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"The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves."
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves."
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Democrat’s Lead in Race for New Jersey Governor Narrows, Poll Shows.
Representative Mikie Sherrill has a six-point edge over her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...
Representative Mikie Sherrill has a six-point edge over her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...
Democrat’s Lead in Race for New Jersey Governor Narrows, Poll Shows
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Democrat’s Lead in Race for New Jersey Governor Narrows, Poll Shows.
Representative Mikie Sherrill has a six-point edge over her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...
Representative Mikie Sherrill has a six-point edge over her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...
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Journalists turn in access badges, exit #Pentagon rather than agree to new #DepartmentOfDefense #DoD reporting rules
Existing journalists included #FoxNews and conservative #Newsmax
apnews.com/article/pent...
Existing journalists included #FoxNews and conservative #Newsmax
apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Journalists turn in access badges, exit #Pentagon rather than agree to new #DepartmentOfDefense #DoD reporting rules
Existing journalists included #FoxNews and conservative #Newsmax
apnews.com/article/pent...
Existing journalists included #FoxNews and conservative #Newsmax
apnews.com/article/pent...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
What a national disgrace. The regulation of the betting companies, mostly foreign, who inflict such damage is left to the tiniest jurisdiction, the NT, population 260,000, a local government not a State, when the Federal Govt has full power to regulate corporations.
What a national disgrace. The regulation of the betting companies, mostly foreign, who inflict such damage is left to the tiniest jurisdiction, the NT, population 260,000, a local government not a State, when the Federal Govt has full power to regulate corporations.
Gambling regulator's alleged 'cosy relationship' with $50b betting industry
Four Corners has uncovered allegations of conflicts of interest and pro-industry bias at the country's part-time regulator responsible for Australia's biggest betting companies.
www.abc.net.au
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
What a national disgrace. The regulation of the betting companies, mostly foreign, who inflict such damage is left to the tiniest jurisdiction, the NT, population 260,000, a local government not a State, when the Federal Govt has full power to regulate corporations.
What a national disgrace. The regulation of the betting companies, mostly foreign, who inflict such damage is left to the tiniest jurisdiction, the NT, population 260,000, a local government not a State, when the Federal Govt has full power to regulate corporations.
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“There is evidence of a high level of cooperation between Russia and China in conducting satellite reconnaissance of the territory of Ukraine in order to identify and further explore strategic objects for targeting.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China provides intelligence to Russia on Ukraine targets, Ukrainian intelligence says
China is providing intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official was quoted as saying on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“There is evidence of a high level of cooperation between Russia and China in conducting satellite reconnaissance of the territory of Ukraine in order to identify and further explore strategic objects for targeting.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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#AndreiVovchenko has deserted the #Russia military. #Trump 's fascist administration has handed him back into the jaws of Putin. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow
Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#AndreiVovchenko has deserted the #Russia military. #Trump 's fascist administration has handed him back into the jaws of Putin. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"“The president sounded incoherent, exhausted, rabidly partisan, at times stupid, meandering, couldn’t hold a thought together,” McCaffrey said." #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd
The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"“The president sounded incoherent, exhausted, rabidly partisan, at times stupid, meandering, couldn’t hold a thought together,” McCaffrey said." #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I'd call that obeying in advance, but maybe the Feds are mobilizing at this very moment to arrest "Aisle424" at Bluesky.
This is what I mean about the usage of words undermining the ability of people to think rationally about how to defend their democracy.
This is what I mean about the usage of words undermining the ability of people to think rationally about how to defend their democracy.
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'd call that obeying in advance, but maybe the Feds are mobilizing at this very moment to arrest "Aisle424" at Bluesky.
This is what I mean about the usage of words undermining the ability of people to think rationally about how to defend their democracy.
This is what I mean about the usage of words undermining the ability of people to think rationally about how to defend their democracy.
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I wrote about Kash Patel's cringe, weird challenge coin. Perfect for him:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him
The FBI director has created a memento that symbolizes his unfitness.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I wrote about Kash Patel's cringe, weird challenge coin. Perfect for him:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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if anyone’s aware of how Bsky might contribute to Guevara or his family don’t keep it to yourself.
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
if anyone’s aware of how Bsky might contribute to Guevara or his family don’t keep it to yourself.
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“Noem adds she’s now calling on supporters to boycott the Puppy Bowl. Questioned why, she merely lit a cigarette holder and began stroking her curiously patterned fur coat.”
Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“Noem adds she’s now calling on supporters to boycott the Puppy Bowl. Questioned why, she merely lit a cigarette holder and began stroking her curiously patterned fur coat.”
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Trump’s Purge of Terrorism Prosecutors: The politicization of the Justice Department is making Americans less safe.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Purge of Terrorism Prosecutors
The politicization of the Justice Department is making Americans less safe.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump’s Purge of Terrorism Prosecutors: The politicization of the Justice Department is making Americans less safe.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Our report on the return of the Epstein-Trump friendship statue in DC. The statue was taken down by the Park Service and was damaged in the process. But the creators reassembled it to the delight of many on the National Mall! Full episode drops later tonight on YouTube youtube.com/@jimacosta?s...
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our report on the return of the Epstein-Trump friendship statue in DC. The statue was taken down by the Park Service and was damaged in the process. But the creators reassembled it to the delight of many on the National Mall! Full episode drops later tonight on YouTube youtube.com/@jimacosta?s...
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When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting went under, so, too, did a program that funded the next-generation emergency alert program that was to deploy on NextGen TV.
Lack of funding causes NextGen TV emergency warning program to close
Congressional funding cuts will result in a major setback for the development of an advanced emergency warning notification system that is intended to be utilized over ATSC 3.0.
thedesk.net
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting went under, so, too, did a program that funded the next-generation emergency alert program that was to deploy on NextGen TV.
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It's in the article
Just putting this out there... the creator of the Punisher has often said WTF? about police/military adopting the symbol of ... a vigilante.
www.newsweek.com/punisher-pol...
www.newsweek.com/punisher-pol...
Punisher Lays the Beatdown on Cops Who Use His Skull Symbol
In Punisher #14, the gun-toting vigilante tears into some officers who want to take a selfie with him. "You help people. I gave that up a long time ago."
www.newsweek.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's in the article
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Weirdest government shutdown ever
October 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Weirdest government shutdown ever
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it’s like these guys got gigs as homeland security content creators truthout.org/articles/how...
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
it’s like these guys got gigs as homeland security content creators truthout.org/articles/how...
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iirc, the punishment senate-confirmed appointees face for violating the hatch act is determined by the president himself, which is obviously a conflict of interest, making it a really dumb law.
Follow-up from @wired.com suggests the involuntary partisan OOO messages, since they violate the Hatch Act, could be grounds for firing later on. 2/2 www.wired.com/story/govern...
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
iirc, the punishment senate-confirmed appointees face for violating the hatch act is determined by the president himself, which is obviously a conflict of interest, making it a really dumb law.
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it's almost impossible to underestimate how much being a total suck-up to the bosses while also being uniquely mealy-mouthed will serve you in media, bari is proof
i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
it's almost impossible to underestimate how much being a total suck-up to the bosses while also being uniquely mealy-mouthed will serve you in media, bari is proof
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Some related reporting here today from my good friend Alfred Ng on ICE hiring an AI leader: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Some related reporting here today from my good friend Alfred Ng on ICE hiring an AI leader: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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We are, once again, clean on OPSEC
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
October 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We are, once again, clean on OPSEC
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I’m coming around to Eliezer Yudkowsky’s suggestion that we bomb data centers — not because I’m worried about superintelligence, but because these companies are going to send us over the climate cliff if we don’t stop them.
AI groups bet on world models in race for ‘superintelligence’
Google DeepMind, Meta and Nvidia are developing systems that aim to better understand the physical world
www.ft.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I’m coming around to Eliezer Yudkowsky’s suggestion that we bomb data centers — not because I’m worried about superintelligence, but because these companies are going to send us over the climate cliff if we don’t stop them.
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NEW: A Sinclair spokesperson tells me they will NOT be airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on their ABC affiliates, even though Kimmel is returning to the network tomorrow.
"Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return."
Local news will air instead.
"Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return."
Local news will air instead.
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: A Sinclair spokesperson tells me they will NOT be airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on their ABC affiliates, even though Kimmel is returning to the network tomorrow.
"Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return."
Local news will air instead.
"Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return."
Local news will air instead.
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This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."