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new video up on jd vance youtu.be/zJuikC2nouc?...
J.D. Vance: From Trump Critic to Millennial David Duke
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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December 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
new video up on jd vance youtu.be/zJuikC2nouc?...
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The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
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I really enjoyed this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pod about Covid & MAHA, but one thing it repeatedly revealed is a habit of liberals that drives me crazy. A short 🧵.
MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 08/22/2025 · 1h 22m
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August 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I really enjoyed this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pod about Covid & MAHA, but one thing it repeatedly revealed is a habit of liberals that drives me crazy. A short 🧵.
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In June, for the first time ever, solar was the largest source of power in the EU.
Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025 | Ember
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August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In June, for the first time ever, solar was the largest source of power in the EU.
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July 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro chides Zohran Mamdani for not condemning other people’s antisemitism:
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists
The Pennsylvania governor told JI: ‘When supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there’
jewishinsider.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”
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damn
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
damn
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Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.
www.propublica.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.
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Every single picture of Peter Thiel makes him look like the guy in a zombie film who's hiding that he was bitten.
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every single picture of Peter Thiel makes him look like the guy in a zombie film who's hiding that he was bitten.
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Me hitting "publish" on this episode
June 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Me hitting "publish" on this episode
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If you took the $1.1 trillion earned by just 100 billionaires last year and mailed every household a check, it'd be $8,700 each.
The thing is most billionaires don't actually pay taxes anymore. What the GOP bill is really doing is selling off public lands and cutting Medicare to pay off oligarchs.
The thing is most billionaires don't actually pay taxes anymore. What the GOP bill is really doing is selling off public lands and cutting Medicare to pay off oligarchs.
June 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
If you took the $1.1 trillion earned by just 100 billionaires last year and mailed every household a check, it'd be $8,700 each.
The thing is most billionaires don't actually pay taxes anymore. What the GOP bill is really doing is selling off public lands and cutting Medicare to pay off oligarchs.
The thing is most billionaires don't actually pay taxes anymore. What the GOP bill is really doing is selling off public lands and cutting Medicare to pay off oligarchs.
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How many more masked men will we see grabbing people off the street and shoving them into vans?
It’s quite worrying that, whatever budget republicans pass, it will almost certainly include a massive cash infusion for DHS enforcement. Things are bad enough now and will get much worse with the additional staff, resources, legislative approval.
June 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
How many more masked men will we see grabbing people off the street and shoving them into vans?
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For instance: If murders in Baltimore were UP 40%, then Mayor Brandon Scott would be a national figure. Instead it's gone down that amount so no one knows who he is.
June 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For instance: If murders in Baltimore were UP 40%, then Mayor Brandon Scott would be a national figure. Instead it's gone down that amount so no one knows who he is.
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Trump’s go-to line about every foreign policy crisis and war - from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to October 7th, to the Israel’s devastation of Gaza - was “It would never have happened if I was president.”
Welp.
Welp.
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trump’s go-to line about every foreign policy crisis and war - from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to October 7th, to the Israel’s devastation of Gaza - was “It would never have happened if I was president.”
Welp.
Welp.
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Today, a United States Senator was arrested for asking a question of a federal official, in a federal building, as was his right.
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Today, a United States Senator was arrested for asking a question of a federal official, in a federal building, as was his right.
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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This is a pretty important point!
The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is a pretty important point!
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
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"It's a Yes or No Question"
June 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"It's a Yes or No Question"
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Bush jacked up the deficit and then Clinton got it under control and then Bush II jacked up the deficit and then Obama got it under control and then Trump I jacked up the deficit and then Biden got it under control and now Trump II is about to jack up the deficit ...
... and throughout all this ...
... and throughout all this ...
May 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Bush jacked up the deficit and then Clinton got it under control and then Bush II jacked up the deficit and then Obama got it under control and then Trump I jacked up the deficit and then Biden got it under control and now Trump II is about to jack up the deficit ...
... and throughout all this ...
... and throughout all this ...
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REIGN OF TERROR // AVAILABLE NOW
May 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
REIGN OF TERROR // AVAILABLE NOW
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my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name
me:
me:
May 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name
me:
me:
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Today on Volts: I talk with @jbpritzker.bsky.social, the governor of Illinois, about standing up for climate progress in the age of Trump. We touch on industrial decarbonization, the "fiscal cliff" facing state transit agencies, lawsuits against the feds, and why Dem elites have been so timid.
The governor of Illinois discusses decarbonization in the era of Trump
I talk with Gov. JB Pritzker about how a blue state keeps climate progress alive under Trump's assault.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today on Volts: I talk with @jbpritzker.bsky.social, the governor of Illinois, about standing up for climate progress in the age of Trump. We touch on industrial decarbonization, the "fiscal cliff" facing state transit agencies, lawsuits against the feds, and why Dem elites have been so timid.
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down