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I am not a Catholic, nor do I believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ. But Pope Francis has always struck me as one of the people most willing to work hard to live the life of service and humility preached by Jesus, and was therefore an example to follow.
Rest in peace, Pope Francis.
Rest in peace, Pope Francis.
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I am not a Catholic, nor do I believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ. But Pope Francis has always struck me as one of the people most willing to work hard to live the life of service and humility preached by Jesus, and was therefore an example to follow.
Rest in peace, Pope Francis.
Rest in peace, Pope Francis.
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A decline in the dollar is not necessarily bad for the U.S. economy, if it happens for the right reasons.
Unfortunately, it's happening for the very worst reasons.
Unfortunately, it's happening for the very worst reasons.
The dollar is starting the week down against every major currency in the world, with the exception of the Turkish lira
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A decline in the dollar is not necessarily bad for the U.S. economy, if it happens for the right reasons.
Unfortunately, it's happening for the very worst reasons.
Unfortunately, it's happening for the very worst reasons.
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I do not think the President asserting the ability to send anyone he likes - potentially including U.S. citizens - to a foreign gulag without trial is a "distraction". I thinks it's one of the main events in this admittedly three-ring circus.
April 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I do not think the President asserting the ability to send anyone he likes - potentially including U.S. citizens - to a foreign gulag without trial is a "distraction". I thinks it's one of the main events in this admittedly three-ring circus.
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Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
April 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
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Somehow the Times managed to get four sources on a group chat that had twelve of the people closest to Hegseth. Literally everyone must hate this guy.
April 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Somehow the Times managed to get four sources on a group chat that had twelve of the people closest to Hegseth. Literally everyone must hate this guy.
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Yes, and if the history of military conflict teaches us anything, it's that shooting the people in your own trenches is definitely a winning strategy
I don't give a shit who says it, but Dems need far fewer conflict adverse geriatrics that don't have the energy to fight. It's a political war right now and we need more people that act like it.
April 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Yes, and if the history of military conflict teaches us anything, it's that shooting the people in your own trenches is definitely a winning strategy
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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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Right-wingers really really want you to forget this distinction. They want you to join them in separating the good people (who deserve rights) from the bad people (who don't).
They are incapable of imagining moral universalism. They regret the Enlightenment.
They are this country's worst people.
They are incapable of imagining moral universalism. They regret the Enlightenment.
They are this country's worst people.
Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process."
April 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Right-wingers really really want you to forget this distinction. They want you to join them in separating the good people (who deserve rights) from the bad people (who don't).
They are incapable of imagining moral universalism. They regret the Enlightenment.
They are this country's worst people.
They are incapable of imagining moral universalism. They regret the Enlightenment.
They are this country's worst people.
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Sure it’s nice he says this but tomorrow he could absolutely spend three hours asking softball questions to someone who says Ben Franklin was a communist and that due process just mans executive sign off
Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
April 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sure it’s nice he says this but tomorrow he could absolutely spend three hours asking softball questions to someone who says Ben Franklin was a communist and that due process just mans executive sign off
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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Well worth reading.
The obvious point here is that some presented "woke" as an existential risk to speech and academic freedom, and some people warned about govt censorship as a bigger threat.
The former were not just wrong but paved the way for govt censorship.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
The obvious point here is that some presented "woke" as an existential risk to speech and academic freedom, and some people warned about govt censorship as a bigger threat.
The former were not just wrong but paved the way for govt censorship.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship (Gift Article)
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well worth reading.
The obvious point here is that some presented "woke" as an existential risk to speech and academic freedom, and some people warned about govt censorship as a bigger threat.
The former were not just wrong but paved the way for govt censorship.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
The obvious point here is that some presented "woke" as an existential risk to speech and academic freedom, and some people warned about govt censorship as a bigger threat.
The former were not just wrong but paved the way for govt censorship.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
April 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
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If you're keeping score at home, that's four senior Hegseth advisors who've been fired or reassigned in the past 10 days, leaving PT Pete without a chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, or senior adviser in his front office
Unlikely that the firings are over, too
Unlikely that the firings are over, too
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post
“There is a complete meltdown in the building,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you're keeping score at home, that's four senior Hegseth advisors who've been fired or reassigned in the past 10 days, leaving PT Pete without a chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, or senior adviser in his front office
Unlikely that the firings are over, too
Unlikely that the firings are over, too
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People are entitled to vote for whomever they want, for whatever reasons matter to them.
But when people who haven't been victimized complain that they're victims—people who have, in fact, been subsidized—and that this victimization entitles them to hurt others, no one's obligated to indulge that.
But when people who haven't been victimized complain that they're victims—people who have, in fact, been subsidized—and that this victimization entitles them to hurt others, no one's obligated to indulge that.
April 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
People are entitled to vote for whomever they want, for whatever reasons matter to them.
But when people who haven't been victimized complain that they're victims—people who have, in fact, been subsidized—and that this victimization entitles them to hurt others, no one's obligated to indulge that.
But when people who haven't been victimized complain that they're victims—people who have, in fact, been subsidized—and that this victimization entitles them to hurt others, no one's obligated to indulge that.
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RYAN HOLIDAY: “.. Roughly an hour before my talk was to begin, I received a call: Would I refrain from any mention in my remarks of the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the Nimitz library on campus?”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
RYAN HOLIDAY: “.. Roughly an hour before my talk was to begin, I received a call: Would I refrain from any mention in my remarks of the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the Nimitz library on campus?”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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Anyway immigrants are good for America. BRING THEM BACK
April 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Anyway immigrants are good for America. BRING THEM BACK
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RFK Jr and Oz are really pumping out the “good Americans don’t require medical care” line these days. That never ends well.
This from Dr. Oz is a new fucking low. Also, on a side note, are they looking at bringing back the draft?
April 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
RFK Jr and Oz are really pumping out the “good Americans don’t require medical care” line these days. That never ends well.
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Is it just me or has Trump been much less photographed with Musk as his shadow since the Wisconsin election humiliation.
April 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Is it just me or has Trump been much less photographed with Musk as his shadow since the Wisconsin election humiliation.
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it really does seem like the moderate conservatives blinked here, which is a good sign. but it’s pretty disconcerting that they didn’t see this coming a week ago.
BREAKING: Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case.
The late-night order from the Supreme Court came amidst fears the Trump administration was preparing for more flights to El Salvador as soon as Saturday.
New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
The late-night order from the Supreme Court came amidst fears the Trump administration was preparing for more flights to El Salvador as soon as Saturday.
New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
Breaking: Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case
The late-night order from the Supreme Court came amidst fears the Trump administration was preparing for more flights to El Salvador as soon as Saturday.
www.lawdork.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
it really does seem like the moderate conservatives blinked here, which is a good sign. but it’s pretty disconcerting that they didn’t see this coming a week ago.
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“Department of Government Efficiency.”
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Department of Government Efficiency.”