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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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When Trump said he’d appoint RFK Jr. to be secretary of HHS, it seemed impossibly crazy. But look at him now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr...
The RFK Jr. Catastrophe Holds An Important Lesson In the Uses of Power
Just a kid with a dream, that one day millions more people could die from preventable diseases.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When Trump said he’d appoint RFK Jr. to be secretary of HHS, it seemed impossibly crazy. But look at him now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr...
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The great Dionne Warwick turns 85 today.
In addition to being a six-time Grammy winner, she spearheaded in 1985 the song “That’s What Friends Are For”.
It raised $3m for AIDS research — at a time, she said, when people didn’t want to “be seen giving money or being heard TALKING about the crisis.”
In addition to being a six-time Grammy winner, she spearheaded in 1985 the song “That’s What Friends Are For”.
It raised $3m for AIDS research — at a time, she said, when people didn’t want to “be seen giving money or being heard TALKING about the crisis.”
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The great Dionne Warwick turns 85 today.
In addition to being a six-time Grammy winner, she spearheaded in 1985 the song “That’s What Friends Are For”.
It raised $3m for AIDS research — at a time, she said, when people didn’t want to “be seen giving money or being heard TALKING about the crisis.”
In addition to being a six-time Grammy winner, she spearheaded in 1985 the song “That’s What Friends Are For”.
It raised $3m for AIDS research — at a time, she said, when people didn’t want to “be seen giving money or being heard TALKING about the crisis.”
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For a minute, Marc felt like he was on the verge of a rather unpleasant moment of clarity.
“So if the generalists are mid, and I’m the generalist of generalists, then I’m—” He pauses. “—the MOST general. Which is good. That’s leadership.”
He exhales, relieved.
“So if the generalists are mid, and I’m the generalist of generalists, then I’m—” He pauses. “—the MOST general. Which is good. That’s leadership.”
He exhales, relieved.
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For a minute, Marc felt like he was on the verge of a rather unpleasant moment of clarity.
“So if the generalists are mid, and I’m the generalist of generalists, then I’m—” He pauses. “—the MOST general. Which is good. That’s leadership.”
He exhales, relieved.
“So if the generalists are mid, and I’m the generalist of generalists, then I’m—” He pauses. “—the MOST general. Which is good. That’s leadership.”
He exhales, relieved.
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News from DeSantisstan: how Ron DeSantis diverted millions in state funds to battle referendum items with which he personally disagreed, in violation of Florida law and ethics standards, and then poured money into the pockets of his cronies and his wife. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
www.miamiherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
News from DeSantisstan: how Ron DeSantis diverted millions in state funds to battle referendum items with which he personally disagreed, in violation of Florida law and ethics standards, and then poured money into the pockets of his cronies and his wife. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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The administration is quite literally breaking all the laws of God and man to destroy Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an example to everyone.
His freedom is our freedom.
His freedom is our freedom.
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The administration is quite literally breaking all the laws of God and man to destroy Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an example to everyone.
His freedom is our freedom.
His freedom is our freedom.
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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This was so bad on its own merits, but it also revealed that the pure popularists have no red lines. If you can't stand up for men being disappeared to a foreign torture prison without due process, then what's the point of you?
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This was so bad on its own merits, but it also revealed that the pure popularists have no red lines. If you can't stand up for men being disappeared to a foreign torture prison without due process, then what's the point of you?
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Also, the workers in the original art risked their lives to make the lives of others better. These guys risk our lives to make their lives better.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Also, the workers in the original art risked their lives to make the lives of others better. These guys risk our lives to make their lives better.
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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“JonBenet Ramsey said that if you are beautiful, you may be killed in service to your country.” No Olivia I don’t believe JonBenet Ramsey said that actually.
Okay, I think I figured out how to turn the audio sample into a video that can be uploaded to Bluesky. Here are the first 3 minutes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“JonBenet Ramsey said that if you are beautiful, you may be killed in service to your country.” No Olivia I don’t believe JonBenet Ramsey said that actually.
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Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
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men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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My scholarly monograph on Roman sex workers and matrons has sold more than twice as many copies as Nuzzi's book.
I love when a big, super-hyped book sells 1,200 copies. Every indie title I've ever been involved with has sold more than that.
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My scholarly monograph on Roman sex workers and matrons has sold more than twice as many copies as Nuzzi's book.
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Matt Damon in INTERSTELLAR:
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Matt Damon in INTERSTELLAR:
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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It’s often said that too many political writers cover politics as if it’s sports. Actually they cover politics as if they are bad at covering sports
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s often said that too many political writers cover politics as if it’s sports. Actually they cover politics as if they are bad at covering sports
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Imagine writing a first person story about a secret affair with a member of the Kennedy Family who is currently one of the most powerful people in the country and not being able to sell a book about it to Americans
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Imagine writing a first person story about a secret affair with a member of the Kennedy Family who is currently one of the most powerful people in the country and not being able to sell a book about it to Americans
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Now that Elon Musk has left the government to spend more time posting unhinged White supremacist babble on X, his review of DOGE is in, and it is ... well, it’s unflattering: “We were a little bit successful.”
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Remember DOGE? Well, Elon Musk regrets it. | Opinion
Do you remember Elon Musk and DOGE, the 'Department of Government Efficiency'? Yeah, he apparently wishes all that never happened.
www.usatoday.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Now that Elon Musk has left the government to spend more time posting unhinged White supremacist babble on X, his review of DOGE is in, and it is ... well, it’s unflattering: “We were a little bit successful.”
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Local restaurant listing this menu item as "girl dinner" speaks to me in the craziest way
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Local restaurant listing this menu item as "girl dinner" speaks to me in the craziest way