Jonathan Aul
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SNL doing Weekend Update on a Monday
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
SNL doing Weekend Update on a Monday
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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That’s right, 175 House members and 51 Senators have signed letters demanding that the Food and Drug Administration end telemedicine prescriptions for mifepristone. More in @autonomynews.co roundup:
As usual, a lot happening on the bodily autonomy beat this week:
More Than 200 Members of Congress Demand FDA Restrict Abortion Pills, Abortion Banned Again in North Dakota: November 24 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
www.autonomynews.co
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
That’s right, 175 House members and 51 Senators have signed letters demanding that the Food and Drug Administration end telemedicine prescriptions for mifepristone. More in @autonomynews.co roundup:
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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This video features Greg Bovino more prominently.
Briggs said he was going to call Bovino and--voila!--the case got dismissed.
Briggs said he was going to call Bovino and--voila!--the case got dismissed.
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This video features Greg Bovino more prominently.
Briggs said he was going to call Bovino and--voila!--the case got dismissed.
Briggs said he was going to call Bovino and--voila!--the case got dismissed.
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This is called piracy.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is called piracy.
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If the poll doesn't result in "Jeffrey" and "Epstein McEpsteinFace" then the internet has failed.
Polling is open to help name two turkeys who will be pardoned by President Donald Trump ahead of Thanksgiving, and you can help choose.
You can choose the names of turkeys to get a presidential pardon. Here's how.
Polling is open to help name two turkeys who will be pardoned by President Donald Trump ahead of Thanksgiving, and you can help choose.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If the poll doesn't result in "Jeffrey" and "Epstein McEpsteinFace" then the internet has failed.
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Imagine having SCOTUS teed up to give you everything you want and you just smack yourself in the face with the bat repeatedly instead
Say what you will, she managed to resolve two cases simultaneously!
Lindsey Halligan Manages To Lose Two Cases At Once, Which Is Honestly Impressive - Above the Law
DOJ saved from having to lose Comey case over illegal indictment by losing case over illegal appointment!
abovethelaw.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Imagine having SCOTUS teed up to give you everything you want and you just smack yourself in the face with the bat repeatedly instead
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The immigrants who aren’t here are not only not working here; they’re also not spending money here. When consumer demand for goods and services diminishes, business owners don’t need to hire as many people." The costs and uncertainty created by tariffs have also led businesses to hire fewer people
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The immigrants who aren’t here are not only not working here; they’re also not spending money here. When consumer demand for goods and services diminishes, business owners don’t need to hire as many people." The costs and uncertainty created by tariffs have also led businesses to hire fewer people
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It was easy to predict that Trump’s immigration policies would reduce the number of people looking for work, what wasn’t always fully considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well:
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It was easy to predict that Trump’s immigration policies would reduce the number of people looking for work, what wasn’t always fully considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well:
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A smaller population resulting from lower immigration means a smaller economy well into the future. On top of that, more restrictive immigration means fewer working-age immigrants paying taxes, even as many of them wait years to get most federal benefits (or never become eligible for them).
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A smaller population resulting from lower immigration means a smaller economy well into the future. On top of that, more restrictive immigration means fewer working-age immigrants paying taxes, even as many of them wait years to get most federal benefits (or never become eligible for them).
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"In other words, making America less hospitable to immigrants will eventually make America poorer."
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"In other words, making America less hospitable to immigrants will eventually make America poorer."
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They have no actual *legal* opinion to release. Call this what it is.
A group of mostly Democratic senators is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to declassify and release the legal opinion underpinning the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
Democratic senators ask Trump administration to provide legal basis for Venezuela strikes
The U.S. military has carried out lethal strikes on alleged drug smugglers, which President Donald Trump has defended as a necessary escalation to curb the flow of drugs into the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
They have no actual *legal* opinion to release. Call this what it is.
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Did you know that some MLB owners take out loans against future season ticket sales and then use that money to buy themselves mansions/yachts etc? With the added bonus of being able to whine to fans that the team is actually carrying a lot of debt?
Last dodger owners did this!
Last dodger owners did this!
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Did you know that some MLB owners take out loans against future season ticket sales and then use that money to buy themselves mansions/yachts etc? With the added bonus of being able to whine to fans that the team is actually carrying a lot of debt?
Last dodger owners did this!
Last dodger owners did this!
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Possibly the stupidest idea I've heard in the last few months, which is saying something. Shows utter ignorance around practicalities regardless of the ethics/desirability.
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Possibly the stupidest idea I've heard in the last few months, which is saying something. Shows utter ignorance around practicalities regardless of the ethics/desirability.
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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"A growing body of research suggests that minimum wages distort economies in ways that do not immediately appear in jobs numbers."
Maybe The Economist should focus on how tech companies with inflated valuations distort economies instead of targeting low income folks.
Maybe The Economist should focus on how tech companies with inflated valuations distort economies instead of targeting low income folks.
This is a deeply sexist take, given that ~2/3 of minimum wage workers in the US are women.
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"A growing body of research suggests that minimum wages distort economies in ways that do not immediately appear in jobs numbers."
Maybe The Economist should focus on how tech companies with inflated valuations distort economies instead of targeting low income folks.
Maybe The Economist should focus on how tech companies with inflated valuations distort economies instead of targeting low income folks.
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@pbump.com is being a bit snide here but more background is useful.
On the right, he's showing how Trump's AI/Crypto Czar begged for a bailout after he played a key role in starting a run on the bank.
On the left, Sacks is begging already.
On the right, he's showing how Trump's AI/Crypto Czar begged for a bailout after he played a key role in starting a run on the bank.
On the left, Sacks is begging already.
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@pbump.com is being a bit snide here but more background is useful.
On the right, he's showing how Trump's AI/Crypto Czar begged for a bailout after he played a key role in starting a run on the bank.
On the left, Sacks is begging already.
On the right, he's showing how Trump's AI/Crypto Czar begged for a bailout after he played a key role in starting a run on the bank.
On the left, Sacks is begging already.
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Just a heads up: He prosecuted two KKK members who committed the 16th Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just a heads up: He prosecuted two KKK members who committed the 16th Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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9. And they stress that none of this stands alone—these results mirror a growing body of research released over many years, all pointing to the same conclusion. Gender-affirming care saves lives. It remains one of the most effective interventions available for transgender youth who need it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
9. And they stress that none of this stands alone—these results mirror a growing body of research released over many years, all pointing to the same conclusion. Gender-affirming care saves lives. It remains one of the most effective interventions available for transgender youth who need it.
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President Trump’s continued attempts to dehumanize transgender individuals and threaten their very basic human needs is not only unfair, it’s illegal.
We will see you in court.
We will see you in court.
Trump order on transgender federal workers' bathroom use challenged in lawsuit
A transgender civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard on Thursday sued to block President Donald Trump's ban on federal workers using bathrooms that match their gender identity.
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
President Trump’s continued attempts to dehumanize transgender individuals and threaten their very basic human needs is not only unfair, it’s illegal.
We will see you in court.
We will see you in court.
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Featured story: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Featured story: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
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