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Here for the clever and the authentic. “A label has been created” does not = “Your order has been shipped.”
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The U.S. has lost 78k manufacturing jobs this year
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The U.S. has lost 78k manufacturing jobs this year
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this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
August 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
Just tell us when and where. Will be there.
Rep. Veronica Escobar: "We need more people marching in the streets."
August 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just tell us when and where. Will be there.
Jesus you can tell he likes saying this thing now, that “people” maybe wouldn’t mind a dictator. He’ll keep saying this now with intention that it self-fulfills.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Jesus you can tell he likes saying this thing now, that “people” maybe wouldn’t mind a dictator. He’ll keep saying this now with intention that it self-fulfills.
A month ago, they told us the economy had its “swagger” back, now this…
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A month ago, they told us the economy had its “swagger” back, now this…
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Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Another flawless evening in this eerily disengaged country where monthly employment data will be suppressed, bloody dictator of Russia is invited for a hug, military roams the streets of the capital and CEOs hand lumps of gold to the Leader on live teevee. Everyone is tuned out, though.
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Another flawless evening in this eerily disengaged country where monthly employment data will be suppressed, bloody dictator of Russia is invited for a hug, military roams the streets of the capital and CEOs hand lumps of gold to the Leader on live teevee. Everyone is tuned out, though.
WSJ maybe not totally convinced about the “swagger” thing now…
August 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
WSJ maybe not totally convinced about the “swagger” thing now…
They did this in the early 2000s, too. It didn’t turn out well.
August 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
They did this in the early 2000s, too. It didn’t turn out well.
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July 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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youtube.com/watch?v=_NyJ.... Tragically familiar.
Wash It All Away
YouTube video by Bruce Henderson - Topic
youtube.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=_NyJ.... Tragically familiar.
Interesting June jobs report. So state and local governments added 80K (of the headline 147K), with states accounting for 47K. That’s a record monthly increase for June going back as far as 1955. Wonder where states did all this hiring. #jobs
hiring.jobs
July 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Interesting June jobs report. So state and local governments added 80K (of the headline 147K), with states accounting for 47K. That’s a record monthly increase for June going back as far as 1955. Wonder where states did all this hiring. #jobs
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Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
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It is true the economy is collapsing and millions of lives will be permanently blighted and US financial health damaged grievously. But at least Long Island schools can keep potentially racist cartoon mascots. We got that.
April 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It is true the economy is collapsing and millions of lives will be permanently blighted and US financial health damaged grievously. But at least Long Island schools can keep potentially racist cartoon mascots. We got that.
What’s lurking within today’s massive selloff, the collateral damage beyond the obvious hits to investors? The over-leveraged and wobbly institutions now severely stressed, possible dominoes that begin to fall? They’re out there, it won’t be different this time. #stocks
April 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What’s lurking within today’s massive selloff, the collateral damage beyond the obvious hits to investors? The over-leveraged and wobbly institutions now severely stressed, possible dominoes that begin to fall? They’re out there, it won’t be different this time. #stocks
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36 people are reported dead in the last 24 hours across seven states due to extreme storms.
States of emergency have been declared in Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma, where more than 100 wildfires have been raging.
Trump would like you to know this.
States of emergency have been declared in Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma, where more than 100 wildfires have been raging.
Trump would like you to know this.
March 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
36 people are reported dead in the last 24 hours across seven states due to extreme storms.
States of emergency have been declared in Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma, where more than 100 wildfires have been raging.
Trump would like you to know this.
States of emergency have been declared in Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma, where more than 100 wildfires have been raging.
Trump would like you to know this.
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Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.
March 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.
Indeed, this was my angle.
March 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Indeed, this was my angle.
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On the US siding with Russia against Ukraine and Europe, I’m as appalled as anyone, but my reaction to the shock and surprise is “it’s about time you caught up.”
Trump’s Putin sympathy, along with Vance’s, Musk’s, and MAGA media’s, has been consistent. Finally now others’ wishful thinking can stop.
Trump’s Putin sympathy, along with Vance’s, Musk’s, and MAGA media’s, has been consistent. Finally now others’ wishful thinking can stop.
March 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On the US siding with Russia against Ukraine and Europe, I’m as appalled as anyone, but my reaction to the shock and surprise is “it’s about time you caught up.”
Trump’s Putin sympathy, along with Vance’s, Musk’s, and MAGA media’s, has been consistent. Finally now others’ wishful thinking can stop.
Trump’s Putin sympathy, along with Vance’s, Musk’s, and MAGA media’s, has been consistent. Finally now others’ wishful thinking can stop.