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The Bulwark is good and you should subscribe to it.
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Bulwark is good and you should subscribe to it.
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this man has never gotten over his sexual awakening being Bugs in a dress.
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
this man has never gotten over his sexual awakening being Bugs in a dress.
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this is why it drives me insane. thank you james. imagine if the army watched iran-iraq and decided "alright boys we need to throw out AirLand Battle and do exactly what the iraqis are doing. it's The Future"
I think the best parallel is the Iran-Iraq War. It’s a brutal slog between under equipped and exhausted conventional military forces that probably has no real bearing on how other contemporary conventional conflicts be will be fought.
Looking back through history, what war is most relevant for thinking about how the Ukraine war is going or a hypothetical Taiwan war? I’ve heard of people referring to the Ukraine War as “World War 1 with Blade Runner aesthetics” is that a fair characterization?
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
this is why it drives me insane. thank you james. imagine if the army watched iran-iraq and decided "alright boys we need to throw out AirLand Battle and do exactly what the iraqis are doing. it's The Future"
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I think it’s pretty notable there were 40 minutes between the first missile and second missile which is a very abnormal amount of time to debate what to do
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I think it’s pretty notable there were 40 minutes between the first missile and second missile which is a very abnormal amount of time to debate what to do
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THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
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(Redacted)
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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it is absolutely unbelievable that the Trump administration is systematically persecuting Cubans and Venezuelans, the most Republican Latinos in the US. what are they doing
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
it is absolutely unbelievable that the Trump administration is systematically persecuting Cubans and Venezuelans, the most Republican Latinos in the US. what are they doing
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one way in which trump II is different than trump I is that there are far fewer people involved this time, and they're all true believers, so we're getting far fewer leaks this time around. i wouldn't be surprised if the number of people who know for certain what this is turns out to be less than 10
It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
one way in which trump II is different than trump I is that there are far fewer people involved this time, and they're all true believers, so we're getting far fewer leaks this time around. i wouldn't be surprised if the number of people who know for certain what this is turns out to be less than 10
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Oh, it’s because all the tech stuff started out as hippie stuff, then it was new age stuff, and the through-line up until the Web 2.0 era is fairly fanatical devotion to a flowery, utopian libertarianism
my most parochial take is that a lot of national dysfunction and elite pathologies genuinely do primarily spring from roots in the SF Bay Area. like why do so many tech sector types have such insane opinions about the efficacy of the govt?
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Oh, it’s because all the tech stuff started out as hippie stuff, then it was new age stuff, and the through-line up until the Web 2.0 era is fairly fanatical devotion to a flowery, utopian libertarianism
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"I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way." Again, worth noting that this was exactly the defense that U-852's captain used in his post-WW2 war crimes trial for the Peleus Incident. He was found guilty and shot.
Won't the whole SOF community be relieved when doing water survival training that properly packed cocaine acts as a flotation device. Bradley "I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way."
A true seal special
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way." Again, worth noting that this was exactly the defense that U-852's captain used in his post-WW2 war crimes trial for the Peleus Incident. He was found guilty and shot.
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i mean they’re dismantling rural economies. i don’t actually think you can argue with a straight face that flyover country would be more willing to get out and vote against a candidate who says they want to crush flyover country because it’s deplorable than anyone else.
coming around on the idea that the easiest voters to peel off GOP coalition are just the ones that crave the boot. promise to step on them just as much as the GOP will and they'll gladly take it, because then they get to pretend to hate it cuz its Ds doing it
they hate freedom! we can exploit that.
they hate freedom! we can exploit that.
the meaner I am to people on the right, the more they kinda like me
there is a lesson here
there is a lesson here
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
i mean they’re dismantling rural economies. i don’t actually think you can argue with a straight face that flyover country would be more willing to get out and vote against a candidate who says they want to crush flyover country because it’s deplorable than anyone else.
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Where's that guy who would get mad when I said the Russian Federation was the leading edge of fascism
Look who's getting whiplash to agree👇 the shite purveyors en-chief 🙄🥲
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Where's that guy who would get mad when I said the Russian Federation was the leading edge of fascism
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These are just petty, cruel people.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
These are just petty, cruel people.
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They threw 6 Billion (yes, with a B) United States Dollars down the toilet so they could feel epic about tyrannizing a handful of exceptionally unlucky immigrants.
