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@nicollewallace.bsky.social I keep waiting for you to stand up for Matt Dowd.
September 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social I keep waiting for you to stand up for Matt Dowd.
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I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years.
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
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So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.
Why should anyone worry?
Why should anyone worry?
March 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.
Why should anyone worry?
Why should anyone worry?
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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Do Americans want to be aligned with Russia against all of our traditional allies in Europe and Asia? I don't think so
February 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Do Americans want to be aligned with Russia against all of our traditional allies in Europe and Asia? I don't think so
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
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The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Washington Has Given Up the Fight Against Kleptocrats. Here’s What Democracies Should Do - The Moscow Times
Opinion | On Feb. 6, new U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
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Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia.
Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
February 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia.
Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
I watched all the major Sunday news shows. All offered little more than softball questions to the politicians interviewed.
February 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I watched all the major Sunday news shows. All offered little more than softball questions to the politicians interviewed.
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Joni Ernst is especially culpable. She KNOWS what victims go through. She doesn’t give a shit about others. Iowa Dems get your act together. Find a winning candidate for 2026
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Joni Ernst is especially culpable. She KNOWS what victims go through. She doesn’t give a shit about others. Iowa Dems get your act together. Find a winning candidate for 2026
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Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general, Washington Post reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies late on Friday, the Washington Post reported.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Where is the outrage of the police unions at the pardoning of the 1/6 criminals?
January 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Where is the outrage of the police unions at the pardoning of the 1/6 criminals?
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Jack Smith has resigned. AG Garland now needs to grow a pair of balls and release the entire Smith report. Yes, there are remaining defendants in the docs case, but Trump will pardon them.
January 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Jack Smith has resigned. AG Garland now needs to grow a pair of balls and release the entire Smith report. Yes, there are remaining defendants in the docs case, but Trump will pardon them.
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Is NYC's congestion fee a regressive tax? No. Driving into Manhattan is expensive even w/o the fee, so very few low-wage workers do it. Plus the money will be used to improve the transit systems they *do* use paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
Lessons From New York’s Congestion Fight
“Car brain” is part of a broader syndrome, which we can’t ignore
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is NYC's congestion fee a regressive tax? No. Driving into Manhattan is expensive even w/o the fee, so very few low-wage workers do it. Plus the money will be used to improve the transit systems they *do* use paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
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‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u... LIED. Inverted?????
‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6
The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u... LIED. Inverted?????
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Republicans are poised to create chaos and dysfunction as they take over Congress today.
But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly.
It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out.
Don't fall for it.
But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly.
It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out.
Don't fall for it.
January 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Republicans are poised to create chaos and dysfunction as they take over Congress today.
But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly.
It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out.
Don't fall for it.
But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly.
It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out.
Don't fall for it.
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The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.
January 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.
Where is the special council's report?
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Where is the special council's report?
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The new government funding bill does NOT include:
-Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft
-Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen
-Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels
All thanks to the richest man in the world.
-Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft
-Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen
-Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels
All thanks to the richest man in the world.
6 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion
Health care reforms, a crackdown on junk fees, pay hikes for lawmakers and more were jettisoned from the legislation
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
The new government funding bill does NOT include:
-Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft
-Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen
-Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels
All thanks to the richest man in the world.
-Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft
-Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen
-Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels
All thanks to the richest man in the world.
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For nearly eight years we have been warning about “autocratic capture,” the phenomenon by which aspiring autocrats threaten to wield the state against business leaders to coerce their loyalty. And here we are. More from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social here: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how...
December 14, 2024 at 6:12 PM
For nearly eight years we have been warning about “autocratic capture,” the phenomenon by which aspiring autocrats threaten to wield the state against business leaders to coerce their loyalty. And here we are. More from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social here: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how...
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So Trump's Justice Department spied on members of Congress, congressional aides (including Kash Patel!), and assorted journalists while looking for leaks. Looks like they were part of the Deep State! Let's have a special counsel & full investigation, right?
www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
Trump’s DOJ secretly obtained records of his FBI pick Kash Patel, lawmakers, staffers and media in leak investigation | CNN Politics
The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staffers – including Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI – during sweeping leak i...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:02 PM
So Trump's Justice Department spied on members of Congress, congressional aides (including Kash Patel!), and assorted journalists while looking for leaks. Looks like they were part of the Deep State! Let's have a special counsel & full investigation, right?
www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
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It appears Luigi was well educated, from a wealthy and big family, and a fan of Musk, Tucker Carlson, and other tech moguls. How is it possible that those closest to him did not recognize him and turn him in and how is it possible that this guy was 3D printing weapons, and nobody close to him knew?
December 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
It appears Luigi was well educated, from a wealthy and big family, and a fan of Musk, Tucker Carlson, and other tech moguls. How is it possible that those closest to him did not recognize him and turn him in and how is it possible that this guy was 3D printing weapons, and nobody close to him knew?