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You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.

The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Opsec is hard.
For those of you who are wondering, the most important opsec lesson to take from the First Wap story is that if your threat model includes a government, do not take your cell phone with you to locations or meetings you don't want them to know about.
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Escalators. How do they work.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isbj...
What ACTUALLY Happened with that Escalator at the United Nations?
YouTube video by DeviantOllam
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September 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When people talk about Trump Derangement, it's because Trump is clearly deranged.
September 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Happy Rapture to those who celebrate!
Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)
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September 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Nothing new here - but its well presented. Even my parents could understand this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPT...
Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Corporate consolidation means less kneecaps (and more vulnerable) needed to undercut Democracy.
September 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Why do they vote against their own self interest?" One possible series of answers / insights.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=badG...
Why Farmers Voted For Trump
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Violence Burns. Political violence is a wildfire that escapes containment and burns indiscriminately.

A far-right coworker once opined that “when the civil war begins” there would be a blood bath. The “soy boys” don’t know how to fix a truck much less shoot a gun.

I replied that we was wrong.
September 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One take on Russia's play with drones and Poland.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAqH...
What Everyone Missed About Russia’s Attack on Poland
YouTube video by Paul Warburg
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September 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Not to bash on Josh nor kick anyone while they're down - but this is a good example of why "OpSec is Hard" ((tm) Barbie probably). Our better nature isn't always engaged and mistakes are made. In walks Bad Actor.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/dancin...
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Trump Administration will use them as props and political cudgels but ultimately despises soldiers.

www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.The reports started earlier in the summer that Tru...
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August 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Burn all you want. We'll make more.
TWENTY YEARS AGO I posted about how easy it is to get around any sort of flag-burning law/amendment/executive order/whatever, and here we are today, having it have some relevance. Also our current president is a feculent spoon.

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Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment
Visit the post for more.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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They gaslit you all throughout the election.
August 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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See how this works?
👀 NEWS: IRS documents show conservative propaganda machine PragerU spent $650,000 on a gala at Mar-A-Lago - and soon after Trump targeted PBS for elimination, setting up PragerU to fill the educational void in schools across the country America.

www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...
PragerU Is Moving Into Sesame Street
Amid PBS funding cuts, right-wing agitprop Prager University aims for the head of the class.
www.levernews.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Atrocities Keep Getting In Frame Of D.C. Tourist’s Shot https://theonion.com/atrocities-keep-getting-in-frame-of-d-c-tourists-shot/
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump Administration is on theme again: fascism and incompetence both in geopolitics and business.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qa9...
Insults To China BLOW UP Trump’s Crony Capitalism Scheme
YouTube video by Mallen Baker
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August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The MAGA lie last election was that "liberals" were too busy worrying about pronouns while your paycheck went to eggs. There was no counter-message. The con worked.

The social order warriors and their culture wars do nothing that makes our lives better.

www.youtube.com/shorts/oKCJD...
The #billionaire class can’t afford a strong #middleclass. That’s why they wrote #Project2025
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August 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
John Oliver peels back the MAHA grift. There's a theme here common to everything MAGA touches. It latches on to real problems. Then offers "solutions" that not only don't work but undermine actual work addressing the stated problem, ultimately for self-serving goals.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzf...
Make America Healthy Again: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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August 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This is how everyone should treat this masked thugs!! ‘This is cowboy country and we don’t get down with that bullshit!…You got two options you can get the fuck off my property or we can get down.’ Bravo, sir‼️💥🔥💥
August 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM