Emily
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We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
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I can't decide which details from this NYT piece will bother Kash Patel more: referring to his side piece as an "aspiring" country singer or describing how his work ethic (doesn't) compare with Robert Mueller's?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I can't decide which details from this NYT piece will bother Kash Patel more: referring to his side piece as an "aspiring" country singer or describing how his work ethic (doesn't) compare with Robert Mueller's?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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this absolutely. i would also add — and that editorial actually demonstrates this — that moderation is often in the eye of the beholder, isn't something that can be easily quantified, and is in relationship with other qualities (like candidate charisma)
Gave a presentation on this last month but arguing that moderate candidates don't do better overall is like arguing that height doesn't matter in basketball. But also if height were the only thing that mattered then the Trail Blazers were right to pick Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan.
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
this absolutely. i would also add — and that editorial actually demonstrates this — that moderation is often in the eye of the beholder, isn't something that can be easily quantified, and is in relationship with other qualities (like candidate charisma)
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In his foreign policy, Trump launches illegal attacks, murders people, and starts pointless and destructive trade wars. Is that what Douthat wants at home? Because he’s already getting it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Opinion | Why Can’t Trump’s Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In his foreign policy, Trump launches illegal attacks, murders people, and starts pointless and destructive trade wars. Is that what Douthat wants at home? Because he’s already getting it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
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when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying
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really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?
MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
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Again, going in circles, but Trump ****literally**** does not understand how the American government works. He has ****never**** understood it. He was, until this administration, protected from his own stupidity but now there is no longer anyone at the helm. It’s ***actual*** anarchic governance.
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Again, going in circles, but Trump ****literally**** does not understand how the American government works. He has ****never**** understood it. He was, until this administration, protected from his own stupidity but now there is no longer anyone at the helm. It’s ***actual*** anarchic governance.
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States that didn’t vote for the president—which includes ones that pay the most in federal taxes and effectively subsidize the rest—will have federal outlays unconstitutionally canceled, in violation of law duly passed by reps from those states, among others.
Taxation without representation, no?
Taxation without representation, no?
Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
States that didn’t vote for the president—which includes ones that pay the most in federal taxes and effectively subsidize the rest—will have federal outlays unconstitutionally canceled, in violation of law duly passed by reps from those states, among others.
Taxation without representation, no?
Taxation without representation, no?
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This is a crime. The Supreme Court has foolishly decided that Trump can commit crimes with impunity, but that is NOT true of anyone who works for him. Stephen Miller, Hegseth, Noem and anyone else who declares war on the US and our Constitution must not be let off the hook. Two years in prison
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a crime. The Supreme Court has foolishly decided that Trump can commit crimes with impunity, but that is NOT true of anyone who works for him. Stephen Miller, Hegseth, Noem and anyone else who declares war on the US and our Constitution must not be let off the hook. Two years in prison
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Look at this video. Take a long, hard look at this scene. Masked federal agents, armed like soldiers on a battlefield, a dozen of em, taking down & detaining one immigrant. On our streets. Take a long, hard look at this. And then pass it on to others. This is Trumpism. This must not be who we are.👇
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Look at this video. Take a long, hard look at this scene. Masked federal agents, armed like soldiers on a battlefield, a dozen of em, taking down & detaining one immigrant. On our streets. Take a long, hard look at this. And then pass it on to others. This is Trumpism. This must not be who we are.👇
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Kavanaugh thinks this is a minor inconvenience, not something of concern under the 4th amendment
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Kavanaugh thinks this is a minor inconvenience, not something of concern under the 4th amendment
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the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
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To be clear, this is not about the Jews killing Charlie Kirk.
It's about the Jews killing *Jesus*— the foundational story of anti-Semitism.
There is, however, an explicit Jesus: Kirk analogy being drawn.
It's about the Jews killing *Jesus*— the foundational story of anti-Semitism.
There is, however, an explicit Jesus: Kirk analogy being drawn.
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
To be clear, this is not about the Jews killing Charlie Kirk.
It's about the Jews killing *Jesus*— the foundational story of anti-Semitism.
There is, however, an explicit Jesus: Kirk analogy being drawn.
It's about the Jews killing *Jesus*— the foundational story of anti-Semitism.
There is, however, an explicit Jesus: Kirk analogy being drawn.
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Weird how Charlie Kirk’s killer is not even a news story anymore
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Weird how Charlie Kirk’s killer is not even a news story anymore
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is this not just kidnapping?
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
is this not just kidnapping?
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#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
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A pop up box on Tylenol dot com
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A pop up box on Tylenol dot com
Trump’s new detention policy targets millions of immigrants. Judges keep saying it’s illegal. - POLITICO
September 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump’s new detention policy targets millions of immigrants. Judges keep saying it’s illegal. - POLITICO
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Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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It should be way bigger news that Trump effectively killed any attempt by foreign countries to build new factories in the United States with this idiotic ICE move. Just incalculable long term damage.
Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
Confusion, Anger, Relief: Korean Engineer Tells of Week in U.S. ICE Detention
More than 300 employees at a Hyundai battery plant returned home after being detained in a Georgia immigration raid.
www.wsj.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It should be way bigger news that Trump effectively killed any attempt by foreign countries to build new factories in the United States with this idiotic ICE move. Just incalculable long term damage.
Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
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Murder is wrong.
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
September 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Murder is wrong.
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
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"Civility promotes basic decency while also taking certain modes of action off the table." It would be a good idea. From the archives:
Restoring Civility in Our Politics
Democracy becomes dysfunctional without it.
plus.thebulwark.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Civility promotes basic decency while also taking certain modes of action off the table." It would be a good idea. From the archives:
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political violence is a terrible scourge that has claimed victims from both parties
the way some people are just itching to treat this as a reichstag fire moment to enable a dictatorship is extremely scary and a good reminder that political violence is a threat to the very core of liberal democracy
the way some people are just itching to treat this as a reichstag fire moment to enable a dictatorship is extremely scary and a good reminder that political violence is a threat to the very core of liberal democracy
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
political violence is a terrible scourge that has claimed victims from both parties
the way some people are just itching to treat this as a reichstag fire moment to enable a dictatorship is extremely scary and a good reminder that political violence is a threat to the very core of liberal democracy
the way some people are just itching to treat this as a reichstag fire moment to enable a dictatorship is extremely scary and a good reminder that political violence is a threat to the very core of liberal democracy
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You can abhor Charlie Kirk & his beliefs and unequivocally condemn murder. You can do both. It shouldn’t be hard. It’s what grown up, civilized, tolerant people do.
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You can abhor Charlie Kirk & his beliefs and unequivocally condemn murder. You can do both. It shouldn’t be hard. It’s what grown up, civilized, tolerant people do.