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When an extremely robust study, like one spanning decades of data and over a million kids, robustly fails to demonstrate something you believe in, the response should be to thoughtfully interrogate your beliefs. You can avoid a lot of embarrassment that way and it's the honest thing to do.
July 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When an extremely robust study, like one spanning decades of data and over a million kids, robustly fails to demonstrate something you believe in, the response should be to thoughtfully interrogate your beliefs. You can avoid a lot of embarrassment that way and it's the honest thing to do.
TO FOLKS IN COLORADO AND ARIZONA:
Republicans Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Lauren Boebert (CO-04) are scoundrels, and deserve to be booted.
Fine Democrats have announced for each seat:
Buma, Donat, Goldman, Mendoza, and Swallow in AZ-06
Calvarese, Laubacher, and Padora in CO-04
Can we take these back?
Republicans Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Lauren Boebert (CO-04) are scoundrels, and deserve to be booted.
Fine Democrats have announced for each seat:
Buma, Donat, Goldman, Mendoza, and Swallow in AZ-06
Calvarese, Laubacher, and Padora in CO-04
Can we take these back?
June 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TO FOLKS IN COLORADO AND ARIZONA:
Republicans Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Lauren Boebert (CO-04) are scoundrels, and deserve to be booted.
Fine Democrats have announced for each seat:
Buma, Donat, Goldman, Mendoza, and Swallow in AZ-06
Calvarese, Laubacher, and Padora in CO-04
Can we take these back?
Republicans Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Lauren Boebert (CO-04) are scoundrels, and deserve to be booted.
Fine Democrats have announced for each seat:
Buma, Donat, Goldman, Mendoza, and Swallow in AZ-06
Calvarese, Laubacher, and Padora in CO-04
Can we take these back?
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I recently gave my first major political speech of this campaign season to retire Lauren Boebert. Like, share, follow, pitch in if you can. LET'S GO!!
June 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I recently gave my first major political speech of this campaign season to retire Lauren Boebert. Like, share, follow, pitch in if you can. LET'S GO!!
Another day, another giant step toward totalitarian MAGA control of the executive branch at every level. And clearly, blatantly illegal.
Here is a question for the community: is there somewhere a listing of legal organizations combating this? Are they coordinated?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Here is a question for the community: is there somewhere a listing of legal organizations combating this? Are they coordinated?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Opinion | How to Stack the Federal Work Force With ‘Patriotic Americans’ Who Agree With Trump
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Another day, another giant step toward totalitarian MAGA control of the executive branch at every level. And clearly, blatantly illegal.
Here is a question for the community: is there somewhere a listing of legal organizations combating this? Are they coordinated?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Here is a question for the community: is there somewhere a listing of legal organizations combating this? Are they coordinated?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
It's true that we are all going to die. But it is not true that we are all going to be re-elected. You know what to do.
June 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's true that we are all going to die. But it is not true that we are all going to be re-elected. You know what to do.
The most widely visible change in how our government conducts itself may be the transformation of public information channels into unapologetic propaganda vehicles.
See, e.g. www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Or this piece of shit:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Who is countering this?
See, e.g. www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Or this piece of shit:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Who is countering this?
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most widely visible change in how our government conducts itself may be the transformation of public information channels into unapologetic propaganda vehicles.
See, e.g. www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Or this piece of shit:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Who is countering this?
See, e.g. www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Or this piece of shit:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Who is countering this?
The Harvard filing is a thing of deadly beauty, bristling with independent points of attack on Trump's baseless action against foreign students. Harvard will win. Trump doesn't care. He has been on either side of 1000s of lawsuits and does not need to win them all.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Harvard filing is a thing of deadly beauty, bristling with independent points of attack on Trump's baseless action against foreign students. Harvard will win. Trump doesn't care. He has been on either side of 1000s of lawsuits and does not need to win them all.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
So, yes -- I do think it would have been perfect had our new Pontiff elected to become "Pope Bob I".
And I will note that we now know what style of pizza God likes.
And I will note that we now know what style of pizza God likes.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So, yes -- I do think it would have been perfect had our new Pontiff elected to become "Pope Bob I".
And I will note that we now know what style of pizza God likes.
And I will note that we now know what style of pizza God likes.
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Under RFK Jr., ‘MAHA’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’ www.theverge.com/health/66136...
"Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated."
Yep. Dark Age 2.0
"Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated."
Yep. Dark Age 2.0
Death is the policy
RFK Jr.‘s measles response is junk science and social Darwinism.
www.theverge.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Under RFK Jr., ‘MAHA’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’ www.theverge.com/health/66136...
"Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated."
Yep. Dark Age 2.0
"Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated."
Yep. Dark Age 2.0
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OH MY GOD this really is incredible.
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
OH MY GOD this really is incredible.
I asked for a table comparing studies by Omar Wasow (2020) and Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan (2011) regarding protest tactics and efficacy. Guess what? Nonviolent protest consistently achieves positive change in societies around the world, and across decades.
April 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I asked for a table comparing studies by Omar Wasow (2020) and Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan (2011) regarding protest tactics and efficacy. Guess what? Nonviolent protest consistently achieves positive change in societies around the world, and across decades.
If some malign actor had recruited and trained an agent to infiltrate and destroy public health research and administration in the US, that agent would look just like RFK Jr. And the destruction has just begun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If some malign actor had recruited and trained an agent to infiltrate and destroy public health research and administration in the US, that agent would look just like RFK Jr. And the destruction has just begun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
I bring this up because I wanted to know what parallels might exist between our present reality and that of fascist movements from the past. I looked up the history of Nazi policies regarding higher education and enforcement of ideology. One word came up: "Gleichschaltung".
Coordination.
4/4
Coordination.
4/4
April 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I bring this up because I wanted to know what parallels might exist between our present reality and that of fascist movements from the past. I looked up the history of Nazi policies regarding higher education and enforcement of ideology. One word came up: "Gleichschaltung".
Coordination.
4/4
Coordination.
4/4
"Now they are told, thou shalt kill; and although they think it’s very difficult to kill, they do it because it’s now part of the code of behavior. They learn whom to kill and how to kill and how to do it together. This is the much talked about Gleichschaltung—the coordination process."
3/4
3/4
April 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Now they are told, thou shalt kill; and although they think it’s very difficult to kill, they do it because it’s now part of the code of behavior. They learn whom to kill and how to kill and how to do it together. This is the much talked about Gleichschaltung—the coordination process."
3/4
3/4
"The second step is the notion: 'Things must change—no matter how. Anything is better than what we have.' Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of mass sentiment, and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it."
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2/4
April 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"The second step is the notion: 'Things must change—no matter how. Anything is better than what we have.' Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of mass sentiment, and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it."
2/4
2/4
My favorite (if that's the word) Hannah Arendt quotation is from a 1974 interview.
www.transcend.org/tms/2017/02/...
The first paragraph is so perfect, I could not find a way to trim even a word to make it fit into 300-character chunks. So:
"Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have."
1/4
www.transcend.org/tms/2017/02/...
The first paragraph is so perfect, I could not find a way to trim even a word to make it fit into 300-character chunks. So:
"Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have."
1/4
Hannah Arendt: From an Interview
Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: “Things must change—no matter how. Anything is better than what we have.” Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of...
www.transcend.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My favorite (if that's the word) Hannah Arendt quotation is from a 1974 interview.
www.transcend.org/tms/2017/02/...
The first paragraph is so perfect, I could not find a way to trim even a word to make it fit into 300-character chunks. So:
"Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have."
1/4
www.transcend.org/tms/2017/02/...
The first paragraph is so perfect, I could not find a way to trim even a word to make it fit into 300-character chunks. So:
"Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have."
1/4
Harvard has told the Trump administration to get stuffed.
Could this be the start of something profoundly hoped for?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Could this be the start of something profoundly hoped for?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration
Harvard University’s lawyers responded on Monday to the Trump Administration’s letter demanding a series of policy changes, saying the demands were unlawful and that Harvard would not comply.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Harvard has told the Trump administration to get stuffed.
Could this be the start of something profoundly hoped for?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Could this be the start of something profoundly hoped for?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Yes; I know I am quite the pest on this subject, but it bears some pestiness: a Democratic US Senate majority would be a wonderful gift to the nation. Susan Collins is among the spineless, and up in 2026.
www.senate.gov/senators/Cla...
Yes; I know I am quite the pest on this subject, but it bears some pestiness: a Democratic US Senate majority would be a wonderful gift to the nation. Susan Collins is among the spineless, and up in 2026.
www.senate.gov/senators/Cla...
Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools
The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Yes; I know I am quite the pest on this subject, but it bears some pestiness: a Democratic US Senate majority would be a wonderful gift to the nation. Susan Collins is among the spineless, and up in 2026.
www.senate.gov/senators/Cla...
Yes; I know I am quite the pest on this subject, but it bears some pestiness: a Democratic US Senate majority would be a wonderful gift to the nation. Susan Collins is among the spineless, and up in 2026.
www.senate.gov/senators/Cla...
And if it is, do we not now live in a dictatorship?
