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Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
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the amount of sad you should feel about the retirement of the NYC Metrocard should be like “mildly wistful pre-nostalgia” — more than that, IMO, is kinda silly
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
the amount of sad you should feel about the retirement of the NYC Metrocard should be like “mildly wistful pre-nostalgia” — more than that, IMO, is kinda silly
Just because they didn't know what mass deportations meant doesn't mean they didn't know about it. Many supported mass deportations beyond just his base and most at least knew about the policy! Not knowing would be willfully ignorant and we shouldn't excuse voters for that.
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just because they didn't know what mass deportations meant doesn't mean they didn't know about it. Many supported mass deportations beyond just his base and most at least knew about the policy! Not knowing would be willfully ignorant and we shouldn't excuse voters for that.
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“tap to pay is unfair for poor people because they can’t remember their phone password” is one of those magical bits of discourse where OP is trying to defend poor people… but actually is just infantilizing them in a way that is far more offensive than the thing they’re criticizing
December 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“tap to pay is unfair for poor people because they can’t remember their phone password” is one of those magical bits of discourse where OP is trying to defend poor people… but actually is just infantilizing them in a way that is far more offensive than the thing they’re criticizing
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really bugs me when people post incoherent nonsense and then get all holier-than-though when people point out that it’s not actually true (you can buy an OMNY card with cash from a vending machine just like the old metrocards)
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
really bugs me when people post incoherent nonsense and then get all holier-than-though when people point out that it’s not actually true (you can buy an OMNY card with cash from a vending machine just like the old metrocards)
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INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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This saga is incredible because the student didn't actually cite the Bible, didn't respond any of hte questions, and admitted she hadn't read the article before writing about it
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This saga is incredible because the student didn't actually cite the Bible, didn't respond any of hte questions, and admitted she hadn't read the article before writing about it
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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I think the 4K Blu-ray subreddit might be the least toxic male space online
OP: Upgraded my player!
First comment: Nice! What are you going to play on it first?!
Second comment: Not the OP but I would choose Gladiator!
I typed this from memory, but this is real, this is what happens on there
OP: Upgraded my player!
First comment: Nice! What are you going to play on it first?!
Second comment: Not the OP but I would choose Gladiator!
I typed this from memory, but this is real, this is what happens on there
December 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I think the 4K Blu-ray subreddit might be the least toxic male space online
OP: Upgraded my player!
First comment: Nice! What are you going to play on it first?!
Second comment: Not the OP but I would choose Gladiator!
I typed this from memory, but this is real, this is what happens on there
OP: Upgraded my player!
First comment: Nice! What are you going to play on it first?!
Second comment: Not the OP but I would choose Gladiator!
I typed this from memory, but this is real, this is what happens on there
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
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The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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Handwaving away your party’s embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories by saying “at least we’re not controlled by George Soros” is the most ridiculously quiet-part-loud thing I’ve ever seen.
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Handwaving away your party’s embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories by saying “at least we’re not controlled by George Soros” is the most ridiculously quiet-part-loud thing I’ve ever seen.
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Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Retweet if you want your Christmas presents NOW
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Retweet if you want your Christmas presents NOW
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
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This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
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this reads very much like “if I’m going down I’m taking you down with me”
When you’re guilty AF & dont pretend to hide it anymore:
Bill Clinton spox: “The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.”
Bill Clinton spox: “The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
this reads very much like “if I’m going down I’m taking you down with me”
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Congratulations to CBS News on finding its NEXT STAR!
Breaking news: Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said she ended her campaign for New York governor, a move that comes weeks after she officially jumped into the race. The conservative congresswoman also said she will not run for reelection to the U.S. House.
Elise Stefanik ends bid for N.Y. governor and won’t run again for House
Stefanik’s move came after Trump ally Bruce Blakeman decided to enter the Republican primary for New York governor.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Congratulations to CBS News on finding its NEXT STAR!
Fare zones are a regressive tax on poor people and should not be considered at all.
imagine having to tap in and ‘out’ of the fare zone…
seriously, easier to implement fare zones in the future if the gates are already physically configured to accommodate.
seriously, easier to implement fare zones in the future if the gates are already physically configured to accommodate.
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fare zones are a regressive tax on poor people and should not be considered at all.