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The MTG pivot is a good dragnet for identifying the most gullible people in all of mankind. Also, it's cross-political. You can identify the easiest marks left, right, and center here. A very easy, inoffensive, diverse way to identify our society's finest wallet inspector customers
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The MTG pivot is a good dragnet for identifying the most gullible people in all of mankind. Also, it's cross-political. You can identify the easiest marks left, right, and center here. A very easy, inoffensive, diverse way to identify our society's finest wallet inspector customers
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The Trump economy, as expected: "Applications are up and turnover is down for jobs with low pay and tough working conditions."
The Job Market Is Heating Up — for Jobs That People Usually Don't Want
Applications are up and turnover is down for jobs with low pay and tough working conditions.
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Trump economy, as expected: "Applications are up and turnover is down for jobs with low pay and tough working conditions."
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
A New Orleans man who had his murder conviction tossed wins election as city’s chief record keeper
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
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please stop screenshotting tom nichols's stupid bullshit
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
please stop screenshotting tom nichols's stupid bullshit
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
Spoiler: this whole family voted for Trụmp all three times, and plan to vote for him again, saying "there's literally no other choice."
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Spoiler: this whole family voted for Trụmp all three times, and plan to vote for him again, saying "there's literally no other choice."
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6/🧵 Why does conventional wisdom miss this? We confuse electoral swings with attitude changes. Gen Z shifted 6 points toward Trump in 2024, suddenly pundits say they're "the most conservative generation in 50 years." Only 42% of Gen Z voted. We mistake turnout shifts for ideological transformation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
6/🧵 Why does conventional wisdom miss this? We confuse electoral swings with attitude changes. Gen Z shifted 6 points toward Trump in 2024, suddenly pundits say they're "the most conservative generation in 50 years." Only 42% of Gen Z voted. We mistake turnout shifts for ideological transformation.
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reference for the blogs thing from the greatest interview ever conducted
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
reference for the blogs thing from the greatest interview ever conducted
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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The Megan Kelly Goalpost Removal Company always gets the job done. Call 1 (800) GASLIGHT for your estimate today
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Megan Kelly Goalpost Removal Company always gets the job done. Call 1 (800) GASLIGHT for your estimate today
Daily Extreme Octordle #1389
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Score: 68. Pretty proud, NGL.
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Score: 68. Pretty proud, NGL.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Daily Extreme Octordle #1389
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Score: 68. Pretty proud, NGL.
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Score: 68. Pretty proud, NGL.
Pitch black, freezing cold, bare fingers, first try, by a child. Not too shabby!
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Pitch black, freezing cold, bare fingers, first try, by a child. Not too shabby!
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Beautiful, right? BTW, the straight black streak is not a blemish, but a cosmic ray. A poetic reminder that without Aurora, Earth would be Mars.
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Beautiful, right? BTW, the straight black streak is not a blemish, but a cosmic ray. A poetic reminder that without Aurora, Earth would be Mars.
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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Will household bills rose ~30% from 2021 to 2023, accounting for food and energy. Biggest increase in recent memory for folks. Reasonable to expect that to have a lasting effect on voters' psyches. And over simplistic to argue that the economy was fine in 2024 bc one-yr inflation was back to 3%.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Will household bills rose ~30% from 2021 to 2023, accounting for food and energy. Biggest increase in recent memory for folks. Reasonable to expect that to have a lasting effect on voters' psyches. And over simplistic to argue that the economy was fine in 2024 bc one-yr inflation was back to 3%.
Q: How much of MLB is D?
A: Up to 25%!
E.g., here's 2025; the last 54 regular-season games (-Min/Max). Even this sample size is a bit small (thus, r = 0.88).
For 162 games, it rises as high as 97%. The 50-year average: r ~ 93%, r^2 ~ 87%.
The other 13% is mostly luck. Baserunning is less than 2%.
A: Up to 25%!
E.g., here's 2025; the last 54 regular-season games (-Min/Max). Even this sample size is a bit small (thus, r = 0.88).
For 162 games, it rises as high as 97%. The 50-year average: r ~ 93%, r^2 ~ 87%.
The other 13% is mostly luck. Baserunning is less than 2%.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Q: How much of MLB is D?
A: Up to 25%!
E.g., here's 2025; the last 54 regular-season games (-Min/Max). Even this sample size is a bit small (thus, r = 0.88).
For 162 games, it rises as high as 97%. The 50-year average: r ~ 93%, r^2 ~ 87%.
The other 13% is mostly luck. Baserunning is less than 2%.
A: Up to 25%!
E.g., here's 2025; the last 54 regular-season games (-Min/Max). Even this sample size is a bit small (thus, r = 0.88).
For 162 games, it rises as high as 97%. The 50-year average: r ~ 93%, r^2 ~ 87%.
The other 13% is mostly luck. Baserunning is less than 2%.
Trụmp is having terrible trouble gaslighting people on gasoline and grocery prices.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
Lying has worked for Trump in the past. Is this a lie too far?
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trụmp is having terrible trouble gaslighting people on gasoline and grocery prices.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Jim Acosta burying the lede in the penultimate paragraph on his SubStack:
"Yes, it is good that Americans who rely on SNAP benefits may soon find relief at the supermarkets for their families."
What an understatement. How long should the Dẹms have let the GọP starve 42M Americans? 40 *more* days?
"Yes, it is good that Americans who rely on SNAP benefits may soon find relief at the supermarkets for their families."
What an understatement. How long should the Dẹms have let the GọP starve 42M Americans? 40 *more* days?
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Jim Acosta burying the lede in the penultimate paragraph on his SubStack:
"Yes, it is good that Americans who rely on SNAP benefits may soon find relief at the supermarkets for their families."
What an understatement. How long should the Dẹms have let the GọP starve 42M Americans? 40 *more* days?
"Yes, it is good that Americans who rely on SNAP benefits may soon find relief at the supermarkets for their families."
What an understatement. How long should the Dẹms have let the GọP starve 42M Americans? 40 *more* days?
Daily Extreme Octordle #1387
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Score: 69. Now I am sad 😔
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Daily Extreme Octordle #1387
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Score: 69. Now I am sad 😔
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Score: 69. Now I am sad 😔
"Nobody knows what 🧲 magnetism 🧲 can do."
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"Nobody knows what 🧲 magnetism 🧲 can do."
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I tried to provide a simple guide to assessing which senators are ready and willing to battle back from Trumpist autocracy and which aren’t.
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I tried to provide a simple guide to assessing which senators are ready and willing to battle back from Trumpist autocracy and which aren’t.
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McGovern: He would rather appeal to the highest court in the land to starve people than simply provide them with the food assistance that he is legally obligated to do. That is the Republican policy position. We will give you your food if you let us take away your health care.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
McGovern: He would rather appeal to the highest court in the land to starve people than simply provide them with the food assistance that he is legally obligated to do. That is the Republican policy position. We will give you your food if you let us take away your health care.