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In a House Judiciary subcommittee just now, Rep. Glenn Grothmann (R-Wisc.) took a witness to task for characterizing the 3/5ths compromise as racist, arguing it was a righteous political power struggle.
Jamie Raskin, in response, called that analysis "historically obtuse and morally disoriented"
Jamie Raskin, in response, called that analysis "historically obtuse and morally disoriented"
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In a House Judiciary subcommittee just now, Rep. Glenn Grothmann (R-Wisc.) took a witness to task for characterizing the 3/5ths compromise as racist, arguing it was a righteous political power struggle.
Jamie Raskin, in response, called that analysis "historically obtuse and morally disoriented"
Jamie Raskin, in response, called that analysis "historically obtuse and morally disoriented"
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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In this new essay on the internal culture of the right, I report on something big: allegations by a Heritage Foundation insider that the organization has allowed a toxic culture of "open misogyny and racism" to grow among a segment of the staff
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The toxic culture behind the right’s civil war
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In this new essay on the internal culture of the right, I report on something big: allegations by a Heritage Foundation insider that the organization has allowed a toxic culture of "open misogyny and racism" to grow among a segment of the staff
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
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"Healthcare costs are more than 50% higher in the U.S. than they are in other nations" with universal healthcare, says physician Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.
“We're dying four years younger than people in Canada or France or Holland.”
“We're dying four years younger than people in Canada or France or Holland.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Healthcare costs are more than 50% higher in the U.S. than they are in other nations" with universal healthcare, says physician Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.
“We're dying four years younger than people in Canada or France or Holland.”
“We're dying four years younger than people in Canada or France or Holland.”
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Release the Epstein files NOW
🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Release the Epstein files NOW
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So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
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These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
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Sounds like something an abuser of women would say
Trump claims crime is down to "virtually nothing" in DC & adds the crimes that are happening are "much lesser things. Things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight w/the wife they say 'this is a crime. See?'"
September 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sounds like something an abuser of women would say
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I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
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I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
It’s Indigenous Literacy Day! Celebrate and center the stories of First Nations people by reading and supporting indigenous authors. Here’s a stack of some of my favorites I’ve read.
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s Indigenous Literacy Day! Celebrate and center the stories of First Nations people by reading and supporting indigenous authors. Here’s a stack of some of my favorites I’ve read.
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Welp, time for a nap.
Reporter: there's a school shooting problem in america
Trump: sure but there are thousands of schools where there are no shootings
Trump: sure but there are thousands of schools where there are no shootings
September 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Welp, time for a nap.
This is literally life and death, and Tr*mp is siding with the insurance companies to allow them to deny mental health and addiction treatment coverage FOR THOSE WHO HAVE INSURANCE. This defies three existing laws. Please watch, share, get mad, and talk about it. This is a ticking timebomb
For decades, I've been fighting to make sure insurers don't discriminate against patients with mental illness and addiction. I've passed 2 different laws to make them pay these claims.
But now Trump is taking the insurers side.
I hope you watch this. It's an important story.
But now Trump is taking the insurers side.
I hope you watch this. It's an important story.
August 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is literally life and death, and Tr*mp is siding with the insurance companies to allow them to deny mental health and addiction treatment coverage FOR THOSE WHO HAVE INSURANCE. This defies three existing laws. Please watch, share, get mad, and talk about it. This is a ticking timebomb
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I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
Boyds Books's Bookstore | Pango Books
Browse books from Boyds Books's bookstore on Pango Books. Strong female protagonist supporting strong female protagonists. Featured books: "Of Women and Salt" by Gabriela Garcia, "The Cuban Heiress" b...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
pangobooks.com/bookstore/bo...
I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
I’m making space on my shelves by selling some like-new books. Mostly contemporary and literary fiction, please check it out and share!
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the most important part of this story is not that US diplomats asked if nonwhites qualify for Trump's South Africa refugee program but that Spencer Chretien--a high ranking appointee in Trump's State Department and former Associate Director of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025--answered NO
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the most important part of this story is not that US diplomats asked if nonwhites qualify for Trump's South Africa refugee program but that Spencer Chretien--a high ranking appointee in Trump's State Department and former Associate Director of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025--answered NO
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Real Estate Developers Decide Colorful Bench Enough To Deem Area ‘Arts District’ theonion.com/real-es...
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Real Estate Developers Decide Colorful Bench Enough To Deem Area ‘Arts District’ theonion.com/real-es...
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Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
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Feels like at least 75% of the people who comment have "live laugh love Jesus" in their bio and see absolutely nothing wrong with thinking of others as subhuman.
Deeply unnerving point from immigration analyst Todd Schulte: MAGA is becoming addicted to the "memefication of the shackling of human beings."
On the pod, Todd and I tried to go big on MAGA's memefication of cruelty toward migrants and what it means. Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1978...
On the pod, Todd and I tried to go big on MAGA's memefication of cruelty toward migrants and what it means. Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1978...
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Feels like at least 75% of the people who comment have "live laugh love Jesus" in their bio and see absolutely nothing wrong with thinking of others as subhuman.
POSTING ENNUI, yes! ugh this perfectly encapsulates how I've felt online lately.
Why sharing casual moments from our lives on social media doesn’t seem to make sense the way it used to.
Are You Experiencing Posting Ennui?
Sharing casual moments from our lives on social media doesn’t seem to make sense the way it used to.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
POSTING ENNUI, yes! ugh this perfectly encapsulates how I've felt online lately.
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if embarrassment could fuel power plants i’d be lighting up california rn
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
if embarrassment could fuel power plants i’d be lighting up california rn
It helps, here, to understand history and context.
Yes, English is the official language of Liberia, but perhaps the most painful irony of Trump's oblivious condescension is that the President of Liberia speaks and writes better English than he does.
July 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It helps, here, to understand history and context.
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Also: Joseph Boakai, the President of Liberia, took coursework at Kansas State University on a USAID fellowship, the agency Trump just demolished.
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Also: Joseph Boakai, the President of Liberia, took coursework at Kansas State University on a USAID fellowship, the agency Trump just demolished.