DeprongMori
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DeprongMori
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Most of my posts will be on film and politics, some on other arts or wry humor. Beginning today, the country will be a meaner and ugly place, so I want to emphasize mutual aid. Since my posts will be open to the world, they may be less personal — we’ll see.
Anyway, good to see you.
Anyway, good to see you.
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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I feel like the financial journalists should check in on Trump's Chicago tax cheating.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...
Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I feel like the financial journalists should check in on Trump's Chicago tax cheating.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...
“What's up at the NatC Conference”
Eric Schmitt's speech was cribbed from Samuel T. Francis.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
The Schmittian Enemy
What's up at the NatC Conference
www.unpopularfront.news
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“What's up at the NatC Conference”
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NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
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ICYMI: The 3rd Circuit ruled Pennsylvania must count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, determining that rejecting such ballots was unconstitutional.
“Casting a ballot and having it counted are central to the democratic process,” a judge wrote.
“Casting a ballot and having it counted are central to the democratic process,” a judge wrote.
In Big Win for Voters, Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots, Court Rules
Read more here...
www.democracydocket.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ICYMI: The 3rd Circuit ruled Pennsylvania must count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, determining that rejecting such ballots was unconstitutional.
“Casting a ballot and having it counted are central to the democratic process,” a judge wrote.
“Casting a ballot and having it counted are central to the democratic process,” a judge wrote.
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Reup: John Roberts gave Ed "Big Balls" Cositine live and unaudited access to every Americans' social security data.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
Amid Hunt for Crime in DC, Whistleblower Implicates Ed "Big Balls" Coristine and John Roberts - emptywheel
John Roberts and his Republican colleagues have granted a kid with ties to criminal hackers, Ed "Big Balls" Coristine, live access to every American's Social Security data.
www.emptywheel.net
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reup: John Roberts gave Ed "Big Balls" Cositine live and unaudited access to every Americans' social security data.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
If Texas does a non-census-year biased redistricting, California and New York should respond in kind with extreme prejudice.
It’s a shame, because CA’s current party-neutral process is where all states should be. NY definitely needs improvement.
It’s a shame, because CA’s current party-neutral process is where all states should be. NY definitely needs improvement.
Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing House lines in New York: “All’s fair in love and war."
New York’s Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing House lines
The Democratic governor’s office has spoken with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ team about the issue.
www.politico.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If Texas does a non-census-year biased redistricting, California and New York should respond in kind with extreme prejudice.
It’s a shame, because CA’s current party-neutral process is where all states should be. NY definitely needs improvement.
It’s a shame, because CA’s current party-neutral process is where all states should be. NY definitely needs improvement.
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“Imagine a bunch of guys sitting around a table, saying, ‘I've got a great idea. Let's give a $32,000 tax break to a millionaire & pay for it by taking health insurance away from lower & middle-income people. To top it off, we cut SNAP, food aid?’ Cruel!"—Sen. Angus King (I-ME) @lwvus.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“Imagine a bunch of guys sitting around a table, saying, ‘I've got a great idea. Let's give a $32,000 tax break to a millionaire & pay for it by taking health insurance away from lower & middle-income people. To top it off, we cut SNAP, food aid?’ Cruel!"—Sen. Angus King (I-ME) @lwvus.bsky.social
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Listen, deaths are a natural consequence of violently arresting septuagenarians and caging them in terrible conditions away from their loved ones for alleged civil immigration law infractions. What are people complaining about?
Q: "A 75 year old Cuban national died in ICE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years...Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
June 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Listen, deaths are a natural consequence of violently arresting septuagenarians and caging them in terrible conditions away from their loved ones for alleged civil immigration law infractions. What are people complaining about?
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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I dream of a big blue wave of successful primary challenges.
Some of the same Democrats who go on TV and talk “resistance” are selling out the country to Trump’s bitcoin scammers.
Democrats who voted for the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill: Alsobrooks (MD), Blunt Rochester (DE), Booker (NJ), Cortez Masto (NV), Fetterman (PA), Gallego (AZ), Gillibrand (NY), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Lujan (NM), Ossoff (GA), Padilla (CA), Rosen (NV), Schiff (CA), Slotkin (MI), Warner (VA)
May 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I dream of a big blue wave of successful primary challenges.
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What does "rule of law" mean if you explicitly state that nothing the chief executive does in office can legally implicate him www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What does "rule of law" mean if you explicitly state that nothing the chief executive does in office can legally implicate him www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
May 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
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“Terry. Terry. I am the Pope. Did you see the picture? The hat? The beautiful white hat? The tremendous cross? Get him the picture.”
May 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Terry. Terry. I am the Pope. Did you see the picture? The hat? The beautiful white hat? The tremendous cross? Get him the picture.”
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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
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yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP.
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
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Let’s have a conversation about what happens when someone is raided like this and instinctively opens fire on ICE agents.
In that scenario, at least one person almost certainly dies—possibly a federal agent.
That’s bad enough. But what do you expect this administration will do next?
In that scenario, at least one person almost certainly dies—possibly a federal agent.
That’s bad enough. But what do you expect this administration will do next?
This is also a good distillation of what I mean when I say ICE has developed such a corrosive culture that the agency has to either be abolished or reconstituted from the ground up.
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
April 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Let’s have a conversation about what happens when someone is raided like this and instinctively opens fire on ICE agents.
In that scenario, at least one person almost certainly dies—possibly a federal agent.
That’s bad enough. But what do you expect this administration will do next?
In that scenario, at least one person almost certainly dies—possibly a federal agent.
That’s bad enough. But what do you expect this administration will do next?
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A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
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Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
forward.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus
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Incredibly telling moment. Trump is completely sure he is right here.
We have a president that is pickled in his information bubble, high on his own supply, can't tell his administration's propaganda from reality.
Next the White House will insist Trump is right!
We have a president that is pickled in his information bubble, high on his own supply, can't tell his administration's propaganda from reality.
Next the White House will insist Trump is right!
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Incredibly telling moment. Trump is completely sure he is right here.
We have a president that is pickled in his information bubble, high on his own supply, can't tell his administration's propaganda from reality.
Next the White House will insist Trump is right!
We have a president that is pickled in his information bubble, high on his own supply, can't tell his administration's propaganda from reality.
Next the White House will insist Trump is right!
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See the problem here?
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
See the problem here?
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This is obviously just Gorka BS but these threats — which also come from Tom Homan — inspire law enforcement officers to bully folks who advise immigrants, as exemplified by this new and terrifying post by the great @radleybalko.bsky.social
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
April 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is obviously just Gorka BS but these threats — which also come from Tom Homan — inspire law enforcement officers to bully folks who advise immigrants, as exemplified by this new and terrifying post by the great @radleybalko.bsky.social
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
