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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. - CS Lewis
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Cruelty is their entire point.
October 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Cruelty is their entire point.
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His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
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The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4qadGZG
MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's politica...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4qadGZG
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NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
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“Above all else , the devil cannot stand to be mocked.”
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Above all else , the devil cannot stand to be mocked.”
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
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“The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.”
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.”
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"These are not the descriptions of a normal, well-adjusted 50-year-old man. They are the descriptions of a sociopath. A predator. His friends—including Donald Trump—did not treat this fact as a foible."
Elon Musk Torpedoed a Beloved Pediatric Cancer Bill. It’s Yet to Recover.
Sometimes, a good piece of legislation fails to become a law for one simple, stupid reason: congressional inertia.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"These are not the descriptions of a normal, well-adjusted 50-year-old man. They are the descriptions of a sociopath. A predator. His friends—including Donald Trump—did not treat this fact as a foible."
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Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
September 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
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Over the long weekend, the Trump administration quietly tried to deport 76 unaccompanied children to Guatemala – ignoring laws protecting such minors from speedy deportations.
Thankfully, a federal judge blocked the effort.
The cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
Thankfully, a federal judge blocked the effort.
The cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Over the long weekend, the Trump administration quietly tried to deport 76 unaccompanied children to Guatemala – ignoring laws protecting such minors from speedy deportations.
Thankfully, a federal judge blocked the effort.
The cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
Thankfully, a federal judge blocked the effort.
The cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
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Is sending up fighter jets to respond to a press conference by your dead best friend's sex trafficking victims considered weird or not weird these days. I've lost track.
The US military will conduct a flyover of the White House and wider DC at 11am tomorrow (Wednesday).
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
September 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Is sending up fighter jets to respond to a press conference by your dead best friend's sex trafficking victims considered weird or not weird these days. I've lost track.
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here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
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The US Administration has decided to destroy a top network for clinical trials to test new treatments for children with brain cancer.
This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
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August 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The US Administration has decided to destroy a top network for clinical trials to test new treatments for children with brain cancer.
This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
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DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
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The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, has told the Daily Beast. (Something he is pushing for, they are yet to get Trump to agree.)
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Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, has told the Daily Beast. (Something he is pushing for, they are yet to get Trump to agree.)
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This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you you’ll take Kyiv the first day
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth fires the general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Trump, AP sources say.
Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you you’ll take Kyiv the first day
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In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings.
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‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing
A slew of private text messages from current and former Fox News hosts were made public on Tuesday night after a judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of a motion filed by Smartmatic.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings.
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A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.
August 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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Pretty much the History of Australia since 1788 in 4 bullet points.
From a story about a new species of pseudoscorpion, this sort of highlighted the management of Australia in a nutshell
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August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Pretty much the History of Australia since 1788 in 4 bullet points.
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Trump shows off to the Azerbaijan dictator a section in the White House dedicated to Trump 2028 merch, as they discuss Trump unlawfully pursuing another term
August 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump shows off to the Azerbaijan dictator a section in the White House dedicated to Trump 2028 merch, as they discuss Trump unlawfully pursuing another term
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Like McCarthyism meets 1984
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like McCarthyism meets 1984
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It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says
Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...
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August 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”