Maxx
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i, too, can use corporate jargon to sound smart while saying literally nothing of value
"Our deal basically provides a significant amount of synergies in sports rights that will be able to protect those linear properties."
- Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on why his hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery is superior to the Netflix deal
- Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on why his hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery is superior to the Netflix deal
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
i, too, can use corporate jargon to sound smart while saying literally nothing of value
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I have a couple of comments about Paul Ingrassia's lawyer, who sounds like a lawyer who would be hired by Paul Ingrassia.
First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.
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First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.
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Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:
“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”
“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have a couple of comments about Paul Ingrassia's lawyer, who sounds like a lawyer who would be hired by Paul Ingrassia.
First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.
/1
First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.
/1
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Forty years ago today, I sat in the US Senate gallery and watched my then-boss, Russell Long, deliver a speech about his dad, Huey Long, who died on this day in 1935 in Baton Rouge. He had been assassinated. Long and I had worked for months on his speech. It was a moving tribute to his dad. 1/6
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Forty years ago today, I sat in the US Senate gallery and watched my then-boss, Russell Long, deliver a speech about his dad, Huey Long, who died on this day in 1935 in Baton Rouge. He had been assassinated. Long and I had worked for months on his speech. It was a moving tribute to his dad. 1/6
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Promises made. Promises kept.
Latinos for Trump - Go straight to El Salvador. No due process. Thanks for playing.
Blacks for Trump - you’re DEI. DEI bad.
Pro-Palestine for Trump - Gaza is being cleared out to make room for Trump resorts. You’re welcome.
🧵
Latinos for Trump - Go straight to El Salvador. No due process. Thanks for playing.
Blacks for Trump - you’re DEI. DEI bad.
Pro-Palestine for Trump - Gaza is being cleared out to make room for Trump resorts. You’re welcome.
🧵
May 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Promises made. Promises kept.
Latinos for Trump - Go straight to El Salvador. No due process. Thanks for playing.
Blacks for Trump - you’re DEI. DEI bad.
Pro-Palestine for Trump - Gaza is being cleared out to make room for Trump resorts. You’re welcome.
🧵
Latinos for Trump - Go straight to El Salvador. No due process. Thanks for playing.
Blacks for Trump - you’re DEI. DEI bad.
Pro-Palestine for Trump - Gaza is being cleared out to make room for Trump resorts. You’re welcome.
🧵
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By "civilization," Musk means whites. There is no danger of civilization collapse from birth rates.
And, by no measure is the US birth rate the lowest (our fertility rate is almost twice that of South Korea which has a genuine demographic problem). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
And, by no measure is the US birth rate the lowest (our fertility rate is almost twice that of South Korea which has a genuine demographic problem). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
March 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
By "civilization," Musk means whites. There is no danger of civilization collapse from birth rates.
And, by no measure is the US birth rate the lowest (our fertility rate is almost twice that of South Korea which has a genuine demographic problem). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
And, by no measure is the US birth rate the lowest (our fertility rate is almost twice that of South Korea which has a genuine demographic problem). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Update: the #RestAreaFire in #GrayCounty is an estimated 2,500 acres and 5% contained. Forward progression has been stopped. The south flank of the fire remains most active at this time. #txfire: x.com/allhazardstf... - Incident Information - Texas A&M Forest Service on X
#Amarillo #TXwx
#Amarillo #TXwx
March 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Update: the #RestAreaFire in #GrayCounty is an estimated 2,500 acres and 5% contained. Forward progression has been stopped. The south flank of the fire remains most active at this time. #txfire: x.com/allhazardstf... - Incident Information - Texas A&M Forest Service on X
#Amarillo #TXwx
#Amarillo #TXwx
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Everyone should read this but especially our folks in federal agencies, where the walls have ears.
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
ssd.eff.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Everyone should read this but especially our folks in federal agencies, where the walls have ears.
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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
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Insightful thread.
Let me tell you a story. My first job in banking was during a rough patch. We would rush home to see the news to see if we were being closed down that night. Seriously. But when a bank was closed, nearly every depositor was made whole because of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Oh hell yes, let's absolutely get rid of the FDIC. Would love to have re learn all the lessons of the New Deal again.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
December 13, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Insightful thread.
December 9, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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If Trump's first administration was stocked with Bond Villains, it seems like the second one is going with more of a Legion of Doom vibe.
A brief thread...
A brief thread...
November 18, 2024 at 12:57 AM
If Trump's first administration was stocked with Bond Villains, it seems like the second one is going with more of a Legion of Doom vibe.
A brief thread...
A brief thread...