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Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.
From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.
From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:
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Hamas did the crime, then persuaded credulous western media to fix blame on Israel for its own action
June 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hamas did the crime, then persuaded credulous western media to fix blame on Israel for its own action
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Supreme Court chaos, Harvard strikes back, and Trump’s own press secretary may have just handed prosecutors the key to his meme coin grift. Watch a new Legal AF live at 8p ET/5p PT!
LIVE: Popok and Meiselas on BREAKING LEGAL NEWS - 5/24/2025 | Legal AF
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May 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Supreme Court chaos, Harvard strikes back, and Trump’s own press secretary may have just handed prosecutors the key to his meme coin grift. Watch a new Legal AF live at 8p ET/5p PT!
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"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
May 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
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The WH is handing DOGE the keys to NRC to restructure the agency and is also going to strip down its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to barebones. ACRS is the NRC org tasked with reviewing safety at nuclear plants & advising the commission on hazards.
May 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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🚨 HUGE FLIP: Democrat John Ewing Jr. just turned Omaha blue—defeating the longest-serving GOP mayor in the country and becoming the city’s first Black mayor in history.
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
🚨 HUGE FLIP: Democrat John Ewing Jr. just turned Omaha blue—defeating the longest-serving GOP mayor in the country and becoming the city’s first Black mayor in history.
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Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term
The Trump administration has halted some regulatory matters involving Musk's companies and fired people from agencies investigating Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink.
www.nbcnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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Spot on by Bill Gates. I knew he thought this but am glad he finally said it publicly. He has put up with such shitty misinformation from Musk over vaccines too.
May 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Spot on by Bill Gates. I knew he thought this but am glad he finally said it publicly. He has put up with such shitty misinformation from Musk over vaccines too.
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JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%.
What’s next on the agenda?
What’s next on the agenda?
May 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%.
What’s next on the agenda?
What’s next on the agenda?
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Maddening no-regrets story from @lauren-egan.bsky.social. Reminds me of a famous quote from an American officer during the Vietnam War: "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." In this case the town is Gaza.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Pro-Palestinian Activists Gave Trump a Boost. They Have No Regrets.
Groups that rallied against Biden and Harris say they’d do it all over again.
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Maddening no-regrets story from @lauren-egan.bsky.social. Reminds me of a famous quote from an American officer during the Vietnam War: "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." In this case the town is Gaza.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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We will not let this guy abolish Veterans Day.
May 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We will not let this guy abolish Veterans Day.
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama?
Election records show Tuberville voted in Florida after he says a homestead exemption puts his residency in Alabama.
www.al.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
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This deserves some good coverage: tariffs giving “cover” for other price hikes that are unrelated to trade.
The gas station I pass on my way to work has raised the price of breakfast sandwiches by like $1.50 in the last month. It's affecting things that aren't even imported
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This deserves some good coverage: tariffs giving “cover” for other price hikes that are unrelated to trade.
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Trump supporters insisting that tariffs don't raise prices remind me of socialists and communists insisting that rent controls don't cause housing shortages.
May 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump supporters insisting that tariffs don't raise prices remind me of socialists and communists insisting that rent controls don't cause housing shortages.
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Reposting by request the exchange from Trump's ABC interview about Abrego Garcia's tattoos here on Bluesky 👇👇👇
TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!
MORAN: That was photoshopped
TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.
TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!
MORAN: That was photoshopped
TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.
April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposting by request the exchange from Trump's ABC interview about Abrego Garcia's tattoos here on Bluesky 👇👇👇
TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!
MORAN: That was photoshopped
TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.
TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!
MORAN: That was photoshopped
TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.
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April 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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BREAKING: Protests break out outside of the courtroom after Judge Dugan is arrested for protecting an immigrant.
April 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
BREAKING: Protests break out outside of the courtroom after Judge Dugan is arrested for protecting an immigrant.
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It’s time for accountability. When we get back to Congress next week, articles of impeachment need to be filed against Pete Hegseth.
April 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s time for accountability. When we get back to Congress next week, articles of impeachment need to be filed against Pete Hegseth.
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