Max
@thesagem.bsky.social
Gaymer that has a cat as a roommate.
Sometimes I go on unhinged rants about Romanian politics, doamne fereste.
Sometimes I go on unhinged rants about Romanian politics, doamne fereste.
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So those gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey were about as tight as a butthole after a gangbang
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
So those gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey were about as tight as a butthole after a gangbang
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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this was so clarifying and maybe even slowed my heart rate
I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
this was so clarifying and maybe even slowed my heart rate
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1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
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The duration mismatch is fascinating. On an annualized basis, tax cuts are a bottom line improvement, netted against top line payments to Medicaid. But those Medicaid assurances are used for leverage *and* debt underwriting years/decades out
Will will roil credit markets and is recessionary to boot
Will will roil credit markets and is recessionary to boot
June 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The duration mismatch is fascinating. On an annualized basis, tax cuts are a bottom line improvement, netted against top line payments to Medicaid. But those Medicaid assurances are used for leverage *and* debt underwriting years/decades out
Will will roil credit markets and is recessionary to boot
Will will roil credit markets and is recessionary to boot
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It’s a relatively small thing, but by not using the all-caps it fails to communicate how unhinged our president is.
June 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It’s a relatively small thing, but by not using the all-caps it fails to communicate how unhinged our president is.
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Mood
[The Four Horsemen from the Apocalypse (1498) by Albrecht Dürer]
[The Four Horsemen from the Apocalypse (1498) by Albrecht Dürer]
June 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Mood
[The Four Horsemen from the Apocalypse (1498) by Albrecht Dürer]
[The Four Horsemen from the Apocalypse (1498) by Albrecht Dürer]
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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June 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A Frenchman in Texas.
June 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A Frenchman in Texas.
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“Special thanks to our sponsor: Coinbase”
June 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Special thanks to our sponsor: Coinbase”
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Assault rifle pointed at the protest by LASD. There are at least 2 others pointed from other vehicles.
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Assault rifle pointed at the protest by LASD. There are at least 2 others pointed from other vehicles.
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Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.”
This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.”
This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
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AI chatbots are increasingly being used by online users as fact-checking tools.
But incorrect answers by ChatGPT and Grok are misleading users about the origin of photos showing National Guard troops, sent to Los Angeles during the recent unrest, sleeping on floors.
But incorrect answers by ChatGPT and Grok are misleading users about the origin of photos showing National Guard troops, sent to Los Angeles during the recent unrest, sleeping on floors.
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
AI chatbots are increasingly being used by online users as fact-checking tools.
But incorrect answers by ChatGPT and Grok are misleading users about the origin of photos showing National Guard troops, sent to Los Angeles during the recent unrest, sleeping on floors.
But incorrect answers by ChatGPT and Grok are misleading users about the origin of photos showing National Guard troops, sent to Los Angeles during the recent unrest, sleeping on floors.
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
Nicusor Dan is the president of Romania. Probably some of the best news this year for me.
May 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Nicusor Dan is the president of Romania. Probably some of the best news this year for me.
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This is horrifying. What sort of sadists do this to someone?
" ... at the end of the day, when you hold your hand on your chest and you say 'liberty and justice for all,' it should mean something to all of us.”
Interview with the NH man who was detained for two months and mistreated for no good reason. Just an appalling story.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Interview with the NH man who was detained for two months and mistreated for no good reason. Just an appalling story.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention
The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.
www.wgbh.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is horrifying. What sort of sadists do this to someone?
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This is the moment I was invited into Delaney Hall. Nobody was kicking or shoving like the coverage suggests. We were invited in.
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is the moment I was invited into Delaney Hall. Nobody was kicking or shoving like the coverage suggests. We were invited in.
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Cover this too. They could have opened fire on unarmed people - a CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
May 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cover this too. They could have opened fire on unarmed people - a CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
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Congresswoman Lamonica McIver accuses ICE of assaulting her and two other members of Congress who were attempting to do their statutory duty by visiting the facility.
Rep. Menendez Jr. says ICE brought 20 armed agents to intimidate them.
(🎥 Fox News)
Rep. Menendez Jr. says ICE brought 20 armed agents to intimidate them.
(🎥 Fox News)
May 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Congresswoman Lamonica McIver accuses ICE of assaulting her and two other members of Congress who were attempting to do their statutory duty by visiting the facility.
Rep. Menendez Jr. says ICE brought 20 armed agents to intimidate them.
(🎥 Fox News)
Rep. Menendez Jr. says ICE brought 20 armed agents to intimidate them.
(🎥 Fox News)
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Your pope jokes are good but also this is happening if you could amplify
Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!
May 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Your pope jokes are good but also this is happening if you could amplify
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Sec. Lutnick now confirms this is the case:
"The 10% baseline is for countries that have balanced budget with us, that are the best, and those who had trade deficits are going to have a higher tariff," he says on CNBC. "The best they can do is 10% -- most likely they'll be higher."
"The 10% baseline is for countries that have balanced budget with us, that are the best, and those who had trade deficits are going to have a higher tariff," he says on CNBC. "The best they can do is 10% -- most likely they'll be higher."
And this suggests that for nearly all other countries, most of whom the U.S. runs deficits with, the baseline tariff is not only poised to remain in place but could also be a good deal higher than 10%.
The most significant takeaway from today's UK trade announcement for me is that for a country that a) the US has a rare trade surplus with and b) had already been negotiating with the US for ~a decade, the best the UK could get was a 10% baseline tariff with very few exemptions
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sec. Lutnick now confirms this is the case:
"The 10% baseline is for countries that have balanced budget with us, that are the best, and those who had trade deficits are going to have a higher tariff," he says on CNBC. "The best they can do is 10% -- most likely they'll be higher."
"The 10% baseline is for countries that have balanced budget with us, that are the best, and those who had trade deficits are going to have a higher tariff," he says on CNBC. "The best they can do is 10% -- most likely they'll be higher."
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NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...