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Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.
Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"
June 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.
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Look who's Making Us Safer today.
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Look who's Making Us Safer today.
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Oh, just thinking of all the brothers from inner cities who put their bodies on the line for this ghoul.
June 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh, just thinking of all the brothers from inner cities who put their bodies on the line for this ghoul.
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as I understand it, the Supreme Court operates like a ouija board: they all pretend their hands are guided by some unseen force from beyond ("original intent" or something) while they really just navigate toward the creepy scary things to impress their awful friends
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
as I understand it, the Supreme Court operates like a ouija board: they all pretend their hands are guided by some unseen force from beyond ("original intent" or something) while they really just navigate toward the creepy scary things to impress their awful friends
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The Navy named a destroyer after Oscar Peterson in 1943, one year after he died.
Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.
Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.
June 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Navy named a destroyer after Oscar Peterson in 1943, one year after he died.
Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.
Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.
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GOV. ANDY BESHEAR
CRITICIZES ICE RAIDS!!
CRITICIZES ICE RAIDS!!
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
GOV. ANDY BESHEAR
CRITICIZES ICE RAIDS!!
CRITICIZES ICE RAIDS!!
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It's all so disgusting. This is so disgusting.
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It's all so disgusting. This is so disgusting.
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The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.
NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.
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Check this out.
Minnesota KILLER Vance Boelter is a complete fucking nut job. He is A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, that’s a few bricks short of a load.
Fuck you Maga, he’s one of yours.😐
Minnesota KILLER Vance Boelter is a complete fucking nut job. He is A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, that’s a few bricks short of a load.
Fuck you Maga, he’s one of yours.😐
June 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Check this out.
Minnesota KILLER Vance Boelter is a complete fucking nut job. He is A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, that’s a few bricks short of a load.
Fuck you Maga, he’s one of yours.😐
Minnesota KILLER Vance Boelter is a complete fucking nut job. He is A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, that’s a few bricks short of a load.
Fuck you Maga, he’s one of yours.😐
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40% of Mike Johnson's District is on Medicare and he voted to take it away from them. This is what you get when a slimy snake wants to be Speaker more than protecting his constituents.
June 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
40% of Mike Johnson's District is on Medicare and he voted to take it away from them. This is what you get when a slimy snake wants to be Speaker more than protecting his constituents.
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(📢) BREAKING: On the eve of the No Kings Protest and Trump Birthday Bash, Trump makes two huge confessions:
1) The ICE reads were political. They’re pausing for industries with many Trump donors.
2) They targeted those Trump concedes are “non-criminals.”
1) The ICE reads were political. They’re pausing for industries with many Trump donors.
2) They targeted those Trump concedes are “non-criminals.”
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
(📢) BREAKING: On the eve of the No Kings Protest and Trump Birthday Bash, Trump makes two huge confessions:
1) The ICE reads were political. They’re pausing for industries with many Trump donors.
2) They targeted those Trump concedes are “non-criminals.”
1) The ICE reads were political. They’re pausing for industries with many Trump donors.
2) They targeted those Trump concedes are “non-criminals.”
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As I noted in today’s post, this really was the most egregious thing that happened in LA yesterday and that’s saying an awful lot
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As I noted in today’s post, this really was the most egregious thing that happened in LA yesterday and that’s saying an awful lot
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Some of us have been saying this. They're gonna blame AI when they vaporize a city block full of protesters.
June 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Some of us have been saying this. They're gonna blame AI when they vaporize a city block full of protesters.
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Putting their bodies on the line is pretty much all Dems can do, given minorities in the Congress, but it's powerful insofar as they're seen as the legitimate representatives of the people. These are YOUR representatives they're grabbing & shoving! These are YOUR representatives they're silencing!
focusing just on padilla for a moment (and not on noem)—dems are starting to get more comfortable in taking loud and performative (complimentary) action in opposition to the administration
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Putting their bodies on the line is pretty much all Dems can do, given minorities in the Congress, but it's powerful insofar as they're seen as the legitimate representatives of the people. These are YOUR representatives they're grabbing & shoving! These are YOUR representatives they're silencing!
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Every word of this is false. Why would the New York Times even print this?
June 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Every word of this is false. Why would the New York Times even print this?
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A British tabloid is reporting more honestly on this shit than the New York Times.
