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Aziza's Law. Criminalize Incest in New Jersey Now
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December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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"The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Does this answer the question about why one of Elon’s 1st acts was to kill USAID (condemning 100s of 1000s of people to death?)
![Mass Deaths
From this point onward, Bach speculates openly about mass death. "Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation... the earth's forest fire... potentially a good thing for the species," he writes.
He goes further still: "too many people, so many mass executions of the elderly and infirm make sense... if the brain discards unused neurons, why shold socieity (sic] keep their equivalent".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmu5wxhgzspuoig4kssnvu7b/bafkreidbgt4ycst7zmvbl6vpub26icuewb7grtsxprm5im25f6nuea4z44@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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September 17, 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
September 17, 2024.
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I encounter people who seem to have lost touch with the concept of being a physical presence in a three dimensional space. Their body being present in, say, a doorway, while they stare at their phone cannot occur to them. Everyone is now the only human who exists. Seems bad.
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I encounter people who seem to have lost touch with the concept of being a physical presence in a three dimensional space. Their body being present in, say, a doorway, while they stare at their phone cannot occur to them. Everyone is now the only human who exists. Seems bad.
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It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
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December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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March 29, 2023.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
March 29, 2023.
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Margaret Glaspy and Stories: “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” #blogpost
Margaret Glaspy and Stories: “Have You Ever Seen The Rain”
A stripped-down cover of "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" by stories & Margaret Glaspy. Original Song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by John Fogerty. Listen to stories on Spotify: tinyurl.com
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Instagram: instagram.com Facebook: facebook.com Welcome to stories - we make stripped-down covers of original music with a rotating cast of songwriters. Brought to you by the team behind Scary Pockets. Check out the Scary Pockets channel: tinyurl.com Musicians:
Margaret Glaspy: acoustic guitar + vocals
Dylan Day: acoustic guitar Ryan Lerman: ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Margaret Glaspy and Stories: “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” #blogpost
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Fuck this guy. That's just code for dumping transgender people, then LGBTQ, then people of color, etc. This guy needs to stuff an entire 12 pack of Hanes socks in his mouth and GO AWAY.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fuck this guy. That's just code for dumping transgender people, then LGBTQ, then people of color, etc. This guy needs to stuff an entire 12 pack of Hanes socks in his mouth and GO AWAY.
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I left my associate professorship in the fall of 2022, just a couple months before chatgpt launched. AI wasn't among the reasons I quit, though the explosion of cheating during Covid, and the admin's indifference to it, were.
AI is *very* high on the list of reasons I'm glad I got out when I did.
AI is *very* high on the list of reasons I'm glad I got out when I did.
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I left my associate professorship in the fall of 2022, just a couple months before chatgpt launched. AI wasn't among the reasons I quit, though the explosion of cheating during Covid, and the admin's indifference to it, were.
AI is *very* high on the list of reasons I'm glad I got out when I did.
AI is *very* high on the list of reasons I'm glad I got out when I did.
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What was that all you MAGAs were saying about a “Russia Hoax” again?
🙄 Wake up & smell the vodka, kids.
🙄 Wake up & smell the vodka, kids.
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What was that all you MAGAs were saying about a “Russia Hoax” again?
🙄 Wake up & smell the vodka, kids.
🙄 Wake up & smell the vodka, kids.
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Just in case the message wasn’t entirely clear, Bingham circled back to this theme of birthright citizenship toward the end of his speech.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just in case the message wasn’t entirely clear, Bingham circled back to this theme of birthright citizenship toward the end of his speech.
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
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China has more to gain in Europe in the form of economic stability & trade continuity as a geopolitical counterweight to Trump's U.S.
All Europe has to do to ensure this is fully commit to Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.
All Europe has to do to ensure this is fully commit to Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
China has more to gain in Europe in the form of economic stability & trade continuity as a geopolitical counterweight to Trump's U.S.
All Europe has to do to ensure this is fully commit to Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.
All Europe has to do to ensure this is fully commit to Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.
December 6, 2025
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December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
December 6, 2025
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If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology,
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
Israelite Goddess Mystery Quest
smashing pillars / tracing echoes
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology,
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
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16-year-old cancer patient Mikaela Naylon spent her final days lobbying Congress for the pediatric cancer research Give Kids a Chance Act.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
16-year-old cancer patient Mikaela Naylon spent her final days lobbying Congress for the pediatric cancer research Give Kids a Chance Act.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
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This is straight up murder. It’s incredibly vile that the US government is committing mass murder in our name.
It’s a very short step from these atrocities to murdering US citizens with the same transparently false excuse.
It’s a very short step from these atrocities to murdering US citizens with the same transparently false excuse.
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is straight up murder. It’s incredibly vile that the US government is committing mass murder in our name.
It’s a very short step from these atrocities to murdering US citizens with the same transparently false excuse.
It’s a very short step from these atrocities to murdering US citizens with the same transparently false excuse.
Republican women are revolting
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Republican women are revolting
Holy Mike’s speakership is in peril. boo fucking hoo.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Republican women are revolting
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“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Stephen Miller’s rhetoric “reminds me” of “Nazis,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar
During a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the Minnesota congresswoman critiqued the top White House adviser’s “white supremist” comments.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
Affordability, Part II
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Affordability, Part II
A deeper look into what affordability means for the average American
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December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Affordability, Part II
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Musk is not an expert in anything
Musk is given massive US government contracts
Musk has contracts with the CIA
Musk largest investors Israeli, Russia, Saudi
Musk did not create his own wealth
Musk somehow bypasses all regulations
How did this idiot get so big? 👇
Musk is given massive US government contracts
Musk has contracts with the CIA
Musk largest investors Israeli, Russia, Saudi
Musk did not create his own wealth
Musk somehow bypasses all regulations
How did this idiot get so big? 👇
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche: "Do you know Elon Musk?"
Ghislaine Maxwell: "I do."
#OpDeathEaters #Epstein #EpsteinTrumpFiles
Ghislaine Maxwell: "I do."
#OpDeathEaters #Epstein #EpsteinTrumpFiles
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Musk is not an expert in anything
Musk is given massive US government contracts
Musk has contracts with the CIA
Musk largest investors Israeli, Russia, Saudi
Musk did not create his own wealth
Musk somehow bypasses all regulations
How did this idiot get so big? 👇
Musk is given massive US government contracts
Musk has contracts with the CIA
Musk largest investors Israeli, Russia, Saudi
Musk did not create his own wealth
Musk somehow bypasses all regulations
How did this idiot get so big? 👇