Mono con tijeras
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Love, not indifference nor hate. United, not separated nor polarized.
Location: Planet Earth
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Take only photographs. Leave only tracks.
Love, not indifference nor hate. United, not separated nor polarized.
Location: Planet Earth
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Take only photographs. Leave only tracks.
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Please Do Not Release Any More Epstein Files, They Are Not Important, by A Guy In The Epstein Files
December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please Do Not Release Any More Epstein Files, They Are Not Important, by A Guy In The Epstein Files
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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Trump: "We had Tren de Aragua, which supposedly -- the doctors don't know this -- it's the meanest gang of them all. Okay doctor? You don't need to know about. You've got other problems. But uhhhhhhh"
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trump: "We had Tren de Aragua, which supposedly -- the doctors don't know this -- it's the meanest gang of them all. Okay doctor? You don't need to know about. You've got other problems. But uhhhhhhh"
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Sen. Andy Kim is a force to be reckoned with.
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sen. Andy Kim is a force to be reckoned with.
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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This reminds me of a favorite quote:
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This reminds me of a favorite quote:
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
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Again, I really wish more papers would get accustomed to the form “Trump unlawfully pretends to…” when describing things Trump says he’s doing but has no legal power to do.
Like renaming the Defense Department the "War Department," the name of the Kennedy Center has not been legally changed, because Congress has not changed it-->
Kennedy Center renamed the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com
Kennedy Center renamed the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com
Kennedy Center renamed the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is now called the the "Trump-Kennedy Center," according to the White House.
www.usatoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Again, I really wish more papers would get accustomed to the form “Trump unlawfully pretends to…” when describing things Trump says he’s doing but has no legal power to do.
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Another gem from my archives: on January 31, 2022, state TV mocked US Defense officials for predicting that Russia will use ballistic missiles against Ukraine. State TV host Olga Skabeeva asked how many minutes it will take for Russia to defeat Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ68...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ68...
January 31, 2022 — Olga Skabeeva asks how many minutes it will take to defeat Ukraine
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Another gem from my archives: on January 31, 2022, state TV mocked US Defense officials for predicting that Russia will use ballistic missiles against Ukraine. State TV host Olga Skabeeva asked how many minutes it will take for Russia to defeat Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ68...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ68...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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Jesse Watters makes clear that the invasion and occupation of Greenland is what he and all Fox News viewers really want.
December 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Jesse Watters makes clear that the invasion and occupation of Greenland is what he and all Fox News viewers really want.
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Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
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Hunger Games.
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hunger Games.
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
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The process by which the Kennedy Center was renamed to honor Trump was about as bad as you assumed donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The process by which the Kennedy Center was renamed to honor Trump was about as bad as you assumed donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
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When a military helicopter collided with a plane at Ronald Reagan National Airport in January and killed 67 people, Trump absurdly blamed DEI.
Months later, the administration is eating its words, as it takes full responsibility for the crash and may end up paying for damages. trib.al/VCIZGVL
Months later, the administration is eating its words, as it takes full responsibility for the crash and may end up paying for damages. trib.al/VCIZGVL
December 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
When a military helicopter collided with a plane at Ronald Reagan National Airport in January and killed 67 people, Trump absurdly blamed DEI.
Months later, the administration is eating its words, as it takes full responsibility for the crash and may end up paying for damages. trib.al/VCIZGVL
Months later, the administration is eating its words, as it takes full responsibility for the crash and may end up paying for damages. trib.al/VCIZGVL
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Authors, remember that you CAN insist on human translation for your foreign-language editions and have it written into your contracts. You can no longer just assume you're going to get a human to work on the book whose every word you wrote with intent.
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Authors, remember that you CAN insist on human translation for your foreign-language editions and have it written into your contracts. You can no longer just assume you're going to get a human to work on the book whose every word you wrote with intent.
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
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Trying to forecast the future is prone to uncertainty, though I am probably closer to the alarmist end of the spectrum.
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trying to forecast the future is prone to uncertainty, though I am probably closer to the alarmist end of the spectrum.
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Fani Willis has no more fucks to give‼️🔥💥🔥Listen as she goes scorched earth on State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-GA) who is running for Lieutenant Governor. He’s questioning her about bringing the case against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election. This is how it’s done!
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fani Willis has no more fucks to give‼️🔥💥🔥Listen as she goes scorched earth on State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-GA) who is running for Lieutenant Governor. He’s questioning her about bringing the case against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election. This is how it’s done!
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I guess that I’m making a Weberian Bad thread.
As Don writes in the piece below, these moves to tie military pay directly to Presidential benevolence are illegal and dangerous.
Weber was clear on distinguishing rule-based authority from personalist authority. And Trump keeps crossing the line.
As Don writes in the piece below, these moves to tie military pay directly to Presidential benevolence are illegal and dangerous.
Weber was clear on distinguishing rule-based authority from personalist authority. And Trump keeps crossing the line.
Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster
Trump will demand their loyalty in return
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I guess that I’m making a Weberian Bad thread.
As Don writes in the piece below, these moves to tie military pay directly to Presidential benevolence are illegal and dangerous.
Weber was clear on distinguishing rule-based authority from personalist authority. And Trump keeps crossing the line.
As Don writes in the piece below, these moves to tie military pay directly to Presidential benevolence are illegal and dangerous.
Weber was clear on distinguishing rule-based authority from personalist authority. And Trump keeps crossing the line.
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This, too, is Weberian bad. Fundamentals-of-modern-state bad.
The President does not have the constitutional authority to create a new spending program.
And directing public funds to a group specifically because he believes they “love” him is textbook patrimonialism.
The President does not have the constitutional authority to create a new spending program.
And directing public funds to a group specifically because he believes they “love” him is textbook patrimonialism.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This, too, is Weberian bad. Fundamentals-of-modern-state bad.
The President does not have the constitutional authority to create a new spending program.
And directing public funds to a group specifically because he believes they “love” him is textbook patrimonialism.
The President does not have the constitutional authority to create a new spending program.
And directing public funds to a group specifically because he believes they “love” him is textbook patrimonialism.
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1) This sounds like a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handed $10,000 checks to more than 20 Houston TSA agents at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday, thanking them for working through the 43-day-long government shutdown.
bit.ly/3LDBBAX
bit.ly/3LDBBAX
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1) This sounds like a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
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A big reason this is bad is it could let the Future Forward Super PAC escape any accountability for the 2024 loss. It had hundreds of millions of dollars in donor money, and the DNC report was reportedly going to fault them. Now this will remain undisclosed:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A big reason this is bad is it could let the Future Forward Super PAC escape any accountability for the 2024 loss. It had hundreds of millions of dollars in donor money, and the DNC report was reportedly going to fault them. Now this will remain undisclosed:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
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BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...