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Science is not truth.
Science is finding the truth.
When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
Science is finding the truth.
When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
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"I've heard a lot of people criticize Trump for talking to Putin. You don't have to agree with Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, but if you want to achieve peace, you have to be strong and talk to people. You have to engage in aggressive, active diplomacy." - Vance
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"I've heard a lot of people criticize Trump for talking to Putin. You don't have to agree with Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, but if you want to achieve peace, you have to be strong and talk to people. You have to engage in aggressive, active diplomacy." - Vance
It goes back farther, but Bill Casey is a good point to which we can trace the rapid downfall.
"My shorthand term for this is the Cheney-Rumsfeld era, because it doesn’t matter what corruption and institutionalized organized crime I am looking at, all roads in the US seem to eventually lead to Iran-Contra and those twin heads of modern coercion and crime." #3E
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It goes back farther, but Bill Casey is a good point to which we can trace the rapid downfall.
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"In 2025, the US is France. As impunity and lawlessness have grown in the US over the last several decades, it has also grown everywhere else. Even now, in the days of dwindling US status as a global endo-ideal, US news is watched more than anywhere on earth." #3E #EndImpunity 🧵
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November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"In 2025, the US is France. As impunity and lawlessness have grown in the US over the last several decades, it has also grown everywhere else. Even now, in the days of dwindling US status as a global endo-ideal, US news is watched more than anywhere on earth." #3E #EndImpunity 🧵
This hits the nail on the head. We've had some bad Presidents, but none of them have coupled corruption and incompetence like Trump.
Typical Trump - not a shred of goodwill, just insults & threats, same old childish behaviour most of us stopped when we were about 3 years old.
Trump is badly damaged goods, a demented psychopathic grifter.
Trump is badly damaged goods, a demented psychopathic grifter.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This hits the nail on the head. We've had some bad Presidents, but none of them have coupled corruption and incompetence like Trump.
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The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it was seeking new administrative and legislative reforms as it reported a $9 billion yearly loss, down slightly from the prior fiscal year results.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it was seeking new administrative and legislative reforms as it reported a $9 billion yearly loss, down slightly from the prior fiscal year results.
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Trump has destroyed all credibility in government departments. The latest one: the Justice Department classifying fentanyl as a chemical weapon to justify murdering civilians in small boats.
Words mean nothing any more. Neither does authority. We do what we want. Take or leave our excuse.
Words mean nothing any more. Neither does authority. We do what we want. Take or leave our excuse.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump has destroyed all credibility in government departments. The latest one: the Justice Department classifying fentanyl as a chemical weapon to justify murdering civilians in small boats.
Words mean nothing any more. Neither does authority. We do what we want. Take or leave our excuse.
Words mean nothing any more. Neither does authority. We do what we want. Take or leave our excuse.
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America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
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Compare that to what the tax credit formula is SCHEDULED to change to:
If my family earns exactly $106,600 next year, the benchmark plan will cost us $894/month or $10,732/yr.
If we earn $106,601 next year, it will cost us $26,212.
That's $15,480 more...or an additional 15% of our GROSS income.
If my family earns exactly $106,600 next year, the benchmark plan will cost us $894/month or $10,732/yr.
If we earn $106,601 next year, it will cost us $26,212.
That's $15,480 more...or an additional 15% of our GROSS income.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Compare that to what the tax credit formula is SCHEDULED to change to:
If my family earns exactly $106,600 next year, the benchmark plan will cost us $894/month or $10,732/yr.
If we earn $106,601 next year, it will cost us $26,212.
That's $15,480 more...or an additional 15% of our GROSS income.
If my family earns exactly $106,600 next year, the benchmark plan will cost us $894/month or $10,732/yr.
If we earn $106,601 next year, it will cost us $26,212.
That's $15,480 more...or an additional 15% of our GROSS income.
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We here on BlueSky are way more likely to actually read the NYT than the folks who remain on Twitter.
