A reminder that the strike was illegal even if the boat was trailing a plume of cocaine visible from space.
It looks like Tom Cotton was being deceptive by saying video shows the men trying to flip boat "loaded with drugs." As I reported, Ds who saw video say no drugs were visible/boat was crippled.
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A reminder that the strike was illegal even if the boat was trailing a plume of cocaine visible from space.
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What I'm trying to say is that no organization on Earth is more in tune with Donald Trump than FIFA. The two were made for each other.
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What I'm trying to say is that no organization on Earth is more in tune with Donald Trump than FIFA. The two were made for each other.
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This is the administration that claimed, if elected, it would “protect women’s sports.” That was always a transparently thin lie.
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
Department of Education rescinds Title IX guidance that NIL payments must be proportionate
How Title IX would factor into schools' revenue-sharing decisions has been a lingering question.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is the administration that claimed, if elected, it would “protect women’s sports.” That was always a transparently thin lie.
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It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
These pardons are a potent weapon against Trump because they associate him with the elite impunity and legalized corruption we all hate. Someone needs to get Jeffries the memo.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These pardons are a potent weapon against Trump because they associate him with the elite impunity and legalized corruption we all hate. Someone needs to get Jeffries the memo.
The game here is obvious - administrators are using the anti-DEI panic to shut down publications they don't like.
And I'm assuming "shut down" in this case means "cut off official funding" since they can't legally stop distribution... Anyone know how much it'd cost to print unofficially?
And I'm assuming "shut down" in this case means "cut off official funding" since they can't legally stop distribution... Anyone know how much it'd cost to print unofficially?
On Monday, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines over fears stemming from a July DOJ memo. The student journalists I spoke with yesterday told me that the decision was nonsensical and threatened their First Amendment rights.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
University of Alabama suspends two student magazines over DEI
The editors of the publications, which focus on women’s wellness and the Black student experience respectively, expressed shock at the decision.
www.alreporter.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The game here is obvious - administrators are using the anti-DEI panic to shut down publications they don't like.
And I'm assuming "shut down" in this case means "cut off official funding" since they can't legally stop distribution... Anyone know how much it'd cost to print unofficially?
And I'm assuming "shut down" in this case means "cut off official funding" since they can't legally stop distribution... Anyone know how much it'd cost to print unofficially?
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Saw this new @nccourage.com merch and accepted the craft challenge. Cross stitch, southernness, and soccer. Cross stitch by me. Let’s go Courage!
#forthelove #nccourage #nwsl #stitchsky
#forthelove #nccourage #nwsl #stitchsky
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Saw this new @nccourage.com merch and accepted the craft challenge. Cross stitch, southernness, and soccer. Cross stitch by me. Let’s go Courage!
#forthelove #nccourage #nwsl #stitchsky
#forthelove #nccourage #nwsl #stitchsky
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One of these is a racist, far-right aspiration to ethnically cleanse the West by forcibly removing all non-white people -- a goal now endorsed by the U.S. government.
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of these is a racist, far-right aspiration to ethnically cleanse the West by forcibly removing all non-white people -- a goal now endorsed by the U.S. government.
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
A D+13 environment puts every red NC congressional seat in play - most of them are in the R+6-R+10 range. @abreezeclayton.bsky.social let's go for a 14-0 delegation!
"Heading into Tuesday, Rs had underperformed Trump by an average of 13 points across dozens of state and federal special elections." Same again last night.
As I keep suggesting conventional patterns are kicking in and people's brains are too melted by 2024 to see it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
As I keep suggesting conventional patterns are kicking in and people's brains are too melted by 2024 to see it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Heading Toward Midterms, the G.O.P. Continues to Slip
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A D+13 environment puts every red NC congressional seat in play - most of them are in the R+6-R+10 range. @abreezeclayton.bsky.social let's go for a 14-0 delegation!
American business relies on frontier research. This will screw us over for decades.
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
American business relies on frontier research. This will screw us over for decades.
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Matt Gaetz heard there was a new program absolutely nailing minors in the Gulf of America and came running
get a load of the "journalist" asking questions at the Pentagon press briefing
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Matt Gaetz heard there was a new program absolutely nailing minors in the Gulf of America and came running
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
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Also it's very striking to me that this administration and many of its hangers-on seem to see Christmas primarily as a tool to trigger the libs/non-Christians. Utterly miserable, joyless people.
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Also it's very striking to me that this administration and many of its hangers-on seem to see Christmas primarily as a tool to trigger the libs/non-Christians. Utterly miserable, joyless people.
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
Well shit. Yet another player Nahas and Thackeray messed up with. Hopefully she'll get the playing time she deserves up there.
A new Star is rising 🌟
Chicago Stars FC has signed midfielder Brianna Pinto to a two-year deal through the 2027 NWSL season!
📰: chicagostars.com/first-team/c...
Chicago Stars FC has signed midfielder Brianna Pinto to a two-year deal through the 2027 NWSL season!
📰: chicagostars.com/first-team/c...
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well shit. Yet another player Nahas and Thackeray messed up with. Hopefully she'll get the playing time she deserves up there.
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me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
This is one I know from personal experience. No one reads past a sensational headline.
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is one I know from personal experience. No one reads past a sensational headline.
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This was handed in for a PSYCH CLASS & when the prof said she didn't use empirical sources but rather submitted op-ed she whined about religious liberty + prof got suspended.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This was handed in for a PSYCH CLASS & when the prof said she didn't use empirical sources but rather submitted op-ed she whined about religious liberty + prof got suspended.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
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and if you can’t run on that then for fuck’s sake get out of the way and let someone run who can
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
and if you can’t run on that then for fuck’s sake get out of the way and let someone run who can
I wonder how much of this is our modern social structure channeling kids to college who don't really want to be there but who feel like they have to earn a piece of paper to apply for a job.
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wonder how much of this is our modern social structure channeling kids to college who don't really want to be there but who feel like they have to earn a piece of paper to apply for a job.
@ross.house.gov get on this plz
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@ross.house.gov get on this plz
100%.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
100%.
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America has gone full Nazi and it’s time to call out those accountable: Democrats not getting on board purging around a dozen trans athletes from the NCAA
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
America has gone full Nazi and it’s time to call out those accountable: Democrats not getting on board purging around a dozen trans athletes from the NCAA
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat