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· Jun 19
PSA: When there’s a difference between what you feel and what you’re supposed to feel, and you make an effort to correct that, that is called emotion work. When your job is getting paid to do emotion work – the smiling face at MickyD's, flight attendant, even sex work – that’s emotional labor.
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Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
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Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
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A feature, not a bug — extraktiv kapitalism.
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A feature, not a bug — extraktiv kapitalism.
Fascists. Good on Judge Xinis.
In Abrego's civil case, govt suddenly claimed on 11/7 that Costa Rica, where Abrego was willing to go, will no longer take him. Only Liberia. It cited a sealed affidavit by an ICE official. Just now, Judge Xinis strikes that affidavit unless the official will testify Thursday.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fascists. Good on Judge Xinis.
Fascists
🚨BREAKING: Ratcheting up President Donald Trump’s assault on the judiciary, a group of Republican senators Monday asked an appeals court to suspend Chief Judge James Boasberg, who initiated potential contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials in April.
Escalating Trump’s War on Judiciary, GOP Senators Ask DC Circuit to Suspend Judge Boasberg
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Fascists
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Yikes. I had missed this. What a brazen scheme to weaponize administrative burden against those who can least afford it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yikes. I had missed this. What a brazen scheme to weaponize administrative burden against those who can least afford it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
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Yeah, "Trump crashes the dollar" has haunted me more than "Trump launches the nukes" for the past 10 months, because I think the former is more likely to occur and the destruction will be multi-generational, probably unrecoverable.
The end of dollar hegemony will transform U.S. debt from a fiscal drag into a high-yield fusion bomb.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
one thing that I think we really don't think about is if Trump fucks up America's macro privileges or role in the international system and Americans are forced to end up dealing with a economic system that doesn't allow for the same old fiscal fixes as before
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yeah, "Trump crashes the dollar" has haunted me more than "Trump launches the nukes" for the past 10 months, because I think the former is more likely to occur and the destruction will be multi-generational, probably unrecoverable.
The Major Questions Doctrine was literally invented to interfere with a President’s signature policy.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Major Questions Doctrine was literally invented to interfere with a President’s signature policy.
Late modernity is a hellscape
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Late modernity is a hellscape
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“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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OPERATION FIRM STROKE
OPERATION REAR ENTRY
OPERATION BACK DOOR MAN
OPERATION BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN
OPERATION SHAFT! SHAFT (can ya dig it?)
OPERATION RIBBED XXL
OPERATION REAR ENTRY
OPERATION BACK DOOR MAN
OPERATION BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN
OPERATION SHAFT! SHAFT (can ya dig it?)
OPERATION RIBBED XXL
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
OPERATION FIRM STROKE
OPERATION REAR ENTRY
OPERATION BACK DOOR MAN
OPERATION BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN
OPERATION SHAFT! SHAFT (can ya dig it?)
OPERATION RIBBED XXL
OPERATION REAR ENTRY
OPERATION BACK DOOR MAN
OPERATION BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN
OPERATION SHAFT! SHAFT (can ya dig it?)
OPERATION RIBBED XXL
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Vad som händer när föräldrarna, som Britz pratar om, får flera tusen kronor mindre i månaden är inte att de lättare får jobb. Det som händer är att barnen får en fattigare uppväxt och i flera fall riskerar att själva få sämre utbildning och arbetsmarknadsförankring som vuxna.
När 86.000 människor får sänkt ersättning säger arbetsmarknadsministern Johan Britz att tidigare regeringar blundat för hur farligt bidragsberoende är. Ja, eller så kanske de tyckte det var rimligt att även långtidsarbetslösa får äta?
Sänkt aktivitetsstöd drabbar tusentals: ”Pang bom, fem tusenlappar bort”
Många som deltar i Arbetsförmedlingens program vittnar om kraftigt sänkt aktivitetsstöd.
www.dn.se
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Vad som händer när föräldrarna, som Britz pratar om, får flera tusen kronor mindre i månaden är inte att de lättare får jobb. Det som händer är att barnen får en fattigare uppväxt och i flera fall riskerar att själva få sämre utbildning och arbetsmarknadsförankring som vuxna.
You guys aren’t plugged in enough if you don’t think this is funny
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
You guys aren’t plugged in enough if you don’t think this is funny
I'm concerned that forcing Oreos to eat other Oreos is going to result in Mad Oreo Disease infecting the Oreo population.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm concerned that forcing Oreos to eat other Oreos is going to result in Mad Oreo Disease infecting the Oreo population.
It is a huge scandal that they keep killing despite being way past the dates when they should get Congressional authorization.
And "narco-terrorist" is a term that needs to be aggressively challenged. It is absurd bullshit trying to discursively create a new entity that falls outside the law.
And "narco-terrorist" is a term that needs to be aggressively challenged. It is absurd bullshit trying to discursively create a new entity that falls outside the law.
thehill.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It is a huge scandal that they keep killing despite being way past the dates when they should get Congressional authorization.
And "narco-terrorist" is a term that needs to be aggressively challenged. It is absurd bullshit trying to discursively create a new entity that falls outside the law.
And "narco-terrorist" is a term that needs to be aggressively challenged. It is absurd bullshit trying to discursively create a new entity that falls outside the law.
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Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves — from tariffs to attacks on boats in the Caribbean to meddling in Argentina’s elections — is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the Left’s political prospects.
Trump’s Provocations Are Bolstering Latin America’s Left
Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves — from tariffs to attacks on boats in the Caribbean to meddling in Argentina’s elections — is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the Left’s political prospects.
jacobin.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves — from tariffs to attacks on boats in the Caribbean to meddling in Argentina’s elections — is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the Left’s political prospects.
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I move that we rethink this whole elite business.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I move that we rethink this whole elite business.
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Redaction immediately following "Trump is gross" is intriguing. Remember that the principal justification for redactions is protecting the victims. Here it would be important to pursue the question of why this was redacted and whether the victim will consent to revealing what lies beneath.
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Redaction immediately following "Trump is gross" is intriguing. Remember that the principal justification for redactions is protecting the victims. Here it would be important to pursue the question of why this was redacted and whether the victim will consent to revealing what lies beneath.
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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Oh.
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Oh.
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