Snarkubus
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KS born NJ made Cat Owning Spinster.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
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Pointing out (because when else would I get to show off this research) that about 533 U.S.–produced features, from both major studios and independents, were released into theaters in 1957. In 2017, there were 131 given wide release, including independents. It's astounding how output has shrunk.
30+ movies a year. Wow. That's very impressive. This year Paramount released a grand total of 7, exactly one of which made the year's top 25 (while losing $), so there is zero reason to believe that the company has the means to more than quadruple its output. deadline.com/2025/12/para...
Paramount Promises To Release 30+ Films Annually If It Acquires Warner Bros: “We’re Going To Satisfy The Needs Of The Moviegoing Public”
Should Paramount succeed in acquiring Warner Bros, the combined studio will release more than 30 theatrical titles a year. This was Paramount CEO David Ellison’s promise during a phone presser followi...
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pointing out (because when else would I get to show off this research) that about 533 U.S.–produced features, from both major studios and independents, were released into theaters in 1957. In 2017, there were 131 given wide release, including independents. It's astounding how output has shrunk.
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Dozens of American activists protested on Sunday outside the G&B Packing facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, in objection to its role in shipping military equipment and supplies to Israel that are used in the killing of Palestinians.
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Dozens of American activists protested on Sunday outside the G&B Packing facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, in objection to its role in shipping military equipment and supplies to Israel that are used in the killing of Palestinians.
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Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Kagan's line of questioning here was pretty much Gorsuch's music to invoke the nondelegation doctrine, which he then jumped in and did.
Remember: this case isn't about making Trump king. This case is part of FedSoc's generational project to destroy the fed gov't's regulatory power.
Remember: this case isn't about making Trump king. This case is part of FedSoc's generational project to destroy the fed gov't's regulatory power.
Kagan: formal arguments should not blind us to the real-world realities of what our decisions do.
When we place all these agencies under complete presidential control...we are left with "a president with control over everything, including over much of the law-making" in this country.
When we place all these agencies under complete presidential control...we are left with "a president with control over everything, including over much of the law-making" in this country.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kagan's line of questioning here was pretty much Gorsuch's music to invoke the nondelegation doctrine, which he then jumped in and did.
Remember: this case isn't about making Trump king. This case is part of FedSoc's generational project to destroy the fed gov't's regulatory power.
Remember: this case isn't about making Trump king. This case is part of FedSoc's generational project to destroy the fed gov't's regulatory power.
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On Sunday, US lawmakers released the annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national defense spending in 2026.
The bill was somehow $8 billion more than Trump requested, and bans transgender women from competing in sports at military universities.
The bill was somehow $8 billion more than Trump requested, and bans transgender women from competing in sports at military universities.
Congress moves to ban trans women from military academy sports
The move is part of several anti-trans measures directed by the Trump administration.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On Sunday, US lawmakers released the annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national defense spending in 2026.
The bill was somehow $8 billion more than Trump requested, and bans transgender women from competing in sports at military universities.
The bill was somehow $8 billion more than Trump requested, and bans transgender women from competing in sports at military universities.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Yeah no one who allows him is good and folks need to start asking Dems at al about this over “woke” or “identity “ and “normal”
BREAKING: The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority appears poised to boost Trump’s pursuit of total government control, potentially destroying a key limit on his power over independent agencies Congress intended to be shielded from direct executive influence.
Supreme Court Poised to Turbocharge Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yeah no one who allows him is good and folks need to start asking Dems at al about this over “woke” or “identity “ and “normal”
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THREAD: Microsoft broke the law to sell tech to Israel knowing it would be used to commit crimes against humanity in Gaza, several legal and human rights groups found.
Now, they’re pushing to hold Microsoft accountable, legally.
Now, they’re pushing to hold Microsoft accountable, legally.
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
THREAD: Microsoft broke the law to sell tech to Israel knowing it would be used to commit crimes against humanity in Gaza, several legal and human rights groups found.
Now, they’re pushing to hold Microsoft accountable, legally.
Now, they’re pushing to hold Microsoft accountable, legally.
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Because most of them aren’t worried about falling birth rates, they’re worried about control and racial primacy
Mormons (69 percent), evangelical Christians (65 percent), Orthodox Christians (63 percent), Catholics (59 percent) and Muslims (59 percent) are most likely to worry about the impact of low fertility.
19thnews.org/2025/12/pron...
19thnews.org/2025/12/pron...
Why are so many Americans worried about falling birth rates?
The 19th News/SurveyMonkey Poll found that half of Americans think we should be at least somewhat worried about the impact of falling birth rates on society.
