@schadenfreude2020.bsky.social
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"an internet witch hunt"
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
December 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"an internet witch hunt"
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
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There is one striking incoherence in the text: the document is all about America first.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There is one striking incoherence in the text: the document is all about America first.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”.
If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
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"It’s the least believable schtick in Washington, D.C."
Commentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/
Commentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"It’s the least believable schtick in Washington, D.C."
Commentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/
Commentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/
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Trump Accuses Judges in Food Stamps Ruling of Being Biased Against Starvation
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trump Accuses Judges in Food Stamps Ruling of Being Biased Against Starvation
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The current homepage of USDA. This is deeply and profoundly fucked up. And illegal. People need to go to jail.
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The current homepage of USDA. This is deeply and profoundly fucked up. And illegal. People need to go to jail.
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Whoever could have imagined there would be negative downstream consequences professionally for making a corrupt deal with the Trump admin….
Wow. "Months after law firms made deals with President Trump to ward off punitive executive orders, the ethics committee of the District of Columbia Bar is warning that such arrangements may require firms to drop or obtain waivers from all clients who have interests at odds with the government."
After Law Firm Deals With Trump, D.C. Bar Warns of Ethical Jeopardy
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Whoever could have imagined there would be negative downstream consequences professionally for making a corrupt deal with the Trump admin….
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Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
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Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan’s Words.
Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan’s Words.
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan’s Words.
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GEORGE WILL, on #ICE:
“.. Something uncivilized is indeed happening. What jobs, if any, are recruits leaving for the glory of donning battle gear and masks (hiding what from whom?) .. and throwing unarmed people to the ground?”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“.. Something uncivilized is indeed happening. What jobs, if any, are recruits leaving for the glory of donning battle gear and masks (hiding what from whom?) .. and throwing unarmed people to the ground?”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
GEORGE WILL, on #ICE:
“.. Something uncivilized is indeed happening. What jobs, if any, are recruits leaving for the glory of donning battle gear and masks (hiding what from whom?) .. and throwing unarmed people to the ground?”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“.. Something uncivilized is indeed happening. What jobs, if any, are recruits leaving for the glory of donning battle gear and masks (hiding what from whom?) .. and throwing unarmed people to the ground?”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Left: Father Coughlin's anti-communist club, September 1935
Right: Donald Trump's anti-communist club, October 2025
Right: Donald Trump's anti-communist club, October 2025
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Left: Father Coughlin's anti-communist club, September 1935
Right: Donald Trump's anti-communist club, October 2025
Right: Donald Trump's anti-communist club, October 2025
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Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
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It really is important to note how much Bondi is on TV and how dissimilar this is from literally any other AG, R or D.
Bondi claims that cities aiding residents hurt by immigration raids is breaking the law
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It really is important to note how much Bondi is on TV and how dissimilar this is from literally any other AG, R or D.
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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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The regime’s playbook:
Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.
Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.
The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.
There is no justification for violence by anyone.
Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.
Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.
The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.
There is no justification for violence by anyone.
October 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The regime’s playbook:
Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.
Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.
The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.
There is no justification for violence by anyone.
Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.
Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.
The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.
There is no justification for violence by anyone.
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Kavanaugh Arrests
Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
October 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Kavanaugh Arrests
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Posts claim Charlie Kirk once introduced Kyle Rittenhouse as "a hero to millions." That's true. ✅ www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
Charlie Kirk introduced Kyle Rittenhouse as 'a hero to millions'
Rittenhouse, acquitted in deadly protests, was a guest at "AmericaFest" in 2021, an event organized by Kirk's organization Turning Point USA.
www.snopes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Posts claim Charlie Kirk once introduced Kyle Rittenhouse as "a hero to millions." That's true. ✅ www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
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If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.
September 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.
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Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Moscow uses information as a weapon, exploiting different audiences for the same goal: weakening democratic trust and emboldening authoritarian control. We used to know how to fight back - or care about doing so. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
Putin’s Bots and Drones Target Trust
And the American media ecosystem leaves us vulnerable.
www.thebulwark.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Moscow uses information as a weapon, exploiting different audiences for the same goal: weakening democratic trust and emboldening authoritarian control. We used to know how to fight back - or care about doing so. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
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the people comparing matthew dowd and brian kilmeade are missing the asymmetry. dowd worked for a network that tries to placate the other side. kilmeade works for one that wants everyone on the other side to drop dead.
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
the people comparing matthew dowd and brian kilmeade are missing the asymmetry. dowd worked for a network that tries to placate the other side. kilmeade works for one that wants everyone on the other side to drop dead.