dmk
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Locus of Improbability
High Priestess of Church of the Easily Amused
Polymath
High Priestess of Church of the Easily Amused
Polymath
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THE WORST ECONOMIC JOBS REPORT SINCE THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
A weak jobs report in July, and jobs numbers for May and June revised downward.
August 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
THE WORST ECONOMIC JOBS REPORT SINCE THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
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"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
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"When it comes to health care, the United States is an anomaly on the international stage — and it doesn’t appear to be paying off for the country." Read the full Op-Ed:
I Moved to Italy for Work. Here’s What It’s Like to Use Socialized Health Care
Getting prescriptions and medical advice is a breeze.
www.teenvogue.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"When it comes to health care, the United States is an anomaly on the international stage — and it doesn’t appear to be paying off for the country." Read the full Op-Ed:
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“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
July 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Look what's on sale for a whole month!
June 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Look what's on sale for a whole month!
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From redde states and blue, at all levels of governmente, so manye politicians yn the US are committed to turninge public higher ed ynto glorified corporate job traininge. To eliminating the hearte and soul of higher ed. Ther must be a waye to defende the educacioun of citizens as a public good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From redde states and blue, at all levels of governmente, so manye politicians yn the US are committed to turninge public higher ed ynto glorified corporate job traininge. To eliminating the hearte and soul of higher ed. Ther must be a waye to defende the educacioun of citizens as a public good.
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Full story: religionnews.com/2025/04/28/w...
Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget
(RNS) — While arrests of protesters at the Capitol is not unusual, the response to Barber’s prayer was unusually dramatic: After issuing verbal warnings, dozens of officers expelled everyone in the Ro...
religionnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Full story: religionnews.com/2025/04/28/w...
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”
- Harvey Fierstein
- Harvey Fierstein
November 16, 2023 at 12:52 PM
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”
- Harvey Fierstein
- Harvey Fierstein
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Playwright, actor, and live performer Harvey Fierstein revealed that he's been banned from the Kennedy Center.
Harvey Fierstein drags Trump-led Kennedy Center, reveals he was banned
The Tony Award-winning actor and writer shared an emotional statement criticizing Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center.
www.advocate.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Playwright, actor, and live performer Harvey Fierstein revealed that he's been banned from the Kennedy Center.
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And the website is fab! ❤️ oursubversivevoice.com I may be a while...
March 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And the website is fab! ❤️ oursubversivevoice.com I may be a while...
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This was a march 1st story (by Lorie Konish) here but - www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d... now more professionals in a position to know are coming out to say they expect DOGE will cause payment interruptions & service problems with Social Security…
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This was a march 1st story (by Lorie Konish) here but - www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d... now more professionals in a position to know are coming out to say they expect DOGE will cause payment interruptions & service problems with Social Security…
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Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life
Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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NEW: A growing right-wing movement is trying to overturn Supreme Court precedents that protect the media’s ability to investigate politicians and other powerful people. It might succeed.
An inside look, adapted from my forthcoming book MURDER THE TRUTH. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...
An inside look, adapted from my forthcoming book MURDER THE TRUTH. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...
NYT v. Sullivan: Will the Landmark Defamation Ruling Survive? (Gift Article)
New York Times v. Sullivan and other landmark Supreme Court decisions protect the press’s ability to investigate public figures. But a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn them.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
NEW: A growing right-wing movement is trying to overturn Supreme Court precedents that protect the media’s ability to investigate politicians and other powerful people. It might succeed.
An inside look, adapted from my forthcoming book MURDER THE TRUTH. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...
An inside look, adapted from my forthcoming book MURDER THE TRUTH. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...
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Littlejohn claims that her child's school transitioned them without parental permission. Bullshit.
Here is the truth 👇
In emails with the school, Littlejohn stated, "Whatever you think is best or [redacted] can handle it herself," and "I’m going to let her take the lead on this."
#Silence=Erasure
Here is the truth 👇
In emails with the school, Littlejohn stated, "Whatever you think is best or [redacted] can handle it herself," and "I’m going to let her take the lead on this."
#Silence=Erasure
Trump story about a ‘secret’ gender transition needs context
In President Donald Trump’s March 4 address to Congress, he referenced the story of one of his invited guests to illustr
www.politifact.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Littlejohn claims that her child's school transitioned them without parental permission. Bullshit.
Here is the truth 👇
In emails with the school, Littlejohn stated, "Whatever you think is best or [redacted] can handle it herself," and "I’m going to let her take the lead on this."
#Silence=Erasure
Here is the truth 👇
In emails with the school, Littlejohn stated, "Whatever you think is best or [redacted] can handle it herself," and "I’m going to let her take the lead on this."
#Silence=Erasure
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DOGE has quietly deleted the biggest “savings” it once celebrated — but its list of savings is still full of errors. Why DOGE’s data is so wrong, and why it matters. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Musk’s Cost-Saving Claims Are Wrong in So Many Ways
We found huge errors in the “wall of receipts” for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, where the group lists what it has saved by canceling federal contracts. After The New York...
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE has quietly deleted the biggest “savings” it once celebrated — but its list of savings is still full of errors. Why DOGE’s data is so wrong, and why it matters. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Government does important work — but not if DOGE can prevent it paulkrugman.substack.com/p/our-govern...
Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Musk is moving fast and breaking important things
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Government does important work — but not if DOGE can prevent it paulkrugman.substack.com/p/our-govern...
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Trump inherited a Goldilocks economy. But he may destroy it faster than even pessimists imagined paulkrugman.substack.com/p/surprise-c...
Chaos Is Bad for Business
Ignorance, megalomania and the economic future
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Trump inherited a Goldilocks economy. But he may destroy it faster than even pessimists imagined paulkrugman.substack.com/p/surprise-c...
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I'll write about Ukraine tomorrow, but today another primer on an important economic issue paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
The Economics of Left-Behind Regions
There are doom loops everywhere you look
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'll write about Ukraine tomorrow, but today another primer on an important economic issue paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
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Oh, look, the Heritage Foundation wants to know what we think of DOGE and budget cutting!
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
The Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation
secured.heritage.org
February 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, look, the Heritage Foundation wants to know what we think of DOGE and budget cutting!
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
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