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Two-star major general irony. Today’s Age cartoon.
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Two-star major general irony. Today’s Age cartoon.
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Classes are in session, but Columbia is still struggling to recover from its showdown with the Trump administration.
Columbia Grapples With Federal Scrutiny After Trump Deal Begins
On the last Friday of summer, nearly 200 Columbia University professors joined a packed lecture hall and video call where speakers blasted the Ivy League school’s $221 million settlement with the Trump administration and threatened work stoppages.
bloom.bg
October 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Classes are in session, but Columbia is still struggling to recover from its showdown with the Trump administration.
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The Trump administration sent 300 federalized members of the California National Guard to Oregon early Sunday, after being blocked by a federal court from deploying the Oregon National Guard in that state, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom denounced the move and said California would sue.
Trump Sends California Guard Troops to Portland, Ore., Newsom Says
The move follows a judge’s order on Saturday that blocked the Oregon National Guard from deploying there. California’s governor said the state would sue.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Trump administration sent 300 federalized members of the California National Guard to Oregon early Sunday, after being blocked by a federal court from deploying the Oregon National Guard in that state, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom denounced the move and said California would sue.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi
The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over “hate speech.”
www.politico.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
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I laughed when I saw this, yet unfortunately, it is true.
September 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I laughed when I saw this, yet unfortunately, it is true.
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The Florida Surgeon General said that his team did not need to do any studies on the effects of removing state vaccine mandates before making his public appeal.
Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state
Joseph Ladapo insisted that his position was a principled defense of parents' rights.
www.politico.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Florida Surgeon General said that his team did not need to do any studies on the effects of removing state vaccine mandates before making his public appeal.
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thanks to @karin829.bsky.social, I've changed the cover artwork on today's post, "decrepit draft dodger declares war on Chicago" — Donny’s gonna make an apocalypse ... in his pants.
thanks, Karin!
folks, please check out my updated post here: bit.ly/485u7Qd
thanks, Karin!
folks, please check out my updated post here: bit.ly/485u7Qd
decrepit draft dodger declares war on Chicago
Donny’s gonna make an apocalypse ... in his pants
bit.ly
September 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
thanks to @karin829.bsky.social, I've changed the cover artwork on today's post, "decrepit draft dodger declares war on Chicago" — Donny’s gonna make an apocalypse ... in his pants.
thanks, Karin!
folks, please check out my updated post here: bit.ly/485u7Qd
thanks, Karin!
folks, please check out my updated post here: bit.ly/485u7Qd
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because nothing says 'I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize' more than renaming your Department of Defense to the Department of War
September 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
because nothing says 'I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize' more than renaming your Department of Defense to the Department of War
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No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
August 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
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This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
Silent Coup: How Trump’s Allies Are Gaming Algorithms To Seize Your Feed
New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
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Exclusive: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a minimally redacted version of a highly classified document on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election after an intense behind-the-scenes struggle over secrecy with the CIA.
Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report
CIA officials worried the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources. Tulsi Gabbard overrode their c...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Exclusive: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a minimally redacted version of a highly classified document on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election after an intense behind-the-scenes struggle over secrecy with the CIA.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
August 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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from today's post, wherein America's Imbecile King now claims that he has ALREADY lowered the price of prescription drugs by FIFTEEN HUNDRED percent..
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4orQHbJ
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4orQHbJ
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
August 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
from today's post, wherein America's Imbecile King now claims that he has ALREADY lowered the price of prescription drugs by FIFTEEN HUNDRED percent..
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4orQHbJ
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4orQHbJ
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell is indefinitely postponed.
Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony
The House Oversight chair also rejected an immunity request from the Jeffrey Epstein associate.
www.politico.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell is indefinitely postponed.
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Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
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📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
July 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
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This bird has more IQ then most humans…
Can it solve the puzzle… 🧩
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Can it solve the puzzle… 🧩
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July 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This bird has more IQ then most humans…
Can it solve the puzzle… 🧩
🐦⬛
Can it solve the puzzle… 🧩
🐦⬛
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"I’d be terrified to go back to Texas to practice as an OB-GYN after I finish my residency. I’d be absolutely terrified," writes a resident physician for COURIER's Courier Texas.
Texas native reveals: ‘Why I’ll be terrified to practice in Texas as an OB-GYN’
‘By my second year in medical school, the effects of SB8 were getting more and more real. One night in the emergency room, the consequences just became so obvious in a real life way.’
couriertexas.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I’d be terrified to go back to Texas to practice as an OB-GYN after I finish my residency. I’d be absolutely terrified," writes a resident physician for COURIER's Courier Texas.
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The most recent U.S. ambassador to Orban’s Hungary writes:
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence”
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence”
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The most recent U.S. ambassador to Orban’s Hungary writes:
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence”
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence”
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