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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 15h

2/2 It’s great that you wrote this. But there is no need to balance it out with other perspectives when those other perspectives regularly can’t pass a fact or logic check.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 15h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Trump does disgrace American Justice while the NY Times disgraces the editorial page. How does an editorial board write something sensible and defensible like this piece while also allowing hacks like Douthat and Stephens to ignore facts and reality in their columns?

Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 1d

If you have someone in your life who legitimately believes that Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace prize, it is time to cut them off. They have gone over the edge and have already fallen into the abyss of stupidity from which there is no return.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

@radiofreetom.bsky.social to counter your Atlantic article, this is why politicians need to be able to swear. The proper response to this Charlie Kirk street name proposal is clearly, "For Fucks Sake".

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

DOGE did the opposite of "didn't do much". It did quite a bit... quite a bit to increase the cost of government through sheer stupidity.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

those fine distinctions are REASONS.

And you call yourself a journalist.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/0dumU0PTkgY
I passed through what I thought was Portland at the end of July. It must have been an elaborate Hollywood mock up because there were store fronts with glass in them. And that delicious cappuccino I had and the pizza and salad for lunch must all have been hallucinations.

don't have wut

YouTube video by Tiedrich

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

Charisma is clearly like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. I mean, lots of people find that Trump is charismatic. While I find him repulsive, it is objectively true for a large portion of the population, none of whom i would invite to a dinner party. That same group probably likes Weiss

population.one

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah! It did happen cause I read it on line. And even if you says it didn’t, I says, but, but, but…HER EMAILS!!!!

So there.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 3d

(2/2) And that kind of public resistance seems contrary to how military commanders behave in general. I would think they would be more likely to disobey “with all due respect Mr President” when a press conference is probably what is needed for this kind of resistance to be effective.

Thoughts?

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 3d

The problem is even if several layers of military commanders resist and are relieved of duty, we may not know before the illegal order is finally executed. Doesn’t this kind of “civil disobedience,” for lack of a better term, require visibility to be effective?

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 4d

Per Heather Cox Richardson “In a partisan twist, more than three in four people enrolled in ACA plans live in states Trump won in 2024.”

Hey MAGA fuckers. You voted to have your (& all of our) health insurance premiums skyrocket per Trumps “plan for a plan”.

Time to wake up from your fever dream.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 4d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Sometimes it really isn’t necessary to present the contrarian view when that view is nothing but bullshit.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 5d

Antifa? Seriously, has anyone ever met someone from Antifa? It just goes to show these folks will tie themselves in knots to justify anything, even the illegal invasion of their own state.

Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 5d

You need to repeat this point more often. I know it’s frustrating. But I have been following you for awhile and it’s clear you aren’t in denial of what is happening, but you are being specific about terms. However, I didn’t know why. I just figured you were being the very particular professor guy

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 5d

My wife writes about menopause among other women’s health topics. Guess what, some new women are just starting that journey today. You have to suck it up and more frequently point them to the old stuff or commit to re-explaining it once in a while. It’s not their fault they are only finding you now.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 6d

Except a lot of people, tech bros for instance, think their expertise in one area that made them a fortune ( in many cases they were hit by the lucky stick) makes them knowledgeable about things like public policy or economics that they don’t understand at all.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 6d

Another very special level is needed for:

I studied X for years and found that ignoring quality research so I could promote over priced supplements (based on rat/mouse studies and small studies in predator journals) that earn me millions while claiming I am not biased by my income stream.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 6d

What about the level where I read the short blurb by an actual expert on social media that referred to a more in depth article for lay people (including references) but rather than read the longer explanation I chose to disagree based on my lived experience?

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 7d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

The article is actually, “We don’t know what happens when democratic socialists are elected in Portland because they haven’t done anything yet.”

The NY TIMES, “All the news that’s fit to speculate. “

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 7d

I passed through Portland 2 months ago. The Saturday street fair was particularly frightening with the mother/son folk duo singing at us.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 9d

Building things takes time. Destroying them takes very little time and the GOP has been been getting excellent results as measured by their ability to eliminate programs. It takes no time at all to eliminate cancer research for example, but takes years if not decades to build up that capability.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 9d

The press is complicit in this. Rather than ensure viewers are presented the truth, they just call balls and strikes. But the press has a role which is to call out the liars as liars and not be afraid when the right wing complains. When the right wing doubles down, the press has to as well.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 9d

"confuses compromise with capitulation." That phrase is going into the memory bank for use later. Great point.

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Dr Jen Adjacent (Todd ) @drjenadjacent.bsky.social · 9d

No he isn't. He is just a very lazy thinker who got in early as a blogger which got him a job at the Post and then his stint as Rachel Maddow's substitute anchor lent him her halo. He keeps failing up.