Lee Baldwin
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God, we are so screwed
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
God, we are so screwed
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From Bruce Fanger 👇
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From Bruce Fanger 👇
This is so spot-on.
The line between online political fundraising and an outright scam feels like it's disappeared. I wrote about the deceptive tactics—the fake "400% matches," the guilt trips targeting the vulnerable, the absurd narratives—and why the Democrats’ embrace of these tactics is harming the party brand.
A Party's Brand Is Built on Trust. So Why Are Democrats Treating Their Supporters Like Marks?
The Fundraising Frenzy Invades Text Messages
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July 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is so spot-on.
My First Byline: Kai Ryssdal
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My First Byline: Kai Ryssdal
Host and senior editor, Marketplace
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May 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My First Byline: Kai Ryssdal
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Say. This.
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Say. This.
March 22, 2025
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March 22, 2025
Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend’s rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump...
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March 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
March 22, 2025
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We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | A Reminder of What Pre-Vaccine America Was Like
The worst manifestations of preventable diseases have faded from public memory.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Michel Martin is a formidable interviewer. Counting the amount of times she corrected Edgars could be a drinking game.
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DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations
NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Michel Martin is a formidable interviewer. Counting the amount of times she corrected Edgars could be a drinking game.
ttps://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5326015/dhs-deputy-secretary-troy-edgar-discusses-arrest-of-protest-leader-deportations
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March 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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It would indeed be good to know if cats can be vectors for household spread of #H5N1 #birdflu. They sure are susceptible to the virus. www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h...
Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance
These veterinarians, flu scientists, and biosecurity experts are watching with growing concern the rise in H5N1 avian influenza in cats.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It would indeed be good to know if cats can be vectors for household spread of #H5N1 #birdflu. They sure are susceptible to the virus. www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h...
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This is also why I’m not a fan of the FAFO line of post-election shitposting. How many people actually thought they were voting to, like, ban trees in cities and to pull the US out of the World Health Organization?
Maybe they were naive. They were also lied to by a lot of powerful people.
Maybe they were naive. They were also lied to by a lot of powerful people.
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
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March 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is also why I’m not a fan of the FAFO line of post-election shitposting. How many people actually thought they were voting to, like, ban trees in cities and to pull the US out of the World Health Organization?
Maybe they were naive. They were also lied to by a lot of powerful people.
Maybe they were naive. They were also lied to by a lot of powerful people.
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There is only brute force and the “explanation,” to the extent that it exists, is that the people running this administration hate their enemies. In other words:
It’s not business. It’s personal.
It’s not business. It’s personal.
It’s not business. It’s personal.
The next constitutional crisis has already begun.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There is only brute force and the “explanation,” to the extent that it exists, is that the people running this administration hate their enemies. In other words:
It’s not business. It’s personal.
It’s not business. It’s personal.
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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January 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
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"Flatly wrong" pardons and cases dismissed without prejudice. Impressive and brave pushback from members of the judiciary.
"Flatly wrong" pardons and cases dismissed without prejudice. Impressive and brave pushback from members of the judiciary.
Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons
It's the judges' first substantive comments after Trump’s sweeping clemency and dismissals of the more than 1,500 Jan. 6 criminal cases
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January 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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"Flatly wrong" pardons and cases dismissed without prejudice. Impressive and brave pushback from members of the judiciary.
"Flatly wrong" pardons and cases dismissed without prejudice. Impressive and brave pushback from members of the judiciary.
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States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
In Praise of California
It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness
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January 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.*
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Opening the DNC’s Black Box
Why we’re publishing a previously undisclosed list of all 448 members of the Democratic National Committee
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January 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.*
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.