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This fired federal employee — a veteran — deeply regrets voting for Donald Trump.
Trump’s narcissism and incompetence have been on full display in the first 100 days, and this is a man who recognizes that he voted for a wildly egotistical, utterly unfit candidate.
All across America, voters’…
Trump’s narcissism and incompetence have been on full display in the first 100 days, and this is a man who recognizes that he voted for a wildly egotistical, utterly unfit candidate.
All across America, voters’…
May 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This fired federal employee — a veteran — deeply regrets voting for Donald Trump.
Trump’s narcissism and incompetence have been on full display in the first 100 days, and this is a man who recognizes that he voted for a wildly egotistical, utterly unfit candidate.
All across America, voters’…
Trump’s narcissism and incompetence have been on full display in the first 100 days, and this is a man who recognizes that he voted for a wildly egotistical, utterly unfit candidate.
All across America, voters’…
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Another whopper flowing from Trump’s never-ending supply of lies.
.•Numbers Don’t Lie•
The national average gas price is currently approximately $3.18 per gallon, per AAA. Not even close to Trump’s “lowest in years” lie.
In a majority of states the price of gasoline has, in FACT, increased…
.•Numbers Don’t Lie•
The national average gas price is currently approximately $3.18 per gallon, per AAA. Not even close to Trump’s “lowest in years” lie.
In a majority of states the price of gasoline has, in FACT, increased…
May 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Another whopper flowing from Trump’s never-ending supply of lies.
.•Numbers Don’t Lie•
The national average gas price is currently approximately $3.18 per gallon, per AAA. Not even close to Trump’s “lowest in years” lie.
In a majority of states the price of gasoline has, in FACT, increased…
.•Numbers Don’t Lie•
The national average gas price is currently approximately $3.18 per gallon, per AAA. Not even close to Trump’s “lowest in years” lie.
In a majority of states the price of gasoline has, in FACT, increased…
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You'd better believe in extreme hypotheticals, Mr. Chief Justice, because you're living in one.
I think a lot about CJ Roberts writing this in 2024: "The dissents' positions in the end boil down to . . . fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President 'feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.'"
May 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You'd better believe in extreme hypotheticals, Mr. Chief Justice, because you're living in one.
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Right! The idea that Trump is like, this uniquely American thing that couldn't happen in a country that didn't have the electoral college or whatever, it just doesn't pass even a cursory glance around the globe right now! People just love blaming Trump on their personal bete noir
I mean, we can One True Scotsman about the criteria, but it does seem like corrupt meme-like populist demagogues are having a bit of a moment.
May 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Right! The idea that Trump is like, this uniquely American thing that couldn't happen in a country that didn't have the electoral college or whatever, it just doesn't pass even a cursory glance around the globe right now! People just love blaming Trump on their personal bete noir
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
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I get at least three heartbreaking, incoherent emails a day now from random strangers who believe they’ve awakened an LLM god or LLM consciousness of a new dimension. The most salient quote from the screenshots below: “(An LLM) will never just say, ‘Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about??’”
this feels like an incredible new urban legend taking shape on reddit otoh I've lowkey seen this happen. like jerusalem syndrome but for talking to the computer
May 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I get at least three heartbreaking, incoherent emails a day now from random strangers who believe they’ve awakened an LLM god or LLM consciousness of a new dimension. The most salient quote from the screenshots below: “(An LLM) will never just say, ‘Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about??’”
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"Kids don't need toys. Or vaccinations. Or education. They need generational factory jobs." -- actual Trump administration positions in the year of our lord 2025
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Kids don't need toys. Or vaccinations. Or education. They need generational factory jobs." -- actual Trump administration positions in the year of our lord 2025
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We need stronger social censure mechanisms against being miserably, incomprehensibly stupid in public.
"Are you ready for this, media?" -- Bondi turns to the press and credits Trump for saving "258 million lives"
April 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We need stronger social censure mechanisms against being miserably, incomprehensibly stupid in public.
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"If Donald Trump hadn't won, three out of four Americans would have died in the past 100 days" from a cabinet-level official should result in them being placed in stocks and publicly pelted with rotten eggs or something
April 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"If Donald Trump hadn't won, three out of four Americans would have died in the past 100 days" from a cabinet-level official should result in them being placed in stocks and publicly pelted with rotten eggs or something
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Never forget the operative principle of social media: if something sounds savvy to a large-enough group of savvy people, it automatically becomes true! All facts are socially created and socially validated! Reality itself bends to the power of cool-kid consensus.
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Never forget the operative principle of social media: if something sounds savvy to a large-enough group of savvy people, it automatically becomes true! All facts are socially created and socially validated! Reality itself bends to the power of cool-kid consensus.
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"Democracy, under the sway of lies, becomes a form of anarchy": Megan Garber @theatlantic.com on how Walter Lippmann's "Public Opinion," published a century ago, foresaw our current politics.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Democracy, under the sway of lies, becomes a form of anarchy": Megan Garber @theatlantic.com on how Walter Lippmann's "Public Opinion," published a century ago, foresaw our current politics.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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With Trump's approval ratings at 39%, Schumer is bringing out the big guns: a strongly worded letter
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With Trump's approval ratings at 39%, Schumer is bringing out the big guns: a strongly worded letter
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once again reminding people that "swing voters" are mostly not centrists they are "get mad at the president because i disapprove of the supermarket rearranging the aisles again" voters
new york times voter interviews are a powerful argument that not everybody should be allowed to vote
April 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
once again reminding people that "swing voters" are mostly not centrists they are "get mad at the president because i disapprove of the supermarket rearranging the aisles again" voters
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This is a point political scientists have been making for a while: in the golden age there really wasn't anything else to do 6pm but watch Cronkite and if you wanted sports scores and the comics you almost couldn't help seeing the front page headlines on the way.
ya something i always want to clarify about low-info voters is that they aren't *stupid* in general. one of my close friends who is like this has a hard science phD! They just don't pay attention to the news and live their life without thinking about it. Even easier to do now that it used to be
April 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is a point political scientists have been making for a while: in the golden age there really wasn't anything else to do 6pm but watch Cronkite and if you wanted sports scores and the comics you almost couldn't help seeing the front page headlines on the way.
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the central divide in science is whether at the end of your phd program you are expected to produce a little widget or a spreadsheet. all empirical disciplines can be classified along the spreadsheet-widget axis.
April 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the central divide in science is whether at the end of your phd program you are expected to produce a little widget or a spreadsheet. all empirical disciplines can be classified along the spreadsheet-widget axis.
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No to the proposed Trump farm bailout.
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
No to the proposed Trump farm bailout.
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
April 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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worth every second
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
worth every second
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“Never before in my life have I called for mass disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
Elon Musk Joins MAGA Meltdown Over Democrat’s Call to Fight Trump
The right is freaking out after JB Pritzker demanded mass mobilization against Trump.
newrepublic.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Never before in my life have I called for mass disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
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Donald Trump was not sleeping at the funeral of a pope I didn’t kill.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
April 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Donald Trump was not sleeping at the funeral of a pope I didn’t kill.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
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I don't even know what to make of the first statement. Like I'm once again baffled by the median voter.
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I don't even know what to make of the first statement. Like I'm once again baffled by the median voter.
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They did preorder. Which is why consumers probably won't start feeling the supply chain collapse until the end of summer. But all the evidence indicates it's coming.
Bessent on if he's concerned about empty shelves: "Not at present. We have some great retailers. I assume they preordered."
April 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
They did preorder. Which is why consumers probably won't start feeling the supply chain collapse until the end of summer. But all the evidence indicates it's coming.
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