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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
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This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
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Household Financial Situation:
Getting Worse: 68% (+38)
Staying the Same: 21% (-30)
Getting Better: 4% (-4)
American Research Group / Nov 20, 2025
(% Change With February 2025)
Getting Worse: 68% (+38)
Staying the Same: 21% (-30)
Getting Better: 4% (-4)
American Research Group / Nov 20, 2025
(% Change With February 2025)
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Household Financial Situation:
Getting Worse: 68% (+38)
Staying the Same: 21% (-30)
Getting Better: 4% (-4)
American Research Group / Nov 20, 2025
(% Change With February 2025)
Getting Worse: 68% (+38)
Staying the Same: 21% (-30)
Getting Better: 4% (-4)
American Research Group / Nov 20, 2025
(% Change With February 2025)
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Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
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“The president of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a fucking side.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-...
Democratic Senator Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Response To Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ Attack
“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The president of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a fucking side.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-...
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Nothing on NYT front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on WAPO front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on CBS News front page. ABC News. CNN. NBC News.
You're all failing. Shame on all of you.
Front and center. No excuse.
Nothing on WAPO front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on CBS News front page. ABC News. CNN. NBC News.
You're all failing. Shame on all of you.
Front and center. No excuse.
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nothing on NYT front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on WAPO front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on CBS News front page. ABC News. CNN. NBC News.
You're all failing. Shame on all of you.
Front and center. No excuse.
Nothing on WAPO front page about Trump calling for Democrats to be executed.
Nothing on CBS News front page. ABC News. CNN. NBC News.
You're all failing. Shame on all of you.
Front and center. No excuse.
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News so bad… they won’t even be honest about what it is.
This administration is driving our economy off a cliff and trying to hide it from Americans.
This administration is driving our economy off a cliff and trying to hide it from Americans.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
News so bad… they won’t even be honest about what it is.
This administration is driving our economy off a cliff and trying to hide it from Americans.
This administration is driving our economy off a cliff and trying to hide it from Americans.
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I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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The cruelty is the point.
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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Remember, they're currently arguing that Biden's pardons are illegitimate because he signed the actual forms with an autopen.
Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!
Sorta seems like a problem.
Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!
Sorta seems like a problem.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Remember, they're currently arguing that Biden's pardons are illegitimate because he signed the actual forms with an autopen.
Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!
Sorta seems like a problem.
Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!
Sorta seems like a problem.
“Sir” is always a tell
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Sir” is always a tell
Attorneys should not be silent when the rule of law is systematically attacked.
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Attorneys should not be silent when the rule of law is systematically attacked.
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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McSweeney's for the win, again!
"For centuries, American presidents have been clamoring for a crocodile moat at the White House. All the greatest lairs and strongholds throughout history and historical fiction have had moats filled with crocodiles."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom Was Funded by Private Donors. Same Goes for the Crocodile Moat
Let us set the record straight: President Trump is not a king, and the White House is not a castle. To those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndr...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
McSweeney's for the win, again!
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A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
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ICE boasted over the arrest of Sydney Reid, a DC woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent in an altercation with ICE officers near DC Jail.
Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES.
Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES.
Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
October 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ICE boasted over the arrest of Sydney Reid, a DC woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent in an altercation with ICE officers near DC Jail.
Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES.
Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES.
Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read: