Fabien Cousteau
@fcousteau.bsky.social
Aquanaut, ocean voice, Founder of Proteus Ocean Group & Ocean Learning Center. "Impossible" is only an excuse to do nothing...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene never got “the joke that MAGA is about anything more than manipulation”—her failure to do so may be her one service to the nation, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/UkdTYodU
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene never got “the joke that MAGA is about anything more than manipulation”—her failure to do so may be her one service to the nation, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/UkdTYodU
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The Trump administration seems to be enacting “a long-term strategy to change the norms of political engagement in America,” Paul Rosenzweig argues. The president’s apparent campaign can be broken down into three main categories:
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Trump administration seems to be enacting “a long-term strategy to change the norms of political engagement in America,” Paul Rosenzweig argues. The president’s apparent campaign can be broken down into three main categories:
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Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
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Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over. n.pr/4r1tHBC
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over. n.pr/4r1tHBC
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House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged. Read the emails here.
Read the Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump
House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald J. Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged. Our reporters are reviewing the larger trove of documents released by Republicans.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged. Read the emails here.
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"The human brain is simply not wired to treat AI like any other technology," Webb Wright writes. "For some users, the system is alive."
The Alien Intelligence in Your Pocket
Are you sure that chatbot isn’t alive?
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October 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"The human brain is simply not wired to treat AI like any other technology," Webb Wright writes. "For some users, the system is alive."
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With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.
The MAGA Media Takeover
Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.
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The selective prosecution of Trump’s political opponents could lead to a “dysfunctional cycle of revenge,” Conor Friedersdorf argues.
Show Me the Person, and I’ll Show You the Crime
Mortgage fraud is bad, but digging up dirt to target political opponents is worse.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The selective prosecution of Trump’s political opponents could lead to a “dysfunctional cycle of revenge,” Conor Friedersdorf argues.
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The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
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Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
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Six months into his second term, personal gain and petty retribution seem to be Donald Trump’s only goals for his presidency, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. https://theatln.tc/qBWIHDke
July 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Six months into his second term, personal gain and petty retribution seem to be Donald Trump’s only goals for his presidency, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. https://theatln.tc/qBWIHDke
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
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Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“One reason the pandemic so damaged America’s collective sanity is that it forced us to live on the internet,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “‘Eddington’ is about a world where the borders between online and off have collapsed.”
“One reason the pandemic so damaged America’s collective sanity is that it forced us to live on the internet,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “‘Eddington’ is about a world where the borders between online and off have collapsed.”
Opinion | A Movie About the Year America Went Fully Berserk
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July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“One reason the pandemic so damaged America’s collective sanity is that it forced us to live on the internet,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “‘Eddington’ is about a world where the borders between online and off have collapsed.”
“One reason the pandemic so damaged America’s collective sanity is that it forced us to live on the internet,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “‘Eddington’ is about a world where the borders between online and off have collapsed.”
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Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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"I’m sorry if I’m not adequately sympathetic to Lisa Murkowski’s plight, but she understands the consequences of her actions. She says the vote was difficult– she voted for it! That’s not difficult. You don’t get credit for doing the hard thing when you don’t actually DO the hard thing."
July 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"I’m sorry if I’m not adequately sympathetic to Lisa Murkowski’s plight, but she understands the consequences of her actions. She says the vote was difficult– she voted for it! That’s not difficult. You don’t get credit for doing the hard thing when you don’t actually DO the hard thing."
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"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity."
June 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity."
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Is it just the ones who are inside someone’s womb?
Asking for a friend.
FFS.
Asking for a friend.
FFS.
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Is it just the ones who are inside someone’s womb?
Asking for a friend.
FFS.
Asking for a friend.
FFS.
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“Now would be a very good time for Washington to bring back its debt obsession,” Rogé Karma writes:
The Simple Formula That Explains Why the Debt Matters
When interest rates outpace growth, very bad things can happen.
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May 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Now would be a very good time for Washington to bring back its debt obsession,” Rogé Karma writes: