Harrison Yu-Zepeda
@hx-yy-z.bsky.social
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okay the WaPo editorial board has been an abject disaster since it was Bezosified but a literal “are we the baddies” letter is a fantastic bit, full marks for this one
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As a conservative, I'm beginning to wonder: Are we the bad guys?
Republican bigotry, tariffs and defense spending, through readers' eyes.
Yesterday at 4:43 p.m. EST
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December 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
okay the WaPo editorial board has been an abject disaster since it was Bezosified but a literal “are we the baddies” letter is a fantastic bit, full marks for this one
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.
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In spite of how you feel about Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump or politics in general, what does the data say about the rise in hate crimes & political violence?
We checked.
We checked.
Are Leftists Coming For You? Here's What the Data Says About Political Violence
Who's responsible for the rise in hate, division and political violence? The data is clear.
dlvr.it
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In spite of how you feel about Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump or politics in general, what does the data say about the rise in hate crimes & political violence?
We checked.
We checked.
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🎶 There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down? 🎶
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down? 🎶
NEW — A DC National Guard member spotted carrying an M17 pistol, as The Handbasket first reported they would. (Photo shared with me by @publius24.bsky.social)
August 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🎶 There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down? 🎶
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down? 🎶
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June was revised down from 147k to 14k, May was revised down to 19k. So we've created just 106k jobs since April, compared to over 100k in each of the first four months of the year. That's a really big revision!
August 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
June was revised down from 147k to 14k, May was revised down to 19k. So we've created just 106k jobs since April, compared to over 100k in each of the first four months of the year. That's a really big revision!
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Hey, Iowans:
Grassley voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Ernst voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Hinson voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Miller-Meeks voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Nunn voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Feenstra voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Grassley voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Ernst voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Hinson voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Miller-Meeks voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Nunn voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Feenstra voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
IPR, Iowa PBS to lose funding under federal cuts to public broadcasting
Iowa PBS and Iowa Public Radio say their budgets will be impacted following the passage of the federal rescission package.
www.iowapublicradio.org
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey, Iowans:
Grassley voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Ernst voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Hinson voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Miller-Meeks voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Nunn voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Feenstra voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Grassley voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Ernst voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Hinson voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Miller-Meeks voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Nunn voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
Feenstra voted to defund CPB/NPR/PBS/IPR.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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NEW: Wait, so when does all that stuff in the Senate tax bill take effect?
It was the single most frequent question we received, so a team of reporters put together an overview.
In short: Tax cuts now, big and costly benefit cuts later after the election www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
It was the single most frequent question we received, so a team of reporters put together an overview.
In short: Tax cuts now, big and costly benefit cuts later after the election www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
NEW: Wait, so when does all that stuff in the Senate tax bill take effect?
It was the single most frequent question we received, so a team of reporters put together an overview.
In short: Tax cuts now, big and costly benefit cuts later after the election www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
It was the single most frequent question we received, so a team of reporters put together an overview.
In short: Tax cuts now, big and costly benefit cuts later after the election www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Democrats could literally never fall in line as hard as “moderate” Republicans do. Rs will fall in line even if they know their bill will harm Americans just so they aren’t out of the group
Another rather wild statement from Murkowski — who provides no explanations as to why she accepted the premise of the deadline if she found it so preposterous. She could have just said I'm a firm no until we figure this stuff out in a month!
July 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Democrats could literally never fall in line as hard as “moderate” Republicans do. Rs will fall in line even if they know their bill will harm Americans just so they aren’t out of the group
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NEW: The just-passed Senate Republican package is much better for the rich than the poor. Any gains from lower taxes may be wiped out from the loss of Medicaid, food stamps and more. Some Republicans looked to exempt their own states from the cuts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: The just-passed Senate Republican package is much better for the rich than the poor. Any gains from lower taxes may be wiped out from the loss of Medicaid, food stamps and more. Some Republicans looked to exempt their own states from the cuts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
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Iowa hospital CEO to GOP: Your cuts "threaten our very survival."
$344B in Medicaid cuts = 19% decline in rural hospital margins.
"A nation that allows its rural hospitals to wither is a nation that abandons its heartland."
$344B in Medicaid cuts = 19% decline in rural hospital margins.
"A nation that allows its rural hospitals to wither is a nation that abandons its heartland."
June 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Iowa hospital CEO to GOP: Your cuts "threaten our very survival."
$344B in Medicaid cuts = 19% decline in rural hospital margins.
"A nation that allows its rural hospitals to wither is a nation that abandons its heartland."
$344B in Medicaid cuts = 19% decline in rural hospital margins.
"A nation that allows its rural hospitals to wither is a nation that abandons its heartland."
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Justice Sotomayor, writing for the three liberal justices.
June 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Justice Sotomayor, writing for the three liberal justices.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
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Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.
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It’s official– I’m running for US Congress in #IA-03!
This district is my home. I’m running for Congress because Iowans need a fighter for them in Washington and Zach Nunn isn’t up to the job.
Join our campaign and help us win:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jk-bs...
This district is my home. I’m running for Congress because Iowans need a fighter for them in Washington and Zach Nunn isn’t up to the job.
Join our campaign and help us win:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jk-bs...
May 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It’s official– I’m running for US Congress in #IA-03!
This district is my home. I’m running for Congress because Iowans need a fighter for them in Washington and Zach Nunn isn’t up to the job.
Join our campaign and help us win:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jk-bs...
This district is my home. I’m running for Congress because Iowans need a fighter for them in Washington and Zach Nunn isn’t up to the job.
Join our campaign and help us win:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jk-bs...
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It is important to understand what a complete and unqualified failure Elon Musk and DOGE has been.
(📸 Wall Street Journal)
(📸 Wall Street Journal)
April 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It is important to understand what a complete and unqualified failure Elon Musk and DOGE has been.
(📸 Wall Street Journal)
(📸 Wall Street Journal)
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Of course tuition is going up. It was never about affordability or choice. Vouchers are just a way to send public $$ to private schools. @kcci.bsky.social
#PeopleOverPolitics
#PeopleOverPolitics
Iowa Catholic diocese to raise private school tuition next year
Many private Catholic schools across Iowa are raising tuition by 10% next school year. It's the first phase of several planned tuition increases, according to the Diocese of Des Moines.
www.kcci.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Of course tuition is going up. It was never about affordability or choice. Vouchers are just a way to send public $$ to private schools. @kcci.bsky.social
#PeopleOverPolitics
#PeopleOverPolitics