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I think it says that any reason for any "temporary" redaction will be published in the federal register. It'd be impossible to know if everything was released and what was in the stuff reported as destroyed.

They might report that documents were destroyed and that they don't know what was in them.
All communications, memoranda, directives, logs, or metadata concerning the destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment of documents, recordings, or electronic data related to Epstein, his associates, his detention and death, or any investigative files.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I didn't like his pension bill and neither did the ISC (excerpt attached). I don't think he's right for the moment.

"Crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of law. It is a summons to defend it. How we respond is the measure of our commitment to the principles of justice we are sworn to uphold"
The financial challenges facing state and local governments in Illinois are well known and significant. In ruling as we have today, we do not mean to minimize the gravity of the State's problems or the magnitude of the difficulty facing our elected representatives. It is our obligation, however, just as it is theirs, to ensure that the law is followed. That is true at all times. It is especially important in times of crisis when, as this case demonstrates, even clear principles and long-standing precedent are threatened. Crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of law. It is a summons to defend it. How we respond is the measure of our commitment to the principles of justice we are sworn to uphold. More than two centuries ago, as adoption of the Constitution of the United States was being considered by the citizens of our new nation, James Madison wrote: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. *** In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." James Madison, Federalist No. 51 (1788). Obliging the government to control itself is what we are called upon to do today. The Constitution of Illinois and the precedent of our court admit of only one conclusion: the annuity reduction provisions of Public Act 98-599 enacted by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor violate article XIII, section 5's express prohibition against the diminishment of the benefits of membership in public retirement systems. The circuit court was therefore entirely correct when it declared those provisions void and unenforceable.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Even using a flawed "permanent security" framing for NCVs, people can look up what the counterinsurgency "norms" were to see that what's going on is extremely far from normal tactics and strategy.
• US forces in the Iraq War, high value target, initial phase of the war: NCV of 29-30 • US forces in the Iraq War, rank-and-file jihadist: NCV significantly lower • US forces in Afghanistan: NCV of 1 • Israel forces in Gaza: NCV of 15 to 20 for junior Hamas operatives, up to 100 for senior operatives, 300 in one instance of a particularly senior operative, according to unnamed military sources.
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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> "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring. Often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My jeans are blue."

> The advertisement ends with the words "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans."
Tom from the HBO show Succession, surprised that Mark Ravenhead is admitting to not only know the name of Hitler's dog, but also choosing that same name for his own dog. "Tom: Okay. Different spelling? Mark: Yeah."
July 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Lionel Hutz pointing to endorse the clarification of the DNC slogan
July 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Ratio of Credit Card Debt to Monthly Income for Each Income Decile

2022 Survey of Consumer Finances
Bar chart showing that credit card debt takes up a much larger share of monthly income for lower-income households. The bottom decile owes about 85% of their income, while the top decile owes just 10%. Even the middle (5th decile) carries a high burden of around 65%. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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C. Montgomery Burns' defense team claiming that a canary named Canary M. Burns actually runs the organization according to the org chart. Homer is at the bottom of the org chart, apparently taking direction from a glowing nuclear fuel rod that cannot be held accountable (as it isn't a person).
April 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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A Pew Research Center survey graphic titled “The economy is the top issue for voters in the 2024 election” displays the percentage of registered voters who say each issue is very important to their vote. Conducted from August 26 to September 2, 2024, compares the responses of Harris supporters, Trump supporters, and all voters. Results: Economy: 81% of all voters (93% Trump supporters, 68% Harris supporters) Health care: 65% of all voters (76% Trump, 55% Harris) Supreme Court appointments: 63% of all voters (73% Trump, 54% Harris) Foreign policy: 62% of all voters (70% Trump, 54% Harris) Violent crime: 61% of all voters (76% Trump, 46% Harris) Immigration: 61% of all voters (82% Trump, 39% Harris) Gun policy: 56% of all voters (59% Trump, 53% Harris) Abortion: 51% of all voters (67% Trump, 35% Harris) Racial and ethnic inequality: 37% of all voters (56% Harris, 18% Trump) Climate change: 37% of all voters (62% Harris, 11% Trump)
February 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Or that’s just how one would describe a pro-corporate (free market), tough-on-crime, “government has a moral responsibility to help families” kind of candidate
Article from The Chronicle written by Shira Stein. Photo is of Kamala Harris at the DNC in Chicago. Headline is “Kamala Harris accepts nomination in speech recasting family, patriotism, law enforcement as Democratic values”
February 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Shapiro said he was going to work to take away $10.5B in public funding and give it back to businesses.
Tweet from Governor Josh Shapiro on 2/15/2025 that reads: “I am a Democratic Governor with a plan to aggressively cut taxes for businesses by $10.5 billion by 2029 — and I am ready to work with Democrats and Republicans to get it done.”
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Maybe cancels out this miss
Tweet from Governor Josh Shapiro that reads as follows: “I am a Democratic Governor with a plan to aggressively cut taxes for businesses by $10.5 billion by 2029 — and I am ready to work with Democrats and Republicans to get it done.”
February 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Overhead of a plane with red dots to indicate the distribution of hit areas on returning planes. Shown as an example of survivorship bias. When first analyzed, some officers suggested reinforcing the densely hit areas of the planes for all planes. Statisticians explained that, in fact, reinforcing areas of the plane least recorded as damaged was needed. The planes that did not come back were hit in those areas, and could not contribute to the overall statistics.
February 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Screenshot of FT article. In private conversations, some Wall Street executives go much further. One senior investment banker says the disorder and unpredictability of Trump's actions - and those of Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla chief who has become one of his most senior lieutenants - were greater than many business leaders had anticipated. [emphasized section] With hindsight we did not appreciate the nature of what the administration was going to be like," the banker says. "I do believe they are hurting their stated objectives of peace and prosperity."
February 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Interestingly, it does look like the 4th decile in particular has a dip in debt to monthly income ratio (graph attached).

But overall —
“With inflation outpacing incomes, more people are relying on credit cards to cover everyday expenses.” NPR, Jan 2023

www.npr.org/2023/01/11/1...
A bar chart titled ‘Ratio of Credit Card Debt to Monthly Income’ shows the relationship between income deciles and credit card debt burden. The x-axis represents income deciles from the 1st (lowest income) to the 10th (highest income), while the y-axis represents the ratio of credit card debt to monthly income, ranging from 0% to 100%. The chart indicates that lower-income deciles have a significantly higher ratio of credit card debt to income, with the 1st decile exceeding 80%. The ratio declines as income increases, with the 10th decile having the lowest ratio, close to 10%. The source of the data is the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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People have to call their local TV news stations.
The Generation Gap in TV Consumption bar chart. Average daily TV consumption (live + timeshifted) of American adults by age group (in hh:mm) as of Q1 2020 by Nielsen Total Audience Report. Ages 18-34, 1:37 35-49, 3:24 50-64, 5:43 65+, 7:14 All adults above the age of 18, average 4 hours and 16 minutes daily.
February 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM