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#TimeLineCleanse update: Heretic Coffee has raised over $360,000 as of 5 days ago. He's decided to use 40% of the money raised to keep the free breakfast going indefinitely, and 60% will go to underresourced community organizations trying to address food insecurity in a more permanent way.
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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“Successful and functional institutions are the bedrock of society, and when institutions do deteriorate, often due to inept or dysfunctional management, society suffers. Such problems, if serious enough, can threaten the very foundations of our democratic society”
- Michael J. Kurtz, 2004
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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It's important to remember for all the stupidity at the top of the U.S. political tree, there's still a huge groundswell of support for Ukraine (even those with no love for Ukraine realise the danger posed by Putin)

It was nice to see Republican, former Speaker, 82 year old Newt Gingrich post this
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Draft ACIP Agendas per @angierasmussen.bsky.social indicate that the current ACIP is planning to destroy childhood vaccinations Dec. 2025 as we know it. Pure tragedy. Public Health organizations must stand up and speak out against RFK Jr.'s evil agenda to put children at risk of preventable deaths.
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.

This will get someone killed sooner or later.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Two Florida academics say they have their jobs back after Charlie Kirk-related comments reut.rs/4ocZBIK
Two Florida academics say they have their jobs back after Charlie Kirk-related comments
Reuters found that more than 600 Americans were fired, investigated, or otherwise disciplined for comments about the Charlie Kirk killing.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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This is absolutely. batshit. insane.

And one of the most beautifully terrifying things I've ever watched.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZv...
I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
YouTube video by Red Bull
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Coast Guard allows Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags.

The U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico.

Senator Slotkin joins me to talk about intelligence agencies conducting operations on American soil and to respond to Trump's calls to execute her.

A major news update:
Urgent Evening News Update
Coast Guard allows Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags, U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico, Senator Slotkin blasts Trump's calls to execute her, and much more.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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⚠️ Some context to the call by Senator Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers for the US military not to follow illegal orders:
This is not a hypothetical exercise:

During protests in 2020, President Trump wanted the 82nd Airborne sent to Washington, D.C., to, in his words, “shoot them in the legs."
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Senator Slotkin reacts to Trump's threats of death for sedition
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Cost to deploy 4000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles is estimated at $135 million.

In Illinois, 200 Texas troops have been sent to Elwood and have spent about 30 days so far, costing taxpayers nearly $3.5 million.
Texas National Guard troops remain stationed in Elwood, Illinois, costing taxpayers millions
In Illinois, 200 Texas troops have been sent to Elwood and have spent about 30 days so far, costing taxpayers nearly $3.5 million.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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AUTO REPOSSESSIONS AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009 U.S. AUTO LOANS HIT RECORD $1.7 TRILLION SUBPRIME AUTO LOAN DELINQUENCIES WORST IN 30 YEARS
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.

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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Sounds about reich
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Trump admin cancels multiple citizenship ceremonies in New York, claiming unmet legal requirements #TheHill
thehill.com
Trump admin cancels multiple citizenship ceremonies in New York, claiming unmet legal requirements
twp.ai
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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BREAKING: The White House just called a lid on the press.

The White House refuses to say whether it received the Epstein files bill.

It seems like they are slow walking it. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: White House Refuses to Say Whether the Epstein Files Bill has been Received as Delays Mount
The White House has called a lid this evening on the press, and has yet to say anything regarding the Epstein files bill
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Consolidation nation: competition on vacation #econsky
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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A three-star general has been nominated to lead the Army’s top logistics command, a job that traditionally has gone to those with four stars.
3-star general tapped to lead top Army logistics command, traditionally a 4-star slot
Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan was selected for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command.
www.stripes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM