Mzbitca
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It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
look at what this leadership did with oversight powers of SCOTUS in the middle of multiple devastating scandals for the conservatives. look at the half assed impeachments and half-assed oversight during the teens.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
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The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
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OK, I wasn't driven to weigh in on Oates' masterful Musk takedown until this moment, but this pushes it over the edge into brilliance.
"Elon Musk eats shit"
"I DON'T EAT SHIT"
"Truly I was just expressing general curiosity, as to what would compel someone to gobble shit like a pie eating contest"
"Elon Musk eats shit"
"I DON'T EAT SHIT"
"Truly I was just expressing general curiosity, as to what would compel someone to gobble shit like a pie eating contest"
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
OK, I wasn't driven to weigh in on Oates' masterful Musk takedown until this moment, but this pushes it over the edge into brilliance.
"Elon Musk eats shit"
"I DON'T EAT SHIT"
"Truly I was just expressing general curiosity, as to what would compel someone to gobble shit like a pie eating contest"
"Elon Musk eats shit"
"I DON'T EAT SHIT"
"Truly I was just expressing general curiosity, as to what would compel someone to gobble shit like a pie eating contest"
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Snowflakes
Snowflakes
News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Snowflakes
Snowflakes
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Every once in a great while, I get something right
The whole “deploy the military to Chicago” is even more nonsensical when you consider the timing.
It’s almost fall! It’s not the middle of a long, hot summer when tempers are ready to flare.
Get ready to deal with lots of drunk Bears fans on Sundays and a polar vortex (or five), I guess.
It’s almost fall! It’s not the middle of a long, hot summer when tempers are ready to flare.
Get ready to deal with lots of drunk Bears fans on Sundays and a polar vortex (or five), I guess.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Every once in a great while, I get something right
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They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
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Y’all the Trump administration does not intent to release the SNAP funds and we can’t even be confident they can accurately account for them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Y’all the Trump administration does not intent to release the SNAP funds and we can’t even be confident they can accurately account for them.
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Joyce Carol Oates Incinerates the Royal Society, burns Elon Musk.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Joyce Carol Oates Incinerates the Royal Society, burns Elon Musk.
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Longevity is a combination of genes, self care (diet and exercise) and luck (being rich and having access to really good care counts as luck).
Trump and Putin both come from parents who had reasonably long lives (genes). And they are lucky ($$$). But they also eat like shit and are old. So.
Trump and Putin both come from parents who had reasonably long lives (genes). And they are lucky ($$$). But they also eat like shit and are old. So.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Longevity is a combination of genes, self care (diet and exercise) and luck (being rich and having access to really good care counts as luck).
Trump and Putin both come from parents who had reasonably long lives (genes). And they are lucky ($$$). But they also eat like shit and are old. So.
Trump and Putin both come from parents who had reasonably long lives (genes). And they are lucky ($$$). But they also eat like shit and are old. So.
Reading this after seeing it on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social timeline & it’s hard to miss how moving funding from grants and state support to individual student loans as a huge catalyst for lots of issues & also how they’re doing it to k-12 now with vouchers
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reading this after seeing it on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social timeline & it’s hard to miss how moving funding from grants and state support to individual student loans as a huge catalyst for lots of issues & also how they’re doing it to k-12 now with vouchers
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
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🤡🤡🤡
POLITICO: “.. The White House was blindsided by the idea, according to two people familiar with the situation .. and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.” 🤡
@politico.com $XHB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com $XHB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🤡🤡🤡
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this isn’t even the right stereotype about Bluesky! the actual legit criticism is that the core user base *only* talks about things like Senate inside baseball and not, like, movies or pop culture
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
this isn’t even the right stereotype about Bluesky! the actual legit criticism is that the core user base *only* talks about things like Senate inside baseball and not, like, movies or pop culture
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exciting news if this result holds up
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
exciting news if this result holds up
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
New York Times asking and Rachel questions like they’re secretly on a three way call and Israel is listening in to see what she’ll say about them behind their back
The Times doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here. I’d love to know which reporter asked these questions.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New York Times asking and Rachel questions like they’re secretly on a three way call and Israel is listening in to see what she’ll say about them behind their back
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The Times doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here. I’d love to know which reporter asked these questions.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Times doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here. I’d love to know which reporter asked these questions.
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Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
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Imagine 2008 but it's because we gave a bunch of 15-year loans to people buying Nissan Altimas.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Imagine 2008 but it's because we gave a bunch of 15-year loans to people buying Nissan Altimas.
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
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The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
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They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.