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The New York Times was more skeptical of the academic qualifications of a black woman who had secured tenure and become the president of Harvard than they were of a white man who washed out of a grad program with a massive scandal and then became a white nationalist troll.
The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
July 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The New York Times was more skeptical of the academic qualifications of a black woman who had secured tenure and become the president of Harvard than they were of a white man who washed out of a grad program with a massive scandal and then became a white nationalist troll.
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A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.
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There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
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remembering when democrats elected him house oversight chair over AOC 2 months ago talking about him like this
April 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
remembering when democrats elected him house oversight chair over AOC 2 months ago talking about him like this
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here's a face representing useless democratic party consultants
this kind of world view is why the party acts like gutless wonders and gets their asses handed to them by fascists like trump and bush ii
this kind of world view is why the party acts like gutless wonders and gets their asses handed to them by fascists like trump and bush ii
April 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
here's a face representing useless democratic party consultants
this kind of world view is why the party acts like gutless wonders and gets their asses handed to them by fascists like trump and bush ii
this kind of world view is why the party acts like gutless wonders and gets their asses handed to them by fascists like trump and bush ii
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the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
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Trump says his tariffs will raise $6 trillion.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump says his tariffs will raise $6 trillion.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
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Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
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The placement of "trans issues" here is, without exaggeration, one of the most depraved things I've ever seen in the pages of this publication.
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The placement of "trans issues" here is, without exaggeration, one of the most depraved things I've ever seen in the pages of this publication.
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They didn't like Biden but they do like Trump, hence the difference in coverage
March 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
They didn't like Biden but they do like Trump, hence the difference in coverage
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America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
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We have seen two impeachment worthy stories break today alone. Incredible levels of corruption and lawlessness.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
February 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We have seen two impeachment worthy stories break today alone. Incredible levels of corruption and lawlessness.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Undocumented immigrants paid about $26 billion per year into Social Security, even though they will get nothing out of it.
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Undocumented immigrants paid about $26 billion per year into Social Security, even though they will get nothing out of it.
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
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the main effect of firing 800,000 people — in addition to debilitating the federal government — would be to plunge the US economy into a recessionary spiral that rivaled the Great Recession
"If the job is not essential...obviously they should not be on the public payroll."
What does this mean?
Trump's EO calls for focusing reductions in force for employees deemed "non-essential" during a shutdown. That is 800,000 employees. The want a permanent government shutdown.
What does this mean?
Trump's EO calls for focusing reductions in force for employees deemed "non-essential" during a shutdown. That is 800,000 employees. The want a permanent government shutdown.
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
the main effect of firing 800,000 people — in addition to debilitating the federal government — would be to plunge the US economy into a recessionary spiral that rivaled the Great Recession
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People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
www.aol.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
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Congratulations to Governor Greg Abbott, who loves nothing more than dead children.
First measles death in the West Texas outbreak reported. The patient's age hasn't been released, but most of the cases have been in children. apnews.com/article/meas...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congratulations to Governor Greg Abbott, who loves nothing more than dead children.
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Your regular reminder McConnell could have taken care of this in January 2021
Mitch McConnell on the Ukraine war:
"Blame for this human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin … If Russian forces laid down their arms, Europe would be at peace. If Ukrainian forces laid down theirs, Putin's aims would not stop … Mistaking this fact is as embarrassing as it is costly."
"Blame for this human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin … If Russian forces laid down their arms, Europe would be at peace. If Ukrainian forces laid down theirs, Putin's aims would not stop … Mistaking this fact is as embarrassing as it is costly."
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Your regular reminder McConnell could have taken care of this in January 2021
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Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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US Supreme Court rules 6-3 that poisoning your rival is an official act.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil former leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says.
February 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
US Supreme Court rules 6-3 that poisoning your rival is an official act.
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
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One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.
“Many farmers voted for Trump [b/c] he promised less regulation and greater prosperity for America’s farmers. The hard truth … like most of the folks who voted for Trump, farmers failed to do their homework about the reality” of the Trump regime.
What betting on the farm & losing looks like. 😬
What betting on the farm & losing looks like. 😬
With Trump and Musk driving U.S. policy, Kansas farmers have been played for suckers • Kansas Reflector
The hard truth is that, like most of the folks who voted for Trump, farmers failed to do their homework about the hard realities.
kansasreflector.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.
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Republicans are doing this because they want gay men and transgender women to contract HIV. They believe that dying of AIDS is a deserved punishment for having gay sex, just as they think that forced childbirth is a deserved punishment for sexually active women. This is not especially complicated.
Sorry, but we now have a once-per-six-months PrEP injection with a 96% efficacy in reducing HIV infections, and the response is to limit PrEP to only pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers? What?!
It's going to be much more expensive to provide lifelong treatment than work on prevention.
It's going to be much more expensive to provide lifelong treatment than work on prevention.
February 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Republicans are doing this because they want gay men and transgender women to contract HIV. They believe that dying of AIDS is a deserved punishment for having gay sex, just as they think that forced childbirth is a deserved punishment for sexually active women. This is not especially complicated.