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MAGA's interest in "antitrust reform" was never real, you preposterous fucking rubes.
Just A Reminder: Authoritarians Don’t ACTUALLY Support ‘Antitrust Reform’
A few years ago you might recall there was a three year news cycle about how the modern Trump GOP was somehow “serious about antitrust reform this time.” The party, which has never met …
www.techdirt.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
MAGA's interest in "antitrust reform" was never real, you preposterous fucking rubes.
I saw people talking about this earlier and it seemed very interesting. gaming interest report that sep-Nov 2025 online sports bets down in Illinois 15% from 2024, after state started imposing a per bet fee. Speculate it drove people to black market 1/
finance.yahoo.com/news/illinoi...
finance.yahoo.com/news/illinoi...
Illinois players choosing illegal sports betting sites due to high taxes: report
According to a new report, legal sports wagers in Illinois are dropping below national averages, suggesting players are favoring illegal betting sites and bookies.
finance.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I saw people talking about this earlier and it seemed very interesting. gaming interest report that sep-Nov 2025 online sports bets down in Illinois 15% from 2024, after state started imposing a per bet fee. Speculate it drove people to black market 1/
finance.yahoo.com/news/illinoi...
finance.yahoo.com/news/illinoi...
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This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
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just so you guys know the apples at the grocery store are stacked very precariously
February 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
just so you guys know the apples at the grocery store are stacked very precariously
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tfw you’ve summed up your whole writing career and then attributed it to “left wing discourse on A.I.”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Right now, “left-wing discourse on A.I. feels like a collection of irritable mental gestures in search of a consistent theme,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
Right now, “left-wing discourse on A.I. feels like a collection of irritable mental gestures in search of a consistent theme,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
Opinion | The Left Needs a Sharper A.I. Politics
The future may put progressive theories of work and human nature to the test.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
tfw you’ve summed up your whole writing career and then attributed it to “left wing discourse on A.I.”
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Those *same* authoritarian tycoons have destroyed the jobs of *fifty times* as many workers in the tech industry in the last 3 years as have lost jobs in journalism. (I say that for scale, not comparison — I know journalism has been suffering longer.) Those workers are targeted for the same reasons.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Those *same* authoritarian tycoons have destroyed the jobs of *fifty times* as many workers in the tech industry in the last 3 years as have lost jobs in journalism. (I say that for scale, not comparison — I know journalism has been suffering longer.) Those workers are targeted for the same reasons.
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I think people outside of tech don't understand that the workers who have been cut are disproportionately from underrepresented and marginalized groups, are those doing "soft" (more human) roles like design, HR (especially inclusion), and product work, and were often quiet targeting of advocates.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I think people outside of tech don't understand that the workers who have been cut are disproportionately from underrepresented and marginalized groups, are those doing "soft" (more human) roles like design, HR (especially inclusion), and product work, and were often quiet targeting of advocates.
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that shit was so freaking fun. Benito killed it!
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
that shit was so freaking fun. Benito killed it!
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Adrien Brody won one last year and he's doing ads for one of those scummy tax prep companies!
current Oscar nominee Elle Fanning in a mayonnaise commercial is how you know the entertainment industry is kinda fucked
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Adrien Brody won one last year and he's doing ads for one of those scummy tax prep companies!
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He did his job (ruining the paper)
Will Lewis has just told staff at the Washington Post he is stepping down
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
He did his job (ruining the paper)
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where is your god Cheap Turkey now
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
where is your god Cheap Turkey now
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Taking your own food when you’re going TO ITALY. truly the sign of a demented mind
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Taking your own food when you’re going TO ITALY. truly the sign of a demented mind
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the idf killed like seventy thousand palestinian ppl last death toll i saw and then turned around to sell a propaganda app about it which is one of the most outlandishly evil things ive ever heard of in my fucking life so no i dont feel bad for their team getting booed at the olympics
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
the idf killed like seventy thousand palestinian ppl last death toll i saw and then turned around to sell a propaganda app about it which is one of the most outlandishly evil things ive ever heard of in my fucking life so no i dont feel bad for their team getting booed at the olympics
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it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
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there's gotta be a better way to say this
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
there's gotta be a better way to say this
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You all started it and we fucking finished it.
