Common Sense Good Government
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i like it here. 🇺🇸
Hey don’t persecute me for my political speech
Imbecilic moron
Posts are a test of how repressive a state is by law or custom.
with liberty and justice for all
almost treasonous
Reskeets are suicide-pacts
Hey don’t persecute me for my political speech
Imbecilic moron
Posts are a test of how repressive a state is by law or custom.
with liberty and justice for all
almost treasonous
Reskeets are suicide-pacts
Pinned
If you don't think this is just practice in their minds for what they're gonna do here to us when Trump is done building his bunker. Why do you think they're going after elected officials saying "don't follow illegal orders" They got lots more coming
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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Can’t decide if this is more or less sinister than being on nixons enemies list, but it is of course dumber
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Can’t decide if this is more or less sinister than being on nixons enemies list, but it is of course dumber
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Thanks for reading, Mr. President
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for reading, Mr. President
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The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
Look how intact those green beans are
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Look how intact those green beans are
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Saharan
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Saharan
Everyone is
Was this written by a 14 year old?
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Everyone is
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Was this written by a 14 year old?
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Was this written by a 14 year old?
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
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If a group of former JAGs is coming to this unanimously, even if they’re self-selected to be the types who would come to this conclusion, it beggars belief that they’re not facing any pushback within the active duty right now. Would certainly be nice to see some resignations to back it up though.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If a group of former JAGs is coming to this unanimously, even if they’re self-selected to be the types who would come to this conclusion, it beggars belief that they’re not facing any pushback within the active duty right now. Would certainly be nice to see some resignations to back it up though.
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2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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To rebuild collective identification across difference, people must first have other reasons to work with and trust one another. Only then can social identity begin to shift, bringing diversified media consumption, epistemic openness, and ultimately a revised political consciousness, along with it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
To rebuild collective identification across difference, people must first have other reasons to work with and trust one another. Only then can social identity begin to shift, bringing diversified media consumption, epistemic openness, and ultimately a revised political consciousness, along with it.
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And while gifted leaders can sometimes accomplish this with rhetoric, the most reliable methods are rooted in ongoing face-to-face relationships, within organizations whose purposes are *not* directly political. The target audience is not “usual suspects” who already show up to political meetings.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And while gifted leaders can sometimes accomplish this with rhetoric, the most reliable methods are rooted in ongoing face-to-face relationships, within organizations whose purposes are *not* directly political. The target audience is not “usual suspects” who already show up to political meetings.
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This means: “rather than flooding swing states with a tidal wave of talking points, effective campaigns of democratic renewal will focus on reshaping the meaning of identities that have been captured by anti-democratic forces—eg rurality or masculinity—and shifting the salience of others—eg class.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This means: “rather than flooding swing states with a tidal wave of talking points, effective campaigns of democratic renewal will focus on reshaping the meaning of identities that have been captured by anti-democratic forces—eg rurality or masculinity—and shifting the salience of others—eg class.”
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Shifting identities is no simple task: as I say in the piece, “restoring the epistemic foundations of a functioning democracy requires nothing less than changing who people are: how they conceive of themselves, which identities they embrace and find salient, and how they interpret those identities.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Shifting identities is no simple task: as I say in the piece, “restoring the epistemic foundations of a functioning democracy requires nothing less than changing who people are: how they conceive of themselves, which identities they embrace and find salient, and how they interpret those identities.”
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The reason these solutions never work is that epistemic failures are rooted in deeper structures of social identity, which are notoriously resilient to rational argument. The only way to restore the epistemic foundations of a healthy democracy is to address these pathologies at the source.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The reason these solutions never work is that epistemic failures are rooted in deeper structures of social identity, which are notoriously resilient to rational argument. The only way to restore the epistemic foundations of a healthy democracy is to address these pathologies at the source.
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To expand just a bit: as banal as it sounds, I actually think many democrats (and Democrats) still *underrate* the role of straightforwardly false beliefs in facilitating backsliding - in US and elsewhere. But this doesn’t mean the solution is better fact-checking or more cross-partisan dialogue.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
To expand just a bit: as banal as it sounds, I actually think many democrats (and Democrats) still *underrate* the role of straightforwardly false beliefs in facilitating backsliding - in US and elsewhere. But this doesn’t mean the solution is better fact-checking or more cross-partisan dialogue.
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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love to announce imminent war crimes by Post
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
love to announce imminent war crimes by Post
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.