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Genuinely hilarious how many people are trying to sway President Trump to their side with a very specific flavor of flattery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/h...
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Genuinely hilarious how many people are trying to sway President Trump to their side with a very specific flavor of flattery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/h...
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Ted Cruz claims it’s “not time for partisan finger-pointing” about the Texas floods - but he sure didn’t hesitate to blame “leftist policies” for the horrific California wildfires in January.
We don’t need to tolerate constant MAGA hypocrisy about when its appropriate to “politicize” tragedy.
We don’t need to tolerate constant MAGA hypocrisy about when its appropriate to “politicize” tragedy.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ted Cruz claims it’s “not time for partisan finger-pointing” about the Texas floods - but he sure didn’t hesitate to blame “leftist policies” for the horrific California wildfires in January.
We don’t need to tolerate constant MAGA hypocrisy about when its appropriate to “politicize” tragedy.
We don’t need to tolerate constant MAGA hypocrisy about when its appropriate to “politicize” tragedy.
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MAGAs: Why won’t Muslims just assimilate to our country!?!
Muslims: [Get elected to office]
MAGAs: …Wait not like that
Muslims: [Get elected to office]
MAGAs: …Wait not like that
June 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
MAGAs: Why won’t Muslims just assimilate to our country!?!
Muslims: [Get elected to office]
MAGAs: …Wait not like that
Muslims: [Get elected to office]
MAGAs: …Wait not like that
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Citizens United gave us Oligarchy. Just look at this graph. 😑
April 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Citizens United gave us Oligarchy. Just look at this graph. 😑
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While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
A faculty vote sends shockwaves through Jacksonville University, as tensions between educators and administration reach a boiling point.
JU faculty votes no confidence in president amid financial woes
A faculty vote sends shockwaves through Jacksonville University, as tensions between educators and administration reach a boiling point.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is happening in Jacksonville. Jacksonville University has essentially murdered the Arts at a university that was founded on the arts 🎭
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‘We feel betrayed’: JU faculty members in shock after decision to cut majors leaves them without a job - NewsBreak
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A significant change at Jacksonville University has left students and faculty reeling. On Tuesday, JU announced that it is cutting doz
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April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
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Justice Sotomayor with a bone-chilling dissent today: “The implication of the govt’s position is noncitizens AND US citizens could be taken off streets, forced onto planes, confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress…This Nation's laws is designed to prevent, not en-able, their rise.
April 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Justice Sotomayor with a bone-chilling dissent today: “The implication of the govt’s position is noncitizens AND US citizens could be taken off streets, forced onto planes, confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress…This Nation's laws is designed to prevent, not en-able, their rise.
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🧵Masked ICE thugs attempted to abduct the school nurse at Cooke Elementary School, located in the densely populated Adams Morgan section of DC. Workers at the school intervened, demanding a warrant and holding up their phones and ICE scurried off without making their arrest.
March 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🧵Masked ICE thugs attempted to abduct the school nurse at Cooke Elementary School, located in the densely populated Adams Morgan section of DC. Workers at the school intervened, demanding a warrant and holding up their phones and ICE scurried off without making their arrest.
Dubya/Cheney, the worst presidency in modern memory.
The US invasion of Iraq began on this day 22 years ago.
In the years since, the United States spent roughly $10 trillion on the so-called "war on terror."
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, housing, and education?
In the years since, the United States spent roughly $10 trillion on the so-called "war on terror."
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, housing, and education?
March 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Dubya/Cheney, the worst presidency in modern memory.
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He notes that, in late 2019, the first Trump administration ended a £200 million early-warning pandemic programme, aimed at training scientists in China and around the world to detect and respond to such a crisis. A few months later, the Covid pandemic began.
"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways"
If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?
My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?
My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
Populist Simplicity In A Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...
bylinetimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
He notes that, in late 2019, the first Trump administration ended a £200 million early-warning pandemic programme, aimed at training scientists in China and around the world to detect and respond to such a crisis. A few months later, the Covid pandemic began.
