nmdesimon
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Cranky New Yorker. Lover of whales. What do you mean you don’t have a song stuck in your head right now? How is that even possible?
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
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Ding ding ding
The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ding ding ding
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
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No Rapist Left Behind
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No Rapist Left Behind
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
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The Epstein case is really about the rot at the core of the billionaire elites.
Jeffrey Epstein became a billionaire by breaking the law for other billionaires.
Jeffrey Epstein became a billionaire by breaking the law for other billionaires.
The Epstein case is likely to be seen very differently by history. Certainly, it will be seen differently from how it is typically portrayed in the media. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
In the midst of our national Epstein-mania are we missing what's really important?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Epstein case is really about the rot at the core of the billionaire elites.
Jeffrey Epstein became a billionaire by breaking the law for other billionaires.
Jeffrey Epstein became a billionaire by breaking the law for other billionaires.
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Way to put out that fire, sir.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Way to put out that fire, sir.
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Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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all politicians are inauthentic but damn if JD isn't uniquely "3AM infomercial co-host" inauthentic. just the greasiest wettest "wait, Sean, but it must be so hard to clean! and I'm a busy mom of three" transparent sleezeball huckster shit of all time. the fumbling tupperware in black & white dunce.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
all politicians are inauthentic but damn if JD isn't uniquely "3AM infomercial co-host" inauthentic. just the greasiest wettest "wait, Sean, but it must be so hard to clean! and I'm a busy mom of three" transparent sleezeball huckster shit of all time. the fumbling tupperware in black & white dunce.
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Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
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Today I lift up survivors of sexual violence. I am centering your pain, your need to see justice, your healing. I am so sorry for what happened and I am so sorry this country and world protect wealthy men who rape and abuse children and women. May they start to fear the truth.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today I lift up survivors of sexual violence. I am centering your pain, your need to see justice, your healing. I am so sorry for what happened and I am so sorry this country and world protect wealthy men who rape and abuse children and women. May they start to fear the truth.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS: Take my picture! Please! I don't look great now but the photos will be spectacular, bursts of green and pink! Take as many photos as you can!
THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny
THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny
May 11, 2024 at 4:18 PM
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Take my picture! Please! I don't look great now but the photos will be spectacular, bursts of green and pink! Take as many photos as you can!
THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny
THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny
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I eat at this table. I’d rather Billy not sit on it. So we’ve reached a compromise: I’ll eat off a plate on my lap and he’ll sit wherever the fuck he wants. Cats always turn me into the Chuck Schumer of my own apartment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I eat at this table. I’d rather Billy not sit on it. So we’ve reached a compromise: I’ll eat off a plate on my lap and he’ll sit wherever the fuck he wants. Cats always turn me into the Chuck Schumer of my own apartment.
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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So many surreal stupid things have happened in US history in the past decade but one that's emblematic of our culture and is almost never mentioned is the COVID lockdown being announced following Sarah Palin's performance of "Baby Got Back" on The Masked Singer while dressed as a bear.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So many surreal stupid things have happened in US history in the past decade but one that's emblematic of our culture and is almost never mentioned is the COVID lockdown being announced following Sarah Palin's performance of "Baby Got Back" on The Masked Singer while dressed as a bear.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Folks in Tuberville's camp have been putting Mamdani's undergraduate major at Bowdoin (Africana Studies) in scare quotes as a dig against its legitimacy in their eyes.
Tuberville majored in phys ed, for pete's sake, and I'm taking over/unders on his undergraduate GPA.
Tuberville majored in phys ed, for pete's sake, and I'm taking over/unders on his undergraduate GPA.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Folks in Tuberville's camp have been putting Mamdani's undergraduate major at Bowdoin (Africana Studies) in scare quotes as a dig against its legitimacy in their eyes.
Tuberville majored in phys ed, for pete's sake, and I'm taking over/unders on his undergraduate GPA.
Tuberville majored in phys ed, for pete's sake, and I'm taking over/unders on his undergraduate GPA.
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American policy makers made this possible by refusing to sign onto the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Secret police committing crimes against humanity and no avenue for justice.
Americans: if your democracy survives, you'd better push lawmakers hard to get onboard with the ICC.
Secret police committing crimes against humanity and no avenue for justice.
Americans: if your democracy survives, you'd better push lawmakers hard to get onboard with the ICC.
ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day
"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
American policy makers made this possible by refusing to sign onto the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Secret police committing crimes against humanity and no avenue for justice.
Americans: if your democracy survives, you'd better push lawmakers hard to get onboard with the ICC.
Secret police committing crimes against humanity and no avenue for justice.
Americans: if your democracy survives, you'd better push lawmakers hard to get onboard with the ICC.
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Has he been… getting lost?
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Has he been… getting lost?