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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
This is so obviously DeNiro I kinda can’t believe we’re still having this conversation.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is so obviously DeNiro I kinda can’t believe we’re still having this conversation.
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
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Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
A surprisingly powerful tool to make cities more livable
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
BTW, it’s ok to point out Trump is just another chicken hawk, emphasis on chicken.
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
BTW, it’s ok to point out Trump is just another chicken hawk, emphasis on chicken.
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The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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"Corruption is the Achilles' heel of authoritarians," says @adambonica.bsky.social, explaining why opposing corruption (including the legal kind) should be the center of anti-Trump/Democratic politics. So many insights here. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism
Stanford political scientist Adam Bonica says trying to be more moderate is a dead end for Democrats and the solution is for the party to be seen as fighting against corruption, oligarchy and other il...
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Corruption is the Achilles' heel of authoritarians," says @adambonica.bsky.social, explaining why opposing corruption (including the legal kind) should be the center of anti-Trump/Democratic politics. So many insights here. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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2005 Elise Stefanik checking in on 2025 Elise Stefanik
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
2005 Elise Stefanik checking in on 2025 Elise Stefanik
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"You can blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass!" is one of the funniest line deliveries in the history of film.
Network - The Mao Tse Tung Hour Negotiations
YouTube video by ascetica0
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"You can blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass!" is one of the funniest line deliveries in the history of film.
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The Epstein case, like many of the excesses of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the rest...and like the Trump Era as a whole, will be seen as defining a moment of gross national dysfunction. It will lead either to reform or to chaos. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
In the midst of our national Epstein-mania are we missing what's really important?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Epstein case, like many of the excesses of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the rest...and like the Trump Era as a whole, will be seen as defining a moment of gross national dysfunction. It will lead either to reform or to chaos. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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You should watch this report by Scott Pelley of @60minutes.bsky.social — while more of a synopsis of the earlier reporting on this utterly corrupt pardon of Binance’s founder as the Trumps feather their fetid nest, bringing it all together makes for a powerful indictment.
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
"60 Minutes" reported President Trump pardoned the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange after he "enriched" the Trump family during its crypto push
The post ‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
You should watch this report by Scott Pelley of @60minutes.bsky.social — while more of a synopsis of the earlier reporting on this utterly corrupt pardon of Binance’s founder as the Trumps feather their fetid nest, bringing it all together makes for a powerful indictment.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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I think it's important to note that the guy executing a world historical cover-up of his connection to the worst child rape trafficker of the century is deporting people who have committed no crime and want nothing more than to work hard and pay their taxes.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think it's important to note that the guy executing a world historical cover-up of his connection to the worst child rape trafficker of the century is deporting people who have committed no crime and want nothing more than to work hard and pay their taxes.
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You can also support the Fired Four via this GoFundMe
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You can also support the Fired Four via this GoFundMe
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Exclusive first look images at Gore Verbinski’s new film ‘GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONT DIE’
• Starring Sam Rockwell & Zazie Beetz
• Follows a man who takes patrons of an LA diner hostage, saying that he is from the future and must save them from AI.
• Trailer releases tomorrow
• Starring Sam Rockwell & Zazie Beetz
• Follows a man who takes patrons of an LA diner hostage, saying that he is from the future and must save them from AI.
• Trailer releases tomorrow
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Exclusive first look images at Gore Verbinski’s new film ‘GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONT DIE’
• Starring Sam Rockwell & Zazie Beetz
• Follows a man who takes patrons of an LA diner hostage, saying that he is from the future and must save them from AI.
• Trailer releases tomorrow
• Starring Sam Rockwell & Zazie Beetz
• Follows a man who takes patrons of an LA diner hostage, saying that he is from the future and must save them from AI.
• Trailer releases tomorrow
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work.
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work.
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
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Final trailer for ‘STITCH HEAD’, a new animated movie based on the popular children’s book and starring Asa Butterfield
In theaters on October 29.
In theaters on October 29.
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Final trailer for ‘STITCH HEAD’, a new animated movie based on the popular children’s book and starring Asa Butterfield
In theaters on October 29.
In theaters on October 29.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
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JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
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The Argentina bailout probably won't get Argentina's economy on sound footing, but it will help one well-connected American billionaire avoid losing big on Argentinian debt.
In that way, it's like the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Rich guys make a big bet, it goes bad, US taxpayers' cover the losses.
In that way, it's like the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Rich guys make a big bet, it goes bad, US taxpayers' cover the losses.
October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Argentina bailout probably won't get Argentina's economy on sound footing, but it will help one well-connected American billionaire avoid losing big on Argentinian debt.
In that way, it's like the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Rich guys make a big bet, it goes bad, US taxpayers' cover the losses.
In that way, it's like the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Rich guys make a big bet, it goes bad, US taxpayers' cover the losses.
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Just got a text that my special election ballot is on the way.
I’ll be watching for it, because I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Texas Republicans didn’t even give their voters a choice. So it’s on us to protect democracy at the ballot box.
Fight 🔥with 🔥🔥
I’ll be watching for it, because I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Texas Republicans didn’t even give their voters a choice. So it’s on us to protect democracy at the ballot box.
Fight 🔥with 🔥🔥
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just got a text that my special election ballot is on the way.
I’ll be watching for it, because I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Texas Republicans didn’t even give their voters a choice. So it’s on us to protect democracy at the ballot box.
Fight 🔥with 🔥🔥
I’ll be watching for it, because I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Texas Republicans didn’t even give their voters a choice. So it’s on us to protect democracy at the ballot box.
Fight 🔥with 🔥🔥