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It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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I feel like I’m back in college!
June 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I feel like I’m back in college!
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The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
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The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.
NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.
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Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country
May 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country
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Two days.
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Two days.
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These articles are all incomplete without noting musk remains the enforcer behind DOGE
Now that Elon Musk has pulled back from his full-time government role, he posts about space travel, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.
The billionaire rarely mentions Trump.
The shift mirrors Musk’s effort to revive the companies he controls, which suffered reputational damage.
The billionaire rarely mentions Trump.
The shift mirrors Musk’s effort to revive the companies he controls, which suffered reputational damage.
Musk was once a political force on X. Now he’s back to business.
As Elon Musk’s DOGE slashed the federal government, he was a political brawler online. Now that he has stepped away from D.C., his messaging has shifted back to business.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
These articles are all incomplete without noting musk remains the enforcer behind DOGE
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I have mostly seen guys commenting on this bold future and now I’m wondering how many of them have actually planned a kids birthday party (it involves a lot of choices!) or ordered a 🎂 (more choices!) or planned a family trip (shit ton of choices!) involving variable preferences of multiple ppl 😂
May 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I have mostly seen guys commenting on this bold future and now I’m wondering how many of them have actually planned a kids birthday party (it involves a lot of choices!) or ordered a 🎂 (more choices!) or planned a family trip (shit ton of choices!) involving variable preferences of multiple ppl 😂
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just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful
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They’re calling it the most pro-infection administration in history
May 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
They’re calling it the most pro-infection administration in history
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Once again, posting this 2023 article. This was the plan all along.
April 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Once again, posting this 2023 article. This was the plan all along.
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
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I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
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This has to be the dumbest time to be alive as an American. We had the best post-covid economy in the world, but no one believed it, so now we'll have the worst.
April 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This has to be the dumbest time to be alive as an American. We had the best post-covid economy in the world, but no one believed it, so now we'll have the worst.
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Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.
April 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.
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this shit sucks so much, most of us have lived through at least 3 other recessions now im just so sick of this shit they just keep stealing our future from us
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
this shit sucks so much, most of us have lived through at least 3 other recessions now im just so sick of this shit they just keep stealing our future from us
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Republicans passed and defended a law making it illegal to provide water to people waiting in line to vote.
Elon Musk advertises his blatantly corrupt attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Republicans passed and defended a law making it illegal to provide water to people waiting in line to vote.
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Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things
March 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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Quite hard to describe massive cuts at Social Security Admin plus cancelling (without explanation) the flu vaccine committee meeting as anything other than an intentional financial, physical, and psychological attack on everyone over 65 years old.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."
February 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Quite hard to describe massive cuts at Social Security Admin plus cancelling (without explanation) the flu vaccine committee meeting as anything other than an intentional financial, physical, and psychological attack on everyone over 65 years old.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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…be subsumed into his game show personality cult, it’s… chilling. I don’t have a non-melodramatic term to use for what it is.
His increasingly authoritarian vision of what to do with DOJ and FBI: disgraceful and awful. But expected. The retribution and purges and planned overhauls for *everything*…
His increasingly authoritarian vision of what to do with DOJ and FBI: disgraceful and awful. But expected. The retribution and purges and planned overhauls for *everything*…
February 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
…be subsumed into his game show personality cult, it’s… chilling. I don’t have a non-melodramatic term to use for what it is.
His increasingly authoritarian vision of what to do with DOJ and FBI: disgraceful and awful. But expected. The retribution and purges and planned overhauls for *everything*…
His increasingly authoritarian vision of what to do with DOJ and FBI: disgraceful and awful. But expected. The retribution and purges and planned overhauls for *everything*…