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My dog is a Briard; his name is Moby. Email: leechristophersmith at gmail dot com
My dog is a Briard; his name is Moby. Email: leechristophersmith at gmail dot com
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
Hope folks are looking into this so-called new air traffic control system. I suspect it’s just gonna be some gonzo Elon AI vaporware that will deliver a mass-casualty event on like day one.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hope folks are looking into this so-called new air traffic control system. I suspect it’s just gonna be some gonzo Elon AI vaporware that will deliver a mass-casualty event on like day one.
Tonight’s vote makes stark a deeply disturbing reality: Dems, just like the GOP, are perfectly fine letting millions of Americans die because they can’t access healthcare. This is nihilism on an epic scale. F*ing ghouls.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Tonight’s vote makes stark a deeply disturbing reality: Dems, just like the GOP, are perfectly fine letting millions of Americans die because they can’t access healthcare. This is nihilism on an epic scale. F*ing ghouls.
I am one of the 24 million Americans on ACA. I also have significant health issues. This vote is effectively a repeal of the ACA, and the Dems will leave millions of people just like me without access to health care. Call your senators NOW and tell them: Vote NO.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I am one of the 24 million Americans on ACA. I also have significant health issues. This vote is effectively a repeal of the ACA, and the Dems will leave millions of people just like me without access to health care. Call your senators NOW and tell them: Vote NO.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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This is full-on North Korea /Dear Leader/ State TV bullsh*t
More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is full-on North Korea /Dear Leader/ State TV bullsh*t
With worst NFL trade in 21st century, Jerry Jones proves that billionaire racists are also very dumb.
August 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
With worst NFL trade in 21st century, Jerry Jones proves that billionaire racists are also very dumb.
On the issue of white dudes and why they no longer write/read fiction: This recent exchange is 100% true:
Old friend, now MAGA: does reading fiction make you gay?
Me: I read novels all the time. I have a girlfriend. We have sex all the time.
OFNM: Hmmm. I think you’re an exception to the rule.
Old friend, now MAGA: does reading fiction make you gay?
Me: I read novels all the time. I have a girlfriend. We have sex all the time.
OFNM: Hmmm. I think you’re an exception to the rule.
July 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On the issue of white dudes and why they no longer write/read fiction: This recent exchange is 100% true:
Old friend, now MAGA: does reading fiction make you gay?
Me: I read novels all the time. I have a girlfriend. We have sex all the time.
OFNM: Hmmm. I think you’re an exception to the rule.
Old friend, now MAGA: does reading fiction make you gay?
Me: I read novels all the time. I have a girlfriend. We have sex all the time.
OFNM: Hmmm. I think you’re an exception to the rule.
In history the same thing never happens twice. But the same things sure do.
June 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In history the same thing never happens twice. But the same things sure do.
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Ya dawg, I don’t like this at all
June 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Ya dawg, I don’t like this at all
Exactly what I was searching for today, for some reason.
Now's the time to pull up a few expert explainers on domestic use of the military. For an overview, including basic history, here's Bill Banks (longtime co-author of one of the leading casebooks on US national security law). www.justsecurity.org/92568/federa...
Expert Backgrounder: Federalizing the National Guard and Domestic Use of the Military
An expert explainer on when the President of the United States can 'federalize" the National Guard and deploy U.S. military forces domestically.
www.justsecurity.org
June 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Exactly what I was searching for today, for some reason.
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this must’ve been how Winston Churchill felt when Hitler broke Molotov-Ribbentrop
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
this must’ve been how Winston Churchill felt when Hitler broke Molotov-Ribbentrop
Must-read 🧵on what happens next with the MAGA Murder Budget.
House Republicans passed their bill that’d rip health insurance from millions and take food assistance away from millions including households with kids as young as 7 in the largest Medicaid and SNAP cuts in history - while giving giant tax cuts to the rich.
Thread on the next steps of the process.
Thread on the next steps of the process.
