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Afghan accused of shooting 2 National Guard members was part of CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S. Rahmanullah Lakanwal was a member of a “Zero Unit,” an elite squad of Afghans who have faced hardships in the U.S. due to visa issues experts say.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
D.C. shooting suspect was part of CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal was a member of a “Zero Unit,” an elite squad of Afghans who have faced hardships in the U.S. due to visa and employment issues, experts say.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Afghan accused of shooting 2 National Guard members was part of CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S. Rahmanullah Lakanwal was a member of a “Zero Unit,” an elite squad of Afghans who have faced hardships in the U.S. due to visa issues experts say.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Reposted by Peter Jan Haas
“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”:
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”:
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I kinda liked this one :)
Made me think of this article you wrote last year.
“We can cherish our memories, but we should be clear-eyed about the past. I do not want those days back, and I will not support the vengeful authoritarians who sell such nostalgic rotgut.”
“We can cherish our memories, but we should be clear-eyed about the past. I do not want those days back, and I will not support the vengeful authoritarians who sell such nostalgic rotgut.”
The Lies Nostalgia Tells Us
I was a child in the 1960s, and those days weren’t better—but in one way, they were sweeter.
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I kinda liked this one :)
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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People forgot what happened in the first term. A big reason why is that nearly all media outlets started paywalling their articles in 2021. Trump's Twitter account was also deleted in 2021, and scores of digital media outlets went under from 2021-2024 -- erasing recent history in the process.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People forgot what happened in the first term. A big reason why is that nearly all media outlets started paywalling their articles in 2021. Trump's Twitter account was also deleted in 2021, and scores of digital media outlets went under from 2021-2024 -- erasing recent history in the process.
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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
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I can’t fuckin believe it’s 2026 already
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I can’t fuckin believe it’s 2026 already
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Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
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"US citizen, 67, ‘has ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home into street they’d blocked off"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"US citizen, 67, ‘has ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home into street they’d blocked off"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, David A. Graham argues.
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, David A. Graham argues.
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it--along with all of the other products big tech has used to snare us to our screens--is also killing nightlife and shared public spaces in general.
resistance to this trend is just as--if not more important--than resistance to authoritarian politics.
resistance to this trend is just as--if not more important--than resistance to authoritarian politics.
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
it--along with all of the other products big tech has used to snare us to our screens--is also killing nightlife and shared public spaces in general.
resistance to this trend is just as--if not more important--than resistance to authoritarian politics.
resistance to this trend is just as--if not more important--than resistance to authoritarian politics.
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Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
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De stelling “het vertrouwen in de overheid is stukgemaakt” is deels waar. Maar dat kwam juist door populisme en óók door politici die achteraf goedkoop scoren met schuldverhalen. Wie nuance verdraait voor clicks, herstelt geen vertrouwen, maar sloopt het verder.
7/10
7/10
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
De stelling “het vertrouwen in de overheid is stukgemaakt” is deels waar. Maar dat kwam juist door populisme en óók door politici die achteraf goedkoop scoren met schuldverhalen. Wie nuance verdraait voor clicks, herstelt geen vertrouwen, maar sloopt het verder.
7/10
7/10
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
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the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution
October 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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«In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely.»
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
«In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely.»
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
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One reason I stick around is that it's great to see - and I am not kidding -when someone actually follows the convo and gets the point
I believe Tom's point is that MAGA and Trump are fascists, their world view is fascist, but the US govt is not a consolidated, consummate, fascism regime. It's current status is probably a competitive authoritarian government, or at least backsliding rapidly into that category 6 mo's in
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
One reason I stick around is that it's great to see - and I am not kidding -when someone actually follows the convo and gets the point
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“Hungary”. Poorest country in Europe.
One of the weirder things about fascists in the internet age is how invested they are in other country’s immigration rates, and not as a parable for what to avoid in their own country
Wonder what it's like to be Elon when you're just constantly chasing these mental fantasies produced by your own nightmares
September 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Hungary”. Poorest country in Europe.
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#Data-Centers are LITERALLY KILLING PEOPLE, Read and Understand that PEOPLE shouldn't Die for #AI -
‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona
Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burns
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
#Data-Centers are LITERALLY KILLING PEOPLE, Read and Understand that PEOPLE shouldn't Die for #AI -