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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Rick Steves
Thank you, Rick Steves
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Rick Steves
Thank you, Rick Steves
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Bad things happen when you hire opinion hacks to run media outlets
Bad things happen when you hire non-academics to run universities
Bad things happen when you hire businessmen to run the government
Etc. Etc.
Experience & expertise matter. And actual relevant expertise.
Bad things happen when you hire non-academics to run universities
Bad things happen when you hire businessmen to run the government
Etc. Etc.
Experience & expertise matter. And actual relevant expertise.
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bad things happen when you hire opinion hacks to run media outlets
Bad things happen when you hire non-academics to run universities
Bad things happen when you hire businessmen to run the government
Etc. Etc.
Experience & expertise matter. And actual relevant expertise.
Bad things happen when you hire non-academics to run universities
Bad things happen when you hire businessmen to run the government
Etc. Etc.
Experience & expertise matter. And actual relevant expertise.
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It is essential to repeat this every day-- Ru isn't as strong as the Trump admin imagines it to be; Ru's victory is not a foregone conclusion at all and therefore helping Ukraine is the best way of achieving peace in Europe.
🇷🇺🇫🇮🇺🇦 “The Russian economy is actually not doing that well. They have zero growth, they are out of reserves, they have high interest rates and high inflation. And it’s not improving.”
- Alexander Stubb
President of Finland
- Alexander Stubb
President of Finland
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It is essential to repeat this every day-- Ru isn't as strong as the Trump admin imagines it to be; Ru's victory is not a foregone conclusion at all and therefore helping Ukraine is the best way of achieving peace in Europe.
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
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We need one of these about every ten miles or so along the entire 50,000 miles of the US interstate highway system news.yahoo.com/news/article...
North America's largest wildlife overpass opens over busy, remote road
About 100,000 vehicles travel in the remote area each day, the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
news.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We need one of these about every ten miles or so along the entire 50,000 miles of the US interstate highway system news.yahoo.com/news/article...
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If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
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And it's against the law.
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And it's against the law.
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And it's against the law.
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And it's against the law.
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The "law" is what the people with guns say it is.
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The "law" is what the people with guns say it is.
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It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center today accurately:
The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
One day later, officials scramble to add Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center
It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center accurately: A group of people vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center today accurately:
The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Listen to Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy.
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Listen to Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy.
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If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.
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the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
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I honest to Pete don’t understand the aversion to saying he lies. (Don’t give me the whole oh-we-don’t-know-his-intent malarkey)
A look at some of the many falsehoods and exaggerations in Trump's televised address to the nation, by Linda Qiu www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I honest to Pete don’t understand the aversion to saying he lies. (Don’t give me the whole oh-we-don’t-know-his-intent malarkey)
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It is within Donald Trump's rights to fire everyone on the Federal Reserve Board and replace them with his friends. But if a future Democratic president tries to remove Trump's friends from the Board, that will be strictly unconstitutional.
by John Roberts
by John Roberts
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It is within Donald Trump's rights to fire everyone on the Federal Reserve Board and replace them with his friends. But if a future Democratic president tries to remove Trump's friends from the Board, that will be strictly unconstitutional.
by John Roberts
by John Roberts
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RFK Jr. keeps pushing the conspiracy that SSRIs cause mass shootings.
The evidence? Doesn’t exist.
Data show mass shooters are less likely to have taken antidepressants than the general public.
Gun laws, not medicines, explain the uniquely American scale of gun violence.
#WhopperOfTheWeek
The evidence? Doesn’t exist.
Data show mass shooters are less likely to have taken antidepressants than the general public.
Gun laws, not medicines, explain the uniquely American scale of gun violence.
#WhopperOfTheWeek
Whopper of the Week: No, RFK, Antidepressants Do Not Cause Mass Shootings | Defend Public Health
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) has repeatedly said that antidepressant medications may be linked to mass shootings. Ignoring the considerable evidence that there are no links between antidepre...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
RFK Jr. keeps pushing the conspiracy that SSRIs cause mass shootings.
The evidence? Doesn’t exist.
Data show mass shooters are less likely to have taken antidepressants than the general public.
Gun laws, not medicines, explain the uniquely American scale of gun violence.
#WhopperOfTheWeek
The evidence? Doesn’t exist.
Data show mass shooters are less likely to have taken antidepressants than the general public.
Gun laws, not medicines, explain the uniquely American scale of gun violence.
#WhopperOfTheWeek
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Attention Schumer and Jeffries (AKA wimps who currently occupy minority Democratic "leadership" posts in Congress). Why aren't you DEMANDING immediate veto proof votes in the House and Senate to outlaw an invasion of Venezuela??? WTF? Do your jobs or step down.
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Attention Schumer and Jeffries (AKA wimps who currently occupy minority Democratic "leadership" posts in Congress). Why aren't you DEMANDING immediate veto proof votes in the House and Senate to outlaw an invasion of Venezuela??? WTF? Do your jobs or step down.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Yes ma'am! bsky.app/profile/muel...
NOTICE that Trump is calling the drugs allegedly smuggled by "Venezuelan members of Tren de Aragua" ARE WEAPONS. This is so obviously pretext to justify internment and deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
Another US strike on a vessel alleged to be smuggling drugs in the Caribbean.
Once again, the specific entity and individuals targeted are not identified—simply labelled as "terrorists." 1/n
Once again, the specific entity and individuals targeted are not identified—simply labelled as "terrorists." 1/n
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes ma'am! bsky.app/profile/muel...
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So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm very tired of repeating myself about this, but, as someone who works professionally on housing affordability, this is a disgusting lie.