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· Feb 11
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion.”
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
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We’re only halfway through the 2025 CFB regular season, and it’s clear we’re headed to a full-on coaching carousel bloodletting.
Supposed institutions of “higher learning” have managed to negotiate themselves into paying $200 million to people who will no longer be working for them.
Supposed institutions of “higher learning” have managed to negotiate themselves into paying $200 million to people who will no longer be working for them.
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We’re only halfway through the 2025 CFB regular season, and it’s clear we’re headed to a full-on coaching carousel bloodletting.
Supposed institutions of “higher learning” have managed to negotiate themselves into paying $200 million to people who will no longer be working for them.
Supposed institutions of “higher learning” have managed to negotiate themselves into paying $200 million to people who will no longer be working for them.
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"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president
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Who is running the country?
“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”
Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Who is running the country?
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You really have to wonder what these guys think their job actually is
RAJU: Are you personally okay with Trump telling the AG to go after his political opponents?
MIKE ROUNDS: We need to stay in our lane, and our lane is doing our job
(That's a yes)
MIKE ROUNDS: We need to stay in our lane, and our lane is doing our job
(That's a yes)
September 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You really have to wonder what these guys think their job actually is
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China bought a record amount of soybeans… NONE from the U.S. 😔
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
China bought a record amount of soybeans… NONE from the U.S. 😔
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."
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Regular reminder, for every time he tweets something like this, ABC and NBC don't pay for broadcast licenses. Their affiliates do (yes, they each own some affiliates, but most affiliates are independent).
Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation
Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation
August 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Regular reminder, for every time he tweets something like this, ABC and NBC don't pay for broadcast licenses. Their affiliates do (yes, they each own some affiliates, but most affiliates are independent).
Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation
Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation
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NEWS ANALYSIS | Trump just took over DC with vow to stop ‘thugs’ from abusing cops. He already pardoned hundreds of them
Trump took over DC to stop ‘thugs’ abusing cops. But he pardoned hundreds of them
The president’s fixation on violent clashes between ‘scum’ and law enforcement has one glaring exception: January 6, writes John Bowden
www.independent.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NEWS ANALYSIS | Trump just took over DC with vow to stop ‘thugs’ from abusing cops. He already pardoned hundreds of them
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The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.
www.cnbc.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
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I feel like this discussion could use a reminder that Project 2025 was a joint venture with Orbán's Hungary, and therefore a joint venture with Putin's puppet.
www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/12/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/12/t...
Trump May Attempt to Disavow Project 2025 - but He's not Disavowing Viktor Orbán - emptywheel
Trump may be disavowing Project 2025 -- or attempting to. But he's not disavowing Viktor Orbán, whose influence operations flow right through the Heritage Foundation. On the contrary, Trump and Orbán ...
www.emptywheel.net
August 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I feel like this discussion could use a reminder that Project 2025 was a joint venture with Orbán's Hungary, and therefore a joint venture with Putin's puppet.
www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/12/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/12/t...
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Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
July 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour
Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour
ECHR rules South African runner did not have fair trial on need to lower testosterone levels to compete in women’s sport
The South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes’ rights to be better protected after Europe’s top human rights court ruled that she had not been given a fair trial when she contested a policy that required her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete in women’s sport.
The decision, handed down on Thursday by the European court of human rights, was the latest twist in the two-time Olympic gold medallist’s extraordinary legal battle. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour
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Lmao. The NCAA has created ALL OF THIS.
They have never paid their labor. “Please be nice to our professional athletes and coaches.”
They have never paid their labor. “Please be nice to our professional athletes and coaches.”
According to the American Gaming Association estimate, more than $3 billion will have been bet on this year's NCAA basketball tournaments — more than February's Super Bowl.
The NCAA says this has led to a distressing consequence: online abuse of players, coaches, and officials from losing bettors.
The NCAA says this has led to a distressing consequence: online abuse of players, coaches, and officials from losing bettors.
April 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lmao. The NCAA has created ALL OF THIS.
They have never paid their labor. “Please be nice to our professional athletes and coaches.”
They have never paid their labor. “Please be nice to our professional athletes and coaches.”
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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To be clear, these valuations mean that the OSU athletic department is ostensibly worth more than 2 MLB teams, 9 NHL teams, and every MLS team.
But college sports aren't professionalized.
But college sports aren't professionalized.
December 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
To be clear, these valuations mean that the OSU athletic department is ostensibly worth more than 2 MLB teams, 9 NHL teams, and every MLS team.
But college sports aren't professionalized.
But college sports aren't professionalized.
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This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions": Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies www.justsecurity.org/107687/state...
"The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions": Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies
High-level US human rights experts express concern about the Trump administration's turn away from of international law and institutions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions": Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies www.justsecurity.org/107687/state...
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion.”
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
February 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion.”
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
- Alexander Hamilton, 1792
Tom Brady watching a remarkable football play: WOOOOOOW!
Tom Brady watching water boil: WOOOOOOW!
Tom Brady watching water boil: WOOOOOOW!
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tom Brady watching a remarkable football play: WOOOOOOW!
Tom Brady watching water boil: WOOOOOOW!
Tom Brady watching water boil: WOOOOOOW!
Breaking the Constitution is the goal.
We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Breaking the Constitution is the goal.
Clarkson spends over $750,000 each year on its hockey programs. Neither are mentioned in the University’s mission statement. Honoring “our global and pluralistic society” is in the mission statement, but the axed programs are those that teach students about their obligations to community and planet.
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Clarkson announces plan to phase out majors in humanties, communications | NCPR News
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/4...
Clarkson announces plan to phase out majors in humanties, communications | NCPR News
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/4...
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Clarkson spends over $750,000 each year on its hockey programs. Neither are mentioned in the University’s mission statement. Honoring “our global and pluralistic society” is in the mission statement, but the axed programs are those that teach students about their obligations to community and planet.
DeSantis: Keep politics out of sport.
Also DeSantis: I would like $1 million for potential legal action against whoever kept FSU out of the CFB playoff.
www.tallahassee.com/story/sports...
Also DeSantis: I would like $1 million for potential legal action against whoever kept FSU out of the CFB playoff.
www.tallahassee.com/story/sports...
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
DeSantis: Keep politics out of sport.
Also DeSantis: I would like $1 million for potential legal action against whoever kept FSU out of the CFB playoff.
www.tallahassee.com/story/sports...
Also DeSantis: I would like $1 million for potential legal action against whoever kept FSU out of the CFB playoff.
www.tallahassee.com/story/sports...
The governing body of NCAA football is not the NCAA. It’s money. The #1 seed has been cheating the rules for 2+ years while the undefeated ACC champ is left out. College football cannot be taken seriously.
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
The governing body of NCAA football is not the NCAA. It’s money. The #1 seed has been cheating the rules for 2+ years while the undefeated ACC champ is left out. College football cannot be taken seriously.