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DePaul University announced Monday that it’s laid off 114 staff members to address a budget shortfall caused by rising costs and a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students.
DePaul University lays off 114 staff members
chicago.suntimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
DePaul University announced Monday that it’s laid off 114 staff members to address a budget shortfall caused by rising costs and a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students.
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“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H.L. Mencken, July 1920
H.L. Mencken, July 1920
a man in a tuxedo says he really is ahead of his time on nbc
Alt: A black man in a tuxedo says, He really is ahead of his time.”
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H.L. Mencken, July 1920
H.L. Mencken, July 1920
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if these kids were conservative influencers, it would not have been "things can happen"
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
if these kids were conservative influencers, it would not have been "things can happen"
Binging on new @michaeldweiss.bsky.social interviews on Youtube. ESSENTIAL.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Binging on new @michaeldweiss.bsky.social interviews on Youtube. ESSENTIAL.
Yeah- nothing to do with guns...
It is disgusting that these atrocities have become a dull roar in our gun obsessed culture.
At least 20 people reportedly shot at Brown University. www.browndailyherald.com/arti...
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yeah- nothing to do with guns...
NO.
It is disgusting that these atrocities have become a dull roar in our gun obsessed culture.
At least 20 people reportedly shot at Brown University. www.browndailyherald.com/arti...
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
NO.
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Well done, anti-vaxxers. Tired of winning?
December 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Well done, anti-vaxxers. Tired of winning?
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This is a huge moment, a complete integration of crypto into the state-regulated sphere and the realm of companies likely to be bailed out by taxpayers in times of stress
Crypto can only survive long-term if it gets access to the publicly backed banking system.
In one fell swoop, the OCC—the regulator for national banks—just approved five (5) bank charter applications by crypto companies.
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
In one fell swoop, the OCC—the regulator for national banks—just approved five (5) bank charter applications by crypto companies.
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is a huge moment, a complete integration of crypto into the state-regulated sphere and the realm of companies likely to be bailed out by taxpayers in times of stress
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Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
An estimated 200,000 people have fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo just days after Trump hailed a “historic” peace deal to end the conflict.
200,000 Flee Congo After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
Why the Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point.
foreignpolicy.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That should be a career ending act of corruption
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
FAFO.
A year after touting the “historic realignment” of minority voters that powered him to a second term in the White House, the multiracial coalition President Trump has boasted about is slipping away.
The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed mixed feelings about the president and their votes.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
FAFO.
Despicable.
Oh, this a very good catch. (As always.)
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Despicable.
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Breaking: Indiana State Senate rejects 9-0 Republican gerrymandered congressional map, stands up to Trump’s pressure campaign of threats and intimidation. Huge victory for democracy & defeat for Trump in gerrymandering war he started
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Breaking: Indiana State Senate rejects 9-0 Republican gerrymandered congressional map, stands up to Trump’s pressure campaign of threats and intimidation. Huge victory for democracy & defeat for Trump in gerrymandering war he started
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Tell the city NO to 70% cuts to safe streets funding!
Mayor Johnson's bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure to the tune of 70% – directly putting our communities' safety in jeopardy. Take a moment to email him and your Alderperson to tell the...
betterstreetschicago.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
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BRB, going back in time to tell 1980s me that in 2025 we won't have flying cars, but we *will* have teddy bears that will lecture you in a high-pitched voice that it is "malicious" to compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BRB, going back in time to tell 1980s me that in 2025 we won't have flying cars, but we *will* have teddy bears that will lecture you in a high-pitched voice that it is "malicious" to compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
A drop of six points is considered "down slightly"??
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A drop of six points is considered "down slightly"??
Lie, lie, lie, lie. All they do is lie.
DHS published data claiming to show that it is "starting with the worst of the worst" immigrants. I analyzed the data: DHS has classified just 4% of ICE arrests as the "worst", most for nonviolent offenses, and hundreds for minor crimes like drug possession, traffic infractions, and illegal entry.
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Lie, lie, lie, lie. All they do is lie.
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Be fair. This was just a routine Kavanaugh stop
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 11:20 AM
Be fair. This was just a routine Kavanaugh stop
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Good to see that vienna is continuously increasing its cycling network 😘🚲
Ab jetzt kommt ihr entspannter durch Hernals und Ottakring. Die neue 2,5 km lange Radverbindung verbindet die Sandleitengasse mit dem Hernalser Gürtel und dem Gürtelradweg. Verkehrsberuhigung, bessere Querungen und 58 neue Bäume machen eure Wege im Grätzl komfortabler und sicherer.
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good to see that vienna is continuously increasing its cycling network 😘🚲
Utterly, completely broken.
It's a little known fact but because USCIS uses a "Last in, First Out" system, there are actually thousands (if not tens of thousands) of people whose affirmative asylum cases have been sitting at the back of the line since the Obama admin. They have work permits, but have been stuck in total limbo.
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Utterly, completely broken.
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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Mike Johnson views his primary role as Speaker to prevent as many votes as possible on things that would easily pass because a bipartisan majority favors them. That is exactly what he has done his entire tenure. He blocks things majorities want and keeps the House out of session for long stretches.
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Mike Johnson views his primary role as Speaker to prevent as many votes as possible on things that would easily pass because a bipartisan majority favors them. That is exactly what he has done his entire tenure. He blocks things majorities want and keeps the House out of session for long stretches.
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This is gonna date my ass, but I remember when 8 folks getting shot was front page news and whatnot.
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is gonna date my ass, but I remember when 8 folks getting shot was front page news and whatnot.