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Evidence, logic, and reason before partisanship. Also, puns and dirty jokes. You’ll never find the right answers if you don’t ask the right questions. Interests include: ⚖️⚾️🥁🍣🏀✡️🐟🪴
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Hwang Dong-hyuk: In my tv show I invented Squid Game as a cautionary tale.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hwang Dong-hyuk: In my tv show I invented Squid Game as a cautionary tale.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
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The inevitable rehabilitation of Livvy
The inevitable rehabilitation of Livvy - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I regret to inform you that the NYT has published a classic horny profile of the woman who loved RFK. Jr. too much: Olivia Nuzzi loved him. She loved the politician, even though she was a political reporter and he was then a presidential candidate she had written about. She loved his eyes, “blue as […]
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The inevitable rehabilitation of Livvy
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
“Akshully”’s most degenerate variety.
I didn't expect people in the Epstein files to go with "Epstein, America's most well-known pedophile, is not actually a pedophile" so quickly.
Dershowitz: The predecessor on your show described Epstein as a convicted pedophile. He pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. That’s not a pedophile.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Akshully”’s most degenerate variety.
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Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices That Were Definitely Not Higher Because It Imposed Some Food Tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices That Were Definitely Not Higher Because It Imposed Some Food Tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
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Your tax dollars at work
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Your tax dollars at work
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Of course he hasn't. Todd got her transferred to a Club Fed and told the warden to treat her like royalty just to tide her over until he can pardon her down the road.
Let's face it. He has to.
Let's face it. He has to.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Of course he hasn't. Todd got her transferred to a Club Fed and told the warden to treat her like royalty just to tide her over until he can pardon her down the road.
Let's face it. He has to.
Let's face it. He has to.
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Episode 1871: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy / Ray Madoff
Tax Code
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November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Tonight’s movie with the kids: TOP SECRET!
a man is laying on his back in the grass with a fence in the background .
ALT: a man is laying on his back in the grass with a fence in the background .
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November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Tonight’s movie with the kids: TOP SECRET!
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We don’t need 9 Wizards In Robes to figure out if “national emergency” laws give this guy the power to randomly alter tariffs on a daily basis
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We don’t need 9 Wizards In Robes to figure out if “national emergency” laws give this guy the power to randomly alter tariffs on a daily basis
"This stupid country."
YUUUUUUUUUUUP
YUUUUUUUUUUUP
Trumpnomics: tariffs do not raise prices, but somehow reducing tariffs lowers prices
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/trum...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump vows to fix something he broke - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Also an apparently infinite series: The Trump administration is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumer...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"This stupid country."
YUUUUUUUUUUUP
YUUUUUUUUUUUP
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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The idea that you can “protect academic freedom”…by allowing the president of the United States to select your president is the kind of thing so preposterous only a certain kind of academic administrator could actually believe it
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/how-...
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How UVA surrendered to Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Here’s a story about the Campus Free Speech administration you won’t read at any of the various news organizations Bari Weiss is in charge of these days: The former president of the University of Virg...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The idea that you can “protect academic freedom”…by allowing the president of the United States to select your president is the kind of thing so preposterous only a certain kind of academic administrator could actually believe it
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/how-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/how-...
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“The trio discusses “international jewery” on multiple occasions, perpetuating offensive stereotypes about Jews as well as Italians, Asians and others, along with eyebrow-raising comments about immigrants from developing countries, especially non-white ones.”
Woke 2 has arrived, and thank fuckin' god
Actress Dasha Nekrasova Fired By Gersh, Dropped From Movie Amid Backlash Over Podcast Interview With Far-Right Political Commentator Nick Fuentes
Actress Dasha Nekrasova has been dropped by Gersh over a podcast interview with far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes.
deadline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The trio discusses “international jewery” on multiple occasions, perpetuating offensive stereotypes about Jews as well as Italians, Asians and others, along with eyebrow-raising comments about immigrants from developing countries, especially non-white ones.”
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What could go wrong?
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What could go wrong?
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Because look, let’s just for giggles pretend to buy the absurd claim that the head of a right-wing DC think tank had no clue who Nick Fuentes is and just recited a script in defense of an ally. *THAT IS ALSO UTTERLY DAMNING* for the head of a supposed think tank, albeit for different reasons.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Because look, let’s just for giggles pretend to buy the absurd claim that the head of a right-wing DC think tank had no clue who Nick Fuentes is and just recited a script in defense of an ally. *THAT IS ALSO UTTERLY DAMNING* for the head of a supposed think tank, albeit for different reasons.
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Larry Summers, who is still on the Harvard faculty, tries to strongarm Harvard’s administration into punishing the student newspaper for printing the truth about him
Larry Summers, who is still on the Harvard faculty, tries to strongarm Harvard's administration into punishing the student newspaper for printing the truth about him - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The truth being that Larry Summers is an almost unbelievably disgusting and corrupt person, who also isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is. (Lot of that going around in The Meritocracy these days) Andrew Gelman has many of the details here. While the Crimson thing is really outrageous, my favorite detail is that […]
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November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Larry Summers, who is still on the Harvard faculty, tries to strongarm Harvard’s administration into punishing the student newspaper for printing the truth about him
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Something like DOGE *could* have been genuinely valuable if they’d spent a few months talking to real domain experts about where to streamline and find savings, and then a couple years on thoughtful implementation. But why bother when countless lackeys are telling you you’re a world-historic genius?
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Something like DOGE *could* have been genuinely valuable if they’d spent a few months talking to real domain experts about where to streamline and find savings, and then a couple years on thoughtful implementation. But why bother when countless lackeys are telling you you’re a world-historic genius?
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One reason the political influence of billonaires has been pernicious is that at certain levels of wealth, people will fawn over whatever inane brain diarrhea you emit as though they’ve just bumped into Socrates in the agora.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One reason the political influence of billonaires has been pernicious is that at certain levels of wealth, people will fawn over whatever inane brain diarrhea you emit as though they’ve just bumped into Socrates in the agora.
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capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
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Yup, we’re back on the Watergate-a-day pace
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yup, we’re back on the Watergate-a-day pace
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No, let’s absolutely not do that again:
Your now-regular reminder that the Federal Reserve has a dual mandate, & we should be eternally grateful that Jerome Powell takes it seriously & we did not needlessly suffer through a second Lost Decade in order to satisfy the Very Famous Economists’ egos & their idiosyncratic inflation preferences
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
No, let’s absolutely not do that again:
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Remarkable. Seems pretty clear that someone wanted to make an example of him.
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remarkable. Seems pretty clear that someone wanted to make an example of him.