Clifton Lee
@cliftonlee.bsky.social
Ted Scripps Fellow, CU-Boulder 23-24 https://www.colorado.edu/cej/2024/03/18/five-questions-fellows-clifton-wiens Formerly Nat Geo. Introvert but know many. Sorry I missed your party.
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As the evidence - none of it surprising - becomes too obvious to ignore, the Trump support group that is going to look most profoundly idiotic are the evangelicals. Their national leaders should be ashamed to ever appear in public again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
As the evidence - none of it surprising - becomes too obvious to ignore, the Trump support group that is going to look most profoundly idiotic are the evangelicals. Their national leaders should be ashamed to ever appear in public again.
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If you could channel the cognitive dissonance that will be arising in coming days among white American evangelicals into a solar wind, the northern lights would be seen in New Zealand and would be visible for months.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you could channel the cognitive dissonance that will be arising in coming days among white American evangelicals into a solar wind, the northern lights would be seen in New Zealand and would be visible for months.
If you could channel the cognitive dissonance that will be arising in coming days among white American evangelicals into a solar wind, the northern lights would be seen in New Zealand and would be visible for months.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you could channel the cognitive dissonance that will be arising in coming days among white American evangelicals into a solar wind, the northern lights would be seen in New Zealand and would be visible for months.
As the evidence - none of it surprising - becomes too obvious to ignore, the Trump support group that is going to look most profoundly idiotic are the evangelicals. Their national leaders should be ashamed to ever appear in public again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
As the evidence - none of it surprising - becomes too obvious to ignore, the Trump support group that is going to look most profoundly idiotic are the evangelicals. Their national leaders should be ashamed to ever appear in public again.
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emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
This could be said, sans pedophilia aspect, about most wealthy and powerful men others are obsequious to - if one could translate historical conversations into texts and emails.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This could be said, sans pedophilia aspect, about most wealthy and powerful men others are obsequious to - if one could translate historical conversations into texts and emails.
Waiting for someone to spin this as a TTS mistake, that Starr was signing off hogs, or shrugs, or bugs...
Republican legal icon and Clinton scourge Ken Starr signs off a touching note to Jeffrey Epstein with "hugs." Amazing.
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Waiting for someone to spin this as a TTS mistake, that Starr was signing off hogs, or shrugs, or bugs...
Not the Northern Lights. Boulder, Colorado, earlier today.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Not the Northern Lights. Boulder, Colorado, earlier today.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
'Half asleep 'neath the stars with a medium-sized dog licking your face ... " IYKYK
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
'Half asleep 'neath the stars with a medium-sized dog licking your face ... " IYKYK
I don't quite get institutions like the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I mean, eventually won't everyone but Telemann be inducted?
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I don't quite get institutions like the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I mean, eventually won't everyone but Telemann be inducted?
Forget the horseshit WPost op-eds about socialist dystopias, the Magaist regime is forcing us into a libertarian dystopia.
That's around the entirety of what gets deducted from my salary in tax and national insurance per month in the UK. To pay for just what was the (if I understand it) government subsidised package. Bloody hellfire.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Forget the horseshit WPost op-eds about socialist dystopias, the Magaist regime is forcing us into a libertarian dystopia.
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Hypothetical: Power down all entertainment outlets in the US for seven days, including social media and this site, including cinemas, etc. Maintain vital power for hospitals and basic services. Allow only television broadcasts of this regime's head's dinners at his Florida retreat with audio.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hypothetical: Power down all entertainment outlets in the US for seven days, including social media and this site, including cinemas, etc. Maintain vital power for hospitals and basic services. Allow only television broadcasts of this regime's head's dinners at his Florida retreat with audio.
Ezra Klein pitchbot: Snap Out Of It: Think Abundance
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ezra Klein pitchbot: Snap Out Of It: Think Abundance
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The thing to make it about was the lawless authoritarianism. Just like last week’s elections were.
They were never going to get ACA subsidies, which is part of why it was a mistake to insist this was only about ACA subsidies and nothing else.
Sincere question: does anybody have any evidence that the GOP/WH would have eventually folded and extended the ACA subsidies if the shutdown continued?
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The thing to make it about was the lawless authoritarianism. Just like last week’s elections were.
Hypothetical: Power down all entertainment outlets in the US for seven days, including social media and this site, including cinemas, etc. Maintain vital power for hospitals and basic services. Allow only television broadcasts of this regime's head's dinners at his Florida retreat with audio.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hypothetical: Power down all entertainment outlets in the US for seven days, including social media and this site, including cinemas, etc. Maintain vital power for hospitals and basic services. Allow only television broadcasts of this regime's head's dinners at his Florida retreat with audio.
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The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
Politics and the English Language. Title of an Orwell essay. Never more necessary. Words deflated of meaning: leader, conservative, governed, led... etc
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Politics and the English Language. Title of an Orwell essay. Never more necessary. Words deflated of meaning: leader, conservative, governed, led... etc
The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
Cotton candy beliefs - lightly-held beliefs and sense-making internal narratives - are still sticky. When an authoritarian of any form rises to power in a democracy, they do not need a million other overt authoritarians. They only need the cotton candy.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cotton candy beliefs - lightly-held beliefs and sense-making internal narratives - are still sticky. When an authoritarian of any form rises to power in a democracy, they do not need a million other overt authoritarians. They only need the cotton candy.
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Also the social scientists - Haidt, et al. - who portray the U.S. political landscape as polarized: kindly fuck off.
One party and its propaganda outlets portray a many-voiced pluralistic democracy as a monolithic monster.
This is not polarization. This is authoritarian propaganda.
One party and its propaganda outlets portray a many-voiced pluralistic democracy as a monolithic monster.
This is not polarization. This is authoritarian propaganda.
March 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Also the social scientists - Haidt, et al. - who portray the U.S. political landscape as polarized: kindly fuck off.
One party and its propaganda outlets portray a many-voiced pluralistic democracy as a monolithic monster.
This is not polarization. This is authoritarian propaganda.
One party and its propaganda outlets portray a many-voiced pluralistic democracy as a monolithic monster.
This is not polarization. This is authoritarian propaganda.
He's a salesman/con man. Facts have never mattered to him.
Show of hands 🖐️….
Are your groceries cheaper now?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of living has increased 3% from 2024 to 2025. Where does he get these numbers?
#republicans #gop #groceries #maga
Are your groceries cheaper now?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of living has increased 3% from 2024 to 2025. Where does he get these numbers?
#republicans #gop #groceries #maga
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
He's a salesman/con man. Facts have never mattered to him.
Hey Colorado Department of Transportation, it's great you have these LED signs cautioning against drowsy driving. Now. Maybe do your part and make the rest areas not suck so much.
New Mexico has you beat hands down. As do several other neighboring states.
New Mexico has you beat hands down. As do several other neighboring states.
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hey Colorado Department of Transportation, it's great you have these LED signs cautioning against drowsy driving. Now. Maybe do your part and make the rest areas not suck so much.
New Mexico has you beat hands down. As do several other neighboring states.
New Mexico has you beat hands down. As do several other neighboring states.