May 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Must-read 🧵on what happens next with the MAGA Murder Budget.
Senate Dems approving the CR in March, after colleagues in House made every effort to block it, now looking exactly like the profound political malfeasance we warned it was at the time.
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Senate Dems approving the CR in March, after colleagues in House made every effort to block it, now looking exactly like the profound political malfeasance we warned it was at the time.
Non-zero chance Vance lobbies Trump to pull a King Henry and sign an EO denouncing the Conclave as “illegitimate” and declaring himself Supreme Head of the Church. ACB later writes the majority opinion saying that’s totally cool.
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Non-zero chance Vance lobbies Trump to pull a King Henry and sign an EO denouncing the Conclave as “illegitimate” and declaring himself Supreme Head of the Church. ACB later writes the majority opinion saying that’s totally cool.
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Farm trade wars are wild because we've already done similar things in the past, and it did NOT work out for the US farmers in question.
Let's talk about the trade war part of the US Civil War, one of the biggest farmer self-owns in world history.
Let's talk about the trade war part of the US Civil War, one of the biggest farmer self-owns in world history.
April 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Farm trade wars are wild because we've already done similar things in the past, and it did NOT work out for the US farmers in question.
Let's talk about the trade war part of the US Civil War, one of the biggest farmer self-owns in world history.
Let's talk about the trade war part of the US Civil War, one of the biggest farmer self-owns in world history.
They’re gonna pick a new pope before any team picks Sanders.
April 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
They’re gonna pick a new pope before any team picks Sanders.
China’s response to WH saying the two sides have opened trade negotiations: Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?
April 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
China’s response to WH saying the two sides have opened trade negotiations: Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?
Pope Francis to JD Vance: No Good Friday agreement for you, heretic!
April 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pope Francis to JD Vance: No Good Friday agreement for you, heretic!
The attack on 501c3s will also place squarely in the crosshairs news orgs that have produced some of the finest, most impactful journalism of the Trump era, including Pro Publica, The Trace, and The Texas Tribune, among many others. Save accountability journalism, call your Senator.
ALERT: they are going after tax exempt status of educational & not profit advocacy orgs they don’t like. Call your Senators and tell them to defend nonprofit / tax exempt status. Otherwise, climate justice, human rights, workers rights, women’s rights - everything is in danger. Call now 202 224-3121
The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reports
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The attack on 501c3s will also place squarely in the crosshairs news orgs that have produced some of the finest, most impactful journalism of the Trump era, including Pro Publica, The Trace, and The Texas Tribune, among many others. Save accountability journalism, call your Senator.
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It’s just me but if I had big bet-the-company dilemmas instead of going with Paul Weiss or Skadden I might choose a firm with lawyers who understand concepts like cause and effect, object permanence, and stated intent
Wow it’s almost as if this was an entirely predictable outcome, you fools
April 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s just me but if I had big bet-the-company dilemmas instead of going with Paul Weiss or Skadden I might choose a firm with lawyers who understand concepts like cause and effect, object permanence, and stated intent
I am 6’3 (on a good day) and 185. This is a whopper of a lie. Dude weighs at least 300 lbs. I’d wager that he can’t walk up a flight of stairs without assistance.
April 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am 6’3 (on a good day) and 185. This is a whopper of a lie. Dude weighs at least 300 lbs. I’d wager that he can’t walk up a flight of stairs without assistance.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason: Before 1933 German universities were widely considered the world’s best, especially for research and STEM studies. Then they were gutted by the Nazis. Nearly 100 years later those schools still haven’t regained their prominence.
April 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking about this today for no particular reason: Before 1933 German universities were widely considered the world’s best, especially for research and STEM studies. Then they were gutted by the Nazis. Nearly 100 years later those schools still haven’t regained their prominence.
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Wonder how long it takes for the CEO class to realize they aren't the leopards in this scenario
April 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wonder how long it takes for the CEO class to realize they aren't the leopards in this scenario