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The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
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Republican Congressman Don Bacon:
“Churchill & Reagan are turning in their graves.”
“Churchill & Reagan are turning in their graves.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Republican Congressman Don Bacon:
“Churchill & Reagan are turning in their graves.”
“Churchill & Reagan are turning in their graves.”
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people are entitled to their religious freedom, but not to a passing grade in a university psychology course because you espouse poorly formulated Christian beliefs bsky.app/profile/kiss...
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
people are entitled to their religious freedom, but not to a passing grade in a university psychology course because you espouse poorly formulated Christian beliefs bsky.app/profile/kiss...
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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People like this have proven time and time again that bad-faith accusations get results. Why stop now?
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
People like this have proven time and time again that bad-faith accusations get results. Why stop now?
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I do not recommend that Muslims test the Christians-only hypothesis.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I do not recommend that Muslims test the Christians-only hypothesis.
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Probably only works if you're a Christian, but if I were a student there, I'd pull this nonstop.
Campus cops trying to shut down the frat party? Psalm 100 tells us to make a joyous noise!
Busting a freshman for underage drinking? Jesus turned water into wine!
Go wild, kids. They're begging you
Campus cops trying to shut down the frat party? Psalm 100 tells us to make a joyous noise!
Busting a freshman for underage drinking? Jesus turned water into wine!
Go wild, kids. They're begging you
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Probably only works if you're a Christian, but if I were a student there, I'd pull this nonstop.
Campus cops trying to shut down the frat party? Psalm 100 tells us to make a joyous noise!
Busting a freshman for underage drinking? Jesus turned water into wine!
Go wild, kids. They're begging you
Campus cops trying to shut down the frat party? Psalm 100 tells us to make a joyous noise!
Busting a freshman for underage drinking? Jesus turned water into wine!
Go wild, kids. They're begging you
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The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
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Heartening that so much of the US national security community is taking Trump/Hegseth’s illegal boat strikes seriously.
A big part of the political struggle we’re in: does anything matter?
Various veterans, lawyers, academics, journalists and members of Congress on the relevant committees say yes.
A big part of the political struggle we’re in: does anything matter?
Various veterans, lawyers, academics, journalists and members of Congress on the relevant committees say yes.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Heartening that so much of the US national security community is taking Trump/Hegseth’s illegal boat strikes seriously.
A big part of the political struggle we’re in: does anything matter?
Various veterans, lawyers, academics, journalists and members of Congress on the relevant committees say yes.
A big part of the political struggle we’re in: does anything matter?
Various veterans, lawyers, academics, journalists and members of Congress on the relevant committees say yes.
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It’s always fun to see the clips of the Sunday political shows because you get to go “yep the news lets people lie to them for an hour and airs it”
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s always fun to see the clips of the Sunday political shows because you get to go “yep the news lets people lie to them for an hour and airs it”
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Yes; the problem isn’t the rules. It’s enforcement of the rules. It’s not self enforcing.
He’s speed running all the things the Founders were trying to set up a system to stop. So that should tell us something.
He’s speed running all the things the Founders were trying to set up a system to stop. So that should tell us something.
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yes; the problem isn’t the rules. It’s enforcement of the rules. It’s not self enforcing.
He’s speed running all the things the Founders were trying to set up a system to stop. So that should tell us something.
He’s speed running all the things the Founders were trying to set up a system to stop. So that should tell us something.
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In a nation of self-proclaimed patriots, the majority of them haven't a goddamn clue what is in the U.S. Constitution, and couldn't tell you the difference between it and the Declaration of Independence.
When it comes to our founding documents, majority of Americans are pathetically illiterate.
When it comes to our founding documents, majority of Americans are pathetically illiterate.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In a nation of self-proclaimed patriots, the majority of them haven't a goddamn clue what is in the U.S. Constitution, and couldn't tell you the difference between it and the Declaration of Independence.
When it comes to our founding documents, majority of Americans are pathetically illiterate.
When it comes to our founding documents, majority of Americans are pathetically illiterate.
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I don’t even really think this is the problem. The Constitution prohibits basically every terrible thing Trump has done. The problem is that our institutions have decided to ignore the Constitution. Can’t fix that by changing what it says.
This regime is making the best arguments possible that we need to fix the foundations of our democracy if we want to keep it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I don’t even really think this is the problem. The Constitution prohibits basically every terrible thing Trump has done. The problem is that our institutions have decided to ignore the Constitution. Can’t fix that by changing what it says.
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At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Excellent article explaining why restricting jury trials is exactly the wrong thing to do in this moment when democracy is threatened.
"The reason trial by jury is so important is also the reason the authorities seek to restrict them: juries can think independently"
Jenrick has already pledged that a Tory govt would reverse 'Blair-era changes' that restrict ministerial involvement in judicial appointments.
Jenrick has already pledged that a Tory govt would reverse 'Blair-era changes' that restrict ministerial involvement in judicial appointments.
“Cutting ordinary people out of the judicial system, weakening the scope of jury trials, and leaning even more upon magistrates and judges, will reinforce a more technocratic system and only deepen public mistrust.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Excellent article explaining why restricting jury trials is exactly the wrong thing to do in this moment when democracy is threatened.
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When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
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Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
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Good reminder for Americans, much of the hateful rhetoric that is circulating on social media is not from a fellow American. 💻📱🇺🇸
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
wrd.cm
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good reminder for Americans, much of the hateful rhetoric that is circulating on social media is not from a fellow American. 💻📱🇺🇸