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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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I am tired of antisemitism.
And I am tired of being expected to be ok with antisemitism when the Jews who it’s directed at are Israelis.
And I am tired of being expected to be ok with antisemitism when the Jews who it’s directed at are Israelis.
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am tired of antisemitism.
And I am tired of being expected to be ok with antisemitism when the Jews who it’s directed at are Israelis.
And I am tired of being expected to be ok with antisemitism when the Jews who it’s directed at are Israelis.
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Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.
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me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
““You ‘highlight(ed) the number of Black officials in (your) administration,’” Dhillon wrote, quoting Johnson.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/19/j...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/19/j...
Justice Department investigating Mayor Brandon Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring
Mayor Brandon Johnson received a letter from an assistant attorney general saying there is “reasonable cause” to believe he “made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race.”
www.chicagotribune.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
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Russ Vought says that Trump has the power to fire hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
As a political appointee, he said Biden lacked the authority to fire him
As a political appointee, he said Biden lacked the authority to fire him
May 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Russ Vought says that Trump has the power to fire hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
As a political appointee, he said Biden lacked the authority to fire him
As a political appointee, he said Biden lacked the authority to fire him
We don’t believe, we know. Like everything with this administration, the cruelty is the point. This is a great article, btw.
In four months, President Trump and a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk have hacked off chunks of government in the name of efficiency, with tactics rarely seen in public or private industry.
Many federal workers said they believe cruelty is part of the plan.
Many federal workers said they believe cruelty is part of the plan.
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
www.washingtonpost.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We don’t believe, we know. Like everything with this administration, the cruelty is the point. This is a great article, btw.
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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The tens—maybe hundreds—of thousands of anonymous professionals who quietly did the critical work that made everyone else’s pampered lives possible were analogous to Ayn Rand's producers. The looters turned out to be the captains of industry.
Ayn Rand Was Right. Sort Of.
There is a class of looters who contribute little to society. And a class of heroic people who keep everything functioning.
www.thebulwark.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The tens—maybe hundreds—of thousands of anonymous professionals who quietly did the critical work that made everyone else’s pampered lives possible were analogous to Ayn Rand's producers. The looters turned out to be the captains of industry.
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New from me: Most people have not heard of the Administration for Community Living. But it's a vitally important Institution to keep people with disabilities and elderly people in their homes. And RFK Jr. and DOGE are targeting it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Warnings over DOGE cuts to organization that keeps elderly people in their homes
Former employees of the Administration for Community Living say they fear it is being ‘broken up for spare parts,’ Eric Garcia reports
www.independent.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New from me: Most people have not heard of the Administration for Community Living. But it's a vitally important Institution to keep people with disabilities and elderly people in their homes. And RFK Jr. and DOGE are targeting it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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According to NIH, the average Margarita is 33.3% alcohol.
One Margarita = 1.7 standard drinks
Two Margaritas = 3.4 standard drinks
Three Margaritas = 5.1 standard drinks
If you're going to drink, please don't drive. Plan ahead so you can have fun and be safe.
One Margarita = 1.7 standard drinks
Two Margaritas = 3.4 standard drinks
Three Margaritas = 5.1 standard drinks
If you're going to drink, please don't drive. Plan ahead so you can have fun and be safe.
Alcohol Calculators - Rethinking Drinking | NIAAA
Find the number of standard drinks in different sized containers such as beer, malt liquor, table wine, and spirits.
rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
According to NIH, the average Margarita is 33.3% alcohol.
One Margarita = 1.7 standard drinks
Two Margaritas = 3.4 standard drinks
Three Margaritas = 5.1 standard drinks
If you're going to drink, please don't drive. Plan ahead so you can have fun and be safe.
One Margarita = 1.7 standard drinks
Two Margaritas = 3.4 standard drinks
Three Margaritas = 5.1 standard drinks
If you're going to drink, please don't drive. Plan ahead so you can have fun and be safe.
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Is anything more perfect than republicans being like, “we are going to ban anti semitism unless it’s from christians, then it’s ok”
April 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Is anything more perfect than republicans being like, “we are going to ban anti semitism unless it’s from christians, then it’s ok”
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What’s important to realize here is the president of the United States is an idiot. But not just an idiot. He is also a broken narcissist who is obsessed with his own power with no sense of history or economics and no concern for anyone other than himself & who’s surrounded by enabling fools.
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What’s important to realize here is the president of the United States is an idiot. But not just an idiot. He is also a broken narcissist who is obsessed with his own power with no sense of history or economics and no concern for anyone other than himself & who’s surrounded by enabling fools.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
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America was founded on the concept of checks and balances, but Republicans in Congress are bending the knee to those who seek to gut our government from the inside out.
We have the power to stop the cessation of power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I urge a no vote on the CR.
We have the power to stop the cessation of power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I urge a no vote on the CR.
March 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
America was founded on the concept of checks and balances, but Republicans in Congress are bending the knee to those who seek to gut our government from the inside out.
We have the power to stop the cessation of power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I urge a no vote on the CR.
We have the power to stop the cessation of power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I urge a no vote on the CR.
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Chag Purim Sameach!
To the Jewish community here in Illinois and across the world: may our Purim be full of joy, celebration, and unity.
To the Jewish community here in Illinois and across the world: may our Purim be full of joy, celebration, and unity.
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Chag Purim Sameach!
To the Jewish community here in Illinois and across the world: may our Purim be full of joy, celebration, and unity.
To the Jewish community here in Illinois and across the world: may our Purim be full of joy, celebration, and unity.
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Tesla Dealerships Attacked With Molotov Cocktails
theonion.com/tesla-d...
theonion.com/tesla-d...
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tesla Dealerships Attacked With Molotov Cocktails
theonion.com/tesla-d...
theonion.com/tesla-d...
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In today’s flooding of the zone, he blew up special ed & reduced school lunch & accelerated pollution in low income communities.
Just another day in the office for the Eye of Sauron.
Just another day in the office for the Eye of Sauron.
March 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
In today’s flooding of the zone, he blew up special ed & reduced school lunch & accelerated pollution in low income communities.
Just another day in the office for the Eye of Sauron.
Just another day in the office for the Eye of Sauron.
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People—don’t fall for it
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
March 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
People—don’t fall for it
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
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If you, in any way, think this is "good for the Jews," then you are an idiot.
New: The administration—through DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA—says it has canceled ~$400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University.
March 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you, in any way, think this is "good for the Jews," then you are an idiot.
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Some things I am doing to keep my sanity in the age of Trump that I'm sharing for anyone who needs it, a thread.
March 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some things I am doing to keep my sanity in the age of Trump that I'm sharing for anyone who needs it, a thread.
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Happy death of Stalin to all who celebrate!
Tyrannical sociopaths can barricade themselves inside their palaces all they want, but death finds everyone in the end.
You can’t bribe death, or threaten it.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
Tyrannical sociopaths can barricade themselves inside their palaces all they want, but death finds everyone in the end.
You can’t bribe death, or threaten it.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy death of Stalin to all who celebrate!
Tyrannical sociopaths can barricade themselves inside their palaces all they want, but death finds everyone in the end.
You can’t bribe death, or threaten it.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
Tyrannical sociopaths can barricade themselves inside their palaces all they want, but death finds everyone in the end.
You can’t bribe death, or threaten it.
Thinking about that a lot lately.