@clifford61.bsky.social
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"Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It almost destroyed civilization itself. That didn’t happen because Germany took in too many migrants. It happened because the German people fell for arguments uncomfortably close to JD Vance’s."
We’re Well Past Alarm Bells
The Trump administration is mocking court orders, laying the groundwork for political retribution, and declaring open war on the rule of law.
www.thebulwark.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It almost destroyed civilization itself. That didn’t happen because Germany took in too many migrants. It happened because the German people fell for arguments uncomfortably close to JD Vance’s."
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Musk promised 5-10% of the federal workforce (100,000-200,000) would take his early buyout offer which expires tomorrow. So far just 40,000 employees have. He’ll screw them like he screwed the Twitter employees.
February 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Musk promised 5-10% of the federal workforce (100,000-200,000) would take his early buyout offer which expires tomorrow. So far just 40,000 employees have. He’ll screw them like he screwed the Twitter employees.
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“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
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Road conditions are expected to be hazardous Thursday morning in the Princeton region.
Winter weather advisory in effect for Princeton region starting at 11 p.m. Wednesday
Road conditions are expected to be hazardous Thursday morning in the Princeton region.
planetprinceton.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Road conditions are expected to be hazardous Thursday morning in the Princeton region.
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"It’s all pretty routine, unless you’re a ketamine-addled, terminally online, X-brained wackjob with a tenuous grasp on how the government you now run actually functions."
The Real Reason Musk Is Mad at Us
The anatomy of a conspiracy theory
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"It’s all pretty routine, unless you’re a ketamine-addled, terminally online, X-brained wackjob with a tenuous grasp on how the government you now run actually functions."
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The yacht rock band called "Ethnic Cleansing"
February 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The yacht rock band called "Ethnic Cleansing"
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This is the second week of pandemonium in the U.S., by design. The number of broken norms this week are comparable to well into year two of the first regime. Seemingly following Project 2025 as a script.
theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/...
theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/...
Week 13 — The Return
This is the second week of pandemonium in the U.S., by design. The number of broken norms this week are comparable to well into year two of the first regime. Seemingly following Project 2025 as a scri...
theweeklylist.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is the second week of pandemonium in the U.S., by design. The number of broken norms this week are comparable to well into year two of the first regime. Seemingly following Project 2025 as a script.
theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/...
theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/...
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As I used to tell my ex and so many others during Shit Show I, the walking that WH staff really should be doing is walking Trump into the psych ward at Walter Reed!
February 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
As I used to tell my ex and so many others during Shit Show I, the walking that WH staff really should be doing is walking Trump into the psych ward at Walter Reed!
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President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims.
Here's a fact check.
Here's a fact check.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims After Flurry of Executive Actions
The president was wrong about birthright citizenship around the world, the Paris climate agreement and federal funding for condoms in Gaza, among other claims.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims.
Here's a fact check.
Here's a fact check.
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Academics:
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
February 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Academics:
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
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Surprising to no one, Trump is yet again being a hypocrite.
Eric Swalwell Calls Out The Blatant Hypocrisy Of Trump's Plan For U.S. To 'Own' Gaza
Swalwell is exactly right.
www.comicsands.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Surprising to no one, Trump is yet again being a hypocrite.
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At last, one speaks out!
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins says thatTrump has empowered Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins says thatTrump has empowered Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Collins: Trump has empowered Musk ‘far beyond’ what is appropriate
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) says that President Trump has empowered billionaire businessman Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate,” reflecting growing …
thehill.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
At last, one speaks out!
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins says thatTrump has empowered Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins says thatTrump has empowered Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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"Musk, with his arrogance and smug superiority, is the final boss of a culture that has for too long heralded STEM as a new vanguard of the intellectual elite while dismissing and trivializing the humanities as frivolous." Hannah Yoest:
Why Elon Will Be Trump’s Undoing
And a request to the DOGE Bros: Please read a f***ing book.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Musk, with his arrogance and smug superiority, is the final boss of a culture that has for too long heralded STEM as a new vanguard of the intellectual elite while dismissing and trivializing the humanities as frivolous." Hannah Yoest:
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NEW: the Justice Department agreed to a proposed order that would largely prohibit the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data with Musk's DOGE. Although begs the question of what they already have!
February 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
NEW: the Justice Department agreed to a proposed order that would largely prohibit the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data with Musk's DOGE. Although begs the question of what they already have!
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One of the things "America First" seems to mean in practice is fundamentally not liking America as it actually exists
The America Firster Who Loves America’s Enemies
Tulsi Gabbard instinctively trusts the worst people on the planet and distrusts her own country.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
One of the things "America First" seems to mean in practice is fundamentally not liking America as it actually exists
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February 5, 2025:
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Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
February 5, 2025:
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Over 100 people at Trenton State House right now
February 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Over 100 people at Trenton State House right now
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It took this guy 5 years to figure out where the heat comes from but now he's up to speed and on it.
February 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It took this guy 5 years to figure out where the heat comes from but now he's up to speed and on it.