The US has seen hideous abuses of human rights in its past, but recognizing and correcting them has made us a stronger and more decent nation. May we now hope that Americans will reject the dictator at our head, and continue that tradition? (3/3)
The US has seen hideous abuses of human rights in its past, but recognizing and correcting them has made us a stronger and more decent nation. May we now hope that Americans will reject the dictator at our head, and continue that tradition? (3/3)
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And if it is, do we not now live in a dictatorship?
The US has seen hideous abuses of human rights in its past, but recognizing and correcting them has made us a stronger and more decent nation. May we now hope that Americans will reject the dictator at our head, and continue that tradition? (3/3)
The US has seen hideous abuses of human rights in its past, but recognizing and correcting them has made us a stronger and more decent nation. May we now hope that Americans will reject the dictator at our head, and continue that tradition? (3/3)
This it it.
If it would be Constitutionally forbidden for the legislature to punish Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for no other reason than Donald Trump's lust for vengeance, can it possibly be Constitutionally permitted for Trump himself to do that thing through executive action? (2/3)
If it would be Constitutionally forbidden for the legislature to punish Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for no other reason than Donald Trump's lust for vengeance, can it possibly be Constitutionally permitted for Trump himself to do that thing through executive action? (2/3)
April 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This it it.
If it would be Constitutionally forbidden for the legislature to punish Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for no other reason than Donald Trump's lust for vengeance, can it possibly be Constitutionally permitted for Trump himself to do that thing through executive action? (2/3)
If it would be Constitutionally forbidden for the legislature to punish Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for no other reason than Donald Trump's lust for vengeance, can it possibly be Constitutionally permitted for Trump himself to do that thing through executive action? (2/3)
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
I am not a lawyer, but I think any legislative act against a specific person or group, imposing punishment without a judicial trial, has a name. And it is specifically prohibited, either to the US Congress or to state legislatures, by the US Constitution. (1/3)
I am not a lawyer, but I think any legislative act against a specific person or group, imposing punishment without a judicial trial, has a name. And it is specifically prohibited, either to the US Congress or to state legislatures, by the US Constitution. (1/3)
Trump orders investigation of two first-term administration aides who criticized him
The president signed executive orders targeting Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor, an escalation of his retribution campaign.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
I am not a lawyer, but I think any legislative act against a specific person or group, imposing punishment without a judicial trial, has a name. And it is specifically prohibited, either to the US Congress or to state legislatures, by the US Constitution. (1/3)
I am not a lawyer, but I think any legislative act against a specific person or group, imposing punishment without a judicial trial, has a name. And it is specifically prohibited, either to the US Congress or to state legislatures, by the US Constitution. (1/3)
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The Pentagon has, in fact, removed the web page honoring Ira Hayes. I had to confirm this, because (even at this late date) I was reluctant to believe that the Trump administration had plunged so deeply into the cesspit of bigotry that is "anti-DEI" ideology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwS...
Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Official Video)
YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Pentagon has, in fact, removed the web page honoring Ira Hayes. I had to confirm this, because (even at this late date) I was reluctant to believe that the Trump administration had plunged so deeply into the cesspit of bigotry that is "anti-DEI" ideology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwS...
"Natural immunity" is better known as "Getting sick".
"We don't believe in those orange vests and 'look both ways' foolishness. We dress our kids in camouflage and encourage them to play in the street after dark. That way, when they get hit by a car, they'll have a lifetime NATURAL fear of traffic."
"We don't believe in those orange vests and 'look both ways' foolishness. We dress our kids in camouflage and encourage them to play in the street after dark. That way, when they get hit by a car, they'll have a lifetime NATURAL fear of traffic."
March 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Natural immunity" is better known as "Getting sick".
"We don't believe in those orange vests and 'look both ways' foolishness. We dress our kids in camouflage and encourage them to play in the street after dark. That way, when they get hit by a car, they'll have a lifetime NATURAL fear of traffic."
"We don't believe in those orange vests and 'look both ways' foolishness. We dress our kids in camouflage and encourage them to play in the street after dark. That way, when they get hit by a car, they'll have a lifetime NATURAL fear of traffic."
It is perfectly natural to be angry with those of our fellow citizens who cast a tragically misguided vote, and to rub their noses in the mess now. Here is a somewhat different view: perhaps we can win elections not by gloating, but by making common cause.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | How Democrats’ Bad Messaging Could Ensure Another Republican Win
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It is perfectly natural to be angry with those of our fellow citizens who cast a tragically misguided vote, and to rub their noses in the mess now. Here is a somewhat different view: perhaps we can win elections not by gloating, but by making common cause.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...