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male female and intersex <3
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Social Democrat, Secular Humanist, American
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The Olivia Nuzzi photo reminded me enough of the Yarvin one that I checked whether they're the same photographer. They're not; it's just apparently house style about how to glamorize terrible people.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi photo reminded me enough of the Yarvin one that I checked whether they're the same photographer. They're not; it's just apparently house style about how to glamorize terrible people.
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Here's what we know about the shooting outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in South Carolina today involving anti-abortion protesters. We spoke to volunteers + reviewed footage of the incident. Anti-abortion violence is sharply on the rise—essentially encouraged by the Trump admin:
Breaking: Shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood
An anti-abortion protester has been detained
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Here's what we know about the shooting outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in South Carolina today involving anti-abortion protesters. We spoke to volunteers + reviewed footage of the incident. Anti-abortion violence is sharply on the rise—essentially encouraged by the Trump admin:
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NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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Some really dystopian controls being put in place here. The “approved” content is completely subjective and this will be weaponized to attack professors and instructors who teach about ideas that go against the prevailing statewide political winds. This is anathema to academic freedom & free inquiry
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Some really dystopian controls being put in place here. The “approved” content is completely subjective and this will be weaponized to attack professors and instructors who teach about ideas that go against the prevailing statewide political winds. This is anathema to academic freedom & free inquiry
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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
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Good. Every D needs to be on line here.
I condemn the Trump Administration’s unprecedented and illegal strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Good. Every D needs to be on line here.
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An insult to wacky inflatable arm flailing tube men everywhere.
To say the Right is flailing in response to the Epstein leaks is to grossly understate it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
An insult to wacky inflatable arm flailing tube men everywhere.
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In a healthy White House, it would be disqualifying for a radical official to acknowledge his “Nazi streak.”
In this White House, Trump personally rewarded Paul Ingrassia with a promotion. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
In this White House, Trump personally rewarded Paul Ingrassia with a promotion. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Despite ‘Nazi streak’ controversy, Ingrassia lands a news gig in the Trump administration
Paul Ingrassia's history of radicalism made him politically radioactive. The president rewarded him with a promotion anyway.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In a healthy White House, it would be disqualifying for a radical official to acknowledge his “Nazi streak.”
In this White House, Trump personally rewarded Paul Ingrassia with a promotion. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
In this White House, Trump personally rewarded Paul Ingrassia with a promotion. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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The funniest thing about Twitter these days is that right wing dipshits still think their content is being suppressed by some unseen liberal forces.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The funniest thing about Twitter these days is that right wing dipshits still think their content is being suppressed by some unseen liberal forces.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
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All the adults failed her including her dad
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All the adults failed her including her dad
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
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Not a good sign that for several decades, if you went to a journalist with a story about Epstein odds were very good that journalist and Epstein were emailing each other all the time
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Not a good sign that for several decades, if you went to a journalist with a story about Epstein odds were very good that journalist and Epstein were emailing each other all the time
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
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doing a Straussian reading of this post, especially point 3, and it's fairly obvious that Vance is aligned with the Tucker Carlson-wing of the GOP and thinks further right groups should be part of the tent, but won't outright break with Trump's I/P policy while he's still VP
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
doing a Straussian reading of this post, especially point 3, and it's fairly obvious that Vance is aligned with the Tucker Carlson-wing of the GOP and thinks further right groups should be part of the tent, but won't outright break with Trump's I/P policy while he's still VP
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If you're watching people dig into the newly-released Jeffrey Epstein documents, but you are sure where they are coming from?
They're from here: oversight.house.gov/release/over...
They're from here: oversight.house.gov/release/over...
Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you're watching people dig into the newly-released Jeffrey Epstein documents, but you are sure where they are coming from?
They're from here: oversight.house.gov/release/over...
They're from here: oversight.house.gov/release/over...
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AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
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Wait, what!?
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wait, what!?
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
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Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
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Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.