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Assistant Ketchup Sommelier - center fielder 1908 Chicago Brown Sox’s - third chair kazoo of the Whoville municipal brass band
Motto: “We all need more equality and less bullsh!t”
Motto: “We all need more equality and less bullsh!t”
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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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Oh I'm stealing that coinage for sure
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Oh I'm stealing that coinage for sure
Congress issues commissions. They should be able to also rescind them.
I think about this a lot. How does the military come back from this kind of norm erosion?
Increasingly you see officers empowered to shout partisan screeds from the heart of the digital town square.
Tomorrow always comes, but how do we repair the professional norm and win back trust?
Increasingly you see officers empowered to shout partisan screeds from the heart of the digital town square.
Tomorrow always comes, but how do we repair the professional norm and win back trust?
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Congress issues commissions. They should be able to also rescind them.
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I was going to quit all my bad habits for the new year, but then I remembered that nobody likes a quitter.
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I was going to quit all my bad habits for the new year, but then I remembered that nobody likes a quitter.
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You gotta love when a fucking journalist uses the passive voice for having axed 300 great journalists.
"Many heads have been chopped."
"Many heads have been chopped."
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
You gotta love when a fucking journalist uses the passive voice for having axed 300 great journalists.
"Many heads have been chopped."
"Many heads have been chopped."
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What did Audre Lorde say about the power of the erotic?
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
What did Audre Lorde say about the power of the erotic?
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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While this makes me very happy (because anything that foils the Russians makes me happy), it’s also a timely reminder to all modern militaries that their tech toys can also be points of weakness. They’re all vulnerable in various ways. Better keep training in lower tech fighting and other skills too
3 minutes of pure, unfiltered russian tears about Starlink shutdown:
“In a single night we utterly descended into the Stone Age 😭”
“We don’t have internet to aim our missiles 😭”
Music to my ears 😁
“In a single night we utterly descended into the Stone Age 😭”
“We don’t have internet to aim our missiles 😭”
Music to my ears 😁
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
While this makes me very happy (because anything that foils the Russians makes me happy), it’s also a timely reminder to all modern militaries that their tech toys can also be points of weakness. They’re all vulnerable in various ways. Better keep training in lower tech fighting and other skills too
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Just last week watched Sir Ian McKellen perform this live on stage in Chicago.
Strongly recommend.
Strongly recommend.
"The Stranger's Case," William Shakespeare Sir Thomas Moore: Act II Scene 4
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Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,
Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage,
Plodding to the ports and costs for transportation ...
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Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,
Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage,
Plodding to the ports and costs for transportation ...
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Just last week watched Sir Ian McKellen perform this live on stage in Chicago.
Strongly recommend.
Strongly recommend.
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On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
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There is a Minecraft YouTuber who has an afternoon show on Classic FM mostly playing video game soundtracks
I wonder if people who don't play video games are aware of just how much incredible music is being created in this space? If John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith were getting started today, they would be composing for some epic RPGs, not film.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
There is a Minecraft YouTuber who has an afternoon show on Classic FM mostly playing video game soundtracks
Good point!
It’s okay to notice them. But we don’t have to keep them. Happy Caturday 🐈⬛🤍
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Good point!
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
Yes please. I’m pretty sure Grover is my muppet persona at a conference
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Yes please. I’m pretty sure Grover is my muppet persona at a conference
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Animal doing the Garfinkel thing when everyone is in an elevator.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Animal doing the Garfinkel thing when everyone is in an elevator.
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Statler and Waldorf have more of a comment than a question
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Statler and Waldorf have more of a comment than a question
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
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The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
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Grown adults using the word WOKE, because they lack the courage to come out and say that they don't give a sh*t about other people, will never fail to amaze me.
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Grown adults using the word WOKE, because they lack the courage to come out and say that they don't give a sh*t about other people, will never fail to amaze me.
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NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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I mean, look at how disastrous letting an Ivy Leaguer like him into the military turned out to be?
Debased the entire military.
Debased the entire military.
Pentagon ends training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard, Hegseth says reut.rs/4annPv3
Pentagon ends training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard, Hegseth says
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said late on Friday his department was ending all military training, fellowships, and certificate programs with Harvard University.
reut.rs
February 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I mean, look at how disastrous letting an Ivy Leaguer like him into the military turned out to be?
Debased the entire military.
Debased the entire military.
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Rosa DeLauro was born before The Little Prince was published — in English OR French. She was born before the first production jet aircraft took flight. She was born before Norman Rockwell painted "Rosie the Riveter."
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Rosa DeLauro was born before The Little Prince was published — in English OR French. She was born before the first production jet aircraft took flight. She was born before Norman Rockwell painted "Rosie the Riveter."
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
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good* to know
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
good* to know