Their stupidity is sometimes the only thing protecting us from their malice. That's money they'll sorely wish they hadn't wasted.
Their stupidity is sometimes the only thing protecting us from their malice. That's money they'll sorely wish they hadn't wasted.
for those of you counting at home, that's $50M/day x more than 120 days, that DHS budget isn't going to last anywhere near as long as it was intended to
JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan has rejected DOJ's effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought by immigration detainees at Guanatanamo Bay, saying the plaintiffs made a plausible claim that the policy is illegal and punitive. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
They threw 6 Billion (yes, with a B) United States Dollars down the toilet so they could feel epic about tyrannizing a handful of exceptionally unlucky immigrants.
Their stupidity is sometimes the only thing protecting us from their malice. That's money they'll sorely wish they hadn't wasted.
Their stupidity is sometimes the only thing protecting us from their malice. That's money they'll sorely wish they hadn't wasted.
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It's legit really funny (and not a small bit concerning) that the actual dystopian evil robot we've managed to create is Yes Man.
A sycophant who will tell you whatever you want to hear and attempt to do whatever you tell it to, and has no sense of responsibility or discretion or professionalism.
A sycophant who will tell you whatever you want to hear and attempt to do whatever you tell it to, and has no sense of responsibility or discretion or professionalism.
a robot with a smiling face and the word load on its top
ALT: a robot with a smiling face and the word load on its top
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's legit really funny (and not a small bit concerning) that the actual dystopian evil robot we've managed to create is Yes Man.
A sycophant who will tell you whatever you want to hear and attempt to do whatever you tell it to, and has no sense of responsibility or discretion or professionalism.
A sycophant who will tell you whatever you want to hear and attempt to do whatever you tell it to, and has no sense of responsibility or discretion or professionalism.
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Is the FIFA thing in part because he kept stealing teams’ trophies and they wanted to stop that from happening again?
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Is the FIFA thing in part because he kept stealing teams’ trophies and they wanted to stop that from happening again?
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Voting has consequences and the voters are ultimately the ones responsible for them. There are no excuses or explanations.
I actually think we should stop telling the people responsible for this country's problems that they're the innocent ones rather than the architects of what's happening to them
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
Like, I think this is a good basic pitch, but he's also pretty uninterested in actually landing that punch, he just found a rhetorical punch to land at other Democrats, namely:
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Voting has consequences and the voters are ultimately the ones responsible for them. There are no excuses or explanations.
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The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
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Probably the best member of the Trump admin atm. He's lazy, vain and corrupt. People can be a lot more destructive than that
lol
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Probably the best member of the Trump admin atm. He's lazy, vain and corrupt. People can be a lot more destructive than that
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from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
lol
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
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Genuinely surprised she’s suffering any backlash here because I’m completely convinced she got hired not because of a failure of due diligence but because Condé Nast doesn’t actually believe she did anything improper
You've known for a year that she had a sexual relationship with a source and lied about it to her previous employer. She admits in her book—which VF excerpted—that she helped RFK Jr's campaign! Amateur hour not to investigate any of this before hiring her.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Genuinely surprised she’s suffering any backlash here because I’m completely convinced she got hired not because of a failure of due diligence but because Condé Nast doesn’t actually believe she did anything improper
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the next generation of liberal leaders are going to have to be of the "we have to make hard choices now so that our children will have easier choices when it's their turn" variety
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
the next generation of liberal leaders are going to have to be of the "we have to make hard choices now so that our children will have easier choices when it's their turn" variety
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Can't tell if this is the last we'll ever hear of her or if she's gonna end up hosting Bari Weiss's version of 60 MINUTES for the next 25 years
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Can't tell if this is the last we'll ever hear of her or if she's gonna end up hosting Bari Weiss's version of 60 MINUTES for the next 25 years
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They are looting the treasury to line their own pockets and there needs to be concrete consequences for corruption this flagrant. Lawyers should be coming up with theories for how to prosecute this *right now*.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
They are looting the treasury to line their own pockets and there needs to be concrete consequences for corruption this flagrant. Lawyers should be coming up with theories for how to prosecute this *right now*.
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Nice Polite Republicans just wants daddy to give them their funding back :(
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nice Polite Republicans just wants daddy to give them their funding back :(