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How much profit did the military earn last year?
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.3 billion in this fiscal year’s second quarter mainly due to “significant challenges out of our control,” including workers’ compensation costs, Luke Grossmann, USPS chief financial officer, said at the open session of the governing board meeting
May 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How much profit did the military earn last year?
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Alito is sermonizing about how religious parents basically should be allowed to run (read destroy) public schools. This is religious supremacy not free exercise.
April 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Alito is sermonizing about how religious parents basically should be allowed to run (read destroy) public schools. This is religious supremacy not free exercise.
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On the other site, Musk is talking about today’s protesters being paid. No one’s trying to encroach on your territory, man.
April 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On the other site, Musk is talking about today’s protesters being paid. No one’s trying to encroach on your territory, man.
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as it turns out there are worse options than hypocrisy, politically speaking
We can discuss how self-serving it was, but I do think it was valuable that Americans *used* to think that we *should* be a force for good and be willing to reach out and help. Beyond soft power, it was a good thing folks would expect us to send aid, to organize around it and to offer support.
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
as it turns out there are worse options than hypocrisy, politically speaking
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there was and is no downside — none at all — to refusing to vote for a single trump nominee. the idea that any senate democrat would be punished for "not working with him" would have dissipated as soon as one of these people was involved in a catastrophic scandal, which was a certainty.
March 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
there was and is no downside — none at all — to refusing to vote for a single trump nominee. the idea that any senate democrat would be punished for "not working with him" would have dissipated as soon as one of these people was involved in a catastrophic scandal, which was a certainty.
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i wonder if any of the sensible centrists are going to call axios hysterical for making this straightforward observation
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i wonder if any of the sensible centrists are going to call axios hysterical for making this straightforward observation
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Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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Today, on Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we honor Dr. David Gunn, murdered in 1993 by a white supremacist anti-abortion extremist. His courage lives on in every provider who shows up with compassion, resilience, & unwavering commitment—despite relentless opposition. #CelebrateAbortionProviders
March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today, on Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we honor Dr. David Gunn, murdered in 1993 by a white supremacist anti-abortion extremist. His courage lives on in every provider who shows up with compassion, resilience, & unwavering commitment—despite relentless opposition. #CelebrateAbortionProviders
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tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
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one thing about this is that it shows how terminally online these people are
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
one thing about this is that it shows how terminally online these people are
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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There's something even more maddening than usual about watching this cheap, pampered little thug presuming to lecture a guy who's worth 50 of him.
BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
February 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There's something even more maddening than usual about watching this cheap, pampered little thug presuming to lecture a guy who's worth 50 of him.
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Once again: tomorrow is the deadline for registration as a Democrat in NYC, so as to be able to vote in the mayoral primary on June 24th. There's not a lot we can do in this moment, but please join me in kicking Eric Adams to the curb.
New Yorkers: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in this year's mayoral primary — don’t count on others to get rid of the corrupt & compromised collaborator Eric Adams, who's mayor because 79% of eligible NYers failed to turn out last time.
Do your part, dammit:
vote.nyc/page/registe...
Do your part, dammit:
vote.nyc/page/registe...
Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
vote.nyc
February 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Once again: tomorrow is the deadline for registration as a Democrat in NYC, so as to be able to vote in the mayoral primary on June 24th. There's not a lot we can do in this moment, but please join me in kicking Eric Adams to the curb.
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Also once more for the record STATES DO NOT HAVE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AND CONSTITUTIONALLY CAN'T BE FORCED TO
To be clear: the Attorney General said the U.S. had filed “charges,” but what they in fact filed was a civil lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Also once more for the record STATES DO NOT HAVE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AND CONSTITUTIONALLY CAN'T BE FORCED TO
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This is not accidental. They can't keep spreading conspiracy theories about what USAID was doing (at least not as easily) if the genuine records are right there, publicly available for everyone to read.
There have to be consequences for this down the road. People need to pay for actions like these.
There have to be consequences for this down the road. People need to pay for actions like these.
Over 200,000 records from USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse, a publicly available online repository documenting nearly 50 years of USAID’s projects, is gone. Taxpayer property stolen by Musk and his cronies. It’s a crime.
February 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is not accidental. They can't keep spreading conspiracy theories about what USAID was doing (at least not as easily) if the genuine records are right there, publicly available for everyone to read.
There have to be consequences for this down the road. People need to pay for actions like these.
There have to be consequences for this down the road. People need to pay for actions like these.
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this administration is just more proof of my number one Rule to Live By - you can't give dorks power
January 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
this administration is just more proof of my number one Rule to Live By - you can't give dorks power
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latest column is on the dipshit curtis yarvin
Opinion | The Dubious History of America’s Most Famous Monarchist (Gift Article)
It’s not hard to understand how Curtis Yarvin won the admiration of powerful patrons.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
latest column is on the dipshit curtis yarvin
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RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
Scenes from the refrigerator
January 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Scenes from the refrigerator