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This seems like the place to be to follow the last season of America. Sigh.
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Fuck you if you support him.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fuck you if you support him.
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Whatever comes out of them, today's talks in Moscow are a diplomatic all-time low for the US. Incompetent, mercurial envoys trying to reset relations w one of the worst regimes in the world at the expense of the victim of unprovoked aggression and the security of America's best allies in Europe.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Whatever comes out of them, today's talks in Moscow are a diplomatic all-time low for the US. Incompetent, mercurial envoys trying to reset relations w one of the worst regimes in the world at the expense of the victim of unprovoked aggression and the security of America's best allies in Europe.
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This is the roughly the ratio of the foreign-born population which existed for half a century from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is the roughly the ratio of the foreign-born population which existed for half a century from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Didn't someone just get murdered in DC that was front page news around the country and caused the Trump administration to change its immigration policy toward an entire country?
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Didn't someone just get murdered in DC that was front page news around the country and caused the Trump administration to change its immigration policy toward an entire country?
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
A Houston-specific one for Texas
1. Feeder Road
2. Crawfish and Noodles
3. Westheimer
4. Montrose
5. Beyonce Visited Here Once
6. Slabs
7. Chopped and Screwed
8. Orbit
9. Construction on I-45
10. Clutch City or Choke City
11. We Have a Problem
12. Fajitas at Ninfa's
13. Traffic
1. Feeder Road
2. Crawfish and Noodles
3. Westheimer
4. Montrose
5. Beyonce Visited Here Once
6. Slabs
7. Chopped and Screwed
8. Orbit
9. Construction on I-45
10. Clutch City or Choke City
11. We Have a Problem
12. Fajitas at Ninfa's
13. Traffic
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A Houston-specific one for Texas
1. Feeder Road
2. Crawfish and Noodles
3. Westheimer
4. Montrose
5. Beyonce Visited Here Once
6. Slabs
7. Chopped and Screwed
8. Orbit
9. Construction on I-45
10. Clutch City or Choke City
11. We Have a Problem
12. Fajitas at Ninfa's
13. Traffic
1. Feeder Road
2. Crawfish and Noodles
3. Westheimer
4. Montrose
5. Beyonce Visited Here Once
6. Slabs
7. Chopped and Screwed
8. Orbit
9. Construction on I-45
10. Clutch City or Choke City
11. We Have a Problem
12. Fajitas at Ninfa's
13. Traffic
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
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Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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🔥MUST-WATCH: “People on the right use the term ‘WOKE-ISM’ to deflect and distract from class politics. DOGE was a perfect example.”
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🔥MUST-WATCH: “People on the right use the term ‘WOKE-ISM’ to deflect and distract from class politics. DOGE was a perfect example.”
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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When the Senate confirmed Hegseth, it had good information that he was an emotionally dysregulated drunk who had committed a horrific sexual assault. The war crimes are on every member who voted for him knowing exactly who he is.
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When the Senate confirmed Hegseth, it had good information that he was an emotionally dysregulated drunk who had committed a horrific sexual assault. The war crimes are on every member who voted for him knowing exactly who he is.
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At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.