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would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
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i know i'm biased since i've known him almost 20 years at this point but Jamelle is one of our most underappreciated writers and thinkers, and it's so glad to see him get some recognition for his invaluable contributions.
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award honors "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." This year's winner is Jamelle Bouie. Since joining the New York Times as a columnist in 2019, Jamelle Bouie has consistently worked to redefine what a newspaper opinion column can be.
politicalsciencenow.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
i know i'm biased since i've known him almost 20 years at this point but Jamelle is one of our most underappreciated writers and thinkers, and it's so glad to see him get some recognition for his invaluable contributions.
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It is literally going to take smoke rising from the stacks of giant ovens in concentration camps for some people to realize things have gone awry, but even then many won't care, or think "well, they probably deserved it."
June 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It is literally going to take smoke rising from the stacks of giant ovens in concentration camps for some people to realize things have gone awry, but even then many won't care, or think "well, they probably deserved it."
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It's thunderstorming and I'm done with even the POSSIBILITY of doing work.
Let's get high and watch Andor again.
Let's get high and watch Andor again.
a close up of a man 's face with the word andor on the bottom right
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word andor on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's thunderstorming and I'm done with even the POSSIBILITY of doing work.
Let's get high and watch Andor again.
Let's get high and watch Andor again.
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Incredible story about where the whole "Tren de Aragua" panic came from. Moe Tkacik is one of the best reporters in America.
We've got a great feature for you today at @theprospect.bsky.social from Moe Tkacik.
It's about how Tren de Aragua—an arcane obsession of organized crime buffs—became the latest villain that threatens our way of life.
It started as an alibi for a Denver-area apartment developer with code violations.
It's about how Tren de Aragua—an arcane obsession of organized crime buffs—became the latest villain that threatens our way of life.
It started as an alibi for a Denver-area apartment developer with code violations.
Runaway Tren
How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela
prospect.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Incredible story about where the whole "Tren de Aragua" panic came from. Moe Tkacik is one of the best reporters in America.
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the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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i do not think the mainstream press is equipped or capable of covering ideological white nationalists and eugenicists as such, or even capable of noting that this is what they are. it is related to the wide belief that racism is simply a matter of manners.
It would appear CNN was also at the eugenics conference? Why are all these mainstream news orgs at a 200-person event where all the speakers are eugenicists and racists? www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
i do not think the mainstream press is equipped or capable of covering ideological white nationalists and eugenicists as such, or even capable of noting that this is what they are. it is related to the wide belief that racism is simply a matter of manners.
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the baby and i were playing mario kart but every time you won a race you got to make the other player wear something
he made me wear a splatoon gate cuz he beat me once
i made him wear novelty glasses, a rubberband gun, a guitar, a hat, a belt on his head, and a chimp puppet
he made me wear a splatoon gate cuz he beat me once
i made him wear novelty glasses, a rubberband gun, a guitar, a hat, a belt on his head, and a chimp puppet
April 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
the baby and i were playing mario kart but every time you won a race you got to make the other player wear something
he made me wear a splatoon gate cuz he beat me once
i made him wear novelty glasses, a rubberband gun, a guitar, a hat, a belt on his head, and a chimp puppet
he made me wear a splatoon gate cuz he beat me once
i made him wear novelty glasses, a rubberband gun, a guitar, a hat, a belt on his head, and a chimp puppet
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New Zach Lowe Show! The Wild West playoff race, Lakers-OKC, MVP, All-NBA, All-Defense w/
@howardbeck.bsky.social -- then @anthonyvslater.bsky.social
for a Warriors deep dive:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qxi...
@howardbeck.bsky.social -- then @anthonyvslater.bsky.social
for a Warriors deep dive:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qxi...
Lakers' Statement Win Over OKC? Plus, Awards Talk With Howard Beck and a Warriors Check-In With Anthony Slater.
The Zach Lowe Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New Zach Lowe Show! The Wild West playoff race, Lakers-OKC, MVP, All-NBA, All-Defense w/
@howardbeck.bsky.social -- then @anthonyvslater.bsky.social
for a Warriors deep dive:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qxi...
@howardbeck.bsky.social -- then @anthonyvslater.bsky.social
for a Warriors deep dive:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qxi...
