bellamoss
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Yes! And the media coverage should reflect how absurd and Ill-advised and unwelcome such a war would be, rather than, Iraq-style, casting it as inevitable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yes! And the media coverage should reflect how absurd and Ill-advised and unwelcome such a war would be, rather than, Iraq-style, casting it as inevitable.
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The AI stories about people losing their minds chatting with bots are indicators of a need to regulate these companies but also red flags that mental health is absolutely cratering and the same people who should regulate need to address this increasingly and intentionally precarious environment.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The AI stories about people losing their minds chatting with bots are indicators of a need to regulate these companies but also red flags that mental health is absolutely cratering and the same people who should regulate need to address this increasingly and intentionally precarious environment.
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You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
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Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Too few people are talking about how Trump isnt isolationist or interventionist. He is, along with Putin, a Spheres of Influence autocrat.
He wants every Great Power to carve up and dominate their own sphere: Russia over Ukraine, America over Venezuela, etc
He wants every Great Power to carve up and dominate their own sphere: Russia over Ukraine, America over Venezuela, etc
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Too few people are talking about how Trump isnt isolationist or interventionist. He is, along with Putin, a Spheres of Influence autocrat.
He wants every Great Power to carve up and dominate their own sphere: Russia over Ukraine, America over Venezuela, etc
He wants every Great Power to carve up and dominate their own sphere: Russia over Ukraine, America over Venezuela, etc
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is bailing on a regional emissions control system, just as Virginia rejoins. It’s a decision that could haunt his presidential ambitions. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/jpZ54HN
Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining - The American Prospect
To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.
trib.al
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is bailing on a regional emissions control system, just as Virginia rejoins. It’s a decision that could haunt his presidential ambitions. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/jpZ54HN
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
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it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
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Here's wishing them all coal in their stockings and a well funded primary opponent
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Here's wishing them all coal in their stockings and a well funded primary opponent
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"they are arguing, not about what I have said, but about what [my enemy] wants people to BELIEVE I said"
You should be very mindful about participating in public discourse that involves this strategic 'mistake' about your coalition's views & agenda
You should be very mindful about participating in public discourse that involves this strategic 'mistake' about your coalition's views & agenda
Rachel Carson, in giving advice to a high schooler who was going to debate Silent Spring, showed a better awareness than many contemporary Democrats of how an opponent will ascribe positions to you that you do not espouse in bad faith to win over a public too inattentive to check for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"they are arguing, not about what I have said, but about what [my enemy] wants people to BELIEVE I said"
You should be very mindful about participating in public discourse that involves this strategic 'mistake' about your coalition's views & agenda
You should be very mindful about participating in public discourse that involves this strategic 'mistake' about your coalition's views & agenda
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is Somali, responded to people using Trump’s announcement to call for her deportation. “I am a citizen and so are [a] majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is Somali, responded to people using Trump’s announcement to call for her deportation. “I am a citizen and so are [a] majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay.”
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“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council advocacy group. “TPS by law cannot be terminated early. Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.”
Trump Prompts Outrage for Revoking Protected Status for Minnesota Somalis
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” said an immigration expert.
truthout.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council advocacy group. “TPS by law cannot be terminated early. Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.”
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For all of the folks fawning over those two paragraphs of the Carville NYT essay, I urge you to read the rest of the essay
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For all of the folks fawning over those two paragraphs of the Carville NYT essay, I urge you to read the rest of the essay
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Law abiding is not something any one would associate with Trump. He’s a convicted felon.
Leavitt: "Not a single order this president or administration has given to our military has ever been illegal, nor will it ever be. This administration respects and abides by the law."
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Law abiding is not something any one would associate with Trump. He’s a convicted felon.
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This is the political fallout of the “down with woke” stance so many people opposed to the “establishment” are praising today.
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the political fallout of the “down with woke” stance so many people opposed to the “establishment” are praising today.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Re: Carville's NYT essay, I initially responded to the quote post & thought maybe corporate centrists finally got it.
But then I read the framing & the article &...nope. They still don't get it.
You can't escape "woke," Dems. Learn from Mamdani. You need BOTH: "diversity" & class. Can't avoid it.
But then I read the framing & the article &...nope. They still don't get it.
You can't escape "woke," Dems. Learn from Mamdani. You need BOTH: "diversity" & class. Can't avoid it.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Re: Carville's NYT essay, I initially responded to the quote post & thought maybe corporate centrists finally got it.
But then I read the framing & the article &...nope. They still don't get it.
You can't escape "woke," Dems. Learn from Mamdani. You need BOTH: "diversity" & class. Can't avoid it.
But then I read the framing & the article &...nope. They still don't get it.
You can't escape "woke," Dems. Learn from Mamdani. You need BOTH: "diversity" & class. Can't avoid it.
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And a full paycheck and benefits when “work” is shut down
Members of Congress have got to be the only people in the entire country who get a pension after 5 years
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And a full paycheck and benefits when “work” is shut down
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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The White House doesn’t offer a plausible legal rationale because the orders are illegal.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The White House doesn’t offer a plausible legal rationale because the orders are illegal.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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This is quite the essay on MAGA Christianity, an insider lament about things I’ve observed from the outside, and things I didn’t know about.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is quite the essay on MAGA Christianity, an insider lament about things I’ve observed from the outside, and things I didn’t know about.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.