G. Spelvin
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NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
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America will do literally anything to avoid having replacement level rich country marginal tax rates & social insurance programs
Michael and Susan Dell pledge $6.25 billion to help fund "Trump Accounts," a program aimed at building savings for millions of American kids.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
America will do literally anything to avoid having replacement level rich country marginal tax rates & social insurance programs
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So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats
ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats
ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats
This is what happens when the mods never put someone in a timeout.
Trump had a full-blown meltdown on social media last night that went on for hours and featured more than 160 posts and reshares, plus a new conspiracy about Michelle Obama. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Launches Into Massive, Unhinged Late Night Posting Spree
The president made over 160 posts and reshares in just a matter of hours including one "WILD" claim from far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is what happens when the mods never put someone in a timeout.
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I’m convinced this nightmarish episode is happening because Hegseth is essentially cosplaying the TV version of a national security official. In that vein wanted his very own Situation Room scenario, like the Bin Laden strike, and so they cast dozens of poor dudes in unarmed boats as the terrorists.
Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m convinced this nightmarish episode is happening because Hegseth is essentially cosplaying the TV version of a national security official. In that vein wanted his very own Situation Room scenario, like the Bin Laden strike, and so they cast dozens of poor dudes in unarmed boats as the terrorists.
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Costco files suit against the government, saying the Trump tariffs are unlawful. The company wants a refund.
Others that have already filed suit: Revlon, eyeglass maker EssilorLuxottica, Kawasaki, Bumble Bee, Yokohama Tire and many smaller firms.
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Others that have already filed suit: Revlon, eyeglass maker EssilorLuxottica, Kawasaki, Bumble Bee, Yokohama Tire and many smaller firms.
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Costco files suit against the government, saying the Trump tariffs are unlawful. The company wants a refund.
Others that have already filed suit: Revlon, eyeglass maker EssilorLuxottica, Kawasaki, Bumble Bee, Yokohama Tire and many smaller firms.
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Others that have already filed suit: Revlon, eyeglass maker EssilorLuxottica, Kawasaki, Bumble Bee, Yokohama Tire and many smaller firms.
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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This is happening across the entire country; prosecutions are down because federal agents are rounding up migrants instead.
NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is happening across the entire country; prosecutions are down because federal agents are rounding up migrants instead.
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"A government source who has been briefed on the September 2 strike told The Intercept, on the condition of anonymity, that Hegseth is 'making murderers' up and down the chain of command." via @nickturse.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"A government source who has been briefed on the September 2 strike told The Intercept, on the condition of anonymity, that Hegseth is 'making murderers' up and down the chain of command." via @nickturse.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
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Please keep in mind – the instant they do not see you as with them or of them, this is what they will wish on you as well
And a whole lot of us are neither with them nor of them
And a whole lot of us are neither with them nor of them
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Please keep in mind – the instant they do not see you as with them or of them, this is what they will wish on you as well
And a whole lot of us are neither with them nor of them
And a whole lot of us are neither with them nor of them
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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
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1) Targets of strikes are not "narcoterrorists."
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
Van Orden: "You gotta understand that average Americans do not care about these narcoterrorists at all. They care about the fact that their brothers & sisters and mothers and husbands have died of fentanyl overdoses. That's what we really truly care about. We care about our fellow American citizens"
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
1) Targets of strikes are not "narcoterrorists."
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats.
3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
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If you are on X or other platforms rife with antisemites, keep an eye on the word “usury.”
It’s becoming the new popular dog whistle. Very common usage now to imply that Jews are behind the economic problems of the world and the suffering people are going through due to inequality.
It’s becoming the new popular dog whistle. Very common usage now to imply that Jews are behind the economic problems of the world and the suffering people are going through due to inequality.
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you are on X or other platforms rife with antisemites, keep an eye on the word “usury.”
It’s becoming the new popular dog whistle. Very common usage now to imply that Jews are behind the economic problems of the world and the suffering people are going through due to inequality.
It’s becoming the new popular dog whistle. Very common usage now to imply that Jews are behind the economic problems of the world and the suffering people are going through due to inequality.
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that would be last Friday, so if we’re keeping score that’s now one public failed assassination plot and one public flouted ultimatum
ON CALL, TRUMP GAVE MADURO FRIDAY DEADLINE TO LEAVE VENEZUELA WITH HIS FAMILY - SOURCES
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
that would be last Friday, so if we’re keeping score that’s now one public failed assassination plot and one public flouted ultimatum
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i drive by this monstrosity several times a week. the first time i saw it my mind broke a little bit and i just started mumbling "labubu cybertruck" to myself for the rest of the drive
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i drive by this monstrosity several times a week. the first time i saw it my mind broke a little bit and i just started mumbling "labubu cybertruck" to myself for the rest of the drive
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It was definitely planned, this is exactly how they do it every time. It's the Libs of TikTok faux outrage pipeline
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It was definitely planned, this is exactly how they do it every time. It's the Libs of TikTok faux outrage pipeline
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Frank Lloyd Wrong.
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Frank Lloyd Wrong.
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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Leavitt: “The president has made it quite clear that if narco terrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States he has the authority to kill them”
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
Q: Was the initial order from Hegseth to kill everyone and did that come from President Trump?
LEAVITT: I would reject that Hegseth ever said that. However, the president has made it quite clear that if narcoterrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the US he has the authority to kill them
LEAVITT: I would reject that Hegseth ever said that. However, the president has made it quite clear that if narcoterrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the US he has the authority to kill them
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Leavitt: “The president has made it quite clear that if narco terrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States he has the authority to kill them”
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
In my mind trump’s MRIs could look like any photo in this collection:
radiologybusiness.com/topics/medic...
radiologybusiness.com/topics/medic...
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In my mind trump’s MRIs could look like any photo in this collection:
radiologybusiness.com/topics/medic...
radiologybusiness.com/topics/medic...
Amyloid related imaging abnormalities could be described as “preventive vascular imaging.”
*LEAVITT SAYS HER TEAM IS RELEASING TRUMP MRI RESULTS
*LEAVITT: TRUMP MRI WAS PREVENTATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
*LEAVITT: TRUMP'S CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM SHOWS EXCELLENT HEALTH
*LEAVITT: TRUMP ABDOMINAL IMAGING PERFECTLY NORMAL
*LEAVITT: EVERYTHING EVALUATED IS FUNCTIONING W/ NORMAL LIMITS
*LEAVITT: TRUMP MRI WAS PREVENTATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
*LEAVITT: TRUMP'S CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM SHOWS EXCELLENT HEALTH
*LEAVITT: TRUMP ABDOMINAL IMAGING PERFECTLY NORMAL
*LEAVITT: EVERYTHING EVALUATED IS FUNCTIONING W/ NORMAL LIMITS
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Amyloid related imaging abnormalities could be described as “preventive vascular imaging.”
One of these responses seems to me to have a greater likelihood of reaching people who don’t necessarily agree with this person ideologically, and directly refutes the core aspects of the student’s claim. The other is a way of preaching to the choir and getting anyone else to tune you out.
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One of these responses seems to me to have a greater likelihood of reaching people who don’t necessarily agree with this person ideologically, and directly refutes the core aspects of the student’s claim. The other is a way of preaching to the choir and getting anyone else to tune you out.