Ray Lancon
@raylancon.bsky.social
Husband, dad, TV writer, theater lover, scroller of doom.
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The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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NEW: Larry Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Epstein, per Harvard Crimson.
Let the consequences begin!!!!
Let the consequences begin!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW: Larry Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Epstein, per Harvard Crimson.
Let the consequences begin!!!!
Let the consequences begin!!!!
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Heads up, writers!
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Heads up, writers!
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That moment followed by his calling a reporter "insubordinate" while shrugging off the murder of a journalist would have ended other presidencies. "Piggy" enraged me less than the silence that followed--the indifference, the cowardice, the collective shrug is what enables the eradication of decency.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
That moment followed by his calling a reporter "insubordinate" while shrugging off the murder of a journalist would have ended other presidencies. "Piggy" enraged me less than the silence that followed--the indifference, the cowardice, the collective shrug is what enables the eradication of decency.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Heavily armed fascists kidnapping American citizens, now in Charlotte
Brian Krassenstein
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Heavily armed fascists kidnapping American citizens, now in Charlotte
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$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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From the piece about the Olivia Nuzzi book.
I am trying to remain calm.
I am trying to remain calm.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From the piece about the Olivia Nuzzi book.
I am trying to remain calm.
I am trying to remain calm.
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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We're getting down to "Well, he doesn't wear the uniform or have a weird little mustache" as one of the last remaining explanations of how JD Vance is not an actual Nazi.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We're getting down to "Well, he doesn't wear the uniform or have a weird little mustache" as one of the last remaining explanations of how JD Vance is not an actual Nazi.
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The president of the Boston University College Republicans, apparently an international student from the UK, said last week he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals” May Zac Segal be forever relegated to working at car washes #whiteprivilege
BU student says he called ICE ‘for months’ prior to Allston Car Wash raid - The Boston Globe
“This week they finally responded to my request,” Zac Segal wrote on Nov. 8. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be he...
www.bostonglobe.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The president of the Boston University College Republicans, apparently an international student from the UK, said last week he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals” May Zac Segal be forever relegated to working at car washes #whiteprivilege
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Calling this a "gaffe" is the #BrokenTimes' way to dismiss and forgive the right-wing defense of a white supremacist. Credulity in the excuse of racism is racism.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Calling this a "gaffe" is the #BrokenTimes' way to dismiss and forgive the right-wing defense of a white supremacist. Credulity in the excuse of racism is racism.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Remember when the Trump admin kept promising to release the Epstein files? No? We’ve got you.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remember when the Trump admin kept promising to release the Epstein files? No? We’ve got you.
Watch this supercut: zeteo.com/p/every-time...
Watch this supercut: zeteo.com/p/every-time...
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The reporting is a little sparse here, but it suggests the lecturer was removed because a student complained to one of her US Senators, who then leaned on IU.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The reporting is a little sparse here, but it suggests the lecturer was removed because a student complained to one of her US Senators, who then leaned on IU.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Starr, Ken
8/22/2018 7:17:35 PM
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Re: Jed Rubenfeld
Importance: High
Wise counsel. The!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:49 PM, jefirey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
I think scholarly but not too much so. no one above the law.. we began leaving a kingdom. . unlikely to give king like powers to a president. on one above the law.
I would like lunch pail joe to come away and
think, this guy is smart. I understood. lets see what he writes about the clintons. someone suggested that trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. that is true, but would make little sense for him not to suffer an immediate consequence. the allowed civil depo setting precedent for criminal process, is a lawyers outline I might think of dumbing it down, again, and suggesting that you can sue your neighbor, even if you neighbor is the president. makes little sense that the you can be indicted for assaulting him but he cannot if he assaults you.
low bar for civil higher bar for criminal. . at
some point on your book tour I might point out how disappointed you were that the clinton and betty curries' trashean story, was reopened. .
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:08 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
i vote yes as it makes you relevant to today rather than merely re- reciting an old tale. :) or tail?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Starr, Ken < Can you talk? Impt.
WrOte:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jeftrey E. -jeevacation@gmail.com› wrote:
tha
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Starr, Ken
wrote:
Good morning!
Jed teaches crim law at Yale. Outspokenly strong on the need for procedural fairness in campus adjudicatory proceedings. Relevant to your friend's unhappy situation? If so, happy to make the connection.
Hugs, Ken
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva has officially signed onto the Epstein discharge petition, helping reach the 218 votes needed.
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva has officially signed onto the Epstein discharge petition, helping reach the 218 votes needed.