Scott Derrickson
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Pssst: every Republican attack is an admission
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
BREAKING: Trump White House Slams Sabrina Carpenter After Using Her Song in ‘Evil’ Video
The Trump administration has apparently identified its latest enemy of the state.
zeteo.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Pssst: every Republican attack is an admission
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This is why people who insist that capitalism/profit motive will ultimately trump racism are unfortunately and demonstrably incorrect
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is why people who insist that capitalism/profit motive will ultimately trump racism are unfortunately and demonstrably incorrect
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
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I think this is an important next step in our discussions of inflation: It makes a difference *which* prices are rising.
Why there never was a Vibecession in one chart.
It’s always been about the prices of essentials.
It’s always been about the prices of essentials.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I think this is an important next step in our discussions of inflation: It makes a difference *which* prices are rising.
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Poison in your air! Poison in your water! Poison in your lungs!
But hey, a few bank accounts will get fatter, so it's all worth it, really.
But hey, a few bank accounts will get fatter, so it's all worth it, really.
Zeldin: “We conducted the biggest deregulation of EPA in history, the “green new scam” is dead. Thank you for taking a bullet for this country. I’m grateful for this president for willing to take a bullet for all of us.”
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Poison in your air! Poison in your water! Poison in your lungs!
But hey, a few bank accounts will get fatter, so it's all worth it, really.
But hey, a few bank accounts will get fatter, so it's all worth it, really.
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Remember, this gaslighting tactic by abusers is so common there’s a term for it: DARVO
Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender.
Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender.
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
BREAKING: Trump White House Slams Sabrina Carpenter After Using Her Song in ‘Evil’ Video
The Trump administration has apparently identified its latest enemy of the state.
zeteo.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remember, this gaslighting tactic by abusers is so common there’s a term for it: DARVO
Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender.
Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender.
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The other side of that is using shame that way stigmatizes disability, similar to school lunch problem where it’s better to just give it to everyone, but without knowing which accommodations you mean, it’s impossible to answer—no one should be mad about using ramps but parking tags need enforcement
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The other side of that is using shame that way stigmatizes disability, similar to school lunch problem where it’s better to just give it to everyone, but without knowing which accommodations you mean, it’s impossible to answer—no one should be mad about using ramps but parking tags need enforcement
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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this is an amazing text that keeps getting better the longer you look at it
I don't know about vibes. Most of the world thinks you are wrong and we are right. Guess what "color" are the countries that colonized others?
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
this is an amazing text that keeps getting better the longer you look at it
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Yes. It should be an object of intense shame to take advantage of a system intended to help disabled people as a method of cheating - not only because it's cheating, but because it harms disabled people bsky.app/profile/chic...
Another issue is that these systems are insanely overburdened and every jackass that tries to take advantage of it takes resources away from people who actually need it
I think filling the top ranks of our education system with people who got there in part by abusing a system designed to help disabled people will select morally deficient people for leadership positions in our society and is worth taking steps to avoid bsky.app/profile/padr...
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yes. It should be an object of intense shame to take advantage of a system intended to help disabled people as a method of cheating - not only because it's cheating, but because it harms disabled people bsky.app/profile/chic...
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Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
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This is the roughly the ratio of the foreign-born population which existed for half a century from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is the roughly the ratio of the foreign-born population which existed for half a century from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
/note that this chart is from 2019, the percent of the population which is foreign-born is now somewhat above 15%, which is a new high.
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The foreign-born fraction of the US population was 15% in 1890, and in 1910. America thrived.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The foreign-born fraction of the US population was 15% in 1890, and in 1910. America thrived.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
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Trump looks to be unconscious as Linda McMahon winds down her remarks
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump looks to be unconscious as Linda McMahon winds down her remarks
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Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I had a piece a while back that never ran about different historical indigenous relationships with birds, one of which was a really interesting history of Icelandic waterfowl management. Some of the folks at the publication were uncomfortable calling Icelanders indigenous. But they are!
the Falklanders are, indeed, the indigenous people of the Falklands. It doesn't matter whether your ancestors arrived in the 18th century, like them, the 13th century, like the Maori, or about 10,000 years ago like people reaching the Americas for the first time.
