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Univ of Iowa-Treasury Ops/Investor/Realtor/Combat Vet/AFOL Be Water My Friend-Bruce Lee
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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“The reporter from MyPillow asked the White House press secretary why the president looks so healthy and robust” is a true sentence that exists in our current reality.
April 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“The reporter from MyPillow asked the White House press secretary why the president looks so healthy and robust” is a true sentence that exists in our current reality.
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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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This is money already owed. For work already done. They’re asking SCOTUS to let Trump run the government the way he runs his businesses.
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS over order that State/USAID pay owed contracts by the end of the day.
This is coming out of Judge Ali’s Feb. 13 TRO, which he ordered the government to adhere to — with a deadline — in a new order issued on Tuesday.
This is coming out of Judge Ali’s Feb. 13 TRO, which he ordered the government to adhere to — with a deadline — in a new order issued on Tuesday.
February 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is money already owed. For work already done. They’re asking SCOTUS to let Trump run the government the way he runs his businesses.
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DOGE implied it had slashed
$100,000,000 in diversity trainings at the Agriculture Department.
The actual savings was $121,000.
@janetimm.bsky.social has the receipts: www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
$100,000,000 in diversity trainings at the Agriculture Department.
The actual savings was $121,000.
@janetimm.bsky.social has the receipts: www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
February 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
DOGE implied it had slashed
$100,000,000 in diversity trainings at the Agriculture Department.
The actual savings was $121,000.
@janetimm.bsky.social has the receipts: www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
$100,000,000 in diversity trainings at the Agriculture Department.
The actual savings was $121,000.
@janetimm.bsky.social has the receipts: www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
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Actually I pay my taxes so these government employees can do the jobs that our elected representatives decided they should do.
Answering emails from a South African neo-Nazi who hasn’t slept in four days is something else
Answering emails from a South African neo-Nazi who hasn’t slept in four days is something else
February 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Actually I pay my taxes so these government employees can do the jobs that our elected representatives decided they should do.
Answering emails from a South African neo-Nazi who hasn’t slept in four days is something else
Answering emails from a South African neo-Nazi who hasn’t slept in four days is something else
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We are witnessing a historic and frequently illegal dismantling of the government by the richest man in the world.
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We are witnessing a historic and frequently illegal dismantling of the government by the richest man in the world.
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
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Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. The resolution passed overwhelmingly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. The resolution passed overwhelmingly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!
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Gerrymandering at work: a moderate Dem who was on the J6 Committee gets replaced by a right wing defense contractor who abuses his mistress and gets bailed out by a US Attorney doing a Himmler speedrun.
The DC police last week sought to arrest a sitting member of Congress, a Florida Republican, for physically assaulting a woman in DC. But the US attorney’s office didn’t sign off on it. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
Florida congressman investigated for alleged DC assault as police probe their own handling
D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.
www.nbcwashington.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Gerrymandering at work: a moderate Dem who was on the J6 Committee gets replaced by a right wing defense contractor who abuses his mistress and gets bailed out by a US Attorney doing a Himmler speedrun.
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Looking for all those Republicans with pocket Constitutions who love to tweet about 1776
Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.
February 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Looking for all those Republicans with pocket Constitutions who love to tweet about 1776
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You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
February 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
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At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger’s Political Minifestos?
Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America’s…
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
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You would have to be pretty ignorant about Jefferson not to at least suspect that this was fake. Jefferson notoriously attracted criticism for declining to issue public proclamarions calling for prayer during his presidency, beliving they improperly entangled government and religion.
January 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You would have to be pretty ignorant about Jefferson not to at least suspect that this was fake. Jefferson notoriously attracted criticism for declining to issue public proclamarions calling for prayer during his presidency, beliving they improperly entangled government and religion.
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As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.
January 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.
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Another word for this is "corruption." It is wrong to abuse public positions for personal profit.
December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Another word for this is "corruption." It is wrong to abuse public positions for personal profit.
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For a year or two, illegal border crossings are down, crime is down, inflation is down, and the economy is strong. But public perception thought otherwise.
We’re already seeing that flip, since people who were lying that it was much worse than it was will now lie about when and why it improved.
We’re already seeing that flip, since people who were lying that it was much worse than it was will now lie about when and why it improved.
Here's Trump directly claiming Mexico will begin stopping migrants "immediately," even though it's already been happening. Indeed, it's partly responsible for the drop in crossings.
As I argue in that piece, you can read entire articles about Trump/Mexico mess that don't tell you this basic fact.
As I argue in that piece, you can read entire articles about Trump/Mexico mess that don't tell you this basic fact.
December 1, 2024 at 1:40 PM
For a year or two, illegal border crossings are down, crime is down, inflation is down, and the economy is strong. But public perception thought otherwise.
We’re already seeing that flip, since people who were lying that it was much worse than it was will now lie about when and why it improved.
We’re already seeing that flip, since people who were lying that it was much worse than it was will now lie about when and why it improved.
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what would orwell think about a man who uses the language of freedom to advance an agenda of oppression 🤔
“The invasion of one’s mind by ready-made phrases can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them, and every such phrase anesthetizes a portion of one’s brain.” - George Orwell
November 24, 2024 at 11:41 PM
what would orwell think about a man who uses the language of freedom to advance an agenda of oppression 🤔