JEOsterhaus
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Nothing but crackers in my briefcase. KC.. Royals and Chiefs. KState. Progressively progressive.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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They just showed the most Oklahoma fan ever he had wraparound Oakleys so big they had their own Oakleys
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
They just showed the most Oklahoma fan ever he had wraparound Oakleys so big they had their own Oakleys
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This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
The US military killed three people in another deadly strike on a vessel in international waters around South America allegedly "transporting illegal narcotics" from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post. https://cnn.it/4na60EM
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
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If you took the weekend off -- and seriously, good for you -- here's a piece I wrote on the centrist pundits who make the mistake of focusing on style over substance, ignoring hateful words as long as they're spoken politely.
The White Civility Council
As the nation reckons with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, there has been a notable trend from mainstream pundits and press outlets. They have tended to downplay or outright i...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you took the weekend off -- and seriously, good for you -- here's a piece I wrote on the centrist pundits who make the mistake of focusing on style over substance, ignoring hateful words as long as they're spoken politely.
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I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
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“The Gang Investigates an Assassination”
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Dan Bongino are traveling to Utah to directly oversee the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, two people familiar with their plans say. -NYT
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“The Gang Investigates an Assassination”
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Why was the man walking the bear’s dogs
A bear attacked a man walking his dogs Saturday night in central Boulder, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife release.
Bear scratches man who was walking his dogs in central Boulder
A bear attacked a man walking his dogs Saturday night in central Boulder, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife release.
trib.al
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Why was the man walking the bear’s dogs
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Am I angry about the SCOTUS decision today that basically lets ICE ask for your papers like goons in a police state? You bet I am:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Am I angry about the SCOTUS decision today that basically lets ICE ask for your papers like goons in a police state? You bet I am:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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"school shooting industry"
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"school shooting industry"
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Lemme speak with directness and a sense of urgency about our most important economic threats, and what history teaches us about moments like this.
September 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lemme speak with directness and a sense of urgency about our most important economic threats, and what history teaches us about moments like this.
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at this point i can barely muster the strength to be disgusted at trump for this shit, but the hatred of a thousand suns goes out to the media thats just going to pretend this is normal and let it slide
This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something
September 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
at this point i can barely muster the strength to be disgusted at trump for this shit, but the hatred of a thousand suns goes out to the media thats just going to pretend this is normal and let it slide
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Tapper is a do-nothing clown who thinks that if he furrows his brow slightly while platforming a fascist eugenicist everyone will see what a good boy he is.
When this fucker said whooping cough immunization is ineffective, Tapper should have said WTF are you talking about.
Posts boil down the gist but normal people see these segments and just think it's a polite disagreement between gents and not a lunatic talking sheer bullshit at a reporter
Posts boil down the gist but normal people see these segments and just think it's a polite disagreement between gents and not a lunatic talking sheer bullshit at a reporter
TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
September 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tapper is a do-nothing clown who thinks that if he furrows his brow slightly while platforming a fascist eugenicist everyone will see what a good boy he is.
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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You have to understand that there was a very real risk that Harris might make all use the term Latinx.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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August 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
You have to understand that there was a very real risk that Harris might make all use the term Latinx.
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Pearl Jam releases “Ten” 34 yrs ago today — an album now in the Grammy Hall of Fame, written when Eddie Vedder was working at night as a security guard.
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
August 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Pearl Jam releases “Ten” 34 yrs ago today — an album now in the Grammy Hall of Fame, written when Eddie Vedder was working at night as a security guard.
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
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I think this is 100% correct
August 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I think this is 100% correct
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Another take on Gavin Newsom's social media Trump imitation, this one from Tom Nichols at The Atlantic.
"...Newsom is forcing them to see what Trump looks like without the distorting force field created by Trump’s showmanship and his aggressive delivery of incoherent statements."
"...Newsom is forcing them to see what Trump looks like without the distorting force field created by Trump’s showmanship and his aggressive delivery of incoherent statements."
MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another take on Gavin Newsom's social media Trump imitation, this one from Tom Nichols at The Atlantic.
"...Newsom is forcing them to see what Trump looks like without the distorting force field created by Trump’s showmanship and his aggressive delivery of incoherent statements."
"...Newsom is forcing them to see what Trump looks like without the distorting force field created by Trump’s showmanship and his aggressive delivery of incoherent statements."
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gonna sit a spell and contemplate the quotes around “proudly presents”
August 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
gonna sit a spell and contemplate the quotes around “proudly presents”
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When I can't remember where I parked
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
When I can't remember where I parked
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Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
Work in Progress: The Voting Rights Act
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
August 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
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All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
July 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.