@worldcitizen1994.bsky.social
An American who wants to live in a free, safe and open society.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The Epstein files were the most important issue in the world for Republicans—until they weren’t, Adam Serwer argues.
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Epstein files were the most important issue in the world for Republicans—until they weren’t, Adam Serwer argues.
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I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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The only real way for fiscal policy to dramatically reduce prices across the board is to induce a recession, which I sometimes wonder if Trump is trying to do.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The only real way for fiscal policy to dramatically reduce prices across the board is to induce a recession, which I sometimes wonder if Trump is trying to do.
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One of the weird elephants in the room that no one wants to quite talk about head on is that the entire conceit of the neoliberal political economy is that elected leaders can't control the price level! So no wonder everyone is going run right into a brick wall.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One of the weird elephants in the room that no one wants to quite talk about head on is that the entire conceit of the neoliberal political economy is that elected leaders can't control the price level! So no wonder everyone is going run right into a brick wall.
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Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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How do the MAGA Islamophobes feel about Trump's ecstatic bromance with MBS? Any word?
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
How do the MAGA Islamophobes feel about Trump's ecstatic bromance with MBS? Any word?
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Brendan Carr, the head of the FCC, has “a knack for pulling the strings of power in ways that escape public scrutiny,” @giladedelman.bsky.social reports. Carr's goal isn’t to tell networks what to air and whom to fire—it’s to get to the point where he doesn’t have to.
The ‘Easy Way’ to Crush the Mainstream Media
FCC chair Brendan Carr is on a crusade to Trumpify the airwaves.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Brendan Carr, the head of the FCC, has “a knack for pulling the strings of power in ways that escape public scrutiny,” @giladedelman.bsky.social reports. Carr's goal isn’t to tell networks what to air and whom to fire—it’s to get to the point where he doesn’t have to.
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Jeff Bezos received a quarter of a million from his parents in 1995 to start his online bookstore idea.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jeff Bezos received a quarter of a million from his parents in 1995 to start his online bookstore idea.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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and yet the intensity of reporting around trump and affordability has not reached 1/10000th the intensity it had under biden. the msm is not emphasizing this issue and its because theyre trying to help trump and the gop.
“A Washington Post-ABC News-Pisos poll from October found that 71% of American adults say they're spending more money on groceries compared to a year ago.”
“Voters often blame the guy in the Oval Office for their problems, and right now, that guy is Trump. He's learning a lesson the Biden team did: You can't insist your way to a good economy.” www.businessinsider.com/trump-bigges...
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
and yet the intensity of reporting around trump and affordability has not reached 1/10000th the intensity it had under biden. the msm is not emphasizing this issue and its because theyre trying to help trump and the gop.
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
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My essay from April on the dismantling of the department, and the administration’s commitment to returning American education to a time before the Civil Rights Act, when the nation’s most vulnerable students were largely unprotected: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My essay from April on the dismantling of the department, and the administration’s commitment to returning American education to a time before the Civil Rights Act, when the nation’s most vulnerable students were largely unprotected: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
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When you don’t think made up shit is true you’re in a liberal bubble, great point bsky.app/profile/razz...
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Bill Maher: "[The left] started to teach that every baby is, I don't know, [let's not even put the gender on the] birth certificate."
Patton Oswalt: "Were we teaching that?"
Bill Maher: "Yes we were. Teach it—it was a law here in California."
Patton Oswalt: "Teaching what?"
Bill Maher: "Don't put s*x on the birth certificate. We'll see."
Patton Oswalt: "I'm sorry, I don't remember that."
Bill Maher: "I know, because it doesn't get in the BlueSky bubble."
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November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When you don’t think made up shit is true you’re in a liberal bubble, great point bsky.app/profile/razz...
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An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
This is a direct attack on our children & our future.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
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“All the threads which led to the Asian expulsion in 1972 are present in the US now. But it’s not the same.
The big difference is that there is a counterthrust here, and it’s just beginning. I think this election in New York City is a possible beginning.”
The big difference is that there is a counterthrust here, and it’s just beginning. I think this election in New York City is a possible beginning.”
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“All the threads which led to the Asian expulsion in 1972 are present in the US now. But it’s not the same.
The big difference is that there is a counterthrust here, and it’s just beginning. I think this election in New York City is a possible beginning.”
The big difference is that there is a counterthrust here, and it’s just beginning. I think this election in New York City is a possible beginning.”
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
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Black people everywhere:
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Black people everywhere:
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Keith, that's not what people are upset or shocked about.
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Keith, that's not what people are upset or shocked about.
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We would not be here today without Virginia Giuffre.
We should all be thankful for the legacy of courage she left behind.
We should all be thankful for the legacy of courage she left behind.
Nearly every representative in the U.S. House voted to force the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a monthslong effort that has overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
US House Votes to Force Release of the Epstein Files in Bipartisan Wave
Nearly all U.S. House representatives voted to force the release of Justice Department files on convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We would not be here today without Virginia Giuffre.
We should all be thankful for the legacy of courage she left behind.
We should all be thankful for the legacy of courage she left behind.
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Well, it isn't liberals or progressives calling MAGA a bunch of Nazis...it's Laura Loomer.
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Well, it isn't liberals or progressives calling MAGA a bunch of Nazis...it's Laura Loomer.