VariableResistor
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New York City kid worked in communications leadership roles on Presidential, Governor, and New York City mayor’s political campaigns. Served three prominent national nonprofit organizations. Began career as a newspaper reporter.
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The writers have done a spectacular job this season revamping their fascinating "Marjorie Taylor Greene" character. The suspense over what she will do next is compelling. A lot of things are going on with MTG, maybe some good, others bad, and we won't know exactly what for two or more seasons.
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The writers have done a spectacular job this season revamping their fascinating "Marjorie Taylor Greene" character. The suspense over what she will do next is compelling. A lot of things are going on with MTG, maybe some good, others bad, and we won't know exactly what for two or more seasons.
Frederick, Maryland wants No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Frederick, Maryland wants No Kings
He speaks to dead people
Rep. Jeff Van Drew claims he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them
August 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
He speaks to dead people
What I hate about social media: the Declaration of Independence gets ZERO likes. Lol.
“…when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security…”
July 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What I hate about social media: the Declaration of Independence gets ZERO likes. Lol.
“…when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security…”
July 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“…when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security…”
No wonder the White House didn’t want Abrego Garcia to ever come back. Folks, we’re PAYING for that torture with our taxes.
July 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
No wonder the White House didn’t want Abrego Garcia to ever come back. Folks, we’re PAYING for that torture with our taxes.
2 Dead as Firefighters Targeted in Shooting in Idaho, Officials Say
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June 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I wrote about my car, our collective sanity and the state of Fuck It. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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June 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about my car, our collective sanity and the state of Fuck It. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
More deaths coming.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
More deaths coming.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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This has the potential to be a really important day in American history. Whether restorative, or destructive, is uncertain.
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This has the potential to be a really important day in American history. Whether restorative, or destructive, is uncertain.
A remarkable photograph by four-time Pulitzer winning photographer Carol Guzy.
June 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A remarkable photograph by four-time Pulitzer winning photographer Carol Guzy.
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“You can’t make this up.”
- Marsha, making it up
- Marsha, making it up
May 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“You can’t make this up.”
- Marsha, making it up
- Marsha, making it up
Benjamin Franklin once penned an essay entitled “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One.” If Trump read, he would be wise to learn from it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Intelligence Agencies Increase Focus on Greenland, U.S. Officials Say
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May 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Benjamin Franklin once penned an essay entitled “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One.” If Trump read, he would be wise to learn from it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
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I am saddened to hear about the passing of Secretary Alexis Herman—my Soror, a trailblazer, and the first Black woman to lead the Dept. of Labor. Her impact on this country and the fight for working people runs deep. Rest in power, Madam Secretary.
April 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am saddened to hear about the passing of Secretary Alexis Herman—my Soror, a trailblazer, and the first Black woman to lead the Dept. of Labor. Her impact on this country and the fight for working people runs deep. Rest in power, Madam Secretary.
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Who the fuck “looks forward” to attending a funeral?
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Who the fuck “looks forward” to attending a funeral?
You had me at this, Francis. So sorry to lose you now, when we need you so very much. www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/w...
Dogs in Heaven? Pope Francis Leaves Pearly Gates Open (Gift Article)
Pope Francis’ remarks to a distraught little boy whose dog had died have caused a new debate on whether animals have souls, suffer and go to heaven.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You had me at this, Francis. So sorry to lose you now, when we need you so very much. www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/w...
“It will be over by Easter.” www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Coronavirus: Trump hopes US will shake off pandemic by Easter
As the president sets out "a beautiful timeline", New York warns it is a "canary in the coal mine".
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April 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“It will be over by Easter.” www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
“This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.” Appeals Court Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.
April 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.” Appeals Court Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.
I’ve never been to space, Ms. King, so I have nothing to say.
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’ve never been to space, Ms. King, so I have nothing to say.
Good stuff! www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-sanch...
Lauren Sánchez in Space was Marie Antoinette in a Penis-Shaped Rocket
Let’s call the “first all-female spaceflight” what it is: rich women showing off.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Good stuff! www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-sanch...
What an amazing coincidence www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally
The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What an amazing coincidence www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
They are casually cruel - one of the most cruel regimes in all of human history. And it’s just getting started.
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
They are casually cruel - one of the most cruel regimes in all of human history. And it’s just getting started.
Terrifying www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04... guy
Trump Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Say They Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Terrifying www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04... guy