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Lefties can we please just pass this simple test? You are not really anti-war unless you are capable of blaming the obvious aggressor. You don’t have to do this cop out shit like “No NATO made Putin do imperialism”. No one is gonna think you’re a neocon for getting this one basic thing right.
Watching Melenchon histrionically calling for an understanding w "the russians" is pure rage bait. Not only does he disregard Ru's crimes, he speaks as if Ukr right to exist is irrelevant. The gall of claiming he stands for equality/human rights while calling to consign Ukr to Ru occupation!
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Lefties can we please just pass this simple test? You are not really anti-war unless you are capable of blaming the obvious aggressor. You don’t have to do this cop out shit like “No NATO made Putin do imperialism”. No one is gonna think you’re a neocon for getting this one basic thing right.
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NEWS: We’ve confirmed reports that there’s been an arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. The man is expected to appear in court later today. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEWS: We’ve confirmed reports that there’s been an arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. The man is expected to appear in court later today. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Winner of my “posting this twice” award for today.
A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Winner of my “posting this twice” award for today.
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A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."
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You can take the boy out of Southside Chicago, but you can't take ...
The Pope has a word with the man in 27E who is listening to an action movie on his iPad's speakers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You can take the boy out of Southside Chicago, but you can't take ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Recommended. Makes a very good case for why our history should be told in full. After all, perfection is not believable.
“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Recommended. Makes a very good case for why our history should be told in full. After all, perfection is not believable.
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“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
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The Arkansas Department of Human Services: SNAP participants "should now expect to receive full benefit amounts for November, and that these funds will be disbursed to cards late tonight into tomorrow."
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued to cards beginning late this evening - Arkansas Department of Human Services
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is advising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries that they should now expect to receive full benefit amo...
humanservices.arkansas.gov
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Arkansas Department of Human Services: SNAP participants "should now expect to receive full benefit amounts for November, and that these funds will be disbursed to cards late tonight into tomorrow."
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We’ve been told DHS has received guidance from the USDA and that 100 percent of SNAP benefits will be available as of midnight tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We’ve been told DHS has received guidance from the USDA and that 100 percent of SNAP benefits will be available as of midnight tonight.
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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
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NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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A quality shared by virtually every good politician I’ve ever met is being extremely quick to bury a grudge if it stops mattering
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A quality shared by virtually every good politician I’ve ever met is being extremely quick to bury a grudge if it stops mattering
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The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Today is the first day of Arkansas' candidate filing period for the 2026 midterms and state elections.
President Donald Trump, as part of a stream of social media posts backing Republicans, has endorsed all four House members (the president previously announced his support for Sen. Tom Cotton).
President Donald Trump, as part of a stream of social media posts backing Republicans, has endorsed all four House members (the president previously announced his support for Sen. Tom Cotton).
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today is the first day of Arkansas' candidate filing period for the 2026 midterms and state elections.
President Donald Trump, as part of a stream of social media posts backing Republicans, has endorsed all four House members (the president previously announced his support for Sen. Tom Cotton).
President Donald Trump, as part of a stream of social media posts backing Republicans, has endorsed all four House members (the president previously announced his support for Sen. Tom Cotton).
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
Still my favorite pop song:
Don Henley releases “Boys of Summer” 41 years ago today.
“I was driving down the San Diego freeway,” he said, “and got passed by a Cadillac Seville, the status symbol of the right-wing, upper-middle-class American bourgeoisie .. and there was this Grateful Dead 'Deadhead' bumper sticker on it!"
“I was driving down the San Diego freeway,” he said, “and got passed by a Cadillac Seville, the status symbol of the right-wing, upper-middle-class American bourgeoisie .. and there was this Grateful Dead 'Deadhead' bumper sticker on it!"
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Still my favorite pop song:
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@qjurecic.bsky.social is answering your questions about the role of the courts and the expansion of executive power during the second Trump administration. Ask her anything at 2 p.m. ET: www.reddit.com/r/Law_and_Po...
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@qjurecic.bsky.social is answering your questions about the role of the courts and the expansion of executive power during the second Trump administration. Ask her anything at 2 p.m. ET: www.reddit.com/r/Law_and_Po...
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To be totally frank, I think a lot of progressive activists are not particularly interested in thinking about beating Trump as an ends unto itself, and mostly interested in the energy he produces only insofar as they can transmute it into energy for policy change, and it's often been our downfall.
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
To be totally frank, I think a lot of progressive activists are not particularly interested in thinking about beating Trump as an ends unto itself, and mostly interested in the energy he produces only insofar as they can transmute it into energy for policy change, and it's often been our downfall.
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One of the mistakes the progressive activist class keeps making is conflating anti-Trump fury with left-wing political ideology, so that a huge anti-Trump movement is seen as a mandate for populism, and populist policy is seen as a way of advancing anti-Trumpism. They're very separate things
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
One of the mistakes the progressive activist class keeps making is conflating anti-Trump fury with left-wing political ideology, so that a huge anti-Trump movement is seen as a mandate for populism, and populist policy is seen as a way of advancing anti-Trumpism. They're very separate things