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March 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Great news everyone it was so much more FUCKING STUPID than it may at first appear
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
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February 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Great news everyone it was so much more FUCKING STUPID than it may at first appear
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
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Hero. Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hero. Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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“That’s what the leaders of these foreign countries are learning,” Rampell said. “You don’t actually have to give Trump anything. You have to let him announce victory on TV.”
Trump Roasted Over Huge Catch in His Canada and Mexico Tariff “Wins”
Donald Trump is being hit with a massive fact-check over his claims about the success of his tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“That’s what the leaders of these foreign countries are learning,” Rampell said. “You don’t actually have to give Trump anything. You have to let him announce victory on TV.”
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Letitia James of New York, joined by 18 other Democratic state attorneys general, said in a lawsuit that when President Trump gave Elon Musk the run of government computer systems, he breached protections enshrined in the Constitution and “failed to faithfully execute the laws enacted by Congress.”
States Say in Lawsuit That Donald Trump Violated Constitution’s Basic Precepts
Nineteen attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, accused the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let Mr. Musk comb through federal computer systems.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Letitia James of New York, joined by 18 other Democratic state attorneys general, said in a lawsuit that when President Trump gave Elon Musk the run of government computer systems, he breached protections enshrined in the Constitution and “failed to faithfully execute the laws enacted by Congress.”
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“Amassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised. In some cases, Trump’s declarations are meant to test the waters, but in other cases, the outrageous claim is its own accomplishment” ~Judith Butler
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Amassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised. In some cases, Trump’s declarations are meant to test the waters, but in other cases, the outrageous claim is its own accomplishment” ~Judith Butler
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.
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This, by @jamellebouie.net, is by far the clearest and most urgent assessment of the situation I've read yet. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This, by @jamellebouie.net, is by far the clearest and most urgent assessment of the situation I've read yet. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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So Mexico is sending extra troops to the border, as it regularly has in the past, and Trump agreed to shoulder a heavier burden in stopping the flow of American semiautomatic weapons into Mexico. How exactly did Mexico fold to Trump here?
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexic…
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexic…
Trump’s Victory Lap on Mexico Tariffs Is a Giant Farce
Donald Trump is trying to claim he achieved a major victory with his threats to impose tariffs on Mexico. There’s just one glaring problem.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
So Mexico is sending extra troops to the border, as it regularly has in the past, and Trump agreed to shoulder a heavier burden in stopping the flow of American semiautomatic weapons into Mexico. How exactly did Mexico fold to Trump here?
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexic…
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexic…
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?!? this is nuts. there should be op-eds in every paper. televised interviews and news conferences. legal cases, and clear concise strategies. did they do nothing to prepare for this? so certain of a win that they all took a fucking nap? this is unconscionable.
February 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?!? this is nuts. there should be op-eds in every paper. televised interviews and news conferences. legal cases, and clear concise strategies. did they do nothing to prepare for this? so certain of a win that they all took a fucking nap? this is unconscionable.
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New York lawmakers are considering a change to the state's special elections law that would keep Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat open for months, a move backed by Hakeem Jeffries as a way to deny Republicans’ already bare-bones House majority of a crucial vote.
Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House
New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House Democratic leader that could keep a key seat vacant for months.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New York lawmakers are considering a change to the state's special elections law that would keep Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat open for months, a move backed by Hakeem Jeffries as a way to deny Republicans’ already bare-bones House majority of a crucial vote.
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“Elon Musk’s influence appears unchecked,” @jonlemire.bsky.social writes. “But the Republican-controlled Congress has shown no desire so far to rein Musk in. There has never been a private citizen like him.”
Elon Musk Is President
The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Elon Musk’s influence appears unchecked,” @jonlemire.bsky.social writes. “But the Republican-controlled Congress has shown no desire so far to rein Musk in. There has never been a private citizen like him.”
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The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America
A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
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Kim Gordon on the Grammys red carpet today. 😈 She’s nominated for the first time, in the Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance categories.
[📷: Kevin Mazur/WireImage]
[📷: Kevin Mazur/WireImage]
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Kim Gordon on the Grammys red carpet today. 😈 She’s nominated for the first time, in the Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance categories.
[📷: Kevin Mazur/WireImage]
[📷: Kevin Mazur/WireImage]
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I'm extremely happy to know about this now and very sad I didn't know about it sooner. An absolutely remarkable album and the artist, a transfem/nb person named Stevie, passed away before it could be released. Bizarre and beautiful stuff. mopegrooves12xu.bandcamp.com/album/box-of...
Box Of Dark Roses, by Mope Grooves
27 track album
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January 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm extremely happy to know about this now and very sad I didn't know about it sooner. An absolutely remarkable album and the artist, a transfem/nb person named Stevie, passed away before it could be released. Bizarre and beautiful stuff. mopegrooves12xu.bandcamp.com/album/box-of...