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I’ve never seen anyone who complains about government spending on healthcare or student loan forgiveness bring that same energy to military spending.
The Pentagon has failed 7 audits in a row accounting for $4T in assets. Yet the department of war’s budget keeps going up.
The Pentagon has failed 7 audits in a row accounting for $4T in assets. Yet the department of war’s budget keeps going up.
Fact Check: Has the Pentagon failed its 7th audit in a row? | Econofact
econofact.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve never seen anyone who complains about government spending on healthcare or student loan forgiveness bring that same energy to military spending.
The Pentagon has failed 7 audits in a row accounting for $4T in assets. Yet the department of war’s budget keeps going up.
The Pentagon has failed 7 audits in a row accounting for $4T in assets. Yet the department of war’s budget keeps going up.
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Real “finger on the pulse” moment for national Dems. Truly a wonder why the slightly less corrupt, slightly less fascist party doesn’t poll better.
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Real “finger on the pulse” moment for national Dems. Truly a wonder why the slightly less corrupt, slightly less fascist party doesn’t poll better.
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this is a stupid idea on its own but the idea of giving any new power to this administration at all, for any reason, is unconscionable
do better
do better
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is a stupid idea on its own but the idea of giving any new power to this administration at all, for any reason, is unconscionable
do better
do better
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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🚨 NEW: Federal and private lawsuits allege meat companies used shared data to coordinate prices and wages across the industry.
The Lever's @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/VqrYl...
The Lever's @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/VqrYl...
How Big Meat Used Data to Rig Prices
YouTube video by The Lever
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🚨 NEW: Federal and private lawsuits allege meat companies used shared data to coordinate prices and wages across the industry.
The Lever's @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/VqrYl...
The Lever's @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/VqrYl...
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NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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"I don't understand, we spent so much money buying media outlets precisely to spread propaganda." - Random billionaire
David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"I don't understand, we spent so much money buying media outlets precisely to spread propaganda." - Random billionaire
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“A woman who was 4 months pregnant and experiencing bleeding had not been seen by a doctor for months. Another had a miscarriage and was deported while still bleeding.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A woman who was 4 months pregnant and experiencing bleeding had not been seen by a doctor for months. Another had a miscarriage and was deported while still bleeding.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
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It is so sad to see what Bezos did to this newspaper.
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is so sad to see what Bezos did to this newspaper.
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You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
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Some argue Democrats overplayed their hand with “wokeness” like supporting DEI, trans rights and pronouns in bio. I also think Republicans have now overplayed the “anti-woke” hand with virulent racism and literal Nazi era talking points and tactics being their mainstream positions.
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some argue Democrats overplayed their hand with “wokeness” like supporting DEI, trans rights and pronouns in bio. I also think Republicans have now overplayed the “anti-woke” hand with virulent racism and literal Nazi era talking points and tactics being their mainstream positions.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Abolish ICE.
Any D elected who doesn't agree needs to be primaried.
Any D elected who doesn't agree needs to be primaried.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Abolish ICE.
Any D elected who doesn't agree needs to be primaried.
Any D elected who doesn't agree needs to be primaried.
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Remember, part of Trump's National Security Strategy is to have "A resilient national infrastructure."
This is what Crash Duffy is doing rather than making the US flight network more robust.
This is what Crash Duffy is doing rather than making the US flight network more robust.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remember, part of Trump's National Security Strategy is to have "A resilient national infrastructure."
This is what Crash Duffy is doing rather than making the US flight network more robust.
This is what Crash Duffy is doing rather than making the US flight network more robust.
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Wrote about the ridiculous new Trump visa rules that will stop those who worked in trust & safety from getting visas at the same time MAGA folks are demanding more trust & safety work.
Your Job Was Stopping CSAM? Trump Says No Visa For You!
You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claiming they’re doing it to stop censorship? Check out last week's revelation (originally reported by Reuters) that the US State Department will now start…
You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claiming they’re doing it to stop censorship? Check out last week's revelation (originally reported by Reuters) that the US State Department will now start…
Your Job Was Stopping CSAM? Trump Says No Visa For You!
You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claiming they’re doing it to stop censorship? Check out last week's revelation (originally reported by Reuters) that the US State Department will now start denying H-1B visas for anyone who has anything to do with trust & safety, fact checking, content moderation, or mis- or disinformation research.
www.techdirt.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Wrote about the ridiculous new Trump visa rules that will stop those who worked in trust & safety from getting visas at the same time MAGA folks are demanding more trust & safety work.
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Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
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Of course…
The president’s son-in-law is in on Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros.
And Trump recently said he wasn’t a fan of the Netflix bid.
Cuz this is Trump’s Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
And Trump recently said he wasn’t a fan of the Netflix bid.
Cuz this is Trump’s Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Of course…
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One of the best things about no longer being on Twitter/X is that U.S. government officials aren’t active here.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One of the best things about no longer being on Twitter/X is that U.S. government officials aren’t active here.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
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New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Blanche just straight up telling people this isn’t a justice department anymore
This is, straightforwardly, the threat of disparate treatment to stifle dissent. The DOJ's Deputy Attorney General is telling lawyers critical of administration policies that their clients will be singled out for harsher treatment.
Rule by law, not rule of law. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Rule by law, not rule of law. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM