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lol Pomona requiring a 100% affordable housing development to spend money on public art. ridiculous.
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
lol Pomona requiring a 100% affordable housing development to spend money on public art. ridiculous.
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Also it's very striking to me that this administration and many of its hangers-on seem to see Christmas primarily as a tool to trigger the libs/non-Christians. Utterly miserable, joyless people.
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Also it's very striking to me that this administration and many of its hangers-on seem to see Christmas primarily as a tool to trigger the libs/non-Christians. Utterly miserable, joyless people.
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3/ but don’t think the hippies on the west coast won’t care about a major ethical violation.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
3/ but don’t think the hippies on the west coast won’t care about a major ethical violation.
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2/even before the other allegations, having affairs with sources who are major politicians and continuing to report on them is a fireable offense. You can investigate the veracity of the claims2
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
2/even before the other allegations, having affairs with sources who are major politicians and continuing to report on them is a fireable offense. You can investigate the veracity of the claims2
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1/“Some at the company initially downplayed Lizza’s depictions of Nuzzi’s relationship with politician Mark Sanford as Washington inside baseball that wouldn’t make much of a dent on the West Coast, where she would be starting work. “
Im sorry WHAT??? www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
Im sorry WHAT??? www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
Exclusive: Vanity Fair expected to let Olivia Nuzzi’s contract lapse, insiders say
Just weeks after Vanity Fair published an excerpt of Olivia Nuzzi’s book, it’s increasingly unlikely she’ll be a fixture on its print masthead.
www.semafor.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1/“Some at the company initially downplayed Lizza’s depictions of Nuzzi’s relationship with politician Mark Sanford as Washington inside baseball that wouldn’t make much of a dent on the West Coast, where she would be starting work. “
Im sorry WHAT??? www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
Im sorry WHAT??? www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
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The problem is that the gen z cons in particular are so odious that they're triggering massive backlash in their own cohort. Gen Z women are like the most liberal group in the country because the 50% of gen Z men who are cons are literal groyper, repeal the 19th amendment types
The plan is to make new ones
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The problem is that the gen z cons in particular are so odious that they're triggering massive backlash in their own cohort. Gen Z women are like the most liberal group in the country because the 50% of gen Z men who are cons are literal groyper, repeal the 19th amendment types
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Would more My Lais have won the Vietnam war?
How did the US win the Guif War without tons of war crimes?
Trump loosened rules of engagement in Afghanistan, killed more civilians, then… surrendered.
Hegseth is very small and this makes him feel big, but the sick fantasy over reality is remarkable.
How did the US win the Guif War without tons of war crimes?
Trump loosened rules of engagement in Afghanistan, killed more civilians, then… surrendered.
Hegseth is very small and this makes him feel big, but the sick fantasy over reality is remarkable.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Would more My Lais have won the Vietnam war?
How did the US win the Guif War without tons of war crimes?
Trump loosened rules of engagement in Afghanistan, killed more civilians, then… surrendered.
Hegseth is very small and this makes him feel big, but the sick fantasy over reality is remarkable.
How did the US win the Guif War without tons of war crimes?
Trump loosened rules of engagement in Afghanistan, killed more civilians, then… surrendered.
Hegseth is very small and this makes him feel big, but the sick fantasy over reality is remarkable.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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"Obviously this episode raises a lot of questions [none of which I, a professional journalist, investigated or reported out in the 16 months since I learned of it]:"
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Obviously this episode raises a lot of questions [none of which I, a professional journalist, investigated or reported out in the 16 months since I learned of it]:"
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Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules After Another Filing Discrepancy
Alt5 Sigma told regulators its accountant resigned in November, while he says he notified the company three months earlier.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
1/
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When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
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The males of MAGA manspread their insecurity
Trump & Co. bring down the country to lift their fragile egos
www.stopthepresses.news
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
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"When it comes to precarious manhood, Republican voters and their leaders seem to be in sync, with many of them concerned that their masculinity is under siege and determined to take it out on women."
When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
My weekly Stop the Presses newsletter. Read and subscribe for free.
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The males of MAGA manspread their insecurity
Trump & Co. bring down the country to lift their fragile egos
www.stopthepresses.news
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"When it comes to precarious manhood, Republican voters and their leaders seem to be in sync, with many of them concerned that their masculinity is under siege and determined to take it out on women."
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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12 year old logic memes making it to the national stage
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
12 year old logic memes making it to the national stage
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Now that Karoline Leavitt just confirmed that Frank Bradley gave the order for the second strike that killed two people clinging to boat wreckage (per @atrupar.com) this seems doubly relevant:
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Now that Karoline Leavitt just confirmed that Frank Bradley gave the order for the second strike that killed two people clinging to boat wreckage (per @atrupar.com) this seems doubly relevant:
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Yeah, that's not how it works ever since the Hague Convention of 1899. That is some John Yoo-level horrifying shit from the White House.
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yeah, that's not how it works ever since the Hague Convention of 1899. That is some John Yoo-level horrifying shit from the White House.
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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If the impossibly wealthy folks pushing this truly believe it will work well and be self-sustaining, they should be willing to fund the completion of a rail line to the project location before they break ground on any neighborhoods
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
My op-ed w/ Ed Glaeser in today's @latimes.com argues that CA needs a state-level permitting framework for housing projects of statewide significance, like
@caforever.bsky.social.
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www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
@caforever.bsky.social.
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www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Clear a path for sweeping urban experiments such as California Forever
As some states have tried with clean energy projects, California should empower a state official to approve important large developments without giving counties and cities a veto.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If the impossibly wealthy folks pushing this truly believe it will work well and be self-sustaining, they should be willing to fund the completion of a rail line to the project location before they break ground on any neighborhoods
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
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This highlights why I think it's a bad idea to redefine terms, in particular to water down the strongest terms we have.
A main reason prominent figures across the political spectrum are taking the Caribbean boat strikes so seriously is because they don't throw around the term "war crimes" lightly.
A main reason prominent figures across the political spectrum are taking the Caribbean boat strikes so seriously is because they don't throw around the term "war crimes" lightly.
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This highlights why I think it's a bad idea to redefine terms, in particular to water down the strongest terms we have.
A main reason prominent figures across the political spectrum are taking the Caribbean boat strikes so seriously is because they don't throw around the term "war crimes" lightly.
A main reason prominent figures across the political spectrum are taking the Caribbean boat strikes so seriously is because they don't throw around the term "war crimes" lightly.
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I wondered why replies chastised me for calling the boat strikes war crimes, saying I'm helping Trump when I do, as if "war crime" is positive.
Then I remembered some use "war crime" to mean "foreign policy I don't like," rather than "use of military force in violation of the laws of armed combat."
Then I remembered some use "war crime" to mean "foreign policy I don't like," rather than "use of military force in violation of the laws of armed combat."
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I wondered why replies chastised me for calling the boat strikes war crimes, saying I'm helping Trump when I do, as if "war crime" is positive.
Then I remembered some use "war crime" to mean "foreign policy I don't like," rather than "use of military force in violation of the laws of armed combat."
Then I remembered some use "war crime" to mean "foreign policy I don't like," rather than "use of military force in violation of the laws of armed combat."
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No Habba job. Sad!
Breaking News: A federal court said that Alina Habba, a Trump-appointed lawyer, had been serving unlawfully as the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. She was neither confirmed by the Senate nor appointed by district trial court judges — the two traditional pathways.
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba, Former Trump Lawyer, Is Serving Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney
The judges wrote that the Trump Administration appeared to have become frustrated by legal and political barriers that have prevented its preferred U.S. attorneys from leading federal prosecutors’ offices.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
No Habba job. Sad!
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Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served in a CIA-backed Afghan force unit, known as the “Zero Units.”
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served in a CIA-backed Afghan force unit, known as the “Zero Units.”
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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As your friendly neighborhood e-micro mobility enthusiast and former pro downhill longboarder, I would like to remind everyone that electric skateboards are unacceptably dangerous and you should not ride them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As your friendly neighborhood e-micro mobility enthusiast and former pro downhill longboarder, I would like to remind everyone that electric skateboards are unacceptably dangerous and you should not ride them.