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Education Secretary McMahon in Silicon Valley: “There’s a school system that’s going to start making 1st graders, pre-Ks, have A1 teaching. Kids are sponges. They absorb everything. It wasn’t long ago, ‘Oh, we’re gonna have internet in our schools, woo.’ Let’s see A1 and how can that be helpful.”
April 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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“Anyone who likes or replies to the photos will be treated as a terrorist sympathizer. If you possess these images, delete them now. Elon Musk is a patriot with a great American hairline.”
theonion.com/doj-des...
DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism 
WASHINGTON—Warning that the charge carried a five-year mandatory minimum sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice declared Friday that the distribution of images featuring a balding Elon Musk constituted an act of domestic terrorism. “For the benefit of all Americans, anyone who posts or reposts photos from Mr. Musk’s PayPal days will be prosecuted for terrorism,” […]
theonion.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by James Coyle
Gene Hackman: the star of every scene he was in
Gene Hackman: the star of every scene he was in
From The Conversation to The Royal Tenenbaums, the actor rode America’s new wave to become the gold standard for characterful acting with heft
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Reposted by James Coyle
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Breathe. And don’t believe him.
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
February 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by James Coyle
ANALYSIS | Democrats say Trump sees Gaza as 'the future Atlantic City'

President Trump caused a firestorm when he suggested on Tuesday during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States should take “a long-term ownership position” of the Gaza Strip.
On Gaza, Democrats say ‘the president United States sees the future Atlantic City’
Republicans avoid going into detail about what Trump meant by his remarks about Gaza and Israel, Eric Garcia reports.
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If Paramount agrees to settle this case, CBS News will have no integrity.
Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Reposted by James Coyle
Saw this, checked this, all true.

And even worse: the FAA administrator had been unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2023, quit Inauguration Day because
Elon Musk publicly said he should.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
YouTube video by nicolas ang
youtu.be
January 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oh joy. Another weapon for deranged people to use on the subway system. #MTA
January 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Watching #Severence right now reminds me of when I was reading Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky while serving as a juror on a murder trial.

Perhaps I could use a little sunshine.
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM