Sankhavaram Sampath
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This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.
August 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.
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Apple has had enough largess that if it really wanted to be a force for good in the world, like Valley companies are want to claim, it could have jump started alternate supply chains at home and abroad in the past two decades.
Instead, it got caught flat footed by Trump’s obvious craziness twice.
Instead, it got caught flat footed by Trump’s obvious craziness twice.
August 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Apple has had enough largess that if it really wanted to be a force for good in the world, like Valley companies are want to claim, it could have jump started alternate supply chains at home and abroad in the past two decades.
Instead, it got caught flat footed by Trump’s obvious craziness twice.
Instead, it got caught flat footed by Trump’s obvious craziness twice.
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There is *zero* reason the most consequential tech company in history, synonymous with the most controlling and powerful exec in business history, needed to be this obsequious. Pathetic. Tim is cooked.
August 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
There is *zero* reason the most consequential tech company in history, synonymous with the most controlling and powerful exec in business history, needed to be this obsequious. Pathetic. Tim is cooked.
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Great! We are at the "pre-crime" stages of fascism from an uncooked potato.
July 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great! We are at the "pre-crime" stages of fascism from an uncooked potato.
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you'll never guess the politics of the construction company owner with a largely immigrant workforce, now facing up to $84,000 in penalties for not meeting a completion deadline
July 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
you'll never guess the politics of the construction company owner with a largely immigrant workforce, now facing up to $84,000 in penalties for not meeting a completion deadline
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Have you ever started watching a movie that you forgot that you saw already, and then all of a sudden it hits you "I saw this movie, and I hated it"?
That's America with Trump.
That's America with Trump.
"Meanwhile, no more than 36% of independents approve of the president’s job performance on any of the issues."
news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...
news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...
Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 37%, the lowest of his second term as a result of a decrease among independents.
news.gallup.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Have you ever started watching a movie that you forgot that you saw already, and then all of a sudden it hits you "I saw this movie, and I hated it"?
That's America with Trump.
That's America with Trump.
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This highlights a deeper problem: we're automating human judgment in academic review without fixing the underlying system strain. Technology should enhance human insight, not replace it.
July 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This highlights a deeper problem: we're automating human judgment in academic review without fixing the underlying system strain. Technology should enhance human insight, not replace it.
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I would say "And you're surprised because...?," but then I'd have to block myself.
If you've never heard of "remigration," it's a term with neo-Nazi roots
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I would say "And you're surprised because...?," but then I'd have to block myself.
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For Bongino's incompetence, Trump will make him VP.
July 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For Bongino's incompetence, Trump will make him VP.
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Further context: If you’ve never dealt with FEMA after a disaster I can tell you they answer within 30 seconds. No hold times. Real live wonderful people who help while you cry and can’t even figure out what questions to ask. They walk you through it all. Every call.
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
July 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Further context: If you’ve never dealt with FEMA after a disaster I can tell you they answer within 30 seconds. No hold times. Real live wonderful people who help while you cry and can’t even figure out what questions to ask. They walk you through it all. Every call.
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
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It’s also an issue because I assume the vast majority of GOP staffers on the Hill are at least aware of this stuff and maybe a third of Dem staffers, but imagine explaining this stuff to Chuck Schumer lol
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s also an issue because I assume the vast majority of GOP staffers on the Hill are at least aware of this stuff and maybe a third of Dem staffers, but imagine explaining this stuff to Chuck Schumer lol
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I got yelled at on this website today and somehow did not write a story for a magazine about how I'm reorienting my entire political orientation to piss off the people who got mad at me, in fact I learned I was being a bit of a butthead and, despite disagreeing, listened to their concerns, AMA
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I got yelled at on this website today and somehow did not write a story for a magazine about how I'm reorienting my entire political orientation to piss off the people who got mad at me, in fact I learned I was being a bit of a butthead and, despite disagreeing, listened to their concerns, AMA
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KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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I'm not sure this nickname will have the impact they think it will
June 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm not sure this nickname will have the impact they think it will
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But seriously: *What happened* to Jonathan Greenblatt?
I have two explanations: (1) He's following the same arc as other tech bros who briefly embraced progressive shibboleths and were infuriated they weren't adored; & (2) His job is to mainline (Jewish) trauma and mainlining trauma messes you up.
I have two explanations: (1) He's following the same arc as other tech bros who briefly embraced progressive shibboleths and were infuriated they weren't adored; & (2) His job is to mainline (Jewish) trauma and mainlining trauma messes you up.
What Turned Jonathan Greenblatt?
The widely-reported loud resignation of an ADL regional board member , specifically criticizing Jonathan Greenblatt's disastrous leadership ...
dsadevil.blogspot.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
But seriously: *What happened* to Jonathan Greenblatt?
I have two explanations: (1) He's following the same arc as other tech bros who briefly embraced progressive shibboleths and were infuriated they weren't adored; & (2) His job is to mainline (Jewish) trauma and mainlining trauma messes you up.
I have two explanations: (1) He's following the same arc as other tech bros who briefly embraced progressive shibboleths and were infuriated they weren't adored; & (2) His job is to mainline (Jewish) trauma and mainlining trauma messes you up.
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Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
June 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
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Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
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It's becoming increasingly clear is that the right wing of this Supreme Court is extreme even among federal courts. The district courts and appellate courts keep appropriately halting this shit, expressing appropriate outrage, and trying to hold the line. Then SCOTUS blows it all up.
NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON
and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18,
2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–
10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is
timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall
terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted,
the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State Department considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely intervention only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful removals to Libya.
Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreietxy2onxpw2fhgui4rl6cuor52zfdsq5dirhspuslk7tqxfq4rty@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's becoming increasingly clear is that the right wing of this Supreme Court is extreme even among federal courts. The district courts and appellate courts keep appropriately halting this shit, expressing appropriate outrage, and trying to hold the line. Then SCOTUS blows it all up.
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i genuinely think that if Trump fears that he is going to die, he will attempt to kill every other person on earth. he now has the means to do so.
the thing is, trump is incapable of understanding christianity (or any religion) because he is incapable of imagining a future in which he does not exist. one of my strongest beliefs is that trump sincerely thinks the lights go out on the universe when his do.
I do not think Trump has an even passing understand of Christianity
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
i genuinely think that if Trump fears that he is going to die, he will attempt to kill every other person on earth. he now has the means to do so.
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Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
June 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
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The American Native Tribes could tell you that
June 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The American Native Tribes could tell you that
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We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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Serious question for lawyers - what are you supposed to do if people without warrants, badges, ID, and covering their faces attempt to detain you?
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Serious question for lawyers - what are you supposed to do if people without warrants, badges, ID, and covering their faces attempt to detain you?
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“Separate but equal.”
The Recording Academy has added a “traditional country” category following Beyoncé’s historic “Cowboy Carter” win
Grammys add ‘traditional country’ category following Beyoncé's win
The Recording Academy has made a distinct change to its Country Album category — a change that is raising eyebrows online among Beyoncé fans.
www.whatimreading.net
June 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“Separate but equal.”
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I regret some of my posts about Elon Musk over the last decade. They didn't go far enough.
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I regret some of my posts about Elon Musk over the last decade. They didn't go far enough.