Nick, from Cedar Rapids
@nilsvoss.bsky.social
“He looks like a man full of intent.” -God
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It’s somewhat analogous to, in the ancient world, having your capital city partially sacked by a hostile power: Your government capacity partially destroyed. Some of your national assets stolen and taken away.
2/2 They found nothing, obviously, but they did destroy entire agencies and their dedicated staff, turned over reams of government data to Elon to train his AIs, dismantled our nation's soft power, and then slunk away with zero guilt, shame, or regret.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s somewhat analogous to, in the ancient world, having your capital city partially sacked by a hostile power: Your government capacity partially destroyed. Some of your national assets stolen and taken away.
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Michael Wolff suggests in an email (in 2015) that if Trump were to say in public that he had never been to Epstein’s house or on his plane, Epstein would have leverage over him.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Michael Wolff suggests in an email (in 2015) that if Trump were to say in public that he had never been to Epstein’s house or on his plane, Epstein would have leverage over him.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
I bet Mike Johnson didn’t see it and won’t comment on it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I bet Mike Johnson didn’t see it and won’t comment on it.
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I dunno about Trump but I sure hope these emails take down the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I dunno about Trump but I sure hope these emails take down the NYT
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As John Oliver explained it:
"Sex is like boxing. If one of the parties didn't agree to participate, the other one is committing a crime."
These children did not & could not agree to participate.
"Sex is like boxing. If one of the parties didn't agree to participate, the other one is committing a crime."
These children did not & could not agree to participate.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As John Oliver explained it:
"Sex is like boxing. If one of the parties didn't agree to participate, the other one is committing a crime."
These children did not & could not agree to participate.
"Sex is like boxing. If one of the parties didn't agree to participate, the other one is committing a crime."
These children did not & could not agree to participate.
This has the potential to end several craft beer breweries/SMALL BUSINESSES in Minnesota. When THC was legalized in MN several breweries came out with their own brand of THC seltzers.
Minnesota’s pioneering hemp-derived THC industry could collapse if a provision included in the deal to end the federal government shutdown becomes law.
Federal shutdown deal could kill Minnesota’s hemp-derived THC market
A spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate would essentially ban hemp-based THC products nationally.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This has the potential to end several craft beer breweries/SMALL BUSINESSES in Minnesota. When THC was legalized in MN several breweries came out with their own brand of THC seltzers.
ALERT ALERT Local hemp producers stunned as deal to reopen government attacks hemp www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Local hemp producers stunned as deal to reopen government attacks hemp
The U.S. Senate is negotiating a deal that Minnesota hemp leaders say will kill the hemp industry.
www.mprnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ALERT ALERT Local hemp producers stunned as deal to reopen government attacks hemp www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I bet Mike Johnson didn’t see it and won’t comment on it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I bet Mike Johnson didn’t see it and won’t comment on it.
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“Too young” Madani is the same age Dick Cheney was when he became White House Chief of Staff
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Too young” Madani is the same age Dick Cheney was when he became White House Chief of Staff
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“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.”
--- Adam Smith (1723-1790)
#History #Capitalism #Scotland
--- Adam Smith (1723-1790)
#History #Capitalism #Scotland
October 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.”
--- Adam Smith (1723-1790)
#History #Capitalism #Scotland
--- Adam Smith (1723-1790)
#History #Capitalism #Scotland
Get ready to work for Wayland-Yutani.
I’m thinking through a bunch of thoughts on the collapse and rebuild of our healthcare system and this will be long but stick with me (1/?)
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Get ready to work for Wayland-Yutani.
Where does a 90,000 sq ft ballroom rank on your priority list?
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Where does a 90,000 sq ft ballroom rank on your priority list?
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“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
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New Yaaahhhhhk
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New Yaaahhhhhk
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the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster
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i appreciate trump's commitment to doing, literally, every metaphorical thing republicans insist he isn't doing
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
i appreciate trump's commitment to doing, literally, every metaphorical thing republicans insist he isn't doing
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Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
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He really thought he had something here.
Mike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He really thought he had something here.
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(slaps bar counter) “Alright, Chip, let’s have those car keys”
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
(slaps bar counter) “Alright, Chip, let’s have those car keys”
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my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract
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The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
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"Look around. Your enemy is a barista named River." www.theverge.com/policy/80231...
March of the frogs
“We will answer fascism with absurdism, as only Portland can.”
www.theverge.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Look around. Your enemy is a barista named River." www.theverge.com/policy/80231...
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I think some of the people on social media sneering at the No Kings protesters are just mad that those normies with signs are way better shitposters than they are
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think some of the people on social media sneering at the No Kings protesters are just mad that those normies with signs are way better shitposters than they are
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BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.