@nomadmae.bsky.social
(she/her)
Full of rage & out of fucks.
Karl Popper would like a word.
Full of rage & out of fucks.
Karl Popper would like a word.
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Lutnick: "I think under President Trump you're gonna see the economy grow 6%"
Why does he have an affordability agenda if it’s a dem hoax?
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Less money for vaccine research ---> vaccines become less effective ---> even less money for vaccine research ---> vaccines disappear altogether
A vaccine death spiral
A vaccine death spiral
Meanwhile, I saw an article a little while back saying that going forward, flu shots may not be as effective because the research needed to identify the strains currently in circulation is no longer being sufficiently funded.
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Less money for vaccine research ---> vaccines become less effective ---> even less money for vaccine research ---> vaccines disappear altogether
A vaccine death spiral
A vaccine death spiral
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If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
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The House margin is now down to 218-213. Three GOP votes needed to move Democratic legislation.
Two Republicans serving have already voted for impeachment in 2021.
One vote.
Two Republicans serving have already voted for impeachment in 2021.
One vote.
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The House margin is now down to 218-213. Three GOP votes needed to move Democratic legislation.
Two Republicans serving have already voted for impeachment in 2021.
One vote.
Two Republicans serving have already voted for impeachment in 2021.
One vote.
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Three days ago, Venezuela was under the control of a maniacal dictator. Nothing has changed.
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Three days ago, Venezuela was under the control of a maniacal dictator. Nothing has changed.
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I wrote about the spectacle of the Nicolás Maduro arraignment—and how the Trump administration will now be forced to offer at least two Venezuelans the basic human rights the government has denied those disappeared to brutal prisons or murdered in the high seas. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Dramatic Arraignment of Nicolás Maduro
By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process.
www.newyorker.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I wrote about the spectacle of the Nicolás Maduro arraignment—and how the Trump administration will now be forced to offer at least two Venezuelans the basic human rights the government has denied those disappeared to brutal prisons or murdered in the high seas. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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It is not believable because this is complete bullshit.
Trump: "Transgender for everyone! Bring your kids in, we're gonna change the sex of your child. Just send them our way. In some cases, like in Minnesota, they don't even tell the parents. Nobody believes it when I say it. They operate on the kid, they don't tell the parents. It's not believable."
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It is not believable because this is complete bullshit.
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I believe the original sin Democrats, and especially the Biden administration, made after January 6th was viewing January 6th as the *end* of something, rather than the *beginning* of something. My post on how to remember this somber anniversary for democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-ways-...
Five Ways To Remember January 6th
Too many people saw January 6th as the final aggrieved death throes of Trumpism. We can now understand it was the start of something much darker.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I believe the original sin Democrats, and especially the Biden administration, made after January 6th was viewing January 6th as the *end* of something, rather than the *beginning* of something. My post on how to remember this somber anniversary for democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-ways-...
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I think a key part of this scheme is robbing as much money from blue states as possible in part to make Democrats who are electeds in these states less popular by creating budget crises there.
Fraud was the excuse: this is the real goal, revealed - reduce safety net funding, but only in blue states.
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I think a key part of this scheme is robbing as much money from blue states as possible in part to make Democrats who are electeds in these states less popular by creating budget crises there.
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THIS. Opinion leadership and providing an alternative argument that generates media attention is...how politics works.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
THIS. Opinion leadership and providing an alternative argument that generates media attention is...how politics works.
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Women earned their place in combat with determination and results. Claiming otherwise isn’t about readiness, it’s about power, control, and macho posturing. At home or abroad, including striking Venezuela, the message is the same: the powerful can do whatever they choose.
www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...
Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions
The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."
www.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Women earned their place in combat with determination and results. Claiming otherwise isn’t about readiness, it’s about power, control, and macho posturing. At home or abroad, including striking Venezuela, the message is the same: the powerful can do whatever they choose.
www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...