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These people are literally telling you “don’t believe your eyes”
April 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These people are literally telling you “don’t believe your eyes”
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Hi, this guy: fucking idiot. Matty Y: fucking idiot. David French: Fucking idiot. Ezra Klein: Fucking idiot. Every equivocating rhetorical gymnast undergrad-proud of their only right man in the world substack or podcast: Fucking idiots.
None of this was hard. Fucking. Idiots.
None of this was hard. Fucking. Idiots.
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hi, this guy: fucking idiot. Matty Y: fucking idiot. David French: Fucking idiot. Ezra Klein: Fucking idiot. Every equivocating rhetorical gymnast undergrad-proud of their only right man in the world substack or podcast: Fucking idiots.
None of this was hard. Fucking. Idiots.
None of this was hard. Fucking. Idiots.
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Reposting from The Ringer:
This season, for the first time in NBA history, missed 3s are more common than missed 2s.
We’ve crossed the Rubicon on a bridge built of bricks—and Kirk Goldsberry says it’s time to move the 3-point line.
theringer.com/2025/04/02/n...
This season, for the first time in NBA history, missed 3s are more common than missed 2s.
We’ve crossed the Rubicon on a bridge built of bricks—and Kirk Goldsberry says it’s time to move the 3-point line.
theringer.com/2025/04/02/n...
Missed 3s Are Taking Over the NBA. Where Should the League Draw the Line?
For the first time in NBA history, missed 3s are more common than missed 2s. We’ve crossed the Rubicon on a bridge built of bricks. It’s time to move the arc.
theringer.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reposting from The Ringer:
This season, for the first time in NBA history, missed 3s are more common than missed 2s.
We’ve crossed the Rubicon on a bridge built of bricks—and Kirk Goldsberry says it’s time to move the 3-point line.
theringer.com/2025/04/02/n...
This season, for the first time in NBA history, missed 3s are more common than missed 2s.
We’ve crossed the Rubicon on a bridge built of bricks—and Kirk Goldsberry says it’s time to move the 3-point line.
theringer.com/2025/04/02/n...
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me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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Whereas some people feel this is a result of political pressure, there’s a big part of me who believes this is merely permission to do what these institutions have always wanted to do anyway.
NEW: The University of Michigan will end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives campus wide, the president said in an email
New story from me: Imani* was in class when she discovered a scholarship program she relied on had been shut down.
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Whereas some people feel this is a result of political pressure, there’s a big part of me who believes this is merely permission to do what these institutions have always wanted to do anyway.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
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anyway calling these "war plans" when they were actually plans to blow up an apartment building full of civilians because the girlfriend of a guy we don't like lived there sounds more like "terrorism plans" or perhaps even more accurately "terrorism factory creation plans"
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
anyway calling these "war plans" when they were actually plans to blow up an apartment building full of civilians because the girlfriend of a guy we don't like lived there sounds more like "terrorism plans" or perhaps even more accurately "terrorism factory creation plans"
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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A point I like to make is that I was a toddler when federal courts were forcing certain Texas school districts to abide by desegregation orders. It’s not just within living memory. Some of us in *Gen X* were actually alive as the fed govt went about forcibly integrating some institutions.
I still find it annoying that ppl will say segregation was a long time ago.. when literally our grandma's & grandpa's were raised during segregation.
Our parents were the first gen of integration in the USA. Like we're not far off at all 🙃
That's why there are so many 1st gen college students🙄
Our parents were the first gen of integration in the USA. Like we're not far off at all 🙃
That's why there are so many 1st gen college students🙄
March 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A point I like to make is that I was a toddler when federal courts were forcing certain Texas school districts to abide by desegregation orders. It’s not just within living memory. Some of us in *Gen X* were actually alive as the fed govt went about forcibly integrating some institutions.
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On the subject of people traveling to the US right about now: Fuck, if I were from another country and I didn't need to come, I sure as hell wouldn't, the current administration has made it clear traveling here isn't safe, and why not take them at their word, there's a whole world to visit
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
On the subject of people traveling to the US right about now: Fuck, if I were from another country and I didn't need to come, I sure as hell wouldn't, the current administration has made it clear traveling here isn't safe, and why not take them at their word, there's a whole world to visit
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ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
March 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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these people are literally trying to destroy america’s future
Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
March 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
these people are literally trying to destroy america’s future
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.