Ted Cruz (@tedcruz)
A brazen abuse of power & an insult to democracy.
47% of VA voted Trump. They will now get just 9% of the seats.
52% of VA voters voted Harris. Now they get 91% of the seats.
(By comparison, in TX, 56% voted Trump; GOP gets 79% of the seats.)
xcancel.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
You all started it and we fucking finished it.
oh, THAT Luciano Pavarotti!
It began with an athlete striking an anvil with a hammer — each blow setting off pyrotechnics — and ended with Luciano Pavarotti, the opera star, singing “Nessun Dorma.
It began with an athlete striking an anvil with a hammer — each blow setting off pyrotechnics — and ended with Luciano Pavarotti, the opera star, singing “Nessun Dorma.
These ceremonies have a tough act to follow: Italy’s last Olympics spectacle.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
oh, THAT Luciano Pavarotti!
It began with an athlete striking an anvil with a hammer — each blow setting off pyrotechnics — and ended with Luciano Pavarotti, the opera star, singing “Nessun Dorma.
It began with an athlete striking an anvil with a hammer — each blow setting off pyrotechnics — and ended with Luciano Pavarotti, the opera star, singing “Nessun Dorma.
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South Minneapolis a hornet’s nest of resistance this AM. Car commuters everywhere, multiple observers on every corner, ICE patrols getting smothered by completely oppressive neighborhood watch. Incredible job guys, you’re all heroes
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
South Minneapolis a hornet’s nest of resistance this AM. Car commuters everywhere, multiple observers on every corner, ICE patrols getting smothered by completely oppressive neighborhood watch. Incredible job guys, you’re all heroes
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Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
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Boston - pls be on the lookout for my bike that was stolen from this exact rack on Longwood Ave today. 2021 Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon, size 52 cm, raspberry and blk with studded tires.
Yes I know it’s too nice for commuting but ya know, we ride what we got and I spend a lot of time commuting
Yes I know it’s too nice for commuting but ya know, we ride what we got and I spend a lot of time commuting
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Boston - pls be on the lookout for my bike that was stolen from this exact rack on Longwood Ave today. 2021 Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon, size 52 cm, raspberry and blk with studded tires.
Yes I know it’s too nice for commuting but ya know, we ride what we got and I spend a lot of time commuting
Yes I know it’s too nice for commuting but ya know, we ride what we got and I spend a lot of time commuting
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there’s a rare sense of justice in the thought that there are people looking at their trumpcoin or melaniacoin wallets and thinking, dammit, should’ve bought fartcoin
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
there’s a rare sense of justice in the thought that there are people looking at their trumpcoin or melaniacoin wallets and thinking, dammit, should’ve bought fartcoin
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
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Anxious to read about the cultural and societal implications of this deal for the Wizards
BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards, The Athletic confirms.
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Anxious to read about the cultural and societal implications of this deal for the Wizards
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This cannot be accepted. This is a bullshit move to try and keep the status of the occupation basically unchanged but try and play it off as a compromise
With the immediate removal of 700 federal agents from Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan put the total number of agents remaining in the state at approximately 2,000.
That’s still a dramatic increase from the normal immigration and enforcement staffing in Minnesota of around 150 agents.
That’s still a dramatic increase from the normal immigration and enforcement staffing in Minnesota of around 150 agents.
Live: Border official Tom Homan announces hundreds of agents will leave Minnesota
White House border czar is negotiating with local officials on a deal for county jails to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This cannot be accepted. This is a bullshit move to try and keep the status of the occupation basically unchanged but try and play it off as a compromise
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they’ve taken away everything worth reading, why should they get my money
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
they’ve taken away everything worth reading, why should they get my money