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Moods about “the economy” often bundle three things: your own finances, the broader data, and whether you trust policymakers. Right now, that third piece is dragging the other two down. Fixing policy credibility matters as much as any single rate cut.
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Moods about “the economy” often bundle three things: your own finances, the broader data, and whether you trust policymakers. Right now, that third piece is dragging the other two down. Fixing policy credibility matters as much as any single rate cut.
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Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
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The gall to treat the 2024 election like it was a binding referendum on American culture, a lasting “vibe shift” to which others must accommodate, then within a year proclaim the cultural change over, as if a bystander, not an active contributor manufacturing vibe shifts by overdetermining results.
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The gall to treat the 2024 election like it was a binding referendum on American culture, a lasting “vibe shift” to which others must accommodate, then within a year proclaim the cultural change over, as if a bystander, not an active contributor manufacturing vibe shifts by overdetermining results.
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Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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Across the country, women are dying of sepsis, losing organs, being arrested for miscarriages, and used as brain-dead incubators.
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
December 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Across the country, women are dying of sepsis, losing organs, being arrested for miscarriages, and used as brain-dead incubators.
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
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another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
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Get ready for the “Trump was a young playboy” propaganda even though he was 50 and the girls were 14.
December 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Get ready for the “Trump was a young playboy” propaganda even though he was 50 and the girls were 14.
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I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
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We're bringing back polio, measles, anti-semitism and now privateers on the high seas. One hundred percent guarantee they'll float a legitimate form of slavery before the end of 2026.
Early this year, Erik Prince told Breitbart that he had helped put the “Letter of Marque” idea in Senator Mike Lee’s head. Lee has now introduced a bill to make the idea a reality... www.breitbart.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We're bringing back polio, measles, anti-semitism and now privateers on the high seas. One hundred percent guarantee they'll float a legitimate form of slavery before the end of 2026.
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The Epstein Files: The Biggest Political Coverup in Modern History
The DOJ just scrubbed 16 Epstein files from its website, including a photo of Donald Trump, intensifying concerns that Trump is actively trying - & failing - to protect pedophiles.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The DOJ just scrubbed 16 Epstein files from its website, including a photo of Donald Trump, intensifying concerns that Trump is actively trying - & failing - to protect pedophiles.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
December 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Epstein Files: The Biggest Political Coverup in Modern History
The DOJ just scrubbed 16 Epstein files from its website, including a photo of Donald Trump, intensifying concerns that Trump is actively trying - & failing - to protect pedophiles.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The DOJ just scrubbed 16 Epstein files from its website, including a photo of Donald Trump, intensifying concerns that Trump is actively trying - & failing - to protect pedophiles.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
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Thread.
Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Thread.
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Now the real question: what are our representatives in Congress going to do about it?
Are they actually going to hold hearings, apply all punitive measures possible? Speak out loudly and often online, on the news, and everywhere else?
Where’s the leadership?
Are they actually going to hold hearings, apply all punitive measures possible? Speak out loudly and often online, on the news, and everywhere else?
Where’s the leadership?
a man in a suit and glasses is making a gesture with his hands
ALT: a man in a suit and glasses is making a gesture with his hands
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Now the real question: what are our representatives in Congress going to do about it?
Are they actually going to hold hearings, apply all punitive measures possible? Speak out loudly and often online, on the news, and everywhere else?
Where’s the leadership?
Are they actually going to hold hearings, apply all punitive measures possible? Speak out loudly and often online, on the news, and everywhere else?
Where’s the leadership?
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By the Epstein law directly, the only redactions allowed: A) victim identification and medical privacy data. B) Child abuse materials. C) Anything jeopardizing an active investigation. D) Snuff photos. E) National defense data. Each redaction requires a written justification – so where are those?
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
By the Epstein law directly, the only redactions allowed: A) victim identification and medical privacy data. B) Child abuse materials. C) Anything jeopardizing an active investigation. D) Snuff photos. E) National defense data. Each redaction requires a written justification – so where are those?
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They law states they can’t redact it just because it embarrasses them. For example, here’s a snippet of my book (NSA #PP-2743-2429) where I outline when they lied to congress after the Snowden situation. Notice: no redactions at all:
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
They law states they can’t redact it just because it embarrasses them. For example, here’s a snippet of my book (NSA #PP-2743-2429) where I outline when they lied to congress after the Snowden situation. Notice: no redactions at all:
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The law:
(b) PROHIBITED GROUNDS FOR WITHHOLDING.— (1) No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary. www.congress.gov/119/plaws/pu...
(b) PROHIBITED GROUNDS FOR WITHHOLDING.— (1) No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary. www.congress.gov/119/plaws/pu...
www.congress.gov
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The law:
(b) PROHIBITED GROUNDS FOR WITHHOLDING.— (1) No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary. www.congress.gov/119/plaws/pu...
(b) PROHIBITED GROUNDS FOR WITHHOLDING.— (1) No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary. www.congress.gov/119/plaws/pu...
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Most importantly, Classified data has to be national security relevant. Ex: on the left, the redacted page and on the right, the fully declassified version. That’s the level of information that warrants classification and the Epstein files isn't that.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Most importantly, Classified data has to be national security relevant. Ex: on the left, the redacted page and on the right, the fully declassified version. That’s the level of information that warrants classification and the Epstein files isn't that.
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Even "Controlled Unclassified Information" is required to be marked clearly to prevent any ambiguity about handling. As an example, here's a U//FOUO document that was FOIA'ed by governmentattic in 2020. Notice the header? And how it had to be altered for release?
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Even "Controlled Unclassified Information" is required to be marked clearly to prevent any ambiguity about handling. As an example, here's a U//FOUO document that was FOIA'ed by governmentattic in 2020. Notice the header? And how it had to be altered for release?
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Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
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The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
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All the “good” stuff is there’s to claim forever all the bad stuff must be forgotten to move forward.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
All the “good” stuff is there’s to claim forever all the bad stuff must be forgotten to move forward.
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At the risk of pointing out what should be obvious, antisemitism looks like chanting "Jews shall not replace us!," accusations of dual loyalty, Sieg Heils at political events, the recent Bondi Beach shooting, and things along those lines, not like celebrating Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and family.
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At the risk of pointing out what should be obvious, antisemitism looks like chanting "Jews shall not replace us!," accusations of dual loyalty, Sieg Heils at political events, the recent Bondi Beach shooting, and things along those lines, not like celebrating Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and family.
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This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
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The genuine kid interactions are an element that modern SESAME STREET has abandoned, which is a shame, because as a kid, this made the characters even more real. Look at the way they all make eye contact, or drape an arm around the Muppets. A true connection...
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The genuine kid interactions are an element that modern SESAME STREET has abandoned, which is a shame, because as a kid, this made the characters even more real. Look at the way they all make eye contact, or drape an arm around the Muppets. A true connection...