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That "Lawrence back to you" reminded me a lot of "and theres a deep drive to left field."
Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion."
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
September 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
That "Lawrence back to you" reminded me a lot of "and theres a deep drive to left field."
Embarrased to say I walked into a pole in the exact same way in Cambridge while at a debate tournament at Harvard. Got distracted looking at a Dunkin' Donuts and hit the pole flush. Giant knot formed on my forehead immediately. Still pretty funny.
August 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Embarrased to say I walked into a pole in the exact same way in Cambridge while at a debate tournament at Harvard. Got distracted looking at a Dunkin' Donuts and hit the pole flush. Giant knot formed on my forehead immediately. Still pretty funny.
So what kind of person watches Star Wars and dreams of growing up to become a Storm Trooper? The lack of self respect and integrity befuddles me.
July 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So what kind of person watches Star Wars and dreams of growing up to become a Storm Trooper? The lack of self respect and integrity befuddles me.
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This is what happens when you combine the worst President in history with the worst Supreme Court in history with the worst Congress in history.
June 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is what happens when you combine the worst President in history with the worst Supreme Court in history with the worst Congress in history.
I don't think this timeline of "almost at the same time" adds up since Padilla was one of the 16 who voted for the Genius Act cloture which he could not have done while handcuffed in CA. I believe that vote was the day before. The vote is jarring but the same time juxtaposition is a bit misleading.
It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
June 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I don't think this timeline of "almost at the same time" adds up since Padilla was one of the 16 who voted for the Genius Act cloture which he could not have done while handcuffed in CA. I believe that vote was the day before. The vote is jarring but the same time juxtaposition is a bit misleading.
Saw this sign above the urinals at the Portland airport and thought, who would be dumb enough to drink out of a urinal? Then I watched a Trump cabinet meeting and thought, I sure hope they have those signs in the White House.
May 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Saw this sign above the urinals at the Portland airport and thought, who would be dumb enough to drink out of a urinal? Then I watched a Trump cabinet meeting and thought, I sure hope they have those signs in the White House.
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
Wait what? The Republicans have won by using rhetoric that eschewed partisanship? The Republicans have won by lying and attacking, and blocking every counter agenda. Democratic capitulation and seeking bipartisanship like Whitmer does here is the rinse repeat cycle of democratic losing. Fight evil.
April 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Wait what? The Republicans have won by using rhetoric that eschewed partisanship? The Republicans have won by lying and attacking, and blocking every counter agenda. Democratic capitulation and seeking bipartisanship like Whitmer does here is the rinse repeat cycle of democratic losing. Fight evil.
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4/7/25😳”"We now expect a 3 degree world," futurism.com/global-warmi...
This May Be the Most Terrifying Sign of Global Warming Yet
Recent financial reporting indicates that Wall Street's big dogs are all but giving up on climate change as global temperatures soar.
futurism.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
4/7/25😳”"We now expect a 3 degree world," futurism.com/global-warmi...
The utter ignorant evil stupidity of these people makes my blood boil. How can there be this many raving lunatics wanting to erase diversity, education, art, culture, intelligence, tolerance, history, compassion, science, and pretty much everything that makes life worth living.
Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The utter ignorant evil stupidity of these people makes my blood boil. How can there be this many raving lunatics wanting to erase diversity, education, art, culture, intelligence, tolerance, history, compassion, science, and pretty much everything that makes life worth living.
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Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
The perfect example of an enthymeme
March 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The perfect example of an enthymeme
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New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
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Perhaps, "Make Idiocracy a comedy again" 💙
March 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Perhaps, "Make Idiocracy a comedy again" 💙
So after this capitulation by the Traitor 10 in the Senate are we allowed to express anger and frustration at the failure of democratic leadership in the Senate now or is the "don't criticize dems" crowd going to come and yell at us for "rage tweeting"?
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So after this capitulation by the Traitor 10 in the Senate are we allowed to express anger and frustration at the failure of democratic leadership in the Senate now or is the "don't criticize dems" crowd going to come and yell at us for "rage tweeting"?
So their argument is now that those who value diversity need to be tolerant of the diverse viewpoint of those who are banning diversity because we should be open to the diverse point of view attacking the value of diversity? They really make my brain hurt.
In a separate post Friday on X, Grenell wrote in part, “It troubles me to see that so many in the audience appear to be white and intolerant of diverse political views.”
Does he... does he think JD Vance was experiencing racism?
Does he... does he think JD Vance was experiencing racism?
March 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So their argument is now that those who value diversity need to be tolerant of the diverse viewpoint of those who are banning diversity because we should be open to the diverse point of view attacking the value of diversity? They really make my brain hurt.
Apparently for International Women's Day the US Embassy Mexico had posted a picture of Melania quoted to say in Spanish, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Apparently they took it down, but it is mind bending the disrespect these people have for history.
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Apparently for International Women's Day the US Embassy Mexico had posted a picture of Melania quoted to say in Spanish, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Apparently they took it down, but it is mind bending the disrespect these people have for history.
OMFG.
Trump's professions of enduring gratitude for Roberts are understandably getting the most attention, but if I am hearing correctly, a few seconds earlier, Anthony Kennedy tells Trump, "You're teaching young people to love America" youtu.be/Wo_uknQLZog?...
WATCH: Trump greets and thanks Supreme Court justices after his address
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
OMFG.
What must it be like waking up every day not knowing what you think about anything until you find out what Trump said about it so you can parrot it.? Living with no beliefs or values, and without a soul must be difficult.
Didn’t know Marco’s knee bent any deeper???
Rubio Attacks Zelensky, Firmly Defending Trump and Vance
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Rubio Attacks Zelensky, Firmly Defending Trump and Vance
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Rubio Attacks Zelensky, Firmly Defending Trump and Vance
Facing a wave of criticism from his former Senate colleagues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the complaints lobbed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukraine’s leader.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What must it be like waking up every day not knowing what you think about anything until you find out what Trump said about it so you can parrot it.? Living with no beliefs or values, and without a soul must be difficult.
But hey, he wore a suit to the oval office. The fact that every democratic Senator voted for this clown in an empty suit is very upsetting.
when you're watching a movie with your parents and a sex scene comes on
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
But hey, he wore a suit to the oval office. The fact that every democratic Senator voted for this clown in an empty suit is very upsetting.
I used to watch movies and wonder about the "henchmen." I was skeptical that there were that many people who would do horrific things just because some "kingpin" told them to. Then I saw twitter and the CPAC conference and the Republicans in Congress and realized there are lots of mindless henchmen.
February 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I used to watch movies and wonder about the "henchmen." I was skeptical that there were that many people who would do horrific things just because some "kingpin" told them to. Then I saw twitter and the CPAC conference and the Republicans in Congress and realized there are lots of mindless henchmen.