Strange Wonk in a Strange Land
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Finally a place for all my hot takes. Oh, and cats.
Finally a place for all my hot takes. Oh, and cats.
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Calling it: this will be my Evergreen Skeet.
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Weird choice to post it so late, right after midnight on a... hey, wait a second. Oh no. Oh... no.
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Weird choice to post it so late, right after midnight on a... hey, wait a second. Oh no. Oh... no.
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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Everyone's six favorite words: "preserve all documents, records, and communications"
Fundraisers & lobbyists have coordinated the donation of hundreds of millions of dollars to destroy the East Wing & build Trump’s gilded ballroom. I’m demanding info about their role in soliciting money from those who have deep financial, business, or personal ties to this Admin.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Everyone's six favorite words: "preserve all documents, records, and communications"
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The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.
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And yet he’s still ensconced in power
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
And yet he’s still ensconced in power
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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AI tools can be super useful for certain research tasks, sorting and analyzing huge data sets for instance. in some specific areas it makes a transformative difference. but these are all pretty niche use cases compared to the trillions of dollars being invested into the tech
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
AI tools can be super useful for certain research tasks, sorting and analyzing huge data sets for instance. in some specific areas it makes a transformative difference. but these are all pretty niche use cases compared to the trillions of dollars being invested into the tech
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Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
It's midnight in Toronto. Second ice cream inning of this series!
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It's midnight in Toronto. Second ice cream inning of this series!
Ah winning was easy young man
Governing's harder
Governing's harder
Trumpism works best in opposition when you can weaponise free floating resentment of the status quo and have people project their desires for change.
In government, where you actually have responsibility for actions, it works much less well.
In government, where you actually have responsibility for actions, it works much less well.
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Ah winning was easy young man
Governing's harder
Governing's harder
Holy shit. I wrote a HS history paper on Billy Mitchell (way before Wikipedia) & the bios I read jumped from bombing the battleships to his European tour. I earned a ribbon in CAP named for him. I served 12 years in the USAF. I had never heard about his putting down domestic unrest before today.
Billy Mitchell and the fucking Air Corps /bombed/ the Blair Mountain strikers. With newfangled bi-planes. It was a test to see how aircraft could be used in war. When I tell people this they look at me like I got a dick growing out of my forehead.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Holy shit. I wrote a HS history paper on Billy Mitchell (way before Wikipedia) & the bios I read jumped from bombing the battleships to his European tour. I earned a ribbon in CAP named for him. I served 12 years in the USAF. I had never heard about his putting down domestic unrest before today.
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lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
Jfc
The president has ordered the “Department of War” to immediately resume nuclear testing. Here’s a thread on what you need to know (1/n)
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Jfc
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there were five other people indicted along with Kat Abughazaleh. Brian is one of the Broadview Six.
This is what the administration is. This is the kind of resistance it can’t tolerate.
This is what the administration is. This is the kind of resistance it can’t tolerate.
I joined the protests at the Broadview ICE detention facility because of what is happening to our immigrant neighbors: children zip-tied and shoved into vans, mothers pulled from cars on the way to school, neighbors afraid to go to church or work.
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
there were five other people indicted along with Kat Abughazaleh. Brian is one of the Broadview Six.
This is what the administration is. This is the kind of resistance it can’t tolerate.
This is what the administration is. This is the kind of resistance it can’t tolerate.
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I think that post is in reference to this:
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I think that post is in reference to this:
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Gang of Eight have been a bipartisan unified force for Congressional oversight ever since Nixon, until Trump 1.0. it's such a bad sign that the Intel committees' chairs are accepting this. Between the delay in briefing even *them,* not seeing the OLC analysis on these "DTOs," & freezing out the Dems
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Gang of Eight have been a bipartisan unified force for Congressional oversight ever since Nixon, until Trump 1.0. it's such a bad sign that the Intel committees' chairs are accepting this. Between the delay in briefing even *them,* not seeing the OLC analysis on these "DTOs," & freezing out the Dems
Hegseth, just say "Whites Only"
thehill.com/policy/defen...
(For those not in the know, can you guess which servicemen have hair texture that contributes to irritant folliculitis?)
thehill.com/policy/defen...
(For those not in the know, can you guess which servicemen have hair texture that contributes to irritant folliculitis?)
thehill.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hegseth, just say "Whites Only"
thehill.com/policy/defen...
(For those not in the know, can you guess which servicemen have hair texture that contributes to irritant folliculitis?)
thehill.com/policy/defen...
(For those not in the know, can you guess which servicemen have hair texture that contributes to irritant folliculitis?)
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“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous
You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.