Morgan Dawn
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Vidder, fangirl, bad typist. Resist much. Obey little. I choose my own way to burn. Lots of politics, a smidge of fandom.
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Vidder, fangirl, bad typist. Resist much. Obey little. I choose my own way to burn. Lots of politics, a smidge of fandom.
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Morgan Dawn
@morgandawn.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I make mainly political /social/health posts (+smattering of fandom content)
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If Trump creates a pan-Latino political identity the way that the civil rights era helped produce a shared black political identity, and Latinos start voting as a bloc against Republicans to even a fraction a degree black voters do, it’s literally curtains for the GOP. Lights out. Game over.
In CNN’s latest poll, just 20% of Latinos approved of his job performance, down from 41% in February. This 21-point drop far outpaces the 4- and 9-point drops among Black and White Americans and the 10-point drop in his approval rating overall.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
Republicans have lost ground with Latino voters after Trump’s 2024 gains | CNN Politics
A year after President Donald Trump’s re-election, Republicans are already seeing their gains among Latino voters erode, recent election results and polling suggest. Here’s what’s changed and what it ...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Trump creates a pan-Latino political identity the way that the civil rights era helped produce a shared black political identity, and Latinos start voting as a bloc against Republicans to even a fraction a degree black voters do, it’s literally curtains for the GOP. Lights out. Game over.
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My New Pet Project To Distract Me From The Really Stupid Timeline We Find Ourselves Living In:
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My New Pet Project To Distract Me From The Really Stupid Timeline We Find Ourselves Living In:
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
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Each data center will unemploy tens of thousands. Eventually We will be transitioning to a negative growth economy. While revenue growth slows/falls, companies will race to fill more jobs with AI. Making it worse. Gov will have to flat tax these companies to distribute UBI. Does anyone really win?
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Each data center will unemploy tens of thousands. Eventually We will be transitioning to a negative growth economy. While revenue growth slows/falls, companies will race to fill more jobs with AI. Making it worse. Gov will have to flat tax these companies to distribute UBI. Does anyone really win?
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Color me skeptical they won’t need lots of water for cooling
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Color me skeptical they won’t need lots of water for cooling
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There are apparently five different data center projects being proposed in Imperial County alone. Our poverty makes our county such a vulnerable target, I guess.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There are apparently five different data center projects being proposed in Imperial County alone. Our poverty makes our county such a vulnerable target, I guess.
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I don't believe for a second that Marjorie Taylor Green has changed one iota and there's literally nothing she could do to convince me otherwise.
HOWEVER, at some point, she hired a new advisor who has been orchestrating this faux change and THAT is the person we should be worried about.
HOWEVER, at some point, she hired a new advisor who has been orchestrating this faux change and THAT is the person we should be worried about.
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I don't believe for a second that Marjorie Taylor Green has changed one iota and there's literally nothing she could do to convince me otherwise.
HOWEVER, at some point, she hired a new advisor who has been orchestrating this faux change and THAT is the person we should be worried about.
HOWEVER, at some point, she hired a new advisor who has been orchestrating this faux change and THAT is the person we should be worried about.
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This is delicious
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is delicious
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"Guides to the profession" used to issue advice on interview attire balancing the need for female job candidates to not wear trousers against the need for female job candidates to not accidentally expose themselves while sitting on the bed during a hotel interview.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Guides to the profession" used to issue advice on interview attire balancing the need for female job candidates to not wear trousers against the need for female job candidates to not accidentally expose themselves while sitting on the bed during a hotel interview.
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Trump’s damage to the federal government may be “easily reversible” when he leaves office - buff.ly/Zzq4qT1
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump’s damage to the federal government may be “easily reversible” when he leaves office - buff.ly/Zzq4qT1
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Thread: Trump's #murdermemo
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thread: Trump's #murdermemo
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"My" local police threatened to arrest me for trying to protect a homeless guy eating a sandwich on my front porch, not bothering anyone. I *do* fear every interaction with my local officials will turn into an interaction with the Regime, and it's been that way for a long, long time.
ok I only saw the one dumb take but it turns out that was only a warmup
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"My" local police threatened to arrest me for trying to protect a homeless guy eating a sandwich on my front porch, not bothering anyone. I *do* fear every interaction with my local officials will turn into an interaction with the Regime, and it's been that way for a long, long time.
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We've seen some big news in outbreaks over the weekend with Marburg in Ethiopia and H5N5 in Washington, US. See more on both below👇.
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We've seen some big news in outbreaks over the weekend with Marburg in Ethiopia and H5N5 in Washington, US. See more on both below👇.
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We all planned never to wear skirts or dresses because we literally had no idea what surface we’d be sitting on.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We all planned never to wear skirts or dresses because we literally had no idea what surface we’d be sitting on.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
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The Atlantic speaks with one of the jurors in the case of the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent.
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Atlantic speaks with one of the jurors in the case of the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent.
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
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But again, this is all pure speculation because I DON'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST CLUE WHAT HE, TRUMP, SCOTT, OZ OR ANY OF THE REST OF THEM ACTUALLY *MEAN*...and they don't seem to know either.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
But again, this is all pure speculation because I DON'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST CLUE WHAT HE, TRUMP, SCOTT, OZ OR ANY OF THE REST OF THEM ACTUALLY *MEAN*...and they don't seem to know either.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Instead, they seem to mean giving all 24 million ACA enrollees a flat dollar amount. If you assume we're just talking about the $26 billion he referred to, that'd be around $1,083 per year apiece.
So in our case that'd be $3,249 towards our deductible instead of $17,148 towards our premiums.
So in our case that'd be $3,249 towards our deductible instead of $17,148 towards our premiums.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Instead, they seem to mean giving all 24 million ACA enrollees a flat dollar amount. If you assume we're just talking about the $26 billion he referred to, that'd be around $1,083 per year apiece.
So in our case that'd be $3,249 towards our deductible instead of $17,148 towards our premiums.
So in our case that'd be $3,249 towards our deductible instead of $17,148 towards our premiums.
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price
www.texasobserver.org/crypto-energ...
www.texasobserver.org/crypto-energ...
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price
www.texasobserver.org/crypto-energ...
www.texasobserver.org/crypto-energ...
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Yup. Here he is in '82 Chicago ready to fight Nazis and save orphanages with his two brothers.
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yup. Here he is in '82 Chicago ready to fight Nazis and save orphanages with his two brothers.
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"They couldn't film in Chicago?"
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"They couldn't film in Chicago?"
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He just wants Carol to be happy.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
He just wants Carol to be happy.
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What’s the Pope’s take on Pluribus
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
What’s the Pope’s take on Pluribus
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For the fifty billionth time: I don't want society to shut down. I want you to mask at the fucking hospital, bus, airport, school, and grocery store, if you can.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
For the fifty billionth time: I don't want society to shut down. I want you to mask at the fucking hospital, bus, airport, school, and grocery store, if you can.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
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EXCLUSIVE: 60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: 'We have had enough'
https://bit.ly/3JWgBVl
https://bit.ly/3JWgBVl
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
www.thepinknews.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
EXCLUSIVE: 60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: 'We have had enough'
https://bit.ly/3JWgBVl
https://bit.ly/3JWgBVl
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The University of Chicago Economics department should have had its matriculation gates guarded by thousands of hungry monsters like Naomi Novik's scholomance books
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM