AllenGregoryIV
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All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.
Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.
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'“Cyclists” are not a unique species of urban resident; they are simply people who decide to bike instead of using another mode.... magic happens when a city’s bike network is expansive enough to safely accommodate the bulk of regular trips.' --@DavidZipper.bsky.social #WordsMatter #transportation
From a few months ago, my take on Toronto's high-stakes fight over bike lanes:
"It is the completeness of [a bike] network — not its total length — that determines how willing people are to ride. When an important spine like Bloor Street is gained or lost, everyone feels it."
"It is the completeness of [a bike] network — not its total length — that determines how willing people are to ride. When an important spine like Bloor Street is gained or lost, everyone feels it."
Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed
A standoff over cycling infrastructure and traffic congestion in Toronto shows why building protected bike lanes on essential corridors draws controversy along with riders.
www.bloomberg.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
'“Cyclists” are not a unique species of urban resident; they are simply people who decide to bike instead of using another mode.... magic happens when a city’s bike network is expansive enough to safely accommodate the bulk of regular trips.' --@DavidZipper.bsky.social #WordsMatter #transportation
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If your goal as a government is to prevent death rather than enable and accelerate it, it's amazing what you can do.
Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
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July 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If your goal as a government is to prevent death rather than enable and accelerate it, it's amazing what you can do.
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Women are “naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely, and those are gifts. They’re not symptoms of a disease," said Roger McFillen, a doctor on an FDA panel that largely argued against pregnant women taking antidepressants.
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
www.motherjones.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Women are “naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely, and those are gifts. They’re not symptoms of a disease," said Roger McFillen, a doctor on an FDA panel that largely argued against pregnant women taking antidepressants.
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New York is set to make phone calls free for incarcerated people: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
Prisoners’ Phone Calls Will Soon Be Free in New York State
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New York is set to make phone calls free for incarcerated people: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
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A man was robbed and assaulted in Milton, Delaware, by two masked men impersonating ICE agents www.delawareonline.com/story/news/c...
2 men wearing 'ICE' vests rob motorist at gunpoint in Milton. What to know, plus safety tips
If you are unsure if the person pulling you over is a law enforcement officer, call 911 to verify.
www.delawareonline.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A man was robbed and assaulted in Milton, Delaware, by two masked men impersonating ICE agents www.delawareonline.com/story/news/c...
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"Trump has spent half a year boasting about how he is withdrawing our collective ability to help those facing personal and collective emergencies. The result is that everyone — local officials, mainstream media, social media users, even Grok — thinks of him as soon as there's a disaster."
Trump gutted the weather service. Then Texas flooded.
It's a brutal reminder that in disasters, we need the federal government.
www.publicnotice.co
July 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Trump has spent half a year boasting about how he is withdrawing our collective ability to help those facing personal and collective emergencies. The result is that everyone — local officials, mainstream media, social media users, even Grok — thinks of him as soon as there's a disaster."
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The reason I get really mad about people who dismiss AC as a frivolous luxury is the *same* reason I get really mad about people who claim that USAID was useless or evil:
these arguments all boil down to “I think the global death of millions of largely poor people is acceptable collateral damage.”
these arguments all boil down to “I think the global death of millions of largely poor people is acceptable collateral damage.”
July 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The reason I get really mad about people who dismiss AC as a frivolous luxury is the *same* reason I get really mad about people who claim that USAID was useless or evil:
these arguments all boil down to “I think the global death of millions of largely poor people is acceptable collateral damage.”
these arguments all boil down to “I think the global death of millions of largely poor people is acceptable collateral damage.”
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We just learned the latest CBO analysis will cut Medicaid by $980 billion.
Massive public safety implications;
Massive public safety implications;
The massive reconciliation bill that Congress is considering would lead to million of peoples losing Medicaid coverage, among other safety-net cuts. Research has shown that when Medicaid has been cut, crime rates have gone up: boltsmag.org/medicai...
“We Need to See the Bigger Picture”: How Cuts to Medicaid Hurt Public Safety
A new study found that when people lose health insurance, crime rates go up. Bolts spoke to one of the authors about the implications, at a time of a nationwide drop-off in Medicaid.
boltsmag.org
June 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We just learned the latest CBO analysis will cut Medicaid by $980 billion.
Massive public safety implications;
Massive public safety implications;
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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the fact that it's essentially impossible to hold a federal agent responsible for their unconstitutional behavior should be a bigger deal while federal agents are assaulting a city
June 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the fact that it's essentially impossible to hold a federal agent responsible for their unconstitutional behavior should be a bigger deal while federal agents are assaulting a city
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UBI opposition from the left is to me more annoying than opposition from the right. Why is it so hard to understand that yes, Bill Gates will get UBI too, just as he would get universal healthcare, but taxes will be used as a subtraction mechanism instead of means-testing. JUST TAX THE RICH FFS.
June 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
UBI opposition from the left is to me more annoying than opposition from the right. Why is it so hard to understand that yes, Bill Gates will get UBI too, just as he would get universal healthcare, but taxes will be used as a subtraction mechanism instead of means-testing. JUST TAX THE RICH FFS.
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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"There are only 4 million able-bodied adults without dependents who are persistently enrolled in Medicaid and work fewer than 80 hours a month. This is about 29% of ABAWDs, 5% of all Medicaid recipients, and 1% of the US population."
Also work requirements don't increase work. They just hurt people
Also work requirements don't increase work. They just hurt people
Is There Really an Epidemic of Workless Medicaid Recipients?
A deep dive into the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"There are only 4 million able-bodied adults without dependents who are persistently enrolled in Medicaid and work fewer than 80 hours a month. This is about 29% of ABAWDs, 5% of all Medicaid recipients, and 1% of the US population."
Also work requirements don't increase work. They just hurt people
Also work requirements don't increase work. They just hurt people
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Only way to do it if you love your kid.
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
May 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Only way to do it if you love your kid.
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Imagine knowing that everyone doing any work of any kind was doing it not because they had to for survival income but because they chose to for discretionary income or because of the work itself. Universal basic income would fundamentally transform every interaction with every provider of a service.
The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
How to convert an economy based on fear to one based on joy
www.scottsantens.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Imagine knowing that everyone doing any work of any kind was doing it not because they had to for survival income but because they chose to for discretionary income or because of the work itself. Universal basic income would fundamentally transform every interaction with every provider of a service.
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my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail
April 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
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Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
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"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
February 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
January 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."