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Because most of them aren’t worried about falling birth rates, they’re worried about control and racial primacy
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rawan. Rawan is a studying to be a doctor in a medical laboratory . She had to stop because she couldn’t afford the fees. Her family is struggling including her siblings Mohammed, 25, Samer, 20, Abdulrahman, 18, Rahaf, 13 and Rafeef, 8.
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rawan. Rawan is a studying to be a doctor in a medical laboratory . She had to stop because she couldn’t afford the fees. Her family is struggling including her siblings Mohammed, 25, Samer, 20, Abdulrahman, 18, Rahaf, 13 and Rafeef, 8.
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It’s genuinely unbelievable how much the average right winger’s conception of history is based on post-war American advertising of the mid 20th century
Terminally online Right wingers are telling on themselves
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s genuinely unbelievable how much the average right winger’s conception of history is based on post-war American advertising of the mid 20th century
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Wild: So both Biden & Trump bypassed Congress to send aid to Israel—to support Israel’s "defense" in "wartime."
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
NEW: Buried in the new defense bill is a policy to fill weapon “gaps” Israel gets as other nations embargo it.
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
US Defense Bill Would Fill Israel’s Weapons ‘Gaps’ Caused by Embargoes
The US armed Israel’s genocide. Nations responded by embargoing Israel. Citing those restrictions, the US may now send even more weapons to Israel.
zeteo.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wild: So both Biden & Trump bypassed Congress to send aid to Israel—to support Israel’s "defense" in "wartime."
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
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A Kremlin spokesperson said that the changes 'correspond in many ways to our vision'.
Russia welcomes Trump’s revised US security strategy
A Kremlin spokesperson said that the changes 'correspond in many ways to our vision'.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Kremlin spokesperson said that the changes 'correspond in many ways to our vision'.
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It’s a disgrace a bunch of racist, bigoted morons with absolutely no credentials and/or no accredited research experience who would be banned from a Reddit thread & LAUGHED out of a scientific conference are in charge of the CDC & gleefully killing kids & destroying DECADES of scientific advancement
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s a disgrace a bunch of racist, bigoted morons with absolutely no credentials and/or no accredited research experience who would be banned from a Reddit thread & LAUGHED out of a scientific conference are in charge of the CDC & gleefully killing kids & destroying DECADES of scientific advancement
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It takes years of working your way through the immigration system to get to this point. The thought of arriving at your naturalization ceremony, thinking that work is over, & having the rug pulled from under you based on where you were born makes me sick to my stomach. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It takes years of working your way through the immigration system to get to this point. The thought of arriving at your naturalization ceremony, thinking that work is over, & having the rug pulled from under you based on where you were born makes me sick to my stomach. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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"You cannot process it. You never will. Just like the last two years. You’ll never process it. When you replace morality with performance, you get a democracy that offers you two choices at the ballot box: pro-genocide, or pro-genocide? Thank goodness for freedom!"
Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
Western media institutions excused the intellectual's murder by deeming him "controversial."
electronicintifada.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"You cannot process it. You never will. Just like the last two years. You’ll never process it. When you replace morality with performance, you get a democracy that offers you two choices at the ballot box: pro-genocide, or pro-genocide? Thank goodness for freedom!"
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I think it’s really funny when people who purport to be experts in the Middle East do not know anything about Lebanon
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I think it’s really funny when people who purport to be experts in the Middle East do not know anything about Lebanon
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Palestinians displaced from refugee camps in the northern West Bank are demanding to return to their homes after an Israeli military takeover of the camps, and they fear that proposed U.S. plans for rebuilding the camps will completely erase them. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/as-d...
As displaced Palestinians wait to return to their homes in West Bank refugee camps, U.S. reconstruction plans threaten to erase the camps
Palestinians displaced from refugee camps in the northern West Bank are demanding to return to their homes after an Israeli military takeover of the camps, and they fear that proposed U.S. plans for…
mondoweiss.net
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Palestinians displaced from refugee camps in the northern West Bank are demanding to return to their homes after an Israeli military takeover of the camps, and they fear that proposed U.S. plans for rebuilding the camps will completely erase them. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/as-d...
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In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
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This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
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The US called on member states to amend the Rome Statute to prohibit prosecutions of citizens of non-signatory states, a move that would have effectively granted immunity to American and Israeli nationals.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Sentient oil slick Vichy .
But but he has good comms
But but he has good comms
Culturally normal is a dog whistle.
Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be ‘More Culturally Normal’
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Sentient oil slick Vichy .
But but he has good comms
But but he has good comms
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.