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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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This remains the most prescient piece I've ever published at @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Trump’s Wag The Dog Moment - CIP
If you want to break up a drug cartel, blowing up a boat does little to accomplish that, unless you believe cartels only own one boat.
internationalpolicy.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This remains the most prescient piece I've ever published at @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
The American Condiment Hall of Fame Has a New Member. And It’s Unlike Anything That’s Been There Before.
Something to think about the next time you drizzle.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
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Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
My personal theory is it’s because they can neither seem relaxed (not being alert is a beta move) nor near enough the other person that it could be described as “intimate” or even “friendly” (touching other men even emotionally? not alpha)
Why do they all stand so weird? Are they like flexing under there to look tough? I really don’t know what explains this pattern of unnatural poses from conservative men.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My personal theory is it’s because they can neither seem relaxed (not being alert is a beta move) nor near enough the other person that it could be described as “intimate” or even “friendly” (touching other men even emotionally? not alpha)
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A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
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the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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The book about Elon’s online radicalization and toxic influence had better be titled, as a shout out to Jane Mayer, “Dork Money.”
NEW: I did a very deep dive into one month's worth of Elon Musk's posts on X so I could understand the breadth and depth of what he is posting about these days. In a word: fringe. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... 🧵
A month of Elon Musk on X: Conspiracy theories, fringe politics and self-promotion
An NBC News analysis of one month of Musk’s social media posts shows what’s been on his mind, including a broad cross-section of fringe political topics.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The book about Elon’s online radicalization and toxic influence had better be titled, as a shout out to Jane Mayer, “Dork Money.”
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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This is not a plan. It is maybe a concept of a plan.
It would take a year or more to develop it into a plan.
The summaries of meetings I had with Russians that everyone had to sign were more tightly written than this.
The agreement with my realtor was tighter than this.
It would take a year or more to develop it into a plan.
The summaries of meetings I had with Russians that everyone had to sign were more tightly written than this.
The agreement with my realtor was tighter than this.
Read the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
Proposed deal would limit size of Ukrainian forces and calls on Kyiv to withdraw troops from eastern Donetsk
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is not a plan. It is maybe a concept of a plan.
It would take a year or more to develop it into a plan.
The summaries of meetings I had with Russians that everyone had to sign were more tightly written than this.
The agreement with my realtor was tighter than this.
It would take a year or more to develop it into a plan.
The summaries of meetings I had with Russians that everyone had to sign were more tightly written than this.
The agreement with my realtor was tighter than this.
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For a handful of reasons it can be really hard to report well on advancing domestic US government surveillance. This by @byrontau.bsky.social is so well done.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For a handful of reasons it can be really hard to report well on advancing domestic US government surveillance. This by @byrontau.bsky.social is so well done.
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For @bloomberg.com, I wrote the legal loophole around THC the government just closed, and what it means for the Four Loko of THC drinks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Weed Drinks That Get You Very, Very High Could Be Gone Soon
Cannabis beverages with up to 100mg of THC are increasingly popular. A ban on hemp is threatening their survival.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For @bloomberg.com, I wrote the legal loophole around THC the government just closed, and what it means for the Four Loko of THC drinks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It seems to have gotten lost in the MeToo backlash but sexual harassment is in fact illegal
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It seems to have gotten lost in the MeToo backlash but sexual harassment is in fact illegal
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Yeah, it registers as such a regression. Like, so many bad things about aging, but "I am an independent agent who gets up, makes choices, and can build my wants and needs into my day" is the *good* part.
Then BOOM, one virus and you're like, "Lo, I am unmanned."
Then BOOM, one virus and you're like, "Lo, I am unmanned."
being laid out by a cold as an adult is so demoralizing. like oh you’re gonna lie in bed with your little box of tissues and your little glass of orange juice? grow up
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yeah, it registers as such a regression. Like, so many bad things about aging, but "I am an independent agent who gets up, makes choices, and can build my wants and needs into my day" is the *good* part.
Then BOOM, one virus and you're like, "Lo, I am unmanned."
Then BOOM, one virus and you're like, "Lo, I am unmanned."
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NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
www.lawdork.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
being laid out by a cold as an adult is so demoralizing. like oh you’re gonna lie in bed with your little box of tissues and your little glass of orange juice? grow up
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
being laid out by a cold as an adult is so demoralizing. like oh you’re gonna lie in bed with your little box of tissues and your little glass of orange juice? grow up
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today in “working in The Media”
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
today in “working in The Media”
today in “working in The Media”
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
today in “working in The Media”
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“Those who cling to thinking, I should - nay, I just - write this piece and make it public”, said the Buddha, “those ones are the worst.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“Those who cling to thinking, I should - nay, I just - write this piece and make it public”, said the Buddha, “those ones are the worst.”
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
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If you watched Death by Lightning and want to know more about the history of Garfield, Arthur, and the modern civil service (though, maybe RIP now that we are in this current administration), NPR's Throughline did a great episode about this back in April: www.npr.org/2025/04/24/1...
The Deadly Story of the U.S. Civil Service : Throughline
When James Garfield won the Presidency in 1880, Charles Guiteau got ready to accept his new government job. No one had actually offered him a job – but he'd campaigned for Garfield, so he assumed he'd...
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you watched Death by Lightning and want to know more about the history of Garfield, Arthur, and the modern civil service (though, maybe RIP now that we are in this current administration), NPR's Throughline did a great episode about this back in April: www.npr.org/2025/04/24/1...