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The merit that anti-DEI policies revealed
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The merit that anti-DEI policies revealed
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JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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CIA concludes regime loyalists best suited to lead Venezuela after Maduro, sources say reut.rs/4aMwV6f
CIA concludes regime loyalists best suited to lead Venezuela after Maduro, sources say
A classified CIA assessment presented to U.S. President Donald Trump concluded senior Maduro loyalists, including Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, were best positioned to maintain stability if the Venezuelan leader lost power, two sources briefed on the matter said on Monday.
reut.rs
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
CIA concludes regime loyalists best suited to lead Venezuela after Maduro, sources say reut.rs/4aMwV6f
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They won't even use the term transgender regarding their coverage in this statement, they use the term gender identity.
I think the Times might be making a shift towards an editorial stance that pathologizes trans people.
I think the Times might be making a shift towards an editorial stance that pathologizes trans people.
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They won't even use the term transgender regarding their coverage in this statement, they use the term gender identity.
I think the Times might be making a shift towards an editorial stance that pathologizes trans people.
I think the Times might be making a shift towards an editorial stance that pathologizes trans people.
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In other news, wrote about the comparison between JOH and Maduro and how it shows just how corrupt and full of shit the Trump admin is (not that you needed more evidence)
Trump’s Fake Drug War: Pardons Honduran President Convicted Of 400 Tons, Illegally Invades & Arrests Venezuela’s President Over Weaker Charges
If you needed proof that Trump's "war on drugs" is pure theatrical bullshit designed to justify geopolitical adventurism and the transactional nature of…
If you needed proof that Trump's "war on drugs" is pure theatrical bullshit designed to justify geopolitical adventurism and the transactional nature of…
Trump’s Fake Drug War: Pardons Honduran President Convicted Of 400 Tons, Illegally Invades & Arrests Venezuela’s President Over Weaker Charges
If you needed proof that Trump's "war on drugs" is pure theatrical bullshit designed to justify geopolitical adventurism and the transactional nature of how he views absolutely everything, look no further than the past two months of his foreign policy. Two months ago, Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras who was convicted in a Manhattan federal court of facilitating the importation of…
www.techdirt.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
In other news, wrote about the comparison between JOH and Maduro and how it shows just how corrupt and full of shit the Trump admin is (not that you needed more evidence)
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Weren’t they all TdA like five minutes ago?🙄
January 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Weren’t they all TdA like five minutes ago?🙄
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The thing about declaring war against the entire world is that eventually the world will fight back
Oh so it doesn't count as a war, which you guys claimed to be against, if you don't cross the Atlantic
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The thing about declaring war against the entire world is that eventually the world will fight back
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When you think about it, it’s kinda funny how Republicans illegally crossed the border into Venezuela to take a Venezuelan man’s job
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
When you think about it, it’s kinda funny how Republicans illegally crossed the border into Venezuela to take a Venezuelan man’s job
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
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It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
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🧵Day 3 and we have a new meaning for "running Venezuela," courtesy of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, who is in charge of Venezuela as well as the National Archives. We're going to insist they do what's in the US national interest. Time for some principal-agent theory. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
🧵Day 3 and we have a new meaning for "running Venezuela," courtesy of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, who is in charge of Venezuela as well as the National Archives. We're going to insist they do what's in the US national interest. Time for some principal-agent theory. 1/
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"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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all the right wing propagandists trying to destroy and dominate U.S. media are starting to fight amongst themselves over who gets the bigger share of the American agitprop market
Newsmax Formally Asks FCC to Block Nexstar Media Group Merger with TEGNA
"This merger would create an unprecedented and dangerous consolidation within the broadcast TV industry, giving them immense control over local news and political news coverage."
barrettmedia.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
all the right wing propagandists trying to destroy and dominate U.S. media are starting to fight amongst themselves over who gets the bigger share of the American agitprop market
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Isn't it ironic. Let's ask Americans whether Americans have any business acting as dictators abroad in the outlet whose leadership would like to purchase themselves this privilege.
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Isn't it ironic. Let's ask Americans whether Americans have any business acting as dictators abroad in the outlet whose leadership would like to purchase themselves this privilege.