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i enjoy checking in on a post from the previous day and looking to see how many people lost their minds and immediately began imputing the worst faith motives and assuming the worst possible interpretations
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
i enjoy checking in on a post from the previous day and looking to see how many people lost their minds and immediately began imputing the worst faith motives and assuming the worst possible interpretations
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Susie Wiles told NYT she didn't call Elon Musk "an avowed ketamine" in one of her ELEVEN interviews with Vanity Fair.
"That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know."
Vanity Fair: Cool here's a recording of you saying that. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
"That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know."
Vanity Fair: Cool here's a recording of you saying that. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
Vanity Fair Reporter Brings The Receipts To Fact Check Susie Wiles' Claims
www.huffpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Susie Wiles told NYT she didn't call Elon Musk "an avowed ketamine" in one of her ELEVEN interviews with Vanity Fair.
"That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know."
Vanity Fair: Cool here's a recording of you saying that. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
"That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know."
Vanity Fair: Cool here's a recording of you saying that. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
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This was posted on X by the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commn.
It’s not that we talk about “identity” & “race” too much. It’s that they wanted to hijack the language,legitimacy & infrastructure we created to vindicate the rights of Black people & women for THEIR race & identity.
It’s not that we talk about “identity” & “race” too much. It’s that they wanted to hijack the language,legitimacy & infrastructure we created to vindicate the rights of Black people & women for THEIR race & identity.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This was posted on X by the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commn.
It’s not that we talk about “identity” & “race” too much. It’s that they wanted to hijack the language,legitimacy & infrastructure we created to vindicate the rights of Black people & women for THEIR race & identity.
It’s not that we talk about “identity” & “race” too much. It’s that they wanted to hijack the language,legitimacy & infrastructure we created to vindicate the rights of Black people & women for THEIR race & identity.
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The Triibe is back Bluesky! To celebrate I just donated. You can do the same. Support local media. @thetriibe.com is why we know what’s going on in Chicago.
thetriibe.com
thetriibe.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Triibe is back Bluesky! To celebrate I just donated. You can do the same. Support local media. @thetriibe.com is why we know what’s going on in Chicago.
thetriibe.com
thetriibe.com
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Wow.
A photo of David Brooks palling around with Epstein in the latest Epstein files drop three weeks after he wrote a column chiding America for caring about the Epstein story is some serious Rafael Palmeiro shit.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wow.
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I'll call it the Kennedy Center bc it'll get changed back eventually.
Nobody calls it "Ciudad Trujillo" - it's Santo Domingo.
Nobody calls it "Ciudad Trujillo" - it's Santo Domingo.
What are you going to refer to it as?
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'll call it the Kennedy Center bc it'll get changed back eventually.
Nobody calls it "Ciudad Trujillo" - it's Santo Domingo.
Nobody calls it "Ciudad Trujillo" - it's Santo Domingo.
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I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
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So systemic discrimination DOES exist! But white guys are the victims of it!
The most intellectually, politically, and culturally lazy cohort in modern history - white guys of mediocre intellect, creativity, & personality who can only ape the theories, language, laws, & struggle of Black people.
The most intellectually, politically, and culturally lazy cohort in modern history - white guys of mediocre intellect, creativity, & personality who can only ape the theories, language, laws, & struggle of Black people.
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So systemic discrimination DOES exist! But white guys are the victims of it!
The most intellectually, politically, and culturally lazy cohort in modern history - white guys of mediocre intellect, creativity, & personality who can only ape the theories, language, laws, & struggle of Black people.
The most intellectually, politically, and culturally lazy cohort in modern history - white guys of mediocre intellect, creativity, & personality who can only ape the theories, language, laws, & struggle of Black people.
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Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about the largest-ever law firm tie-up, with 3,000 lawyers and combined revenues of more than $3.6bn. ft.trib.al/IrIhLwD
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about the largest-ever law firm tie-up, with 3,000 lawyers and combined revenues of more than $3.6bn. ft.trib.al/IrIhLwD
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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In 2023, the Education Department launched investigations into a Texas school district after several alleged incidents of racial bullying, and an investigator was planning to visit.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Epithets and accusations: Probes into racism in schools stall under Trump
Parents say incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools in Lubbock, Texas.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In 2023, the Education Department launched investigations into a Texas school district after several alleged incidents of racial bullying, and an investigator was planning to visit.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
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Wow.
1/2 Ongoing "framing of Harvard stories" saga
Lede: News is secret investigation, about students "drawing scrutiny" to Epstein ties
Three grafs down: Actual problem is that students snuck into a class, and secretly recorded Summers's opening apology
Newsworthy "secrecy" is on student side, right?
Lede: News is secret investigation, about students "drawing scrutiny" to Epstein ties
Three grafs down: Actual problem is that students snuck into a class, and secretly recorded Summers's opening apology
Newsworthy "secrecy" is on student side, right?
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wow.
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Trump’s Education Department is ignoring discrimination against Black students. The department’s civil rights office has not entered into a single new agreement requiring schools to address racial harassment of students, my colleagues & I @propublica.org found. / News Tips: ProPublica.org/tips
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trump’s Education Department is ignoring discrimination against Black students. The department’s civil rights office has not entered into a single new agreement requiring schools to address racial harassment of students, my colleagues & I @propublica.org found. / News Tips: ProPublica.org/tips
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Get ready.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Get ready.
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You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
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Well sending Blanche out is the tell. We’re not seeing anything of consequence.
Blanche on Epstein files: "Today is the 30 days. I expect we're going to release several hundred thousand documents today, including photographs...now, the most important thing is we protect victims. We are looking at every single piece of paper making sure that every victim is completely protected"
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Well sending Blanche out is the tell. We’re not seeing anything of consequence.
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Hey Congress! Somebody print this out for Speaker Johnson & Sen. Thune.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
20 U.S. Code § 76i - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
www.law.cornell.edu
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hey Congress! Somebody print this out for Speaker Johnson & Sen. Thune.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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Of course.
Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Of course.
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It’s wild that the folks who cling to American exceptionalism are the ones who elected Donald Trump…
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s wild that the folks who cling to American exceptionalism are the ones who elected Donald Trump…
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New FBI Deputy Director just dropped. He’s the former Missouri AG.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New FBI Deputy Director just dropped. He’s the former Missouri AG.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
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A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
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Ambetter just raised my health insurance premium 26.5% without even knowing if the ACA subsidies would be voted through.
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ambetter just raised my health insurance premium 26.5% without even knowing if the ACA subsidies would be voted through.
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It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.