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Kevin Baird
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US Navy Vet (VFA-115) and Dad of two. Trying to get a little bit wiser each day via Stoicism, history, and reading the thoughts of smart people.

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Even the BBC was covering Liz Cheney's speech.
A quad box of Fox News, CNN, MS Now, and BBC shows all but Fox News broadcast the Cheney speech.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The conservative network of record has chosen not to broadcast conservative Liz Cheney speaking at her conservative dad's funeral.

#Cheney
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Everyone should be united, but you know...
A split screen shows BBC CNN and Ms. Now all playing the Epstein victims news conference while Fox News ignores it and does a segment on the Butler Trump shooter.
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Spot the difference.

#ReleaseTheFiles
A split screen shows BBC CNN and Ms. Now all playing the Epstein victims news conference while Fox News ignores it and does a segment on the Butler Trump shooter.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🎁

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A snapshot of the article reads: The new model not only provides more accurate 2-week forecasts of temperature, pressure and wind, but can also predict tropical storm tracks, according to DeepMind researchers. That means it's predictions of a hurricane's path is accurate 3 days ahead as the previous model was at 2 days out, testing shows. The new weather model has other improvements sought by energy traders, including hourly forecast instead of 12-hour outlooks. It can also generate predictions roughly eight times faster than DeepMind's previous AI weather model. An image from Google DeepMind's forthcoming WeatherNext2AI model is shown as well.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Texas A&M System bans race, gender ideology 'advocacy' in lessons without university president's approval

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
A snip from the article reads: "Under the new rules, professors must get their president's approval for courses and any material that "advocate" race, gender or sexual identity-related topics, and are banned from introducing course material deemed "inconsistent" with their approved syllabus. In addition, the schools' complaint hotlines will soon allow students to report "inaccurate or misleading course content" that strays from approved syllabi. The rules could come into play as Texas A&M expands its review of all course across the system to every semester."
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Optimal Physical Health
An overweight Donald Trump, with no makeup on, is shown in a room with a lost expression on his face, as if he just pooped himself. He wears a white Trump polo which is tucked into dark slacks pulled way up past his belly button, just inches away from his man boobs. There is no slack in that tucked in shirt, which makes it all the worse to look at. He holds a red hat in his hand. We can only assume people are laughing at him while he stands there.
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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How to Crush the American Battery Boom

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/h...
A screenshot of the article reads: With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the nonpartisan energy policy think tank Energy Innovation projects that 31,000 battery jobs will evaporate by 2030. But the more profound tragedy is the number of American jobs—approaching 1 million—in manufacturing, supporting industries, and local economies that will now never materialize.
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts

theconversation.com/future-of-na...
This image is a horizontal bar chart titled, "Federal grants to improve the electricity grid cut or delayed." A caption below the title provides context: "The Trump administration's Department of Energy has terminated or put on hold billions of dollars of funding that includes projects meant to reduce the frequency and duration of blackouts and help utilities restore power faster. Other programs on hold had other primary goals, but would have improved the grid as well." The chart lists the programs affected and the amount of funding cut or delayed for each. It is divided into two main categories. Direct grid support This section shows funding cuts for programs directly related to the grid: Grid resilience and innovation (other than smart grid program): A cut of $1,420 million (or $1.42 billion). Smart grid program: A cut of $725 million. Long-duration energy storage: A cut of $127 million. Energy improvements in rural and remote areas: A cut of $36 million. Other primary goal with grid support as additional benefit This section shows cuts for programs that had other goals but would have also helped the grid: Improvements in energy-intensive industries: A cut of $8,898 million (or nearly $8.9 billion). This is represented by the longest bar on the chart by a large margin. Hydrogen hubs: A cut of $1,200 million (or $1.2 billion). The chart's sources are listed as The Conversation and Yardsale Energy.
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year...

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“We’re now in a situation in Missouri where someone who’s working very hard at a job and earning a modest wage has to pay income tax, whereas somebody who has a lot of passive income — say they’re making a lot of profit off cryptocurrency sales, for example — is going to be exempt from income tax,” he added. “And I don’t think that’s a situation that’s going to sit well with a lot of people.”
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Fox News took the opportunity to show its viewers how great fossil fuels are while making fun of Gates.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Trump hates wind energy. Why does Texas have more than any other state?

www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
A chart shows wind power by state: Texas - 43.1K GW Iowa - 12.9K GW Kansas - 9.7K GW Illinois - 8.2K GW California - 6.5K GW Colorado - 5.3K GW Minnesota - 4.9K GW North Dakota - 4.5K GW Oregon - 4.2 GW
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Say it, @apnews.com.
The goose chase meme is shown. In the first panel with the goose, the text reads "Federal policies have left millions of people at risk. The second panel, with the goose chasing a person, has text that reads " Who runs the federal government now, AP?
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Antideficiency Act This act prohibits federal agencies from obligating or expending federal funds in advance or in excess of an appropriation, and from accepting voluntary services. The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal employees from making or authorizing an expenditure from, or creating or authorizing an obligation under, any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available in the appropriation or fund unless authorized by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(A). involving the government in any obligation to pay money before funds have been appropriated for that purpose, unless otherwise allowed by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(B). accepting voluntary services for the United States, or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. 31 U.S.C. § 1342.
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Exceptionally healthy specimen.
Donald Trump is shown with his pants hiked up way past his belly button, with a tucked in white polo. He holds a red hat and has a stupid look on his face like he just pooped his pants and realized it.
October 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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A quote from Christopher Hitchens in his book Letter to a Young Contrarian reads: There must be confrontation and opposition, in order that sparks may be kindled.
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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For those in the #KansasCity area, WDAF Fox4 is the local Nexstar station.
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This is making its way around the MAGA universe.
A graphic titled The Passage to Regression is laid out in four panels. In the first panel, a young boy is shown receiving a shot by a medical person. Beneath the tile reads the words "Vaccination Exposure". In the second panel, the young boy is shown in pain holding his head. Beneath The tile reads the words "fever / seizure (trigger event). In the third panel, a bottle of of Tylenol is shown. In very small lettering beneath the bottle, the words "Amplifier, NOT root cause" is written. Below the third panel reads the words "Tylenol given - depletes glutathione (weakens defenses). In the fourth and final panel, the boy is shown sitting with his knees pulled to his chest with a sad look on his face. Below the fourth panel reads the words "Developmental Regression" followed by the word autism in all-caps red font with the word"AUTISM' The graphic is summed up at the bottom: Vaccine - Reaction - Amplification - Regression
September 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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A passage from Plato's Give Dialogues reads: It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death
September 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Just straight up pillaging the country and this will barely make a blip in the news cycle.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
A snippet from the New York Times article reads: In May, Mr. Witkoff’s son Zach announced the first of the deals at a conference in Dubai. One of Sheikh Tahnoon’s investment firms would deposit $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency start-up founded by the Witkoffs and Trumps. Two weeks later, the White House agreed to allow the U.A.E. access to hundreds of thousands of the world’s most advanced and scarce computer chips, a crucial tool in the high-stakes race to dominate artificial intelligence. Many of the chips would go to G42, a sprawling technology firm controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon, despite national security concerns that the chips could be shared with China.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Chart: What’s Powering New U.S. Electricity? www.visualcapitalist.com/whats-poweri...
A graphic shows new electricity generation sources for 2024-2025. Solar accounts for 50% Batteries account for 30% Wind accounts for 12% Natural Gas accounts for 8% The chart also shows generation retirements for the same period: Coal 55% Natural Gas 37% Oil 8%
September 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I don't understand what's happening to my business...
MAGA disciples holding up signs that say Mass Deportation Now.
September 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM