Analytical Left
@leaddreamer.bsky.social
Tolerance is an agreement, not a suicide pact. We AGREE to tolerate each other. If one side refuses to tolerate the other, then there IS NO AGREEMENT to uphold, and we are NOT called to tolerate their intolerance. No paradox at all.
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Analytical Left
@leaddreamer.bsky.social
· Feb 10
For those wondering: we *are* morally obligated to extend the *offer* of a tolerance agreement, and accept it *if agreed*.
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Someone who pleaded guilty to crimes two years ago. Yeah, OK.
After the Comey indictment was dismissed, Michael Flynn says the best way for Trump to fix a dysfunctional DOJ is to fire Pam Bondi and appoint Sidney Powell as AG.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Someone who pleaded guilty to crimes two years ago. Yeah, OK.
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There's a non-zero chance Pete Hegseth believes the world was black and white until the 1950s
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's a non-zero chance Pete Hegseth believes the world was black and white until the 1950s
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For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
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Exactly this:
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exactly this:
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The claim that "RFK Jr does not eat baby brains" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out that RFK Jr does eat baby brains.
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The claim that "RFK Jr does not eat baby brains" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out that RFK Jr does eat baby brains.
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
The claim that "RFK Jr does not eat baby brains" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out that RFK Jr does eat baby brains.
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The claim that "RFK Jr does not eat baby brains" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out that RFK Jr does eat baby brains.
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
Studies supporting the claim have been ignored by health authorities.
RFK Jr - where is the PROOF you do not eat baby brains?
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
Hey, @kenwhite.bsky.social , asking for a friend (let's call her Hindsey Lalligan) - is it a good idea to immediately interrupt a judge to tell him he's wrong?
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hey, @kenwhite.bsky.social , asking for a friend (let's call her Hindsey Lalligan) - is it a good idea to immediately interrupt a judge to tell him he's wrong?
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2/ I forgot
Crime +100000000
Crime +100000000
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
2/ I forgot
Crime +100000000
Crime +100000000
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The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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There are 535 people missing from the table.
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There are 535 people missing from the table.
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
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“Trump looks out for himself at our expense” is not that complicated
I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Trump looks out for himself at our expense” is not that complicated
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“We can’t afford a king”
Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“We can’t afford a king”
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
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"These approaches suffer from serious conceptual, methodological, and statistical flaws and that the claims of mutual support amount to “pseudo-triangulation,” building an appearance of convergence from incommensurate and individually unconvincing lines of evidence"
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"These approaches suffer from serious conceptual, methodological, and statistical flaws and that the claims of mutual support amount to “pseudo-triangulation,” building an appearance of convergence from incommensurate and individually unconvincing lines of evidence"
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Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
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You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Coming Soon: The Unfortunate Return of the Phrase "Legitimate Rape"
Oh, it's gonna happen.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Coming Soon: The Unfortunate Return of the Phrase "Legitimate Rape"
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Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
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"is the president of the united states currently being blackmailed by pedophiles" is a legitimate question with supporting evidence that needs to be investigated
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"is the president of the united states currently being blackmailed by pedophiles" is a legitimate question with supporting evidence that needs to be investigated
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What Ken Paxton is doing here is deranged -- suing organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrants (especially immigrant children) -- and also we should see it as the test case for what the GOP wants to do.
There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Texas sues Harris County over $1.35M deportation defense fund - UPI.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.35 million to oppose federal deportation efforts.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What Ken Paxton is doing here is deranged -- suing organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrants (especially immigrant children) -- and also we should see it as the test case for what the GOP wants to do.