Same as his first term. It's Groundhog's Day again, again.
Coons: "In addition to putting on a car show in front of the White House explicitly to benefit the stock value of Elon Musk, his billionaire buddy Elon Musk pledged another $100m to support Trump's political campaign efforts. The public corruption at the very core of this is just shocking."
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Same as his first term. It's Groundhog's Day again, again.
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The House is expected to soon vote on a budget resolution laying the groundwork for $230+ billion in cuts to #SNAP. It's not possible to cut that much from SNAP without widespread harm to low-income families. Our new paper shows the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Millions of Low-Income Households Would Lose Food Aid Under Proposed House Republican SNAP Cuts | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Substantial cuts to SNAP would mean households with low incomes in every state would lose support they need to put food on the table, worsening food insecurity and hardship.
www.cbpp.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The House is expected to soon vote on a budget resolution laying the groundwork for $230+ billion in cuts to #SNAP. It's not possible to cut that much from SNAP without widespread harm to low-income families. Our new paper shows the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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50 years of right wing and "free market libertarian" prattle about how government is ALWAYS inherently bad leaves a mark
Americans widely believe government is inefficient, bureaucratic, & wasteful compared to the private sector--so much so that when they get good service, they assume it is privatized:
www.niskanencenter.org/why-american...
www.niskanencenter.org/why-american...
Why Americans Dislike Government, Even When it Works - Niskanen Center
Americans mistrust services provided by the public sector, even though they increasingly rely on government programs. Amy Lerman finds that citizens perceive public services as inefficient and lower q...
www.niskanencenter.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
50 years of right wing and "free market libertarian" prattle about how government is ALWAYS inherently bad leaves a mark
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@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
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people say a dem fox news wouldn't go that well but propublica's 'we go after shitheads you don't like' attitude is exactly like that
February 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
people say a dem fox news wouldn't go that well but propublica's 'we go after shitheads you don't like' attitude is exactly like that
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Holy Shit. They're burning through people pretty fast now. After Sassoon refused/resigned, the next two people - heads of Public Integrity Section (DC) and the Criminal Division also refused/resigned. This all JUST happened. And these are all 'actings', so they're people the Trump crew chose.
Defiance in New York: Acting US Atty resigns rather than carry out corrupt order from Main Justice talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/defia...
Defiance in New York
The acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Holy Shit. They're burning through people pretty fast now. After Sassoon refused/resigned, the next two people - heads of Public Integrity Section (DC) and the Criminal Division also refused/resigned. This all JUST happened. And these are all 'actings', so they're people the Trump crew chose.
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University of Chicago sues NIH over funding cuts.
#NIH #lawsuit #Chicago #university #cancer #alzheimers #diabeties #science #medicine
#NIH #lawsuit #Chicago #university #cancer #alzheimers #diabeties #science #medicine
“Flagrantly Unlawful”: UChicago Sues NIH Over Funding Cuts
The lawsuit was one of three filed in federal court Monday aiming to block a Friday NIH directive that would slash “indirect” cost funding for researchers and threaten 52 million dollars in UChicago’s...
chicagomaroon.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
University of Chicago sues NIH over funding cuts.
#NIH #lawsuit #Chicago #university #cancer #alzheimers #diabeties #science #medicine
#NIH #lawsuit #Chicago #university #cancer #alzheimers #diabeties #science #medicine
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Steve Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die
"the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Steve Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die
"the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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OH HELL YES
February 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
OH HELL YES
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As Trump’s marauding continues, America's last defense is the federal courts. But the big story here (which hasn’t received the attention it deserves) is that the Trump regime is ignoring the courts.
Where will this end? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-do-about-a-lawless-president
Where will this end? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-do-about-a-lawless-president
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As Trump’s marauding continues, America's last defense is the federal courts. But the big story here (which hasn’t received the attention it deserves) is that the Trump regime is ignoring the courts.
Where will this end? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-do-about-a-lawless-president
Where will this end? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-do-about-a-lawless-president
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What could possibly go wrong ?
February 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What could possibly go wrong ?