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I’m glad that all of America is learning one of the main lessons of Star Trek: The Next Generation - nothing good happens when an Admiral shows up
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m glad that all of America is learning one of the main lessons of Star Trek: The Next Generation - nothing good happens when an Admiral shows up
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I assume they’ll fire the senior field office ppl and then replace them w loyalists who lack competence.
Not being snarky.
That’s the pattern we keep seeing. And it’s why we shouldn’t be doomery.
Trump strikes me as the only MAGA type w real political savvy (once), and he’s just … so bad at this.
Not being snarky.
That’s the pattern we keep seeing. And it’s why we shouldn’t be doomery.
Trump strikes me as the only MAGA type w real political savvy (once), and he’s just … so bad at this.
Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I assume they’ll fire the senior field office ppl and then replace them w loyalists who lack competence.
Not being snarky.
That’s the pattern we keep seeing. And it’s why we shouldn’t be doomery.
Trump strikes me as the only MAGA type w real political savvy (once), and he’s just … so bad at this.
Not being snarky.
That’s the pattern we keep seeing. And it’s why we shouldn’t be doomery.
Trump strikes me as the only MAGA type w real political savvy (once), and he’s just … so bad at this.
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They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
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It’s very funny how hostile normies are to the idea that, save for a truly unprecedented positive TFP shock, deflation would be a bad idea and leave them struggling to pay for groceries even more.
So politics is just gonna be hell for incumbents until people forget about the price of bread in 2019
So politics is just gonna be hell for incumbents until people forget about the price of bread in 2019
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s very funny how hostile normies are to the idea that, save for a truly unprecedented positive TFP shock, deflation would be a bad idea and leave them struggling to pay for groceries even more.
So politics is just gonna be hell for incumbents until people forget about the price of bread in 2019
So politics is just gonna be hell for incumbents until people forget about the price of bread in 2019
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Christopher Rufo is just a white supremacist, and I think it’s silly that we’re still doing news stories where he’s called a conservative activist or some other harmless sounding term.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Christopher Rufo is just a white supremacist, and I think it’s silly that we’re still doing news stories where he’s called a conservative activist or some other harmless sounding term.
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2029 in DC is going to look like Baghdad in 2003
Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
Building gets a new name: The ‘Donald J. Trump’ Institute of Peace
The change comes as Trump’s administration has touted his peace deals and ahead of a signing of a deal between the leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
2029 in DC is going to look like Baghdad in 2003
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
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don't get me wrong there are loads of clapped out political media people and pill-brained doomers who think this is genius shit but it's not, they're just dumb rubes
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
don't get me wrong there are loads of clapped out political media people and pill-brained doomers who think this is genius shit but it's not, they're just dumb rubes
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I mean they could do something like make the economy better or create jobs but sure, take comfort in the "we're spreading neo-confederate memes by alienating thousands of normies"
Sources in the Trump administration told @zeteo.com officials “intentionally use popular music from vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal & provide further amplification” of neo-Confederate memes: “We do it on purpose,” one official said
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I mean they could do something like make the economy better or create jobs but sure, take comfort in the "we're spreading neo-confederate memes by alienating thousands of normies"
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i think this is the first time i’ve seen the “even though they lost they actually won” headline construction used for democrats
Despite loss, Democrats overperformed in bright red Tennessee House race
Aftyn Behn is on pace to significantly outperform Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nashville area district Tuesday night.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
i think this is the first time i’ve seen the “even though they lost they actually won” headline construction used for democrats
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Yeah these people aren't changing a damn thing that they're doing
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yeah these people aren't changing a damn thing that they're doing
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He literally has one thing now. Totally washed.
Everyone has their beats when it comes to politics. For example, I try to tie everything to state legislative elections.
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
He literally has one thing now. Totally washed.
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This holiday season is going to have a whole lot of “After praying with my wife Tanya at her high school graduation, I have decided not to run again for Congress to represent the good people of Stonewall Jackson County“
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This holiday season is going to have a whole lot of “After praying with my wife Tanya at her high school graduation, I have decided not to run again for Congress to represent the good people of Stonewall Jackson County“
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17 points would be bigger than 2018. No way the Dems stay at 235 with that swing. Mind you, most of the gains we got came from Hillary-GOP house districts. 17 points in the Democratic direction from a 2 seat GOP majority would mean Democrats in the 240s-250 range
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
17 points would be bigger than 2018. No way the Dems stay at 235 with that swing. Mind you, most of the gains we got came from Hillary-GOP house districts. 17 points in the Democratic direction from a 2 seat GOP majority would mean Democrats in the 240s-250 range
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I'm always amazed at what a low opinion the Times seems to have of their readership.
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm always amazed at what a low opinion the Times seems to have of their readership.
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Healy’s characterization of the critiques does not account for the Times’ frequent resort to “critics say” or ”experts say” framing of Trump’s actions (such as that identified below by @martylederman.bsky.social) that are not usually applied to other politicians.
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How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Healy’s characterization of the critiques does not account for the Times’ frequent resort to “critics say” or ”experts say” framing of Trump’s actions (such as that identified below by @martylederman.bsky.social) that are not usually applied to other politicians.
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By situating the Times as nobly filling the space between the diametrically opposed wants of the “left” and the “right” and suggesting that all of these critiques are ideologically motivated and are equally valid (or invalid), this misses the point of much of the criticism of the paper’s coverage.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By situating the Times as nobly filling the space between the diametrically opposed wants of the “left” and the “right” and suggesting that all of these critiques are ideologically motivated and are equally valid (or invalid), this misses the point of much of the criticism of the paper’s coverage.
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These are examples of what I would call Trump exceptionalism, coverage that differs from how political leaders are usually covered.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
These are examples of what I would call Trump exceptionalism, coverage that differs from how political leaders are usually covered.
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For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
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the information bunker these people are all stewing in together is something else
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the information bunker these people are all stewing in together is something else
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the next dem admin should crush these morons specifically
“Hey kids, we’re taking away your food stamps and healthcare and not providing paid parental leave or any socialist shit like that, but when you turn 18 you can have some theoretical capital gains!”
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Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
the next dem admin should crush these morons specifically
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Nate Cohn is primed and ready
I’m so ready to be pissed off at news coverage of a special election in a Trump+22 district. “Republican Wins U.S. House Seat In Blow To Upset-Minded Democrats” get it chambered NYT
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Nate Cohn is primed and ready