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It's frustrating when communications have to go through dozens of hands and be vetted and re-vetted, etc. Lots of diplomats get frustrated by that process! But the alternative isn't "let Steve Witkoff work out a deal over drinks with a random Russian oligarch."
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's frustrating when communications have to go through dozens of hands and be vetted and re-vetted, etc. Lots of diplomats get frustrated by that process! But the alternative isn't "let Steve Witkoff work out a deal over drinks with a random Russian oligarch."
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Kindhearted artists matter more than hatemongers.
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kindhearted artists matter more than hatemongers.
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The Somali American community understood the assignment after Trump launched a slew of racist attacks at Minnesota’s Somali community: rage bait.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Somali American community understood the assignment after Trump launched a slew of racist attacks at Minnesota’s Somali community: rage bait.
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
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i remember back at the height of nepo baby discourse someone described rob reiner as a nepo baby and it’s not strictly incorrect but my god if anyone ever proved his own worth beyond all reasonable doubt…!
oh no not rob reiner! i just rewatched both when harry met sally and the princess bride recently. a powerfully jewish filmmaker unashamed to have a great big lovey heart. i love your shit forever man this sucks
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
i remember back at the height of nepo baby discourse someone described rob reiner as a nepo baby and it’s not strictly incorrect but my god if anyone ever proved his own worth beyond all reasonable doubt…!
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Ahmed el Ahmed is the hero
Hero. ❤️
'43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding.
archive.today/2025.12.14-1...
'43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding.
archive.today/2025.12.14-1...
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ahmed el Ahmed is the hero
Impeach
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Impeach
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“We have laws not simply to have laws but because the law is the only possible brake on the strong trampling over and exploiting the weak”: exactly. This sums up exactly what makes our social tolerance of elite impunity so pernicious.
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“We have laws not simply to have laws but because the law is the only possible brake on the strong trampling over and exploiting the weak”: exactly. This sums up exactly what makes our social tolerance of elite impunity so pernicious.
Weird world we've welcomed without wagering wariness
If someone at ISW actually did what’s being alleged here, they deserve to be named and shamed
Smedley Butler is screaming, crying, throwing up
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Weird world we've welcomed without wagering wariness
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at the same time, bluesky being dominated by people who are passionate about not exceeding the speed limit is going straight into the "not beating the allegations" file
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
at the same time, bluesky being dominated by people who are passionate about not exceeding the speed limit is going straight into the "not beating the allegations" file
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Every word of this.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Every word of this.
@governorwalz.mn.gov by this logic we should close the border
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov by this logic we should close the border
They could not teach the robots to judge and also keep them from passing judgment
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
They could not teach the robots to judge and also keep them from passing judgment
Courage!
That's one. Who's next?
That's one. Who's next?
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Courage!
That's one. Who's next?
That's one. Who's next?
The day the clankers won
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The day the clankers won
Oh so robots can remix our culture but we still can't
Disney buying a $1 billion stake in OpenAI, agrees to to bring its characters to Sora and videos made with the short-form video platform will be available to stream on Disney+. thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-dis...
The Walt Disney Company And OpenAI Reach Landmark Agreement To Bring Beloved Characters From Across Disney’s Brands To Sora - The Walt Disney Company
Agreement Marks a Significant Step in Setting Meaningful Standards for Responsible AI in Entertainment News: As part of this three-year licensing agreement, Sora will …Read More
thewaltdisneycompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh so robots can remix our culture but we still can't
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As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
Political officers being treated like public diplomacy officers?!
‘Pentagon officials largely kept State Department counterparts in the dark about strike operations, then scrambled to try to enlist diplomats to help deal with survivors, whom military officials referred to by specific terms that included “distressed mariners.”’
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Political officers being treated like public diplomacy officers?!
Explains everything
calibri is woke bc it sounds ethnic (italian). times new roman is antiwoke bc it has the word Roman in it (based).
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Explains everything
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We talk a lot about how the GOP has become the party for bigots and the party for dummies, but we should spend a little more time talking about how the GOP has become the natural political home for losers.
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We talk a lot about how the GOP has become the party for bigots and the party for dummies, but we should spend a little more time talking about how the GOP has become the natural political home for losers.
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Setting up a camera at a security checkpoint designed to protect attendees of a hate conference. Lmao
Phil Williams is doing the lord's work.
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Setting up a camera at a security checkpoint designed to protect attendees of a hate conference. Lmao
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These are the most recent Name a Snowplow winners, so they're already claimed, no need to submit again.
I'm pretty sure every possible Star Wars + winter pun is already used up so find a different muse lol
I'm pretty sure every possible Star Wars + winter pun is already used up so find a different muse lol
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These are the most recent Name a Snowplow winners, so they're already claimed, no need to submit again.
I'm pretty sure every possible Star Wars + winter pun is already used up so find a different muse lol
I'm pretty sure every possible Star Wars + winter pun is already used up so find a different muse lol
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this gets to the fundamental lawlessness. the difference between law as a game and law as a tool of government.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
this gets to the fundamental lawlessness. the difference between law as a game and law as a tool of government.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
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