Tim Riley
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George Will:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
George Will:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Immediately Denethor came to mind and it feels like we're being ruled by someone just like that
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Immediately Denethor came to mind and it feels like we're being ruled by someone just like that
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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My wife went through this process. It’s horrific that it’s being turned into a game of Russian roulette by ICE.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My wife went through this process. It’s horrific that it’s being turned into a game of Russian roulette by ICE.
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JUST IN: The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
The Georgia election interference case against Trump and others has been dropped
The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
JUST IN: The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
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The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
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This is actually a fascinating “cost of labor in the tech sector” dataset…
Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is actually a fascinating “cost of labor in the tech sector” dataset…
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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this is what i mean by "i don't want the future of politics to be slopulism vs. fascism"
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
this is what i mean by "i don't want the future of politics to be slopulism vs. fascism"
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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*Every single* institution, organization, and individual who caved into Trump already looks worse for having done so.
And every one that stood up continues to look better.
And every one that stood up continues to look better.
Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Eleventh Circuit throws out Trump's suit against CNN in a per curiam unpublished ruling. Meaning Trump's arguments were totally meritless, not even worthy of a published opinion. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
*Every single* institution, organization, and individual who caved into Trump already looks worse for having done so.
And every one that stood up continues to look better.
And every one that stood up continues to look better.
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This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Los Angeles failed to defeat a major housing law, so it's turning to Plan B: Delay, delay, delay
A report from the city planning department outlines strategies for pushing off many of the effects of SB 79 through 2030.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
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Person, Enemy, Math, Vote, Impeach
he has a three-vote margin in the House and declared war on three House members
So...remember that whole thing I posted about Trump's behavior becoming more self-destructive the more desperate he gets?
Yeah,
Yeah,
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Person, Enemy, Math, Vote, Impeach
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my most woke opinion is that any truck/SUV over 4,000 pounds should require a commercial drivers license, increased insurance/registration, more expensive parking, and higher punishments for traffic violations
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
my most woke opinion is that any truck/SUV over 4,000 pounds should require a commercial drivers license, increased insurance/registration, more expensive parking, and higher punishments for traffic violations
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Fifty-year mortgage is a desperate and misguided effort to get more people into homeownership without addressing the actual shortage of homes.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-dubiou...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-dubiou...
The dubious case for a 50-year mortgage
Plus “affordability” & abundance, unions & construction costs, and Democrats & schools
www.slowboring.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Fifty-year mortgage is a desperate and misguided effort to get more people into homeownership without addressing the actual shortage of homes.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-dubiou...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-dubiou...
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If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
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Not billionaires.
Not corporations.
Not private equity.
Just mom dad grandma and grandpa blocking housing.
Housing for low income people.
Because of parking.
Not corporations.
Not private equity.
Just mom dad grandma and grandpa blocking housing.
Housing for low income people.
Because of parking.
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Not billionaires.
Not corporations.
Not private equity.
Just mom dad grandma and grandpa blocking housing.
Housing for low income people.
Because of parking.
Not corporations.
Not private equity.
Just mom dad grandma and grandpa blocking housing.
Housing for low income people.
Because of parking.
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Both of them are falling prey to the misconception that this is a zero-sum game: either native-born get the job or foreign-born do. They can’t see the basic truth that the more talent flocks to America, the more jobs and prosperity there will be for everyone.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Both of them are falling prey to the misconception that this is a zero-sum game: either native-born get the job or foreign-born do. They can’t see the basic truth that the more talent flocks to America, the more jobs and prosperity there will be for everyone.
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If you need people to call you the greatest ever, then you’re not.
Kristi Noem: "It's remarkable what President Trump has done. It's because he's a great leader, he's a visionary, and this man is going to go down in history as our greatest president ever."
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you need people to call you the greatest ever, then you’re not.
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As of this morning, I realize the only modern American analogue for the Epstein story is Watergate, except:
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
Trump did the thing, everyone knows he did the thing, and he's got an entire political party and associated media apparatus trying to cover up his clear involvement in the thing. One of the sickest, most sordid chapters in an especially sick and sordid period of modern American history.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As of this morning, I realize the only modern American analogue for the Epstein story is Watergate, except:
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
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Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
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A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.