Colin Kelly
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A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back.
University to Pay $500,000 to Professor It Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back.
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From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
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Absolute monsters
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Absolute monsters
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
At least Europe doesn’t have a bad history of appeasing expansionist authoritarian regimes with agreements pitched to the public as “peace plans.”
Congressional Republicans including Senator Mitch McConnell are openly blasting President Trump’s team of appeasing Russia, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
Republicans Fight With Trump’s Team Over Ukraine Talks
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
At least Europe doesn’t have a bad history of appeasing expansionist authoritarian regimes with agreements pitched to the public as “peace plans.”
Thank you Mr. President and fellow Republicans for this everlasting peace in the Middle East
The Israeli military conducted a wave of strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding others, according to Gaza’s health ministry, as Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating an ongoing cease-fire.
20 Killed in Israeli Strikes as Israel and Hamas Trade Blame Over Truce
Violence has repeatedly flared up in the weeks since a cease-fire was reached, killing hundreds of Palestinians and at least three Israeli soldiers.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thank you Mr. President and fellow Republicans for this everlasting peace in the Middle East
Joe Neguse has the political juice. This is the guy who dems should be push into leadership in the house
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Joe Neguse has the political juice. This is the guy who dems should be push into leadership in the house
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In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
genuinely curious what these NE centrist old-guard Republicans think they can contribute to small-d democratic politics. As far as I can see, they either capitulate to MAGA or shake their fists at everyone. There really isn't room in national politics for them to get anything done (and they know it)
John E. Sununu, a Republican former US senator from New Hampshire, launched his campaign Wednesday in the race to succeed Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, whose forthcoming retirement has set the stage for a wide-open 2026 contest with potential national implications.
John E. Sununu launches US Senate bid in New Hampshire, taking on Scott Brown for GOP nomination - The Boston Globe
Sununu’s candidacy could energize Republican hopes of reclaiming the seat, as his party seeks to keep their majority after the midterm elections.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
genuinely curious what these NE centrist old-guard Republicans think they can contribute to small-d democratic politics. As far as I can see, they either capitulate to MAGA or shake their fists at everyone. There really isn't room in national politics for them to get anything done (and they know it)
running the country like a business. where the CEO gets a huge bonus and everyone else pays more for health insurance
President Trump “should pay a political price for his brazen corruption,” the editorial board writes. Instead, by reportedly demanding that the Justice Department hand him $230 million, “he is telling American taxpayers to pay a price, directly to him.”
Opinion | Trump Wants the American People to Pay Him $230 Million
Trump should pay a political price for his brazen corruption. Instead, he is telling American taxpayers to pay a price, directly to him.
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
running the country like a business. where the CEO gets a huge bonus and everyone else pays more for health insurance
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Per @politico.com , the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Per @politico.com , the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.
I swear to god some journalist should ask him if he should be prosecuted for letting this happen under his watch
Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
March 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I swear to god some journalist should ask him if he should be prosecuted for letting this happen under his watch
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An Orange County couple was deported to Colombia after living in the U.S. for decades with no criminal record.
'They have never broken the law': An O.C. couple's deportation is part of a trend, advocates say
An Orange County couple was deported to Colombia after living in the U.S. for decades with no criminal record.
www.latimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
An Orange County couple was deported to Colombia after living in the U.S. for decades with no criminal record.
Will there be conditions for aid from the feds?
Breaking News: A fire near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, doubled in size overnight as more than 170 fires burned in the Carolinas, prompting evacuations near the coast and in the mountains.
Wildfires in the Carolinas Prompt Evacuations
The blazes were fueled by gusty winds, dry air and unusually high temperatures. The largest fire was burning 1,200 acres near Myrtle Beach on Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Will there be conditions for aid from the feds?
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> "Vaccines kill people!!!!"
> Actual vaccination results
> Actual vaccination results
February 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
> "Vaccines kill people!!!!"
> Actual vaccination results
> Actual vaccination results
I swear to god some these lies that are coming out are going to be found out because one of these high school fascist used a “+” rather than “-“ and just ran with it
Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
No, 90 Percent of Aid Is Not Skimmed Off Before Reaching Target Communities
A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a differe...
www.cgdev.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I swear to god some these lies that are coming out are going to be found out because one of these high school fascist used a “+” rather than “-“ and just ran with it
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Gonna do this on the doorway to my kitchen later and its gonna feel great
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Gonna do this on the doorway to my kitchen later and its gonna feel great