Joe
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
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"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
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Absolutely right. As we noted in FAULT LINES, Watergate is key to understanding Cheney’s politics
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Absolutely right. As we noted in FAULT LINES, Watergate is key to understanding Cheney’s politics
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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I do not believe there is such a thing as a book that can somehow damage you by reading it too early. I reject the premise. worst case scenario you pick up ayn rand by mistake and become a proper wanker for a while, but the cure for that is actually more reading
September 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I do not believe there is such a thing as a book that can somehow damage you by reading it too early. I reject the premise. worst case scenario you pick up ayn rand by mistake and become a proper wanker for a while, but the cure for that is actually more reading
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once again tapping the sign
September 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
once again tapping the sign
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This doesn’t really sound like how you conduct a criminal investigation. Which is what DOJ does.
July 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This doesn’t really sound like how you conduct a criminal investigation. Which is what DOJ does.
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
WASHINGTON—In an effort to assuage any fears over the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s flurry of executive actions, a D.C.-area think tank called the Himmler Institute reportedly assured the nation Monday that this is all perfectly legal. “We’ve studied the total legality of far-reaching executive actions for decades, and we can guarantee that everything happening […]
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June 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
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Angela Lansbury explained it best.
My favorite scene from The Manchurian Candidate brilliantly explains why liars like Trump don’t care about the wild numbers they fabricate. This was the basis of McCarthyism in a nutshell:
June 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Angela Lansbury explained it best.
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If you haven't seen it yet, you can make up a completely fake proverb and as long as it SOUNDS like a proverb, Google will now create an origin for it.
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can’t remember where I saw it but someone realized you could get google’s AI to hallucinate elaborate explanations for fake proverbs by just typing them into search and i just checked and google still hasn’t fixed it and now i can’t stop doing it
May 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you haven't seen it yet, you can make up a completely fake proverb and as long as it SOUNDS like a proverb, Google will now create an origin for it.
bsky.app/profile/salg...
bsky.app/profile/salg...
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"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
Great article on the warnings from those that have already seen their democracies fall. @adriennelaf.bsky.social @garrykasparov.bsky.social @rappler.bsky.social
“Do not assume that your voice does not matter. It does. You also choose truth by what you read, how you choose to spend your time. If people no longer care about reality, authoritarians learn that they can do whatever they want.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great article on the warnings from those that have already seen their democracies fall. @adriennelaf.bsky.social @garrykasparov.bsky.social @rappler.bsky.social
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“Do not assume that your voice does not matter. It does. You also choose truth by what you read, how you choose to spend your time. If people no longer care about reality, authoritarians learn that they can do whatever they want.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“Do not assume that your voice does not matter. It does. You also choose truth by what you read, how you choose to spend your time. If people no longer care about reality, authoritarians learn that they can do whatever they want.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US
🚨 ICE activity reports for 5/9:
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US
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Your daily reminder that the U.S. Postal SERVICE is a service that is designed to benefit taxpayers and not a business that should be expected to turn a profit.
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.3 billion in this fiscal year’s second quarter mainly due to “significant challenges out of our control,” including workers’ compensation costs, Luke Grossmann, USPS chief financial officer, said at the open session of the governing board meeting
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Your daily reminder that the U.S. Postal SERVICE is a service that is designed to benefit taxpayers and not a business that should be expected to turn a profit.
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Another good example of why state and local governments can and should categorically refuse to bend to illegal EOs.
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
www.nbcnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another good example of why state and local governments can and should categorically refuse to bend to illegal EOs.
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There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against sending four-year-old cancer victims with American citizenship to die in Honduras. So it's hard to see what liberals are so upset about.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
April 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against sending four-year-old cancer victims with American citizenship to die in Honduras. So it's hard to see what liberals are so upset about.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
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Was the major questions doctrine meant to be a one-way ratchet, good for striking down Democratic presidential action but dormant during Republican presidencies? Let’s hope Roberts avoids that further black mark on the legitimacy of an already embattled court.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
Opinion | Will This Conservative Legal Doctrine Undo Trump’s First Months in Office?
What goes around, comes around. And it is not likely to be good for the White House.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Was the major questions doctrine meant to be a one-way ratchet, good for striking down Democratic presidential action but dormant during Republican presidencies? Let’s hope Roberts avoids that further black mark on the legitimacy of an already embattled court.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.