadbyl...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
open.substack.com/pub/treadbyl...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Even if you’re already against the death penalty — even if you’re already a prison abolitionist, please read this. It is devastating. No society worth redemption engages in state-sanctioned torture and murder.