Nicky Nuggets
@nickynuggets.bsky.social
VERY amateur golfer. OPGA Tour. Golden Nugget Series. Oklahoma. Cimarron Trails. Turf minder. The Tin Cup. Texas Rangers.
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In theory, I want to give you more detail about my column, but I'm also struggling to find anything more concise than: We Live in Hell.
America’s Holiday in Epstein Purgatory
It’s beginning to look a lot like … extremely disturbing PDFs.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In theory, I want to give you more detail about my column, but I'm also struggling to find anything more concise than: We Live in Hell.
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I need to use up my @nytimes.com gift links for December and can't think of a better story to share than this one about DOGE's disastrous fails and disruptions: "The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect...And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I need to use up my @nytimes.com gift links for December and can't think of a better story to share than this one about DOGE's disastrous fails and disruptions: "The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect...And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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His "Golden Fleet" is has lead hulls.
Trump’s press conference today was among his more haywire performances, and his slushy delivery and meandering answers will not halt speculation about his cognitive health.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Vanity Fleet
The Trump-class ships are about branding, not strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
His "Golden Fleet" is has lead hulls.
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Another day, another holiday giveaway! 🎅
Repost for a chance to win a Josh Jung signed baseball! Three winners will be selected.
Repost for a chance to win a Josh Jung signed baseball! Three winners will be selected.
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another day, another holiday giveaway! 🎅
Repost for a chance to win a Josh Jung signed baseball! Three winners will be selected.
Repost for a chance to win a Josh Jung signed baseball! Three winners will be selected.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Who wants a holiday giveaway? 🎁
Repost for a chance to win this Evan Carter signed baseball! Four winners will be selected.
Repost for a chance to win this Evan Carter signed baseball! Four winners will be selected.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Who wants a holiday giveaway? 🎁
Repost for a chance to win this Evan Carter signed baseball! Four winners will be selected.
Repost for a chance to win this Evan Carter signed baseball! Four winners will be selected.
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I didn't watch the "speech" on Wednesday. Can't stand hearing that voice. @radiofreetom.bsky.social did, though, and his reaction is all I needed:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I didn't watch the "speech" on Wednesday. Can't stand hearing that voice. @radiofreetom.bsky.social did, though, and his reaction is all I needed:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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This is a fight about whether Trump can do an end-run around the separation of powers in order to appoint prosecutors who will carry out his revenge campaign
The Trump Lawyer Scandal Is About Something Much Deeper Than Legal Technicalities
The saga is emblematic of Trump’s most dangerous and self-serving tendencies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is a fight about whether Trump can do an end-run around the separation of powers in order to appoint prosecutors who will carry out his revenge campaign
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"Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence. The secretary had a good teacher: Trump." @radiofreetom.bsky.social on the Signalgate IG report. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence. The secretary had a good teacher: Trump." @radiofreetom.bsky.social on the Signalgate IG report. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Welcome to the Slopverse
Generative AI isn’t hallucinatory. It is multiversal.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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McLuhan once said that every augmentation is also an amputation. What do we lose when we outsource thinking to AI? My latest for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McLuhan once said that every augmentation is also an amputation. What do we lose when we outsource thinking to AI? My latest for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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"If there was a single way to describe Trump’s institutional targets in the first year of his second term, it might be 'David Rubenstein’s Rolodex.' What had long been Rubenstein’s instrument of immense power and influence is now a liability."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The End of Soft Power in Washington
David Rubenstein was the quintessential symbol of wealth and influence in the capital. Then Donald Trump returned to the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"If there was a single way to describe Trump’s institutional targets in the first year of his second term, it might be 'David Rubenstein’s Rolodex.' What had long been Rubenstein’s instrument of immense power and influence is now a liability."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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You’re not weak for avoiding bad news — you’re human. Behavioral science calls it the “ostrich effect,” a reflex to help the mind manage what it can’t control.
Inside the Ostrich Effect: How Ignorance Has Become a Survival Strategy
Research suggests our tendency to ignore bad news isn’t irrational — it’s self-preservation, and could help explain why older people are often happier.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
You’re not weak for avoiding bad news — you’re human. Behavioral science calls it the “ostrich effect,” a reflex to help the mind manage what it can’t control.
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"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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"Kennedy is a 'liar' and a 'terrible human being,' Paul Offit told me. 'If he has data showing he’s right, then fucking publish it. He can’t, because he doesn’t have those data.'"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Kennedy is a 'liar' and a 'terrible human being,' Paul Offit told me. 'If he has data showing he’s right, then fucking publish it. He can’t, because he doesn’t have those data.'"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“There is a long tradition of great powers in Europe making deals over the heads of smaller countries, leading to terrible suffering.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“There is a long tradition of great powers in Europe making deals over the heads of smaller countries, leading to terrible suffering.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Oklahoma MAGA voters regret: We can't stand Trump
Oklahoma MAGA voters regret: We can't stand Trump
YouTube video by Pecherroni TV
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November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Oklahoma MAGA voters regret: We can't stand Trump
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@sophiegilbert.bsky.social with the perfect lede
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@sophiegilbert.bsky.social with the perfect lede