I think the disconnect is that people learn about colonialism (even if it's just "babby's first colonialism) quite soon these days, and for a few decades even! So the idea that Earth genuinely had actual bona-fide Terra Nullius as late as the 18th century seems like bullshit!
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I had a piece a while back that never ran about different historical indigenous relationships with birds, one of which was a really interesting history of Icelandic waterfowl management. Some of the folks at the publication were uncomfortable calling Icelanders indigenous. But they are!
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Well if it isn't the almost-Attorney General, folks.
get a load of the "journalist" asking questions at the Pentagon press briefing
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well if it isn't the almost-Attorney General, folks.
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every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
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I'm doing a little research on this and as far as I can tell the implementing regulations for the accounts don't exist so it's not clear how they could do this, and they definitely won't be able to until next year.
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to provide 25 million American children an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm doing a little research on this and as far as I can tell the implementing regulations for the accounts don't exist so it's not clear how they could do this, and they definitely won't be able to until next year.
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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Your annual reminder... do NOT give to the Salvation Army.
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Your annual reminder... do NOT give to the Salvation Army.
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This year's Giving Tuesday theme is "Pay for Things Our Government Refuses to Fund"
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This year's Giving Tuesday theme is "Pay for Things Our Government Refuses to Fund"
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incredible instincts on display here
I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
incredible instincts on display here
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if you're a boomer tractor-supply coded guy and feel this level of anxiety going to a starbucks you should simply go where your desires are validated: my local third-wave coffee shop in gentrified brooklyn where the order that the baristas most respect is black coffee
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you're a boomer tractor-supply coded guy and feel this level of anxiety going to a starbucks you should simply go where your desires are validated: my local third-wave coffee shop in gentrified brooklyn where the order that the baristas most respect is black coffee
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I respect the chutzpah of the “But I told my investors I was running a Ponzi Scheme” defense to... Running a Ponzi Scheme.
Which of course the Trump Administration bought...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Which of course the Trump Administration bought...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump commutes 7-year prison sentence of former private equity CEO David Gentile days after his sentence began
Gentile, who was the CEO and a co-founder of GPB Capital Holdings, was convicted of wire and security fraud charges brought by the Justice Department during the Biden administration.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I respect the chutzpah of the “But I told my investors I was running a Ponzi Scheme” defense to... Running a Ponzi Scheme.
Which of course the Trump Administration bought...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Which of course the Trump Administration bought...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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This one particularly is a good one to highlight because so much of Trump's appeal was the promise of 'standing up for the little guy'.
Here are just two of the victim impact statements in the David Gentile sentencing memo.
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![“The loss of retirement income has made a significant impact on our daily lives. Our
inability to meet our housing expenses necessitated in us taking on credit card debt to
maintain our home in which we provide housing for our handicapped son. You can
imagine the anxiety this has caused us in providing for his and our needs. We now
have over $100,000.00 in credit card debt in addition to the interest we have incurred
to allow us to maintain our mortgage and remain in our home. At the time of this
investment we had NO credit card debt! As elderly senior citizens at the age of 82 and
76 our ability to find additional income is extremely limited. We are now at a point of
looking at our belongings to sell to allow us to stay in our home. The emotional stress
of this has taken a fiscal and mental toll on our ability to function. We felt we planned
well for our retirement years and feel robbed by the actions of this crime.” D.E. DOJ0002356.
• “Since the GPB fraud stated, we have lost well over half of our family[’]s net worth
[and] a large portion of our income . . . At 74, I have been unable to retire now. My
wife [] has contracted cancer and has ongoing treatment. And our daughter [], who has
cerebral palsy, has had to ensure the ensuring stress from all of that.” M.F. DOJ0001930.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreifj3ulaoxnrnhbrk7z2gnegme22juwnwnj45xuwopak457jjg2kue@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This one particularly is a good one to highlight because so much of Trump's appeal was the promise of 'standing up for the little guy'.