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The Miracle Mile [sic], a big strong shopping center, came to me with tears in its eyes, and said, "Sir, I'm ready to call it quits. Please do something about the murder and crime!"
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Miracle Mile [sic], a big strong shopping center, came to me with tears in its eyes, and said, "Sir, I'm ready to call it quits. Please do something about the murder and crime!"
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I should really have fit into this post that this county voted for Trump.
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I should really have fit into this post that this county voted for Trump.
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Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
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My dad, who has a degree in classics, insists on pointing out to White Statue Enthusiasts that every proper Roman household should have a fascinus (lucky dildo sculpture) that you rub for luck.
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My dad, who has a degree in classics, insists on pointing out to White Statue Enthusiasts that every proper Roman household should have a fascinus (lucky dildo sculpture) that you rub for luck.
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obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
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literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
Tesla's latest gambit: become a rental car company. As cars pile up in showrooms and storage lots, Elon is trying to rent his way out of a crisis. Good luck, bud. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
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If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
someone's already writing a take about how making light of this offends the vast majority of americans who aspire to look like their faces were rendered using the super fx chip
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
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“um akshually that’s a toddler suffering from police brutality. totally different thing.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“um akshually that’s a toddler suffering from police brutality. totally different thing.”
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Heckler Asks ‘For Trump?’ As Paul Weiss Describes Pro Bono Work At Gala Dinner
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/heckler-asks-for-trump-as-paul-weiss-describes-pro-bono-work-at-gala-dinner/
Heckler Asks ‘For Trump?’ As Paul Weiss Describes Pro Bono Work At Gala Dinner
Brad Karp heard it from both protesters outside and a heckler inside at Friday's New York Bar Foundation gala.
abovethelaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Heckler Asks ‘For Trump?’ As Paul Weiss Describes Pro Bono Work At Gala Dinner
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/heckler-asks-for-trump-as-paul-weiss-describes-pro-bono-work-at-gala-dinner/
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1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
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My honest take is that Ds played a bad hand poorly and the TL is split between people pretending a Pikachu, an expired debt card, and a five dollar coupon for Taco Bell was aces over kings and people pretending shitting on the table and yelling YAHTZEE is 69 dimensional chess.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My honest take is that Ds played a bad hand poorly and the TL is split between people pretending a Pikachu, an expired debt card, and a five dollar coupon for Taco Bell was aces over kings and people pretending shitting on the table and yelling YAHTZEE is 69 dimensional chess.
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Maybe I put the horse before the cart, but I thought part of the point of keeping the shutdown going was to get people motivated to vote this past Tuesday, not to win the elections so the shutdown can continue.
Do...do people think this is tenable until the midterms *next year*?
Do...do people think this is tenable until the midterms *next year*?
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Maybe I put the horse before the cart, but I thought part of the point of keeping the shutdown going was to get people motivated to vote this past Tuesday, not to win the elections so the shutdown can continue.
Do...do people think this is tenable until the midterms *next year*?
Do...do people think this is tenable until the midterms *next year*?
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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The House Explained: There’s a representative gaggle of idiot dickheads because voters are idiot dickheads.
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The House Explained: There’s a representative gaggle of idiot dickheads because voters are idiot dickheads.
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
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Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
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fellas is it normal for a funding bill to waive the sovereign immunity of the united states government in the context of when senators are targets of federal investigation
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
fellas is it normal for a funding bill to waive the sovereign immunity of the united states government in the context of when senators are targets of federal investigation
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Alright, cold light of the morning:
We are 40+ days into a shutdown the GOP trifecta started and continues, that resulted in millions of unemployed and unpaid federal worker, hungry SNAP recipients, and now imperiled travelers in pursuit of destroying healthcare and protecting the Epstein files.
We are 40+ days into a shutdown the GOP trifecta started and continues, that resulted in millions of unemployed and unpaid federal worker, hungry SNAP recipients, and now imperiled travelers in pursuit of destroying healthcare and protecting the Epstein files.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Alright, cold light of the morning:
We are 40+ days into a shutdown the GOP trifecta started and continues, that resulted in millions of unemployed and unpaid federal worker, hungry SNAP recipients, and now imperiled travelers in pursuit of destroying healthcare and protecting the Epstein files.
We are 40+ days into a shutdown the GOP trifecta started and continues, that resulted in millions of unemployed and unpaid federal worker, hungry SNAP recipients, and now imperiled travelers in pursuit of destroying healthcare and protecting the Epstein files.
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A specific brand of Small Business Guy that has flourished in the past few years even in fully criminalized states is about to get nuked by this.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A specific brand of Small Business Guy that has flourished in the past few years even in fully criminalized states is about to get nuked by this.
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Why not simply walk to the stadium from your hotel 23 miles away or take advantage of the many fine public transit options in Arlington, Texas
FIFA's current parking prices will cost more than some actual match tickets at previous World Cups.
Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.
Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why not simply walk to the stadium from your hotel 23 miles away or take advantage of the many fine public transit options in Arlington, Texas
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This is not a surprise to anyone who was closely following this case. It *ought* to be, however, a moment to reflect upon the responsibility (or not) of media outlets that, deliberately or not, led folks to believe that a grant was a serious possibility (which it never was).
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is not a surprise to anyone who was closely following this case. It *ought* to be, however, a moment to reflect upon the responsibility (or not) of media outlets that, deliberately or not, led folks to believe that a grant was a serious possibility (which it never was).
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Any Palestinian who thinks they have to "give it to Candace owens" is a useful idiot. Yes yes lets align with the far right at a time when the issue is essentially mainstreamed in normal circles. I wonder who benefits from this re-alignment
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Any Palestinian who thinks they have to "give it to Candace owens" is a useful idiot. Yes yes lets align with the far right at a time when the issue is essentially mainstreamed in normal circles. I wonder who benefits from this re-alignment