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There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
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2016-03-16 Saturn RGB - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/FhRsdC
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
2016-03-16 Saturn RGB - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/FhRsdC
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It is March, 2006. You have never heard of Chongqing.
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It is March, 2006. You have never heard of Chongqing.
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I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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Well come and well met, my brave little spark
How long you've wandered, burned bright as a star
Oh, I have awaited you patiently all this time 💫
#ffxiv (Illustration wip)
How long you've wandered, burned bright as a star
Oh, I have awaited you patiently all this time 💫
#ffxiv (Illustration wip)
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Well come and well met, my brave little spark
How long you've wandered, burned bright as a star
Oh, I have awaited you patiently all this time 💫
#ffxiv (Illustration wip)
How long you've wandered, burned bright as a star
Oh, I have awaited you patiently all this time 💫
#ffxiv (Illustration wip)
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October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Witch Yor 🎃 #SPYxFamily
Too early for trick or treat... but she doesn't know!
Too early for trick or treat... but she doesn't know!
October 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Witch Yor 🎃 #SPYxFamily
Too early for trick or treat... but she doesn't know!
Too early for trick or treat... but she doesn't know!
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Most striking thing about this clip is not Trump floating the idea of being a dictator (again) and claiming some want that.
The most striking thing is his sneering dismissal of the counter argument "freedom."
Only modern US president to explicitly oppose freedom. Should be the basis of opposition.
The most striking thing is his sneering dismissal of the counter argument "freedom."
Only modern US president to explicitly oppose freedom. Should be the basis of opposition.
August 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Most striking thing about this clip is not Trump floating the idea of being a dictator (again) and claiming some want that.
The most striking thing is his sneering dismissal of the counter argument "freedom."
Only modern US president to explicitly oppose freedom. Should be the basis of opposition.
The most striking thing is his sneering dismissal of the counter argument "freedom."
Only modern US president to explicitly oppose freedom. Should be the basis of opposition.
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As a DC resident I feel like I should say:
This is a complete and utter lie.
My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown.
Telling the truth is an important thing.
This is a complete and utter lie.
My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown.
Telling the truth is an important thing.
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
As a DC resident I feel like I should say:
This is a complete and utter lie.
My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown.
Telling the truth is an important thing.
This is a complete and utter lie.
My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown.
Telling the truth is an important thing.
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i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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I have a little personal project that I've been adding things to now and then. It's called Penumbra and it explores the beauty of space.
Here are some Penumbra pieces - all painted in Photoshop 🌠
Here are some Penumbra pieces - all painted in Photoshop 🌠
January 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I have a little personal project that I've been adding things to now and then. It's called Penumbra and it explores the beauty of space.
Here are some Penumbra pieces - all painted in Photoshop 🌠
Here are some Penumbra pieces - all painted in Photoshop 🌠
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Among many other things this is a proliferation nightmare. The lesson learned will be never negotiate with the United States.
June 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Among many other things this is a proliferation nightmare. The lesson learned will be never negotiate with the United States.