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"Every day I have to marvel at what the billionaires and Fox News pulled off. They got working whites to hate the very people that want them to have more pay, clean air, water, free healthcare and the power to fight back against big banks & big corps."
Pinned
Actual "pro-life":
"A low-income resident of San Francisco lives so much longer that it's equivalent to San Francisco curing cancer.
All these statistics come from a massive new project on life expectancy and inequality that was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association."
"A low-income resident of San Francisco lives so much longer that it's equivalent to San Francisco curing cancer.
All these statistics come from a massive new project on life expectancy and inequality that was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association."
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If Maduro was smart he would just cut to the chase and hire Pam Bondi’s brother as a pardon attorney and bypass all this trial stuff.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
If Maduro was smart he would just cut to the chase and hire Pam Bondi’s brother as a pardon attorney and bypass all this trial stuff.
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The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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it's going Great as the Trump admin has to admit they made up a cartel
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
it's going Great as the Trump admin has to admit they made up a cartel
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nothing is guaranteed save everything getting increasingly stupid as these guys try to wedge their deranged alternate universes into real world institutions bsky.app/profile/3r1n...
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
nothing is guaranteed save everything getting increasingly stupid as these guys try to wedge their deranged alternate universes into real world institutions bsky.app/profile/3r1n...
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the Fox News Expanded Universe must be reified, the fuhrer must be worked towards
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 AM
the Fox News Expanded Universe must be reified, the fuhrer must be worked towards
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🚨 "Canada, for several months now, has been developing a military strategy for how they will respond if there is an incursion over their southern border...that is now a real thing that the Canadian military is thinking about. Didn't use to be."
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
Donald Trump says America will “run” Venezuela. What happens now? | The Economist Insider
Donald Trump says Venezuela’s people are “free again”, now that its dictator has been removed. But freedom remains far from certain. Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy...
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
🚨 "Canada, for several months now, has been developing a military strategy for how they will respond if there is an incursion over their southern border...that is now a real thing that the Canadian military is thinking about. Didn't use to be."
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
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It’s fucking nuts that we’ve come to this.
🚨 "Canada, for several months now, has been developing a military strategy for how they will respond if there is an incursion over their southern border...that is now a real thing that the Canadian military is thinking about. Didn't use to be."
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
Donald Trump says America will “run” Venezuela. What happens now? | The Economist Insider
Donald Trump says Venezuela’s people are “free again”, now that its dictator has been removed. But freedom remains far from certain. Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy...
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It’s fucking nuts that we’ve come to this.
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Ngl it’s really disheartening to see liberal currents struggle to raise 500K and these jokers just keep raising cash no questions asked
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Ngl it’s really disheartening to see liberal currents struggle to raise 500K and these jokers just keep raising cash no questions asked
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Just an endless amount of cash for a niche brand of reactionary centrism
January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Just an endless amount of cash for a niche brand of reactionary centrism
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It's always amazing to think on the endless assertions of the discrimination against conservatives in Academia and compare it with the career of Ferguson, who hasn't written a serious book in two decades, has been caught involved in serious malfeasance, but keeps getting more prestigious sinecures.
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
It's always amazing to think on the endless assertions of the discrimination against conservatives in Academia and compare it with the career of Ferguson, who hasn't written a serious book in two decades, has been caught involved in serious malfeasance, but keeps getting more prestigious sinecures.
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Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
Unacceptable behavior from ICE in Salisbury, NC today. Attempting to intimidate U.S. citizens is a major abuse of power. 1/5/26
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
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I've felt for years that an obvious pitch for a young journalist's first book is to join law enforcement. Tell us what the hiring and recruitment process actually looks like, the personalities dominating the culture, and how norm enforcement works.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I've felt for years that an obvious pitch for a young journalist's first book is to join law enforcement. Tell us what the hiring and recruitment process actually looks like, the personalities dominating the culture, and how norm enforcement works.
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CBS has scrubbed Dokoupil’s botched segment from what it calls the “full broadcast” of his Evening News debut, re-recording it for YouTube viewers. Watch how markedly different it is: youtu.be/uJjWTFZW2Eo
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
CBS has scrubbed Dokoupil’s botched segment from what it calls the “full broadcast” of his Evening News debut, re-recording it for YouTube viewers. Watch how markedly different it is: youtu.be/uJjWTFZW2Eo
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A reminder that just a few days ago Dokoupil wrote: “I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or any one else of his era."
Is this what more transparent looks like?
Is this what more transparent looks like?
January 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
A reminder that just a few days ago Dokoupil wrote: “I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or any one else of his era."
Is this what more transparent looks like?
Is this what more transparent looks like?
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This "big picture" monologue/analysis(?) is a lot more problematic than the b-roll and graphic miscues:
In it, Dokoupil says that China and Russia were "building a presence in Venezuela"? Says who? From where? How? And why?
In it, Dokoupil says that China and Russia were "building a presence in Venezuela"? Says who? From where? How? And why?
"First day... first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go..."
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January 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
This "big picture" monologue/analysis(?) is a lot more problematic than the b-roll and graphic miscues:
In it, Dokoupil says that China and Russia were "building a presence in Venezuela"? Says who? From where? How? And why?
In it, Dokoupil says that China and Russia were "building a presence in Venezuela"? Says who? From where? How? And why?
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Anyways, I'd read 1500 words on how that 45 seconds ended up in the prompter in what should be the most tightly edited and scripted broadcast on CBS.
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Anyways, I'd read 1500 words on how that 45 seconds ended up in the prompter in what should be the most tightly edited and scripted broadcast on CBS.
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Third: Seems like the sort of instance where you should throw to your man in Tokyo or Berlin (can't get into Moscow) to break this all down and explain what is what and, uh... Well, bad news, they've all been laid off.
nypost.com/2024/04/03/m...
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Exclusive | CBS News abruptly shutters Tokyo bureau to cut costs after over 50 years in Japan
CBS News quietly shut down its Tokyo bureau this week — a desperate move to slash costs that could crimp the network’s coverage of China, The Post has learned.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Third: Seems like the sort of instance where you should throw to your man in Tokyo or Berlin (can't get into Moscow) to break this all down and explain what is what and, uh... Well, bad news, they've all been laid off.
nypost.com/2024/04/03/m...
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Trump/Hegseth/Rubio killed 40 Venezuelan civilians two days ago. They've been murdering random fishermen for weeks.
Think about that. Really think about that. Think about shaking the hand of someone responsible for that. Think about writing a news article about them and not mentioning that.
Think about that. Really think about that. Think about shaking the hand of someone responsible for that. Think about writing a news article about them and not mentioning that.
January 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Trump/Hegseth/Rubio killed 40 Venezuelan civilians two days ago. They've been murdering random fishermen for weeks.
Think about that. Really think about that. Think about shaking the hand of someone responsible for that. Think about writing a news article about them and not mentioning that.
Think about that. Really think about that. Think about shaking the hand of someone responsible for that. Think about writing a news article about them and not mentioning that.
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80 civilians were killed in this war crime and you mention them exactly zero times.
What does the U.S. capture of the Venezuelan leader mean politically, and what should Americans make of what happened? Here are some takeaways as the dust settles on Caracas.
7 takeaways from Trump's incursion into Venezuela
President Trump says the U.S. will now "run" Venezuela after capturing its leader. Here's how the politics could play out at home.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
80 civilians were killed in this war crime and you mention them exactly zero times.
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Unless I’ve missed something—and pls update if so—major news orgs seem profoundly uninterested in the death toll from the Venezuela raid. Nowhere to be found on MSM home pages.
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Unless I’ve missed something—and pls update if so—major news orgs seem profoundly uninterested in the death toll from the Venezuela raid. Nowhere to be found on MSM home pages.
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”