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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
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Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Here they are, the Senators that can sleep at night with their Cadillac healthcare plan while 42 million Americans are denied AFFORDABLE healthcare.
Fetterman we expect, but @kaine.senate.gov we supported him for VP!
He’s the most disappointing of them all!
Fetterman we expect, but @kaine.senate.gov we supported him for VP!
He’s the most disappointing of them all!
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Here they are, the Senators that can sleep at night with their Cadillac healthcare plan while 42 million Americans are denied AFFORDABLE healthcare.
Fetterman we expect, but @kaine.senate.gov we supported him for VP!
He’s the most disappointing of them all!
Fetterman we expect, but @kaine.senate.gov we supported him for VP!
He’s the most disappointing of them all!
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if this is your introduction to baseball you may never see it this good again
but you’ll happily chase that high for the rest of your life
but you’ll happily chase that high for the rest of your life
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
if this is your introduction to baseball you may never see it this good again
but you’ll happily chase that high for the rest of your life
but you’ll happily chase that high for the rest of your life
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Blake Treinen in the bullpen watching a six-hour YouTube video about chemtrails and who REALLY profits from weather modification on his phone. This is part of his process. He can't give up three straight doubles unless he's in the right mindset.
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Blake Treinen in the bullpen watching a six-hour YouTube video about chemtrails and who REALLY profits from weather modification on his phone. This is part of his process. He can't give up three straight doubles unless he's in the right mindset.
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the truth is that this isn't a theocracy and jesus isn't my fucking king
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
the truth is that this isn't a theocracy and jesus isn't my fucking king
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I made an extremely belated return to @flaminghydra.com with this bit about my long winter of depressing '70s cinema and the righteous and unreasonable defiance of One Battle After Another. flaminghydra.com/issue-416/
Struggle cinema
David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'
flaminghydra.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I made an extremely belated return to @flaminghydra.com with this bit about my long winter of depressing '70s cinema and the righteous and unreasonable defiance of One Battle After Another. flaminghydra.com/issue-416/
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In the DC area, ABC did
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In the DC area, ABC did
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions
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Ultimately the below says a lot, about why we're here and how to get out.
Making TV networks bend the knee doesn't help folks pay the bills or the rent.
Petty billionaire tyrant vengeance is no substitute for improving people's lives, and that's where resistance focus needs to be.
Making TV networks bend the knee doesn't help folks pay the bills or the rent.
Petty billionaire tyrant vengeance is no substitute for improving people's lives, and that's where resistance focus needs to be.
Late rent payments have jumped up.
In recent months, the percent of tenants who are late on rent has risen toward 12%.
But that’s not the whole story 🧵
In recent months, the percent of tenants who are late on rent has risen toward 12%.
But that’s not the whole story 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ultimately the below says a lot, about why we're here and how to get out.
Making TV networks bend the knee doesn't help folks pay the bills or the rent.
Petty billionaire tyrant vengeance is no substitute for improving people's lives, and that's where resistance focus needs to be.
Making TV networks bend the knee doesn't help folks pay the bills or the rent.
Petty billionaire tyrant vengeance is no substitute for improving people's lives, and that's where resistance focus needs to be.
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Charles Koch and rightwing billionaires have funneled money to academics to study polarization over the past ten years exactly because they WANTED political science and elites to focus on polarization being bad—to distract from Republicans being bad.
Hoover ran “polarization“ fellowships.
Hoover ran “polarization“ fellowships.
So much of the absurdity in how some elites talk about Charlie Kirk—or navigate the authoritarian politics of this regime—stems from political science’s and the elite class’s fixation on polarization, and the misguided belief that it’s inherently bad and that the “remedy” is civil submission.
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Charles Koch and rightwing billionaires have funneled money to academics to study polarization over the past ten years exactly because they WANTED political science and elites to focus on polarization being bad—to distract from Republicans being bad.
Hoover ran “polarization“ fellowships.
Hoover ran “polarization“ fellowships.
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Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
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this is just brutal and I'm old enough to know it's true
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
this is just brutal and I'm old enough to know it's true
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They had kids, too.
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They had kids, too.
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Are you willing to help pass Prop 50 to SAVE DEMOCRACY. It's empowering to make these calls.
Volunteer or donate!
No matter what state you live in, we need your help calling California voters.
Many voters didn't know about Prop 50. I made the difference, and so can you.
stopelectionrigging.com
Volunteer or donate!
No matter what state you live in, we need your help calling California voters.
Many voters didn't know about Prop 50. I made the difference, and so can you.
stopelectionrigging.com
Yes on 50 – The Election Rigging Response Act
Trump and Texas Republicans are moving to rig the 2026 election — and other GOP states are joining in. If Californians don’t act now, they could seize Congress no matter how we vote.
stopelectionrigging.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Are you willing to help pass Prop 50 to SAVE DEMOCRACY. It's empowering to make these calls.
Volunteer or donate!
No matter what state you live in, we need your help calling California voters.
Many voters didn't know about Prop 50. I made the difference, and so can you.
stopelectionrigging.com
Volunteer or donate!
No matter what state you live in, we need your help calling California voters.
Many voters didn't know about Prop 50. I made the difference, and so can you.
stopelectionrigging.com
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I'm sorry @jacobinmag.bsky.social but this take, accusing fellow leftists of a "competitive lack of empathy" and "antimoral posturing" whilst saying Kirk "never laid a finger on anyone" is frankly afactual to the point of gaslighting.
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is a Tragedy and a Disaster
The assassination of Charlie Kirk threatens to embolden the far right and provide Donald Trump with a pretext for crushing dissent. Escalating political violence corrodes democratic norms and poses a ...
jacobin.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I'm sorry @jacobinmag.bsky.social but this take, accusing fellow leftists of a "competitive lack of empathy" and "antimoral posturing" whilst saying Kirk "never laid a finger on anyone" is frankly afactual to the point of gaslighting.
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
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ok it is funny that they purged the federal security state of anyone with an IQ above 90 and now they cant protect their own partisans
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
ok it is funny that they purged the federal security state of anyone with an IQ above 90 and now they cant protect their own partisans
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Here's the final part of the Better Offline guide to arguing with AI boosters. I walk you through why gen AI is nothing like AWS, how the media misled the public about ChatGPT, and why its popularity doesn't mean it’s a mass-market product.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Here's the final part of the Better Offline guide to arguing with AI boosters. I walk you through why gen AI is nothing like AWS, how the media misled the public about ChatGPT, and why its popularity doesn't mean it’s a mass-market product.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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We are at the Missouri state capitol to support our Democratic caucus as they fight the theft of our votes for Donald Trump.
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We are at the Missouri state capitol to support our Democratic caucus as they fight the theft of our votes for Donald Trump.
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The citizens of Missouri are fed up with Gerrymandering! Thank you for showing up!!! Jefferson City Missouri
September 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The citizens of Missouri are fed up with Gerrymandering! Thank you for showing up!!! Jefferson City Missouri
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And Missouri enters the gerrymandering stage
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...
Missouri House enacts new US House maps that seek to erase a Democratic seat | CNN Politics
The Missouri House voted Tuesday to approve a new congressional map that seeks to eliminate a Democratic-controlled US House seat, as Republicans around the country scramble to boost their chances of ...
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
And Missouri enters the gerrymandering stage
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...
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Very troubling stuff that I’m not seeing in the corporate media.
We documented some of the calls for retribution that followed Charlie Kirk’s murder. With @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and @juliannemcshane.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“THIS IS WAR”: Some right-wing figures call for retribution following Kirk killing
“More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very troubling stuff that I’m not seeing in the corporate media.
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WSJ edit board spins a fantasy: "for Mr. Trump, while this is a moment of personal sadness, it is also an opportunity for leadership...he can help the country rise above this madness. He can say that this is the moment when the descent into political violence must stop.”
Meanwhile — no, he can’t:
Meanwhile — no, he can’t:
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
WSJ edit board spins a fantasy: "for Mr. Trump, while this is a moment of personal sadness, it is also an opportunity for leadership...he can help the country rise above this madness. He can say that this is the moment when the descent into political violence must stop.”
Meanwhile — no, he can’t:
Meanwhile — no, he can’t:
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Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.