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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.
Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.
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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
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Poetry.
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Poetry.
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Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842
many rivers to cross
jimmy cliff on saturday night live, 1976.
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842
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This seems a significantly worse "tell" of derangement
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
The Department of Defense announces it's considering "court-martial proceedings or administrative measures" against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This seems a significantly worse "tell" of derangement
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
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Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
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the trump admin wants to pick a fight about the military code with a guy who has this resume?
cool. lets go.
cool. lets go.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the trump admin wants to pick a fight about the military code with a guy who has this resume?
cool. lets go.
cool. lets go.
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GOP healthcare proposals are the self-driving cars of nuclear fusion plants.
prepare to be shocked:
*WHITE HOUSE TO DELAY HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL
*WHITE HOUSE TO DELAY HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
GOP healthcare proposals are the self-driving cars of nuclear fusion plants.
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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lol the judge who disqualified lindsay halligan as us atty for edva included this footnote, citing a guy who agrees with him (or used to!?!?)
!["... From 1986 to 2006, section 546 was identical to its current form. [n14] ...
[n14] Three days after Congress enacted the 1986 law, an Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) memorandum ***authored by then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General Samuel Alito*** concluded the statute does not allow “the Attorney General [to] make another appointment pursuant to [subsection (a)] after the expiration of the 120-day period.” Memorandum from Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Deputy Assistant Att’y Gen., Off. of Legal Couns., to William P. Tyson, Dir., Exec. Off. for U.S. Att’ys 3 (Nov. 13, 1986), available at https://perma.cc/SD5Q-7CPH. “The statutory plan,” Alito reasoned, “discloses a Congressional purpose that after the expiration of the 120-day period further interim appointments are to be made by the court rather than by the Attorney General.” Id. ..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zltqtmydso6kikzw7wafpj4p/bafkreigkwkvuujja3pmwgsodn3affc4dup3cei2t5tywjorfyfdrgcegw4@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
lol the judge who disqualified lindsay halligan as us atty for edva included this footnote, citing a guy who agrees with him (or used to!?!?)
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trump embraces a russia friendly (and mostly drafted) 28-point peace plan.
ukraine says no deal.
the war goes on.
@gzeromedia.com
ukraine says no deal.
the war goes on.
@gzeromedia.com
Europe divided as US pushes Ukraine-Russia peace deal | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take
YouTube video by GZERO Media
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
trump embraces a russia friendly (and mostly drafted) 28-point peace plan.
ukraine says no deal.
the war goes on.
@gzeromedia.com
ukraine says no deal.
the war goes on.
@gzeromedia.com
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Rule of law: 1
Authoritarian revenge lust: 0
Authoritarian revenge lust: 0
BREAKING:
A judge has dismissed the criminal case against James Comey without prejudice. Rules Lindsey Halligan has been invalidly appointed.
A judge has dismissed the criminal case against James Comey without prejudice. Rules Lindsey Halligan has been invalidly appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rule of law: 1
Authoritarian revenge lust: 0
Authoritarian revenge lust: 0
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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America’s biggest mistake was dividing coffee houses from bars
Ok, sure, there are others
Ok, sure, there are others
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
America’s biggest mistake was dividing coffee houses from bars
Ok, sure, there are others
Ok, sure, there are others
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Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
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Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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It's frustrating that we are getting technologies that really will transform our lives, and we should be thinking carefully about what that means, but the possibility of thoughtful discussion is being squelched by a stream of soul-crushing visions and wild hyperbole coming from Silicon Valley.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's frustrating that we are getting technologies that really will transform our lives, and we should be thinking carefully about what that means, but the possibility of thoughtful discussion is being squelched by a stream of soul-crushing visions and wild hyperbole coming from Silicon Valley.
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"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
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any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
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This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem