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As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.
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FWIW, I think the NO KINGS marches are a great idea and if I didn't have to go to a wedding today, I'd have been at one.
Bet you didn't see *that* coming.
Bet you didn't see *that* coming.
mr bean is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie .
ALT: mr bean is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie .
media.tenor.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
FWIW, I think the NO KINGS marches are a great idea and if I didn't have to go to a wedding today, I'd have been at one.
Bet you didn't see *that* coming.
Bet you didn't see *that* coming.
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A shame, in a situation like this, that one party is evil and the other is useless.
May 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A shame, in a situation like this, that one party is evil and the other is useless.
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The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
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This is wild.
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is wild.
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
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Systematically undermining American science is not gonna help us achieve ~energy dominance~
Breaking news: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it is unilaterally cutting in half the overhead rate on its academic grants, something that a federal judge recently told the National Institutes of Health it could not do.
Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants
Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal
scim.ag
April 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Systematically undermining American science is not gonna help us achieve ~energy dominance~
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"We did our own research" will be one of many statements engraved on America's mausoleum.
"In an interview w/Dr. Phil, the health sec. offered false information abt vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals."
What an opening sentence--so much doom packed into it.
Story offers sci debunking, but my thread here is on his statements/messaging. 🧵🛟
What an opening sentence--so much doom packed into it.
Story offers sci debunking, but my thread here is on his statements/messaging. 🧵🛟
Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines
In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"We did our own research" will be one of many statements engraved on America's mausoleum.
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Look, I know your first instinct might be to be weirded out and disgusted by the the fact that a leading Democrat is lending legitimacy to the wannabe-dictator's propaganda shows while his regime is dismantling the constitution - but hear me out... No, actually, you got that exactly right.
Trump invites Gretchen Whitmer to speak. She avoids praising Trump, but says "I am so grateful that this announcement was made today" and shakes hands with him
April 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Look, I know your first instinct might be to be weirded out and disgusted by the the fact that a leading Democrat is lending legitimacy to the wannabe-dictator's propaganda shows while his regime is dismantling the constitution - but hear me out... No, actually, you got that exactly right.
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the constitution isn’t is a word game and the fact that you can abuse the language to produce an outcome does not mean the constitution allows that outcome. the 22nd amendment was ratified to restrict a president to two terms in office, period. that is what it does.
Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn’t bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times. The 12th dsn’t bar running for VP unless “ineligible” to serve as Pres, but Trump isn’t ineligible. QED!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
In wide-ranging remarks to “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said “a lot of people” wanted him to serve a third term and vowed to impose tariffs on global rivals, according to a transcript of the interview ...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
the constitution isn’t is a word game and the fact that you can abuse the language to produce an outcome does not mean the constitution allows that outcome. the 22nd amendment was ratified to restrict a president to two terms in office, period. that is what it does.
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It is incredible how much of the anti-DEI craze is based on straight-up mythologizing about the recent past that would collapse under basic introspection, like saying there was no real prejudice against blacks in the 1950s
This is a *fantastic* response piece, and I urge everyone to read it.
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It is incredible how much of the anti-DEI craze is based on straight-up mythologizing about the recent past that would collapse under basic introspection, like saying there was no real prejudice against blacks in the 1950s
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If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I really do think we’re well beyond this point.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
April 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I really do think we’re well beyond this point.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
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The leaders of academia are not equal to this moment.
Here’s the email that Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, sent to members of the Harvard community in response to this news.
April 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The leaders of academia are not equal to this moment.
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During the Cold War, Americans were appalled both by the repression and the material deprivation of life under the Kremlin. Now, apparently, it seems like the civil liberties part isn't really a bother, as long as things are cheap and the WiFi signal's good.
As I've said several times here on Bluesky, our nation is slip-sliding towards becoming the North American version of Russia. Never in my lifetime could I imagine my fellow Americans choosing to live in Russia rather than the US but that reality is creeping closer to us.
Here, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social has exactly the right word: Stalinesque. So much of what comes out in these WH edicts sounds like it was written in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
During the Cold War, Americans were appalled both by the repression and the material deprivation of life under the Kremlin. Now, apparently, it seems like the civil liberties part isn't really a bother, as long as things are cheap and the WiFi signal's good.
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I can’t fathom the cruelty of this regime
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I can’t fathom the cruelty of this regime
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This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...
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Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values.
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values.
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Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
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The only objection is that we may recover *stronger* and *better* than ever. I aim for that. That’s what trials do. Trust can be rebuilt. But we can’t be *entirely* trusted again, not even by ourselves.
March 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The only objection is that we may recover *stronger* and *better* than ever. I aim for that. That’s what trials do. Trust can be rebuilt. But we can’t be *entirely* trusted again, not even by ourselves.
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This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
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I didn't see this segment, but no one who's ever worked in the government could say something like this and believe it.
Jennings is saying Signal App was preloaded on the phones so they thought it was ok to use…sure.
March 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I didn't see this segment, but no one who's ever worked in the government could say something like this and believe it.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.
The inside story of how a journalist was sent White House war plans
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.