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Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Bill Clinton should take one for the team and say it's real, especially if it isn't
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Bill Clinton should take one for the team and say it's real, especially if it isn't
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
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My entire adult life Media & Political Elite amplified concern that right-wing extremist access to elite universities was core free speech issue, then in 2024 same Elite decided leftist protestors had too much free speech, then in 2025 Trump defunded the universities & banned huge swaths of speech
Linda McMahon on Columbia settlement: "This is a monumental victory for conservatives who wanted to do things on these elite campuses for a long time because we had such far left-leaning professors."
July 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My entire adult life Media & Political Elite amplified concern that right-wing extremist access to elite universities was core free speech issue, then in 2024 same Elite decided leftist protestors had too much free speech, then in 2025 Trump defunded the universities & banned huge swaths of speech
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a small corollary to this: when elected, Orbán was popular, his policies were popular, and he stayed popular. Trump, on the other hand is unpopular and is pushing increasingly unpopular policies. we are being led to Orbánism by our institutions and our elites.
A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
a small corollary to this: when elected, Orbán was popular, his policies were popular, and he stayed popular. Trump, on the other hand is unpopular and is pushing increasingly unpopular policies. we are being led to Orbánism by our institutions and our elites.
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Several Congressional Democrats are demanding an investigation into the government response to the floods that left over a hundred people dead. But Jaxson Vanderbilt-Rojas, a Cape May personal wellness coach who usually votes Democrat, said that such an aggressive approach leaves him deeply uneasy.
July 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Several Congressional Democrats are demanding an investigation into the government response to the floods that left over a hundred people dead. But Jaxson Vanderbilt-Rojas, a Cape May personal wellness coach who usually votes Democrat, said that such an aggressive approach leaves him deeply uneasy.
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I have been looking for an app that allows me to bitch at random people over Bluetooth my entire life, thank you Jack Dorsey for making me whole
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat | TechCrunch
Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a
techcrunch.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I have been looking for an app that allows me to bitch at random people over Bluetooth my entire life, thank you Jack Dorsey for making me whole
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
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it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
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it doesn't seem like too much to ask for at least a brief moratorium on "centrist" Dems knifing their own party members while Trump is attempting to pass the worst piece of legislation since the Fugitive Slave Act
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
it doesn't seem like too much to ask for at least a brief moratorium on "centrist" Dems knifing their own party members while Trump is attempting to pass the worst piece of legislation since the Fugitive Slave Act
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This is, truly, an astonishing work of genius. To learn (much) more about TB, watch this video.
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is, truly, an astonishing work of genius. To learn (much) more about TB, watch this video.
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Trump won because a bunch of spoiled leftists refused to do the decent thing and support the Democratic presidential nominee. Here's why I'll be voting for Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo in November.
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump won because a bunch of spoiled leftists refused to do the decent thing and support the Democratic presidential nominee. Here's why I'll be voting for Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo in November.
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I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
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We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps
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Another insane ruling because they think of children as property and their property is not subject to other’s laws. Basically stand your ground but the kid is the house
the basic throughline from the Court’s first amendment cases today is that the presence of children essentially removes constitutional protection from what would otherwise be clearly protected free speech.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Another insane ruling because they think of children as property and their property is not subject to other’s laws. Basically stand your ground but the kid is the house
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I’m curious why you think the six justices in the CASA majority allowed multiple universal injunctions against the Biden administration to stand, then abolished universal injunctions within six months of Trump’s return to office
June 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m curious why you think the six justices in the CASA majority allowed multiple universal injunctions against the Biden administration to stand, then abolished universal injunctions within six months of Trump’s return to office
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As a legal scholar I look past superficial distractions like the content of the case or even the consistency of the justices’ prior handling of the injunction question to ask: did the majority claim to now endorse my personal pet issue, and did it cite my friend in doing so?
June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As a legal scholar I look past superficial distractions like the content of the case or even the consistency of the justices’ prior handling of the injunction question to ask: did the majority claim to now endorse my personal pet issue, and did it cite my friend in doing so?
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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Andrew Cuomo was the US Secretary of Housing and is now running for mayor, where one of the largest agencies they manage is NYC's Housing Authority.
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Andrew Cuomo was the US Secretary of Housing and is now running for mayor, where one of the largest agencies they manage is NYC's Housing Authority.
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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When people said Full Bush was in this year, I didn’t think they meant they wanted the US to invade a Middle Eastern nation falsely claiming they had weapons of mass distruction
June 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
When people said Full Bush was in this year, I didn’t think they meant they wanted the US to invade a Middle Eastern nation falsely claiming they had weapons of mass distruction
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spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
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I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.
June 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM