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It’s important to emphasize that Musk and Trump killed these people and not for any particular benefit, but because breaking something that helps people provided a fleeting thrill in their empty lives
May 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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No protection or justice for American citizens, but taking the full force of federal law enforcement to protect Elon's cars for him. Treating Americans like we're conquered territory.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Mar 24
NEW: The FBI has created a task force dedicated to investigating Tesla attacks.
FBI creates Tesla threats task force
Trump has floated domestic terrorism charges for Tesla vandalism.
trib.al
March 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
making my first bleet(?) to amplify A Portrait of Tenochtitlan, which is one of the most impressive 3d modeling projects I have ever seen and a visceral reminder of the complexity of mesoamerican society tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
a portrait of Tenochtitlan
a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
March 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Hail to the thief. Using the money they stole from us by illegally cancelling government programs to pump cryptocurrency
All the worst people are winning
March 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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there is virtually no one in charge of anything in the Trump administration who has ever in their lives had a job where they were obligated to be responsive to public opinion
yeah and they are doing the opposite, the SSA stuff is genuinely insane
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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i don’t even mean to beat up on jain specifically here, it’s just that there does not exist a center, really, and there has not existed one for some time, and the way in which we talk about politics hasn’t reflected that.
i have no particular argument with the data here, necessarily, but it should be standard practice to provide examples of what "center" actually means, politically, if you're going to make this argument. is a republican who votes to slash medicaid but lives in a swing district a centrist?
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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The Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Activity Index records comments every month from its respondents (factories in southern NM, TX, and northern LA). These typically run pretty far to the right of the WSJ Editorial page. Anyhow, here's what they're saying this month:
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
February 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I think humanitarian aid as an extension of soft imperial power is good and "have free elections and we'll cure your tuberculosis" is the best game in town.
February 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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i think there should be a government official whose job is to cinch a black bag over a president's head and drag him in front of congress to beg for his life if he says this
TRUMP: Should I run again? You tell me.

CROWD: Four more years! Four more years!
February 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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It cannot be overstated the extent to which the lack of disaster in Trump's first term seems to have been the result of people who work for him simply ignoring him most of the time, nor the fact that there seems to be *literally nobody* in the current administration doing the same thing.
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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something i think musk and trump were too dumb to understand about the federal government is that it's not an affirmative action jobs program for blue-haired pronouns listers, but it IS actually an affirmative action jobs program for veterans.
This also includes *veterans*, including, I am told, at least some fully qualified wildland firefighters with actual fire experience.

Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”
Per a source with knowledge, the US Forest Service is firing all probationary employees.
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM