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Thank you as always, Anna! Can you also provide some analysis to put these developments in context and explain their significance?
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you as always, Anna! Can you also provide some analysis to put these developments in context and explain their significance?
I'm very, very skeptical. Maybe "suspicious" is the better word. I suspect Trump may have a deal with Bondi that none of the documents bearing his name--even if redacted--will be released. He owns the DOJ--why in the world wouldn't they just filter those documents out?
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm very, very skeptical. Maybe "suspicious" is the better word. I suspect Trump may have a deal with Bondi that none of the documents bearing his name--even if redacted--will be released. He owns the DOJ--why in the world wouldn't they just filter those documents out?
Pelosi would not have let this happen. Harry Reid would not have let this happen. Any effective Democratic leader would not have let this happen.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Pelosi would not have let this happen. Harry Reid would not have let this happen. Any effective Democratic leader would not have let this happen.
Thank you, Senator Van Hollen. Proud to have you as my senator.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Thank you, Senator Van Hollen. Proud to have you as my senator.
Thank you so much, Senator Slotkin. Now it’s time for Democrats to replace @schumer.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you so much, Senator Slotkin. Now it’s time for Democrats to replace @schumer.senate.gov
Thank you for saying this and pointing it out. I think you’re spot on that empathy and real, innovative policy shifts that make a difference are key. Let’s not mock or deride people who say they feel unsafe.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thank you for saying this and pointing it out. I think you’re spot on that empathy and real, innovative policy shifts that make a difference are key. Let’s not mock or deride people who say they feel unsafe.
Thank you so much!
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thank you so much!
This is exactly I was wondering as well. I was going to send my uncle (who is on SNAP) a Whole Foods gift certificate on the assumption the gov was refusing to distribute dollars. But I can’t figure out if the fed is now distributing the money, or if some blue states are just paying out of pocket.
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is exactly I was wondering as well. I was going to send my uncle (who is on SNAP) a Whole Foods gift certificate on the assumption the gov was refusing to distribute dollars. But I can’t figure out if the fed is now distributing the money, or if some blue states are just paying out of pocket.
A hackneyed, tired, boring, unoriginal metaphor. A metaphor that, rhetorically, one might have thought you'd deliberately steer clear of if your intention was to accuse *someone else* of "overused" tropes. Cheers!
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A hackneyed, tired, boring, unoriginal metaphor. A metaphor that, rhetorically, one might have thought you'd deliberately steer clear of if your intention was to accuse *someone else* of "overused" tropes. Cheers!
The most amusing thing to me is that you were annoyed by my "overused" trope, yet you twice took recourse in "slop" to describe it. "Slop": a metaphor this platform is already saturated, drenched, soaked in. A path-of-least-resistance, lowest common denominator metaphor.
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The most amusing thing to me is that you were annoyed by my "overused" trope, yet you twice took recourse in "slop" to describe it. "Slop": a metaphor this platform is already saturated, drenched, soaked in. A path-of-least-resistance, lowest common denominator metaphor.
Thank you so much for your grace and civility--I so deeply appreciate it. Have a wonderful day!
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thank you so much for your grace and civility--I so deeply appreciate it. Have a wonderful day!
Anna, can you please address if this is legal?
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Anna, can you please address if this is legal?
OMG—You win the internet today!
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
OMG—You win the internet today!
Chilling. Thank you so much, Ronan.
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Chilling. Thank you so much, Ronan.
Republicans now disavow the ideas they once championed.
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Republicans now disavow the ideas they once championed.
Everyone always forgets that the Affordable Care Act borrowed heavily from GOP ideas about healthcare coverage to try to win Republican support. Of course that hope failed spectacularly, but that’s one reason why Democrats didn’t try for single payer, etc.
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Everyone always forgets that the Affordable Care Act borrowed heavily from GOP ideas about healthcare coverage to try to win Republican support. Of course that hope failed spectacularly, but that’s one reason why Democrats didn’t try for single payer, etc.
Thank you so much!
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Thank you so much!
Thank you. Could I ask that you please provide a source or link for the video? Since Trump is saying it’s fake, it’s doubly important that we provide proper attribution of information.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thank you. Could I ask that you please provide a source or link for the video? Since Trump is saying it’s fake, it’s doubly important that we provide proper attribution of information.
Again, I’d appreciate a response since you are disputing my statement and impugning my reading comprehension. Thank you.
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Again, I’d appreciate a response since you are disputing my statement and impugning my reading comprehension. Thank you.
but weirdly ends up unintentionally also making the point about an FDA regulated spice at high enough levels.
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
but weirdly ends up unintentionally also making the point about an FDA regulated spice at high enough levels.
I began by acknowledging that turmeric supplements can indeed cause liver injury. But apparently so can FDA regulated forms of turmeric in spice form, taken at high enough doses. That’s the implication of the article, which ostensibly is about the potential toxicity of supplements
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I began by acknowledging that turmeric supplements can indeed cause liver injury. But apparently so can FDA regulated forms of turmeric in spice form, taken at high enough doses. That’s the implication of the article, which ostensibly is about the potential toxicity of supplements
I read the entire article. What, exactly, did I get wrong? I’d appreciate a reply since you’re disputing my reading intelligence.
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I read the entire article. What, exactly, did I get wrong? I’d appreciate a reply since you’re disputing my reading intelligence.
Umm, I think George Lakoff and other cognitive linguists would beg to differ. It’s terribly important from the perspective of how human minds process symbols, institutions, and collective identity.
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Umm, I think George Lakoff and other cognitive linguists would beg to differ. It’s terribly important from the perspective of how human minds process symbols, institutions, and collective identity.
In other words, the opening story in the article is about a woman adding half a teaspoon of the spice to her smoothie ever day. She wasn’t taking a supplement.
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In other words, the opening story in the article is about a woman adding half a teaspoon of the spice to her smoothie ever day. She wasn’t taking a supplement.
Turmeric supplements can indeed cause liver failure. But the article appears to confound or conflate turmeric sold as a spice in the grocery isle (and thus subject to regulations) and turmeric in the supplement isle. I guess the takeaway is that too much of anything can overwhelm the liver.
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Turmeric supplements can indeed cause liver failure. But the article appears to confound or conflate turmeric sold as a spice in the grocery isle (and thus subject to regulations) and turmeric in the supplement isle. I guess the takeaway is that too much of anything can overwhelm the liver.