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The real choice, no matter how much Senators wish it weren't:
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on
The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The real choice, no matter how much Senators wish it weren't:
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
"Unfortunately, making things better for the American people coming out of this shutdown is probably not an option. Either Trump makes things worse with Democratic affirmation, or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic opposition."
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Somebody explain how this isn’t state-run media: the sitting VP of the United States sliding into the host chair of the Charlie Kirk show. When the government hands itself the mic, what do you call it?
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Somebody explain how this isn’t state-run media: the sitting VP of the United States sliding into the host chair of the Charlie Kirk show. When the government hands itself the mic, what do you call it?
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Good morning! 🌞
The Trump administration threatened to shut down Social Security yesterday because it was mad at a judge.
Really!
www.huffpost.com/entry/social...
The Trump administration threatened to shut down Social Security yesterday because it was mad at a judge.
Really!
www.huffpost.com/entry/social...
Social Security Chief's 'Turn It Off' Comment Is Latest Insane Turn For Beleaguered Agency
"I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency," acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek actually said.
www.huffpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good morning! 🌞
The Trump administration threatened to shut down Social Security yesterday because it was mad at a judge.
Really!
www.huffpost.com/entry/social...
The Trump administration threatened to shut down Social Security yesterday because it was mad at a judge.
Really!
www.huffpost.com/entry/social...
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For years the right dismissed the claim that Trump does Putin’s bidding as conspiratorial derangement.
Zelensky didn’t disrespect the U.S. He didn’t disrespect Trump. He’s losing his aid for disrespecting Putin, the man slaughtering his people, which Trump and Vance took as a personal affront.
Zelensky didn’t disrespect the U.S. He didn’t disrespect Trump. He’s losing his aid for disrespecting Putin, the man slaughtering his people, which Trump and Vance took as a personal affront.
March 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
For years the right dismissed the claim that Trump does Putin’s bidding as conspiratorial derangement.
Zelensky didn’t disrespect the U.S. He didn’t disrespect Trump. He’s losing his aid for disrespecting Putin, the man slaughtering his people, which Trump and Vance took as a personal affront.
Zelensky didn’t disrespect the U.S. He didn’t disrespect Trump. He’s losing his aid for disrespecting Putin, the man slaughtering his people, which Trump and Vance took as a personal affront.
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We should start with the presumption that DOGE is lying to us all the time about everything
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings
For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We should start with the presumption that DOGE is lying to us all the time about everything
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
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Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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It's been long time in the making. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy
The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It's been long time in the making. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
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Arielle Kane was hired to work on a program at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that was trying to reduce maternal deaths.
Last weekend, she was let go.
“This model that has a lot of potential is just being gutted. What does that mean for all of the potential impacts we could have had?"
Last weekend, she was let go.
“This model that has a lot of potential is just being gutted. What does that mean for all of the potential impacts we could have had?"
February 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Arielle Kane was hired to work on a program at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that was trying to reduce maternal deaths.
Last weekend, she was let go.
“This model that has a lot of potential is just being gutted. What does that mean for all of the potential impacts we could have had?"
Last weekend, she was let go.
“This model that has a lot of potential is just being gutted. What does that mean for all of the potential impacts we could have had?"
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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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A Message for these times. Read and Remember
January 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A Message for these times. Read and Remember
Disinformation campaigns? Musk is a perfect fit.
TikTok's Fate Hangs in the Balance: US Ban Looms, Musk Sale Rumored
www.techticia.com/2025/01/tikt...
www.techticia.com/2025/01/tikt...
TikTok's Fate Hangs in the Balance: US Ban Looms, Musk Sale Rumored
"TikTok's US future uncertain as ban looms, Musk sale rumored."
www.techticia.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Disinformation campaigns? Musk is a perfect fit.
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remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
Not that this has ever happened to me…
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Not that this has ever happened to me…
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
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Big, beautiful moon yesterday evening.
November 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Big, beautiful moon yesterday evening.
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it is incredibly sad that Twitter went from a real-time source of information during catastrophes, geopolitical conflict and extreme weather events to a firehose of rage-baiting, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, including from its new owner himself
October 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
it is incredibly sad that Twitter went from a real-time source of information during catastrophes, geopolitical conflict and extreme weather events to a firehose of rage-baiting, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, including from its new owner himself
July 30, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Fascism is, in essence, the belief that the “nation” only refers to a certain group of people and they are justified in overriding legal, democratic, and ethical norms to attain the power they deserve. Christian nationalism, white nationalism etc are just different shades of fascism.
July 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Fascism is, in essence, the belief that the “nation” only refers to a certain group of people and they are justified in overriding legal, democratic, and ethical norms to attain the power they deserve. Christian nationalism, white nationalism etc are just different shades of fascism.
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Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.
July 14, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.
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I keep remembering that the official Republican solution to gun violence is just... more gun violence. "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" means the plan -- the only plan -- is that AFTER the shooting starts, there's more shooting. Prevention isn't even considered.
July 14, 2024 at 11:32 PM
I keep remembering that the official Republican solution to gun violence is just... more gun violence. "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" means the plan -- the only plan -- is that AFTER the shooting starts, there's more shooting. Prevention isn't even considered.
There goes my thought to sign up for Netflix again. Now… absolutely not.
Was wondering how many companies would let a few weeks of outrage pass before quietly turning back on the ads. Apparently Netflix jumped right back into advertising on ExTwitter. www.thewrap.com/netflix-resu...
Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy - TheWrap
Netflix has resumed advertising on X following a suspension by the streamer and other brands after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic post.
www.thewrap.com
December 15, 2023 at 5:56 AM
There goes my thought to sign up for Netflix again. Now… absolutely not.