Stein
@likeastain.bsky.social
Norwegian in CT. In sales, but wants to make the world better.
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Iceland does it right
Tonight Ketkrókur (Meat Hook), the 12th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He loves meat and uses a long metal hook to steal mutton hanged up in rafters for smoking.
Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.
Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Iceland does it right
I’m rusty on the rules… if you blow up the peace prize winner, do you automatically get the prize yourself?
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’m rusty on the rules… if you blow up the peace prize winner, do you automatically get the prize yourself?
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Who's Threatening Who?
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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This is Olivia Reingold trying to get back at John Oliver for the blistering takedown they did of the Free Press.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is Olivia Reingold trying to get back at John Oliver for the blistering takedown they did of the Free Press.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
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Column: On a summer trip to southern Scandinavia, critic Sebastian Smee encountered family connections, stunning museums and one of the best sculpture parks he has ever visited.
Column | An art critic’s pick for a dream Europe trip: Sweden and Denmark
On a summer trip to southern Scandinavia, critic Sebastian Smee encountered family connections, stunning museums and one of the best sculpture parks he has ever visited.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Column: On a summer trip to southern Scandinavia, critic Sebastian Smee encountered family connections, stunning museums and one of the best sculpture parks he has ever visited.
This is mind numbingly stupid. We’re not running out of people.
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is mind numbingly stupid. We’re not running out of people.
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RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
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He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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Did any of these people actually read or listen to what Kirk actually said or did?
I don’t know how you can portray someone who created a “professor watchlist” as a free speech champion or how someone who said vile things about minorities and immigrants was being civil.
I don’t know how you can portray someone who created a “professor watchlist” as a free speech champion or how someone who said vile things about minorities and immigrants was being civil.
Believe it or not this is from an entirely different column. And again—no.
September 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Did any of these people actually read or listen to what Kirk actually said or did?
I don’t know how you can portray someone who created a “professor watchlist” as a free speech champion or how someone who said vile things about minorities and immigrants was being civil.
I don’t know how you can portray someone who created a “professor watchlist” as a free speech champion or how someone who said vile things about minorities and immigrants was being civil.
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
Master-debater
This is actually an excellent summary of recent events.
August 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Master-debater
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Another wild scoop on NPR from @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Another wild scoop on NPR from @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
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Some of my colleagues who are currently crying online about TX Democrats leaving the state are the same ones who left D.C. early so they wouldn’t have to vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Some of my colleagues who are currently crying online about TX Democrats leaving the state are the same ones who left D.C. early so they wouldn’t have to vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
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MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
July 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
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Do not let any LLM serve as a form of epistemic grounding for society.
New Trump EO: "when ideological biases or social agendas are built into AI models, they can distort the quality and accuracy of the output"
...so henceforth the US government won't do business with you unless your LLM is built to echo our ideological bias and promote our social agenda.
...so henceforth the US government won't do business with you unless your LLM is built to echo our ideological bias and promote our social agenda.
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Do not let any LLM serve as a form of epistemic grounding for society.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy Fourth! It's still worth fighting for
July 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy Fourth! It's still worth fighting for
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If you've tuned into CSPAN anytime in the last 2 hours and found yourself slapping the side of the TV, wondering why the screen isn't changing, here's what's happening...
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you've tuned into CSPAN anytime in the last 2 hours and found yourself slapping the side of the TV, wondering why the screen isn't changing, here's what's happening...
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Seeing a lot of discussion about the birthright citizenship case: the very issue is upsetting, the consequences (even at this preliminary stage) could be dire. But I think the truly alarming case from Friday is Mahmoud v Taylor, the “LGBTQ opt-out” case.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Seeing a lot of discussion about the birthright citizenship case: the very issue is upsetting, the consequences (even at this preliminary stage) could be dire. But I think the truly alarming case from Friday is Mahmoud v Taylor, the “LGBTQ opt-out” case.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Well done, @keating.house.gov
A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.
I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.
Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.
A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.
I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.
Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.
March 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Well done, @keating.house.gov
A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.
I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.
Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.
A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.
I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.
Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.