Caliphate Pontificus
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"Your the reason this country is going to a Socialistic nation"—Some dumb right-winger
Despite being an driving our economy, public higher eds have been systematically starved by increasingly conservative & right-wing politics at federal & state levels. Done to exert political influence on them. When they're worried about funding, it's easier to bring them to heel.
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If public research university tuition were equivalent in inflation-adjusted terms to what it was in the 1950s, the elite media & parents' panic about everything college-related, including student accommodations & the obsession with getting into elite private schools, would almost totally vanish.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump's version of "tough on crime" while supposedly being worried about drug trafficking.
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Foreign cocaine trafficer pardoned by Trump out of jail: "Trump's extraordinary move could strain U.S. credibility in Latin America, embolden corrupt actors and open the Republican president to accusations from critics that he is undermining decades of U.S. efforts" to fight drugs. Via Reuters
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being c...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon describes the crackdown on schools & speech in response to alleged antisemitism.
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🧵 A bot network tried to help the GOP retain power in Virginia by influencing the Attorney General election.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I misread this as Top Gun traders
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sinclair broadcasting's right-wing lying and distortion of crime and safety in the city of Baltimore. www.cjr.org/business_of_... #cspan #cspanwj
What it’s like to watch Sinclair—and why that’s the story
Last Wednesday night, the evening news anchors on Sinclair’s flagship station, WBFF in Baltimore, introduced the 10pm broadcast with the story of a double murder. Over the course of the hour-long prog...
www.cjr.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sinclair broadcasting's right-wing lying and distortion of crime and safety in the city of Baltimore. www.cjr.org/business_of_... #cspan #cspanwj
The homicide stories that get reported are typically from a "perpetrated by an individual" angle. But the *actual* things killing Americans stem from corporate pollution and poverty from inequality, so those things get much less mention comparatively. #cspan #cspanwj
What Americans Die from?
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Caliphate Pontificus
The first fascistic tactic to look out for is a hate campaign against a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group. Like, for example, let's say a candidate emerges who calls all people of one nationality "rapists" and "criminals," while promising to ban immigrants from only one religious group.
August 1, 2024 at 9:39 PM
The first fascistic tactic to look out for is a hate campaign against a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group. Like, for example, let's say a candidate emerges who calls all people of one nationality "rapists" and "criminals," while promising to ban immigrants from only one religious group.
The Trump base. Not the everyday common folk as Trump would want people (especially the media) to believe. #cspan #cspanwj
In 2024, people with high racial resentment scores strongly tended to vote for Donald Trump, regardless of their educational attainment; by contrast, people with low racial resentment scores strongly tended to support Kamala Harris, whether they had a college degree or not.
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#rightWingHistorians. Are they "eating the pets" in Springfield Ohio, JD?
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#rightWingHistorians. Are they "eating the pets" in Springfield Ohio, JD?
TRUMP DID THIS 👇
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reposted by Caliphate Pontificus
TRUMP DID THIS 👇
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
TRUMP DID THIS 👇
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
Surging power prices = increased overdue electric bills & a growing number of households pending electrical shutoff
🔴 states overall appear higher
TX again proving everything is BIGGER, not better in the Lone ⭐️ State
The new Google AI Data Center will only decrease affordability
Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A healthcare system where we hope someone wants our autograph
James Van Der Beek is selling autographed and unsigned 'Varsity Blues' jerseys to raise money for his cancer treatment and to support for other families: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you.'
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The fix is in: Judge Cannon is back again, serving Trump rather than the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u... #cspan #cspanwj
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The fix is in: Judge Cannon is back again, serving Trump rather than the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u... #cspan #cspanwj
‘War is too important to be left to the generals.’--Georges Clemenceau
2025: Bigoted propaganda is too important to be left to the bigots.
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2025: Bigoted propaganda is too important to be left to the bigots.
#cspan #cspanwj
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM