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Oran Magal
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I teach philosophy for a living. Working on a novel. World-weary.
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This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.
U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side.

In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.

www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-str...
U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side
This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.
www.cbsnews.com
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he wanted to provide us a helpful visual metaphor for what he's doing to the country, the least we can do is run on it

and unlike other Trump scandals this doesn't require you to memorize details, you can just show people a picture of the fucking half-demolished White House
Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
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Excellent news. Now the admin needs to proceed swiftly w implementation so that it can incentivize Pu to consider the off-ramp he's given w this ceasefire proposal or face the consequences. Keep in mind that Ru's tolerance for econ hardship is high. The pressure will have to be sustained to work.
A huge blow to Russia as Washington has imposed sanctions on its state oil giants.

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control argets both Lukoil and Rosneft and a range of subsidiaries.

Humiliating Trump on national TV proved to not be such a good idea😂
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The Irish front runner for pres is wrong for peace in Europe. Ru can't be stopped diplomatically. Trump nearly ended mil aid; 9mo of talks got nothing. Ru refuses a ceasefire. Calling Ru's war illegal is useless w/o helping Ukr. If Connolly gets her way, Europe wld be helping Ru win through inaction
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The same speed as the destruction of America’s standing in the world
BREAKING: The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days,” according to two Trump administration officials, a significant expansion of President Trump's original stated plan.
Trump administration demolishing entire East Wing of the White House to add new ballroom
Trump said in July that the $250 million project “won’t interfere with the current building.”
nbcnews.to
Every day is a wonderful mystery ball.
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well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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the reason Tesla doesn't implement those safeguards is because not having them makes Autopilot seem more "self-driving" than it is, and than competitor systems, which fools people into thinking Tesla will deliver on the "Full Self-Driving" scam, which props up Tesla's stock price & Elon's wealth
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the reason GM's hands-free SuperCruise has never been blamed for a crash is because it does the two things NTSB said Autopilot needed in 2017: limits the system so it can only be activated on roads it was designed for, and uses a robust camera-based system to ensure driver engagement
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At some point a Dem AG is going to have to bring some solid state charges of agg battery or false imprisonment or kidnapping or whatever and that’s when this will come to a head.
🧵 This scene from Bridgeview was just captured on TikTok from multiple angles—

An Uber driver picked up a passenger & was immediately surrounded by ICE SRT agents. She says they almost rammed her off the road.

One of them approaches with a shield. They point weapons at her and grab her passenger.
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People are "quite amazed" by Version 14 of Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" software, Musk says.

Amazed that they're still getting away with this scam after nine years of empty promises?
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Tesla Q3 earnings call is starting, and even though I definitely have better things to do from both a professional and mental health perspective I'll be doing a live thread 🧵
He’s an excellent fit for the other party, frankly. They wouldn’t even want him to apologize.
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When he replaces the Lincoln Memorial with a statue of his head on Rocky’s body, we will have all been warned
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We didn’t want a new and improved Joe Manchin but we got one anyway.
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Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.
It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
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the next democratic president needs to roll up to the white house driving a crane with a wrecking ball on day one and smash this thing to bits

not even kidding, get your operating license and take the first whack at it yourself
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
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Trumps doing this bc he thinks it hurts Ds--that Ds just love having these programs for the sake of having them--bc he cannot conceive of the fact that a) their use cuts across partisan lines & b) that ppl will actually blame him & Rs if programs they depend on are destroyed while he's president.
“Now, literally people are going to have to choose between living expenses and food because of a big political game, basically.” — Keaton Sunchild, Western Native Voice, about the stop of SNAP payments. By @keilaszpaller: dailymontanan.com/2025/10/21/f... #montana #mtpol
Feds direct states to stop SNAP food assistance, says DPHHS website • Daily Montanan
Montanans who use SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, may not receive the benefit in November.
dailymontanan.com
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which is all to say, i think we often frame this wrong: we can (& should) ask what liberalism needs to do

but if there's a section of the ideological map that's just utterly failed, that clearly no longer meets people's needs, it's the normie centre-right
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we're always asked why mainline liberalism's proved vulnerable to (neo) fascism

but there's still plenty of libs (more maybe) & progressive lib to fasc converts are rare

it's mainline conservatism that's just folded
it's important to call things what they are

"mass deportations of legal residents for cultural homogeneity" is an ethnic cleansing policy
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It’s been a rough month for Pete Hegseth and his “warrior ethos.” A top resignation, a failed mission with survivors to tell the tale, the Pentagon press in revolt — and now, inside reporting with critiques from top commanders. My write-up is in the replies.
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I talked about Paul Ingrassia on PBS Newshour tonight but I was a little inarticulate because there’s only so many ways to say, “this guy isn’t fringe. This is what Trumpism is.” 1/