He's not gonna fuck you, Sulzberger. At least not in the way you'd like.
He's not gonna fuck you, Sulzberger. At least not in the way you'd like.
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A British tabloid is reporting more honestly on this shit than the New York Times.
He's not gonna fuck you, Sulzberger. At least not in the way you'd like.
He's not gonna fuck you, Sulzberger. At least not in the way you'd like.
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A sitting United States Senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed for the crime of asking a question at a press conference.
This is authoritarianism.
This is authoritarianism.
California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
June 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A sitting United States Senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed for the crime of asking a question at a press conference.
This is authoritarianism.
This is authoritarianism.
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MSNBC with a great speed debunk of DHSs justifications for tackling and handcuffing Sen. Padilla.
Padilla is the top Dem on the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee -- there's no way Noem (who meets regularly with senators on this topic) didn't know who he is.
Padilla is the top Dem on the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee -- there's no way Noem (who meets regularly with senators on this topic) didn't know who he is.
June 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
MSNBC with a great speed debunk of DHSs justifications for tackling and handcuffing Sen. Padilla.
Padilla is the top Dem on the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee -- there's no way Noem (who meets regularly with senators on this topic) didn't know who he is.
Padilla is the top Dem on the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee -- there's no way Noem (who meets regularly with senators on this topic) didn't know who he is.
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Everyone at ICE gets fired, everyone has to reapply for their job.
Burn this rotten organization to the ground and start over.
Burn this rotten organization to the ground and start over.
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everyone at ICE gets fired, everyone has to reapply for their job.
Burn this rotten organization to the ground and start over.
Burn this rotten organization to the ground and start over.
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BESSENT: We inherited this fiscal situation--
BENNET: You inherited it from Donald Trump! He's the first president to come back after a four year hiatus after we know exactly what the last tax cuts did, which was blow a massive hole in our deficits and debt. You can't sit here and lie about that!
BENNET: You inherited it from Donald Trump! He's the first president to come back after a four year hiatus after we know exactly what the last tax cuts did, which was blow a massive hole in our deficits and debt. You can't sit here and lie about that!
June 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BESSENT: We inherited this fiscal situation--
BENNET: You inherited it from Donald Trump! He's the first president to come back after a four year hiatus after we know exactly what the last tax cuts did, which was blow a massive hole in our deficits and debt. You can't sit here and lie about that!
BENNET: You inherited it from Donald Trump! He's the first president to come back after a four year hiatus after we know exactly what the last tax cuts did, which was blow a massive hole in our deficits and debt. You can't sit here and lie about that!
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Apparently Roger Stone can film a video raising money for body armor for the Proud Boys days before they stormed the Capitol in body armor and that's AOK to Benny Johnson but if a Latino man hands out basic civilian safety equipment to civilians he's a thug
These bigots, I swear
These bigots, I swear
June 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Apparently Roger Stone can film a video raising money for body armor for the Proud Boys days before they stormed the Capitol in body armor and that's AOK to Benny Johnson but if a Latino man hands out basic civilian safety equipment to civilians he's a thug
These bigots, I swear
These bigots, I swear
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This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.
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If you are dumb or naive enough to believe the grifters on the right who tell you they’re oppose to immigration because it drives down wages for native-born workers, just ask them 1) if they support raising the minimum wage and 2) how come the GOP doesn’t? Go ahead.
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If you are dumb or naive enough to believe the grifters on the right who tell you they’re oppose to immigration because it drives down wages for native-born workers, just ask them 1) if they support raising the minimum wage and 2) how come the GOP doesn’t? Go ahead.
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Jesus Christ... the Washington Post is so fallen from its former glory that it tacks on the name of Robert W. Malone—one of the most infamous, shameless, and dangerous misinformation merchants in the United States—as one of the Kennedy Jr. appointees without making any comment about his past at all.
RFK Jr. picks new members of influential vaccine committee after purge
Kennedy said the picks will demand “definitive safety and efficacy data” for vaccine recommendations. His picks include at least two critics of mRNA coronavirus vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Jesus Christ... the Washington Post is so fallen from its former glory that it tacks on the name of Robert W. Malone—one of the most infamous, shameless, and dangerous misinformation merchants in the United States—as one of the Kennedy Jr. appointees without making any comment about his past at all.
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.