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Like do we not remember how "China's sending this poison to us, it's a declaration of war" was the line for several years? Very little effort to convince people that no, it was actually uhhhhh Nicolas Maduro.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Like do we not remember how "China's sending this poison to us, it's a declaration of war" was the line for several years? Very little effort to convince people that no, it was actually uhhhhh Nicolas Maduro.
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This is very convincing to me, a guy who got hit on the head and forgot how most fentanyl ingredients were coming from China.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is very convincing to me, a guy who got hit on the head and forgot how most fentanyl ingredients were coming from China.
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Pete Hegseth’s move to reinstall a Confederate statue is, at worst, a move to show that “he and the Trump administration are making common cause with apologists who believe that the wrong side won the Civil War,” Mike Nelson argues.
The Enemy That Hegseth and Trump Insist on Honoring
The U.S. won the Civil War. So why is the administration so keen on the Confederate side?
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pete Hegseth’s move to reinstall a Confederate statue is, at worst, a move to show that “he and the Trump administration are making common cause with apologists who believe that the wrong side won the Civil War,” Mike Nelson argues.
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A major obstacle for folks attempting to defend democracy is that a perfectly accurate description of what Trump is attempting sounds like hysterical conspiracy theorizing to a lot of people. We default to “c’mon, that can’t happen here”—which is exactly why it can.
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A major obstacle for folks attempting to defend democracy is that a perfectly accurate description of what Trump is attempting sounds like hysterical conspiracy theorizing to a lot of people. We default to “c’mon, that can’t happen here”—which is exactly why it can.
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This episode was difficult to listen to but it was another outstanding piece of journalism. I am floored by the NFLPA process here
For anyone who wanted me to investigate elected leaders, an insane cover-up, and pedophiles:
Part IV of PTFO's NFLPA/NFL series is for you 👀 youtu.be/b-qLz63bhm8?...
Part IV of PTFO's NFLPA/NFL series is for you 👀 youtu.be/b-qLz63bhm8?...
The NFLPA Elected a New Leader — and Ignored an “Open Secret” | Part 4 | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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August 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This episode was difficult to listen to but it was another outstanding piece of journalism. I am floored by the NFLPA process here
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Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump’s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval stands at 38% (60% disapprove), and fewer Americans now attribute several positive personal characteristics to him than did so during the campaign.
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump’s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval stands at 38% (60% disapprove), and fewer Americans now attribute several positive personal characteristics to him than did so during the campaign.
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listening to the dumbest dudes at the gym swear Obama was going to take over the country with the national park police for eight years and then seeing this is some amazing whiplash for me
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
August 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
listening to the dumbest dudes at the gym swear Obama was going to take over the country with the national park police for eight years and then seeing this is some amazing whiplash for me
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the high point of my being denounced as a neoliberal shill on tiktok is when i insisted that gentrification is downstream of housing supply constraints, and isn’t a quality inherently possessed by people you don’t like
maybe I’ll get pilloried for like “not getting the joke” or whatever, but this is absolutely how, like, a comfortable percentage of Cool People think the dynamics of housing costs work and it fucking sucks
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the high point of my being denounced as a neoliberal shill on tiktok is when i insisted that gentrification is downstream of housing supply constraints, and isn’t a quality inherently possessed by people you don’t like
We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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I think this is why Trump got no rally-round-the-flag bounce (which would have happened 20 years ago) for bombing Iran.
He's adopted the powerful populist rhetoric that we should spend money here instead of messing around overseas. Some people ask: Okay, so why bomb Iran and cutt Medicaid?
He's adopted the powerful populist rhetoric that we should spend money here instead of messing around overseas. Some people ask: Okay, so why bomb Iran and cutt Medicaid?
America first should mean ensuring every American has housing, healthcare, clean food, air, and water.
July 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I think this is why Trump got no rally-round-the-flag bounce (which would have happened 20 years ago) for bombing Iran.
He's adopted the powerful populist rhetoric that we should spend money here instead of messing around overseas. Some people ask: Okay, so why bomb Iran and cutt Medicaid?
He's adopted the powerful populist rhetoric that we should spend money here instead of messing around overseas. Some people ask: Okay, so why bomb Iran and cutt Medicaid?
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I want to bump this up because I don't think it's getting the attention it deserves.
Some U of Utah researchers wrote a paper using mostly wrong AI to suggest a transportation policy that got passed as a bill which took away Salt Lake City's ability to design its own streets for safety.
Some U of Utah researchers wrote a paper using mostly wrong AI to suggest a transportation policy that got passed as a bill which took away Salt Lake City's ability to design its own streets for safety.
This is one of the most important pieces of reporting about Utah's urbanism, transportation, and state politics since I moved here in 2019. I strongly encourage everyone interested in transportation and state politics to read it and share it widely
Did Two University of Utah Professors Use AI to Take SLC's Streets Away?
Alleged air quality expert Daniel Mendoza was the lead author on a paper that was used to justify a bill that blocks SLC's ability to make its streets safer.
buildingsaltlake.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I want to bump this up because I don't think it's getting the attention it deserves.
Some U of Utah researchers wrote a paper using mostly wrong AI to suggest a transportation policy that got passed as a bill which took away Salt Lake City's ability to design its own streets for safety.
Some U of Utah researchers wrote a paper using mostly wrong AI to suggest a transportation policy that got passed as a bill which took away Salt Lake City's ability to design its own streets for safety.
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it doesn't seem like too much to ask for at least a brief moratorium on "centrist" Dems knifing their own party members while Trump is attempting to pass the worst piece of legislation since the Fugitive Slave Act
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
it doesn't seem like too much to ask for at least a brief moratorium on "centrist" Dems knifing their own party members while Trump is attempting to pass the worst piece of legislation since the Fugitive Slave Act
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Honestly, even the Chinese and Russians never made me do this to get a visa. Even the North Koreans, who made me hand over my phone for the duration of my visit, never made this demand.
US Embassy Thailand - All who are applying for an F, M or J nonimmigrant visa must adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to 'public' for vetting.
June 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Honestly, even the Chinese and Russians never made me do this to get a visa. Even the North Koreans, who made me hand over my phone for the duration of my visit, never made this demand.
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The Republican Party has found its roots: throwing people off their health care and bombing the Middle East.
June 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Republican Party has found its roots: throwing people off their health care and bombing the Middle East.
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No rush!
House Minority Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, asked if he supports the Massie/Khanna resolution to require Trump to get approval from Congress to strike Iran: "I haven't taken a look at it."
June 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
No rush!
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Trump's decision to bomb Iran had little to do with intelligence. For years, including when he was last in office, the public U.S. intel assessment has been the same: Iran was not trying to build a nuclear weapon.
June 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Trump's decision to bomb Iran had little to do with intelligence. For years, including when he was last in office, the public U.S. intel assessment has been the same: Iran was not trying to build a nuclear weapon.
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The Peace Candidate.
June 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Peace Candidate.
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Trump approval at 41% is slightly higher than other recent polls that have Trump below 40% approval, but consistent with the overall decline.
Honeymoon is over. Now we get an abusive spouse
Honeymoon is over. Now we get an abusive spouse
NEW Economist/YouGov Jun 13-16
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
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% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump approval at 41% is slightly higher than other recent polls that have Trump below 40% approval, but consistent with the overall decline.
Honeymoon is over. Now we get an abusive spouse
Honeymoon is over. Now we get an abusive spouse
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I worry that it’s too much to expect careers military officers to speak up about this, but Jess is right: this is a shocking breach of American traditions. George Washington is rolling in his grave.
Candidly, as a civ-mil watcher, this scene at Bragg is freaking me out more than anything else that's happened so far. Just an absolute collapse of professional military norms.
June 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I worry that it’s too much to expect careers military officers to speak up about this, but Jess is right: this is a shocking breach of American traditions. George Washington is rolling in his grave.