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Jen Christensen
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· Mar 27
Imagine the Signal messages between Oliver North, Bud McFarlane, Manucher Ghorbanifar (Gorba) and others if the Signal App had existed during #IranContra goings on, especially the secret trip to Tehran, in 1986.
Follow along 🧵 #irancontraSignalChat
Follow along 🧵 #irancontraSignalChat
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It's profoundly different to cover a U.S. president than state or local officials, and too, much harder to vent publicly if you're female. But if in my reporting days, if anyone from a police sergeant to the mayor of Baltimore told me, "Quiet, piggy," I'd immediately insist he go fuck himself.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's profoundly different to cover a U.S. president than state or local officials, and too, much harder to vent publicly if you're female. But if in my reporting days, if anyone from a police sergeant to the mayor of Baltimore told me, "Quiet, piggy," I'd immediately insist he go fuck himself.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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But affirmative action is the true enemy of meritocracy at elite schools…
At Harvard, many students skip class and fail to do the reading, according to a report, but rampant grade inflation allows them to coast through anyway. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
nyti.ms
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
But affirmative action is the true enemy of meritocracy at elite schools…
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Or Trump is a lifelong liar and propagandist who doesn't care if he's caught because he knows he won't be punished.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Or Trump is a lifelong liar and propagandist who doesn't care if he's caught because he knows he won't be punished.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
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He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
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"F*ck that, that's not a strategy....If your strategy for stopping fascism is to hope that a few Republicans in Congress find a conscience or a spine, then get the hell out of here."
Me on the useless Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Full discussion: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
Me on the useless Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Full discussion: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
September 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"F*ck that, that's not a strategy....If your strategy for stopping fascism is to hope that a few Republicans in Congress find a conscience or a spine, then get the hell out of here."
Me on the useless Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Full discussion: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
Me on the useless Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Full discussion: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
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It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
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It’s so embarrassing. Trump has made everything UFC with the worst WWE storylines. Thankfully the World Cup & Olympics are “woke” sports so it shouldn’t bleed too much into those—IF we still can host…
“.. the lasting memory of this Ryder Cup threatened not to be a single swing of the club so much as the ugly backdrop: galleries that drifted from partisan into venomous ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
September 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s so embarrassing. Trump has made everything UFC with the worst WWE storylines. Thankfully the World Cup & Olympics are “woke” sports so it shouldn’t bleed too much into those—IF we still can host…
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I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.
September 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.
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It’s really that simple. There’s no crime that cuts through the perpetual existential crisis that is the rage bait machine.
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s really that simple. There’s no crime that cuts through the perpetual existential crisis that is the rage bait machine.
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It’s really all we should be talking about today.
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s really all we should be talking about today.
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Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
A commenter on my essay on the age of alt-weeklies left this comment from "This Woman Votes," which states my premise so much more powerfully than I could--in the fight against fascism, the urgency of stories that linger--that I added it to the post. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-longfo...
August 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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A commenter on my essay on the age of alt-weeklies left this comment from "This Woman Votes," which states my premise so much more powerfully than I could--in the fight against fascism, the urgency of stories that linger--that I added it to the post. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-longfo...
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A commenter on my essay on the age of alt-weeklies left this comment from "This Woman Votes," which states my premise so much more powerfully than I could--in the fight against fascism, the urgency of stories that linger--that I added it to the post. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-longfo...
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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An actual monster.
“Torture is a celebration of life and human dignity,” Miller argued in high school.
Old Clip Of Stephen Miller Praising Torture Resurfaces Amid Aggressive Immigration Enforcement
“Torture is a celebration of life and human dignity,” Miller argued in high school.
www.huffpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
An actual monster.
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It appears aimed at pressing states to tighten voting rules and at aiding the Trump administration’s hunt for illegal voting. Former DOJ attorneys and voting rights advocates have told Democracy Docket it’s deeply troubling. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It appears aimed at pressing states to tighten voting rules and at aiding the Trump administration’s hunt for illegal voting. Former DOJ attorneys and voting rights advocates have told Democracy Docket it’s deeply troubling. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Senate passed the OBBB so the House could fix it. The House passed the OBBB so Trump could fix it with executive orders. Trump doesn’t know what's in the bill, and possibly doesn't know what day it is.
How is a country supposed to function like this?
How is a country supposed to function like this?
CNBC: It sounds to me like the president persuaded you by saying he's gonna override some of the provisions in the bill. Is that right?
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Senate passed the OBBB so the House could fix it. The House passed the OBBB so Trump could fix it with executive orders. Trump doesn’t know what's in the bill, and possibly doesn't know what day it is.
How is a country supposed to function like this?
How is a country supposed to function like this?
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Trump’s Use Of The Term “Shylocks” Highlights Racially Incendiary Language And Compels Us To Ask: Why Won’t Zohran Mamdani Condemn Language Someone Mentioned To Him? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
Trump just referred to some bankers as "shylocks" in his speech in Iowa.
July 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump’s Use Of The Term “Shylocks” Highlights Racially Incendiary Language And Compels Us To Ask: Why Won’t Zohran Mamdani Condemn Language Someone Mentioned To Him? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
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Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech
President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...