SteveLibrarian
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The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
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There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
By way of contrast, my very un-Irish New-England-bred late mother once said to me, attempting a burn, “You look like a starving rock musician!”
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
By way of contrast, my very un-Irish New-England-bred late mother once said to me, attempting a burn, “You look like a starving rock musician!”
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I had to check to see if this was real. It’s only the start of a tweet, but it’s real.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I had to check to see if this was real. It’s only the start of a tweet, but it’s real.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
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McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
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/ because he objected to the Defense Department reimbursing travel costs to female soldiers for abortions. Johnson closed the House for weeks, violating Art. 1, sec. 5 of the Constitution.
We need to change rules that let a single senator or representative block the normal work of government.
We need to change rules that let a single senator or representative block the normal work of government.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
/ because he objected to the Defense Department reimbursing travel costs to female soldiers for abortions. Johnson closed the House for weeks, violating Art. 1, sec. 5 of the Constitution.
We need to change rules that let a single senator or representative block the normal work of government.
We need to change rules that let a single senator or representative block the normal work of government.
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Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
Wild. Every other administration dating back to Eisenhower could pull it off. 🤡
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wild. Every other administration dating back to Eisenhower could pull it off. 🤡
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This is what "getting your ass kicked" looks like.
And this is through October with a refreshed Model Y and the new 3-row Model "YL".
And this is through October with a refreshed Model Y and the new 3-row Model "YL".
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is what "getting your ass kicked" looks like.
And this is through October with a refreshed Model Y and the new 3-row Model "YL".
And this is through October with a refreshed Model Y and the new 3-row Model "YL".
"What's the point of standards?" is a leader with a crush on mediocrity.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"What's the point of standards?" is a leader with a crush on mediocrity.
With everything else going on, I didn't catch that Sam Altman's addiction to lying might finally be catching up with him. Liar Liar pants on fire... so many pants & so many fires that they could fuel all the extra data centers.
Sam Altman’s pants are totally on fire
Even for him, his latest whopper is something
garymarcus.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
With everything else going on, I didn't catch that Sam Altman's addiction to lying might finally be catching up with him. Liar Liar pants on fire... so many pants & so many fires that they could fuel all the extra data centers.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
"It took us weeks to realize we were facing the same dangers as foreign correspondents in conflict zones — the threat of violence, retaliation and the exhaustion of sustained trauma coverage."
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
www.poynter.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"It took us weeks to realize we were facing the same dangers as foreign correspondents in conflict zones — the threat of violence, retaliation and the exhaustion of sustained trauma coverage."
I'd loooooove to see him explain how the senate works to the 39 Democratic senators who voted no.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'd loooooove to see him explain how the senate works to the 39 Democratic senators who voted no.
Ground News is instructive about what the right doesn't cover *at all,* such as Trump renewing appeal to SCOTUS to deny SNAP funding. Not a single right wing source. Trumpers don't even know.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ground News is instructive about what the right doesn't cover *at all,* such as Trump renewing appeal to SCOTUS to deny SNAP funding. Not a single right wing source. Trumpers don't even know.
Once upon a time this was so normal that it went unremarked. Reading anywhere was normal. Parks, trains, cafes, the beach. So normal that commenting on it would have been like commenting on people having conversations or eating candy bars. Boringly normal.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Once upon a time this was so normal that it went unremarked. Reading anywhere was normal. Parks, trains, cafes, the beach. So normal that commenting on it would have been like commenting on people having conversations or eating candy bars. Boringly normal.
GenAI is a bubble. IDK enough to know if it's bigger than the dot com bubble (NASDAQ 1/2 value in a year) or the housing bubble (DOW 1/2 value in a year), but it's a bubble.
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
GenAI is a bubble. IDK enough to know if it's bigger than the dot com bubble (NASDAQ 1/2 value in a year) or the housing bubble (DOW 1/2 value in a year), but it's a bubble.
Holy shit these people are criminally ignorant. Or they really just want poor people to die young.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Holy shit these people are criminally ignorant. Or they really just want poor people to die young.
At least there's a bit of good news today
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At least there's a bit of good news today