Sharon Manna, a naturalized citizen
@profmanna.bsky.social
Canadian-American. Community College professor and dean; Harry Potter nerd; mediocre golfer; sports geek. Stuck in Texas. Confusing the algorithm.
Imagine doing that for 330 million of us, Rand.
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Imagine doing that for 330 million of us, Rand.
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This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
The Texas GOP orders that the TurningPoint USA Trump youth organization will be obligatory at all high schools and colleges in the Lone Star State.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
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This is stupid, you get sweaty at the airport drinking at Chili's Too and hearing insane stories from other frequent fliers like a normal person
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is stupid, you get sweaty at the airport drinking at Chili's Too and hearing insane stories from other frequent fliers like a normal person
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It’s a hell of a thing to be a lawyer and watch SCOTUS destroying the republic in real time from their high horses.
If you haven’t been through a pre-Trump indoctrination of sacred doctrines like state decisis and statutory interpretation, you might think it was always like this.
If you haven’t been through a pre-Trump indoctrination of sacred doctrines like state decisis and statutory interpretation, you might think it was always like this.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s a hell of a thing to be a lawyer and watch SCOTUS destroying the republic in real time from their high horses.
If you haven’t been through a pre-Trump indoctrination of sacred doctrines like state decisis and statutory interpretation, you might think it was always like this.
If you haven’t been through a pre-Trump indoctrination of sacred doctrines like state decisis and statutory interpretation, you might think it was always like this.
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1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
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Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
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It is legitimately funny that Trump expected to be picking up another Republican seat in Texas in exchange for a pardon, and Cuellar was just like "nah."
So rare to see someone treat Trump like he treats everyone else.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
So rare to see someone treat Trump like he treats everyone else.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
BARTIROMO: Have you considered switching parties?
CUELLAR: Look, I'm a Democrat
BARTIROMO: Okay, but Trump is out with a new Truth Social saying saying, "next time, no more Mr Nice Guy"
CUELLAR: I was at church this morning praying for the president
CUELLAR: Look, I'm a Democrat
BARTIROMO: Okay, but Trump is out with a new Truth Social saying saying, "next time, no more Mr Nice Guy"
CUELLAR: I was at church this morning praying for the president
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It is legitimately funny that Trump expected to be picking up another Republican seat in Texas in exchange for a pardon, and Cuellar was just like "nah."
So rare to see someone treat Trump like he treats everyone else.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
So rare to see someone treat Trump like he treats everyone else.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
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This is the appropriate response any time these guys pretend they don’t know what’s going on
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is the appropriate response any time these guys pretend they don’t know what’s going on
Great story.
Inside Brooklyn’s first women’s sports bar: ‘We just wanted the Liberty game on’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Inside Brooklyn’s first women’s sports bar: ‘We just wanted the Liberty game on’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Inside Brooklyn’s first women’s sports bar: ‘We just wanted the Liberty game on’
A fortuitous Hinge match of like-minded New York Liberty fans turned into New York City's newest women's sports bar.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Great story.
Inside Brooklyn’s first women’s sports bar: ‘We just wanted the Liberty game on’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Inside Brooklyn’s first women’s sports bar: ‘We just wanted the Liberty game on’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Will they increase state funding to makeup for the revenue loss? Probably not. What a self-own.
Georgian public universities to ban foreign students next year.
(shortage of med school places? or inconvenient to have too many foreigners around when you're cracking heads to preserve the oligarchy? you decide.)
(shortage of med school places? or inconvenient to have too many foreigners around when you're cracking heads to preserve the oligarchy? you decide.)
Georgia to ban foreign students at state universities from next year
The Georgian government has decided that state universities will no longer admit foreign students to focus resources on Georgian citizens,
georgiatoday.ge
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Will they increase state funding to makeup for the revenue loss? Probably not. What a self-own.
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace!
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace!
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Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
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What "fight?" They got blown out of the water out of nowhere. Are they loaded up with Stinger missiles or anti air guns?
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What "fight?" They got blown out of the water out of nowhere. Are they loaded up with Stinger missiles or anti air guns?
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Justice Alito? Bitter weirdo. Donald Trump? Impulsive idiot. Pete Hegseth? Vacant fraternity douche. Mike Johnson? Creepy sycophant
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Justice Alito? Bitter weirdo. Donald Trump? Impulsive idiot. Pete Hegseth? Vacant fraternity douche. Mike Johnson? Creepy sycophant
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
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To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Who are all these grinning white people laughing at Trump's vile racism? h/t to @helenkennedy.bsky.social for pulling together a list. Shame on each & every one of them.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Who are all these grinning white people laughing at Trump's vile racism? h/t to @helenkennedy.bsky.social for pulling together a list. Shame on each & every one of them.
He's going to bring back smoking on flights next, isn't he?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
He's going to bring back smoking on flights next, isn't he?
"The White House has previously asserted that his work on diplomacy is more impressive than that of the Institute of Peace, which the White House has called a 'bloated, useless entity.'"
And so he named it after himself. *chef's kiss.*
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
And so he named it after himself. *chef's kiss.*
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The White House has previously asserted that his work on diplomacy is more impressive than that of the Institute of Peace, which the White House has called a 'bloated, useless entity.'"
And so he named it after himself. *chef's kiss.*
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
And so he named it after himself. *chef's kiss.*
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Unclear of exact circumstance or who is woman is, but it reminds me of a broader issue:
The GOP basically had one cosmetic job; have their violent fun with ethnic cleansing but do it in a way with just a shred of plausible deniability so that enough Hispanic voters didn’t see what is so clearly…
The GOP basically had one cosmetic job; have their violent fun with ethnic cleansing but do it in a way with just a shred of plausible deniability so that enough Hispanic voters didn’t see what is so clearly…
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Unclear of exact circumstance or who is woman is, but it reminds me of a broader issue:
The GOP basically had one cosmetic job; have their violent fun with ethnic cleansing but do it in a way with just a shred of plausible deniability so that enough Hispanic voters didn’t see what is so clearly…
The GOP basically had one cosmetic job; have their violent fun with ethnic cleansing but do it in a way with just a shred of plausible deniability so that enough Hispanic voters didn’t see what is so clearly…