jkbeitz
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“Ho ho ho! We’re poisoning the planet and hollowing our collective future. All for cheap culture war points and fossil fuel profits. Ho ho ho!!”
December 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Ho ho ho! We’re poisoning the planet and hollowing our collective future. All for cheap culture war points and fossil fuel profits. Ho ho ho!!”
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Public services cannot ‘lose’ money they can only ‘use’ money.
Yes there are areas where they can ‘use’ money more efficiently, but their purpose is to ‘use’ money to provide us services. Money that we, the taxpayers have allocated as a necessary cost for the greater good.
It is called Socialism.
Yes there are areas where they can ‘use’ money more efficiently, but their purpose is to ‘use’ money to provide us services. Money that we, the taxpayers have allocated as a necessary cost for the greater good.
It is called Socialism.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Public services cannot ‘lose’ money they can only ‘use’ money.
Yes there are areas where they can ‘use’ money more efficiently, but their purpose is to ‘use’ money to provide us services. Money that we, the taxpayers have allocated as a necessary cost for the greater good.
It is called Socialism.
Yes there are areas where they can ‘use’ money more efficiently, but their purpose is to ‘use’ money to provide us services. Money that we, the taxpayers have allocated as a necessary cost for the greater good.
It is called Socialism.
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This is "I know that Jesus is a magic demigod, and the important thing is to show God the respect that he deserves", but actually the story of the Nativity is, "I don't know who this stranger is, but I can see they need help, and I'm going to be compassionate whether he deserves it or not."
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is "I know that Jesus is a magic demigod, and the important thing is to show God the respect that he deserves", but actually the story of the Nativity is, "I don't know who this stranger is, but I can see they need help, and I'm going to be compassionate whether he deserves it or not."
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NEW: Statement from Epstein survivor Marijke Chartouni:
"When institutions like the FBI and the DOJ failed to address the claims of Maria Farmer and others that came forward after her, it feels like they too are part of the exploitation.
"When institutions like the FBI and the DOJ failed to address the claims of Maria Farmer and others that came forward after her, it feels like they too are part of the exploitation.
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW: Statement from Epstein survivor Marijke Chartouni:
"When institutions like the FBI and the DOJ failed to address the claims of Maria Farmer and others that came forward after her, it feels like they too are part of the exploitation.
"When institutions like the FBI and the DOJ failed to address the claims of Maria Farmer and others that came forward after her, it feels like they too are part of the exploitation.
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There is some seriously bad shit in these records, and some of it is true. But some of it is not. And if you really want to see the wrongdoers punished, you HAVE to learn to critically figure out which is which.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There is some seriously bad shit in these records, and some of it is true. But some of it is not. And if you really want to see the wrongdoers punished, you HAVE to learn to critically figure out which is which.
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Breaking: random ketamine addict demands DEI for Republicans in college faculty.
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Breaking: random ketamine addict demands DEI for Republicans in college faculty.
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We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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If Bari Weiss didn’t know what the Streisand Effect was before this week, she’ll certainly be familiar with it now. This episode of 60 Minutes is utterly damning. The sadism displayed in CECOT is even worse than previously depicted. It’s clear why she felt the need to protect Stephen Miller. Watch!
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If Bari Weiss didn’t know what the Streisand Effect was before this week, she’ll certainly be familiar with it now. This episode of 60 Minutes is utterly damning. The sadism displayed in CECOT is even worse than previously depicted. It’s clear why she felt the need to protect Stephen Miller. Watch!
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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we all said from the very beginning that Trump only wanted this gig so he could slap his name on stuff, pretending to be a president in the exact same way he pretended to be a businessman, and yet I still find myself astonished at the sheer volume of things he finds to slap his name on
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
we all said from the very beginning that Trump only wanted this gig so he could slap his name on stuff, pretending to be a president in the exact same way he pretended to be a businessman, and yet I still find myself astonished at the sheer volume of things he finds to slap his name on
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
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And they said bari Weiss couldn’t push cbsnews into new formats and find new audiences
It's the least important element to this, but I find it fascinating on an aesthetic level too.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
And they said bari Weiss couldn’t push cbsnews into new formats and find new audiences
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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That we need the files of a dead man to corroborate the reported trauma of over a thousand women - and that even those files need to be cartoonishly redacted - pretty much says everything about whose experience is considered real.
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That we need the files of a dead man to corroborate the reported trauma of over a thousand women - and that even those files need to be cartoonishly redacted - pretty much says everything about whose experience is considered real.
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Images from Karmel Mall, a Somali marketplace on Lake Street, following a march in Minneapolis. Thousands marched down Lake Street with windchills struggling to reach 0°F. This follows weeks of racist attacks by the President on the Minneapolis Somali community & politicians.
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Images from Karmel Mall, a Somali marketplace on Lake Street, following a march in Minneapolis. Thousands marched down Lake Street with windchills struggling to reach 0°F. This follows weeks of racist attacks by the President on the Minneapolis Somali community & politicians.
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the world lost an entire generation of gay men and other HIV+ people all because of this piece of shit in the photo below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
the world lost an entire generation of gay men and other HIV+ people all because of this piece of shit in the photo below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
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“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
The Alarmingly Racist History of the Supreme Court’s Canceled 1947 Christmas Party
The Court held its first-ever office Christmas party in 1946. The following year, the clerks suggested inviting Black employees. It did not go over well.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
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Congressional investigation now.
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Congressional investigation now.
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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
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Too much breaking news
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Too much breaking news
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* blinks rapidly *
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
* blinks rapidly *