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Notre Dame, but not in ACB's cult.
Penn Law, but not a lawyer.
Wharton, but not a convicted felon, fraudster, conman, rapist, malignant narcissist, pathological liar, moron, Jeff Epstein wingman, facilitator of Russian genocides, or Kremlin useful idiot.
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Investigating elected officials for speech is not law enforcement but intimidation. If governors and mayors can be investigated for criticizing federal actions, neither elected officials nor anyone else is truly free to speak. #holdfast
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.

Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Great must read by @kirichenko.bsky.social
at the @kyivpost.com.

He fought hard to get this published after it was retracted elsewhere due to pressure by UOC activists.

That only made David dig deeper & thanks to @olgalautman.bsky.social & her own research, it became all the more damning.

⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Doing this podcast keeps me sane….

In this episode @danamilbank.bsky.social & Julia Davis who watches Russian tv and explains it to us.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
November 21, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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Anyone who promoted Trump’s false claims of 2020 election fraud should not be the Attorney General of the United States.
November 22, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.
November 18, 2024 at 5:34 AM
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Thread, from former mentor of Zuckerberg and Sandberg (not former Facebook exec)
We should acknowledge that MAGA and Trump’s victory were enabled by internet platforms whose business models reward fear and outrage. Dems had 8 yrs after FB enabled Trump and never had a floor vote in either chamber on a single bill that could possibly have addressed the harms. 🧵1/x
November 18, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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I wrote a bit about Finland and Ukraine.

www.thebulwark.com/p/will-ukrai...
Will Ukraine Turn Out Like Chechnya or Finland?
Two past wars are likely shaping Putin’s thinking about Ukraine.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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Normalizing Trump is a bad idea.

Period.
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Doing blow with child sex slaves, which I do not support, is not nearly as detestable and odious as having coffee with Neera Tanden.

by Glenn Greenwald
November 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Good government is good. We don't talk about that enough>> 🧵
November 17, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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Just this moment saw the first one for months in DC, crossing Wisconsin/Mass Ave outside National Cathedral. They really are rolling MAGA hats now, though less attractive.
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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+1. Also, love the term “musklings.”
There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage.
November 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Do they want to kill grandpa? "Similar to infants, adolescents, ... adults 65 years and older are also at risk for contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. .. our immune systems tend to weaken over time, putting us at higher risk ." from lefty land - TEXAS www.dshs.texas.gov/covid-19-cor...
Information for Adults 65 Years and Older | Texas DSHS
www.dshs.texas.gov
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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This is very bad
Jeez -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin defends RFK Jr's nomination by going full anti-vaxxer and questioning whether vaccines cause autism (they don't)
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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“Meet Elon Musk, Our New Shadow President”
Meet Elon Musk, Our New Shadow President
From making Ukraine policy to destroying the administrative state at home, is Musk the real power behind the throne – and how much will he profit from his new status?
open.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this.
Democracy matters.
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Jeff Bezos is an embarrassment. And I feel bad for the actual reporters at the Post who have done so much to expose Trumpian authoritarianism and corruption.
The Washington Post is holding their 2024 Global Women’s Summit in a few days. Lara Trump and Kellyanne Conway are featured guests.
November 18, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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“Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.”
Republican senator calls on House to share Matt Gaetz ethics report
Markwayne Mullin did not say if he thought the report should be made public.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...

Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.

He's doing violence to America.
Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment
The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:31 AM