Mark's Spot
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Just trying to find a nice corner of the internet unmolested by oligarchs. Vegetarian for a livable climate. Solar powered. Equity. Justice. Science. 3rd Gen ANTIFA
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Unabashed opinions about music 🎵🎸🎶
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Trump is lying.
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Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
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Bari Weiss has a CBS town hall set with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk.
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Bari Weiss has a CBS town hall set with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk.
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
"To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines, but the U.S. has held off amid political and economic opposition."
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
"To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines, but the U.S. has held off amid political and economic opposition."
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
“Unfair business practices, like those employed here, make it very difficult for the American people to pursue prosperity like our founders intended,” Justin Simmons, the US attorney for the western district of Texas said in July.
Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department
Tim Leiweke was accused of ‘orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Unfair business practices, like those employed here, make it very difficult for the American people to pursue prosperity like our founders intended,” Justin Simmons, the US attorney for the western district of Texas said in July.
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"We probably wouldn’t have any cars with catalytic converters either unless they were mandatory."
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Volvo's CEO Just Said The Quiet Part Loud About 2035's Gas Car Ban
Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelson and his counterpart at Polestar both oppose the European Union's retreat from a 2035 ban on new gas and diesel cars. Here's why.
insideevs.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"We probably wouldn’t have any cars with catalytic converters either unless they were mandatory."
insideevs.com/news/780742/...
insideevs.com/news/780742/...
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"Don't be fooled: This is another gift to the fossil fuel industry, and its primary effect on consumers will be making them pay more for fuel." insideevs.com/news/780761/...
Trump Promises To Make Cars Cheaper, By Making You Pay More For Gas
Fuel efficiency standards save you money on gas. Deleting them is a gift to car companies and big oil.
insideevs.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Don't be fooled: This is another gift to the fossil fuel industry, and its primary effect on consumers will be making them pay more for fuel." insideevs.com/news/780761/...
Artsy-fartsy fog photos: Double-crested Cormorant on a piling during the rising tide, and Bald Eagle in a tall Fir Tree
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Eagle #Cormorant
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Eagle #Cormorant
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Artsy-fartsy fog photos: Double-crested Cormorant on a piling during the rising tide, and Bald Eagle in a tall Fir Tree
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Eagle #Cormorant
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Eagle #Cormorant
“I can’t imagine anyone, no matter what the circumstance, believing it is appropriate to kill people who are clinging to a boat in the water,” said Michael Schmitt, a former Air Force lawyer and professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. “That is clearly unlawful.”
Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike
Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“I can’t imagine anyone, no matter what the circumstance, believing it is appropriate to kill people who are clinging to a boat in the water,” said Michael Schmitt, a former Air Force lawyer and professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. “That is clearly unlawful.”
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This random copy shop has a stronger message than the Democratic Party
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This random copy shop has a stronger message than the Democratic Party
"pro tip: if you’re going to do ahem alleged war crimes, try not to make it the very one your own law manual spells out as being illegal."
HOLY SHIT! REPORTERS ASKED PREZNIT FUCKWIT WHY HE WAS PARDONING A DRUG TRAFFICKER AND ONCE AGAIN THE DEMENTED FOOL HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. ALL THAT AND THE SUNDAY ROUNDUP IN MY LATEST VERY POWERFUL POST THAT FEW THOUGHT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR READING, LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/442CTf8
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"pro tip: if you’re going to do ahem alleged war crimes, try not to make it the very one your own law manual spells out as being illegal."
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Now that the military and national security people from the 1st Piggy administration are coming forward, we realize why he appointed a drunken TV host to be Sec. of Defense. He wanted someone who didn't feel obligated to follow the law, or, indeed, act ethically in any way.
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Now that the military and national security people from the 1st Piggy administration are coming forward, we realize why he appointed a drunken TV host to be Sec. of Defense. He wanted someone who didn't feel obligated to follow the law, or, indeed, act ethically in any way.
Record holiday spending... due to tariffs and inflation....
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Record holiday spending... due to tariffs and inflation....
Trump translator: 'We murdered them right the first time. Stop asking dumb questions.'
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump translator: 'We murdered them right the first time. Stop asking dumb questions.'
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"Among four key issues included in the Yahoo/YouGov survey, the largest number of respondents disapproved of the president's handling of the cost of living, with 63% disapproving and 31% approving. That was followed by the economy at 58% disapproving."
Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them by 2-to-1: New poll
A Yahoo/YouGov poll found that 49% of respondents said Trump's actions since taking office in January have raised prices rather than lowering them.
www.usatoday.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Among four key issues included in the Yahoo/YouGov survey, the largest number of respondents disapproved of the president's handling of the cost of living, with 63% disapproving and 31% approving. That was followed by the economy at 58% disapproving."
"[Gentile] had been sentenced to seven years in prison after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department at the time described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds."
Trump commutes prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile
President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of a former investment manager convicted of defrauding investors.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"[Gentile] had been sentenced to seven years in prison after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department at the time described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds."
He's within the MAGA margin-of-error: ±50%
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
He's within the MAGA margin-of-error: ±50%
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Trump’s top economic adviser doesn’t know the price of gasoline.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump’s top economic adviser doesn’t know the price of gasoline.
Bald Eagle
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #BaldEagle #birdsinflight
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #BaldEagle #birdsinflight
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Republican Indiana Sen. Greg Walker declines Oval Office visit, accuses White House of violating Hatch Act
“I refused (the invitation), but the underling who reached out to me is trying to influence the election on my dime,” Walker told The Republic...
“I refused (the invitation), but the underling who reached out to me is trying to influence the election on my dime,” Walker told The Republic...
dailyjournal.net
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Republican Indiana Sen. Greg Walker declines Oval Office visit, accuses White House of violating Hatch Act
“I refused (the invitation), but the underling who reached out to me is trying to influence the election on my dime,” Walker told The Republic...
“I refused (the invitation), but the underling who reached out to me is trying to influence the election on my dime,” Walker told The Republic...
“Pension fully vested and lifetime taxpayer funded healthcare secured => got what you came for, time to leave.”
GOP in Freefall as Yet Another MAGA Congressman Suddenly Quits
The Republican Party took another hit this weekend as Rep. Troy E. Nehls abruptly announced he’s walking away at the end of his term — the latest in a string of MAGA-aligned lawmakers stepping aside a...
dailyboulder.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“Pension fully vested and lifetime taxpayer funded healthcare secured => got what you came for, time to leave.”
"A top Republican senator, Roger Wicker, has joined his Democratic counterpart in calling for 'vigorous oversight to determine the facts' of allegations that the military intentionally killed survivors of a boat strike."
Hegseth responds to report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military
According to The Washington Post, the boat strike initially left two survivors. A second strike was reportedly ordered to comply with Hegseth's directive.
abcnews.go.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"A top Republican senator, Roger Wicker, has joined his Democratic counterpart in calling for 'vigorous oversight to determine the facts' of allegations that the military intentionally killed survivors of a boat strike."
"Republican lawmakers are now arguing that technology in cars is to blame [for high prices]. However, it isn’t the infotainment bloatware, wireless key-fobs, power seats, or over-the-air subscription services they’re blasting, but safety systems that the NHTSA says have saved 860,000 lives..."
Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed
An inquiry led by Republican senator Ted Cruz is blaming life-saving car safety regulations for the rising cost of cars.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Republican lawmakers are now arguing that technology in cars is to blame [for high prices]. However, it isn’t the infotainment bloatware, wireless key-fobs, power seats, or over-the-air subscription services they’re blasting, but safety systems that the NHTSA says have saved 860,000 lives..."