OkieFromNJ
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it’s been horrifying to see how many republicans believe in the “elected dictator” theory especially after they spent the entire Biden and Obama presidencies (who both won by larger margins) saying that they are dictators
October 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it’s been horrifying to see how many republicans believe in the “elected dictator” theory especially after they spent the entire Biden and Obama presidencies (who both won by larger margins) saying that they are dictators
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"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."
How Trump Is Making China Great
Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.
October 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.
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I was struck by an Elon fan, in WI, asking if DOGE had found evidence that USAID was buying off politicians.
Why? Bc 2+ months in, there's no misuse of funds scandal or "welfare queen"-esque money sponge found by DOGE. No fraud. It's just: "This program said 'trans' so we got rid of it."
Why? Bc 2+ months in, there's no misuse of funds scandal or "welfare queen"-esque money sponge found by DOGE. No fraud. It's just: "This program said 'trans' so we got rid of it."
March 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I was struck by an Elon fan, in WI, asking if DOGE had found evidence that USAID was buying off politicians.
Why? Bc 2+ months in, there's no misuse of funds scandal or "welfare queen"-esque money sponge found by DOGE. No fraud. It's just: "This program said 'trans' so we got rid of it."
Why? Bc 2+ months in, there's no misuse of funds scandal or "welfare queen"-esque money sponge found by DOGE. No fraud. It's just: "This program said 'trans' so we got rid of it."
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Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
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The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
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Incredible to watch Trump officials expose their glaring lack of one single longstanding principle.
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Incredible to watch Trump officials expose their glaring lack of one single longstanding principle.
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Trump goons discovering that "the Epstein files" are a MacGuffin they made up themselves and now have to blame each other for supposedly withholding is a marvelous development
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump goons discovering that "the Epstein files" are a MacGuffin they made up themselves and now have to blame each other for supposedly withholding is a marvelous development
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Was hoping I wouldn’t have to dust off this gem again.
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Was hoping I wouldn’t have to dust off this gem again.
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The White House didn't say "stop teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen when you do US history." The White House said "stop doing DEI and wokeness," and the military interpreted it as "stop saying the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes, and maybe stop teaching about them altogether."
Yeah, that's bad.
Yeah, that's bad.
Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.
January 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The White House didn't say "stop teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen when you do US history." The White House said "stop doing DEI and wokeness," and the military interpreted it as "stop saying the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes, and maybe stop teaching about them altogether."
Yeah, that's bad.
Yeah, that's bad.
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“Mueller found Trump totally innocent.” No he fucking didn’t.
“We have proof of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes.” No you fucking don’t.
“We have totally contained COVID.” No you didn’t.
“Charlie Brown had hoes.”
“We have proof of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes.” No you fucking don’t.
“We have totally contained COVID.” No you didn’t.
“Charlie Brown had hoes.”
January 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Mueller found Trump totally innocent.” No he fucking didn’t.
“We have proof of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes.” No you fucking don’t.
“We have totally contained COVID.” No you didn’t.
“Charlie Brown had hoes.”
“We have proof of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes.” No you fucking don’t.
“We have totally contained COVID.” No you didn’t.
“Charlie Brown had hoes.”
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idk cybertrucks don’t just blow up on their own, you have to expose them to humidity or a weak magnet
January 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
idk cybertrucks don’t just blow up on their own, you have to expose them to humidity or a weak magnet
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I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this."
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
During the campaign, Donald Trump swore he had “nothing to do with” Project 2025. Now, as president-elect, Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing policy blueprint that would overhaul the federal government. nyti.ms/3BhAxxA
November 30, 2024 at 5:51 AM
I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this."
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
It’s Trump’s America
Still pretty impressed with how fast the Ohio State players pivoted from losing the game to challenging the certification of electoral votes
December 1, 2024 at 8:21 AM
It’s Trump’s America
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This will never be not funny to me
May 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This will never be not funny to me
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The Elon Musk-bootlicking "Twitter Files" journo-larpers have nothing to say about Musk's X basically acting as an arm of the Trump administration.
Hey, I've written something for MSNBC (first time I've written for them). www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The blurred line between X and the Trump administration
Forget the ridiculous "Twitter Files." This is what it actually looks like when a social media company works in concert with the government.
www.msnbc.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:02 AM
The Elon Musk-bootlicking "Twitter Files" journo-larpers have nothing to say about Musk's X basically acting as an arm of the Trump administration.
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It's pretty amazing to think about what they did to Hunter for behaving like a Republican while trying to make a literal groomer the Attorney General.
November 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
It's pretty amazing to think about what they did to Hunter for behaving like a Republican while trying to make a literal groomer the Attorney General.
Trying to watch the replay of Illinois at Rutgers with the Xfinity Peacock app is an absolute shitshow. You can’t FF thru commercials and the progress overlay won’t go away if you so much as touch the remote.
Absolute 🚮 app.
Absolute 🚮 app.
November 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Trying to watch the replay of Illinois at Rutgers with the Xfinity Peacock app is an absolute shitshow. You can’t FF thru commercials and the progress overlay won’t go away if you so much as touch the remote.
Absolute 🚮 app.
Absolute 🚮 app.
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*pressure intensifies*
October 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM
*pressure intensifies*
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Now Polis is praising Booker for being open to RFK for HHS Sec. If you're in NJ, please call Booker's office tomorrow and tell him to back off of this: (202) 224-3224.
November 18, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Now Polis is praising Booker for being open to RFK for HHS Sec. If you're in NJ, please call Booker's office tomorrow and tell him to back off of this: (202) 224-3224.
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Of course it did.
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Of course it did.
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?