I have an @nytimes.com subscription that I'm thinking of cancelling.
Though I would miss @nytwirecutter.bsky.social
I have an @nytimes.com subscription that I'm thinking of cancelling.
Though I would miss @nytwirecutter.bsky.social
you can tell bsky is a viable social media platform the way clouds of NYT contributors are crashing out on the timeline today
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We here on BlueSky are way more likely to actually read the NYT than the folks who remain on Twitter.
I have an @nytimes.com subscription that I'm thinking of cancelling.
Though I would miss @nytwirecutter.bsky.social
I have an @nytimes.com subscription that I'm thinking of cancelling.
Though I would miss @nytwirecutter.bsky.social
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Yep
It looks like, they traded silence on one issue, for access on another.
I'd like to hear some comments from Maggie Haberman.
It looks like, they traded silence on one issue, for access on another.
I'd like to hear some comments from Maggie Haberman.
The NYT focus on HRC's emails can now be understood as projection
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yep
It looks like, they traded silence on one issue, for access on another.
I'd like to hear some comments from Maggie Haberman.
It looks like, they traded silence on one issue, for access on another.
I'd like to hear some comments from Maggie Haberman.
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This would be the inflection point imo. If he were to veto it, suddenly it becomes a Nixon/Goldwater moment. There is no way Trump would survive.
If he's polling in the 20's, they'll cut him loose to save their own asses.
If he's polling in the 20's, they'll cut him loose to save their own asses.
passes HR 185 as amended, it goes to the president; he most likely will veto it (but who knows, with this president, under conditions he changes seemingly second to second?).
• If Trump signs HR 185, it becomes law and requires DOJ to release the records specified, in the manner specified.
• If he
• If Trump signs HR 185, it becomes law and requires DOJ to release the records specified, in the manner specified.
• If he
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This would be the inflection point imo. If he were to veto it, suddenly it becomes a Nixon/Goldwater moment. There is no way Trump would survive.
If he's polling in the 20's, they'll cut him loose to save their own asses.
If he's polling in the 20's, they'll cut him loose to save their own asses.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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What the occupied town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast looks like today💔
Russia's crimes must be stopped and punished.
📹Center for Countering Disinformation
Russia's crimes must be stopped and punished.
📹Center for Countering Disinformation
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What the occupied town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast looks like today💔
Russia's crimes must be stopped and punished.
📹Center for Countering Disinformation
Russia's crimes must be stopped and punished.
📹Center for Countering Disinformation
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Part of the cult mindset is that our side always says that bad things don't matter. It helps him. Be shocked and outraged!
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Part of the cult mindset is that our side always says that bad things don't matter. It helps him. Be shocked and outraged!
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Hot take: This is a Ben Bradlee-type "holy shit" story times 1,000 even though it's completely unsurprising.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hot take: This is a Ben Bradlee-type "holy shit" story times 1,000 even though it's completely unsurprising.
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Ukrainians: No electricity, no connection, no heat and NO RUSSIANS!
YouTube video by ONEST
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November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Oh, Canada. What are you doing to us?
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh, Canada. What are you doing to us?
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A cool thing about baseball is one day someone thought “wow, that guy threw it pretty close to me, I wonder if I could just run at him and…beat him up” and he tried it and everyone was like “…this kind of rocks, this should be part of the sport”
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A cool thing about baseball is one day someone thought “wow, that guy threw it pretty close to me, I wonder if I could just run at him and…beat him up” and he tried it and everyone was like “…this kind of rocks, this should be part of the sport”
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If we were really going to "run the government like a business," Costco is the actual model we'd want to follow.
Let's again stipulate that the government is not a business & the whole idea it should run like one is a dumb category error. But if anyone was actually serious about running the government like a business & eliminating waste, the model would be Costco & not a single person/firm from Silicon Valley.
Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If we were really going to "run the government like a business," Costco is the actual model we'd want to follow.
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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.