Annie
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Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
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At this point, I hope we learn that Trump really has been blackmailing A.G. Sulzberger the XXVI all this time, because if that failgreatgrandson has been kissing his ass like this on his own free will it’s going to be depressing as hell.
This is how the New York Times sums up Trump’s term so far.
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
At this point, I hope we learn that Trump really has been blackmailing A.G. Sulzberger the XXVI all this time, because if that failgreatgrandson has been kissing his ass like this on his own free will it’s going to be depressing as hell.
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They’re not sending their best.
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
They’re not sending their best.
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staffer: you talked to the little girls?
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
staffer: you talked to the little girls?
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked
staffer: what
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You’re not having real conversations on X.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You’re not having real conversations on X.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
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Here’s a mental palette cleanser to counter the usual corporate greed we see everyday - an actually nice story about a CEO that gave a shit about the people who helped make him successful. In a world of Trumps & Musks, be #GrahamWalker 😊
nypost.com/2025/12/25/b...
nypost.com/2025/12/25/b...
Louisiana boss hands workers $240M in bonuses after selling his company for $1.7B
Graham Walker said he would not agree to sell his company if buyer did not earmark 15% of the proceeds to employees.
nypost.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here’s a mental palette cleanser to counter the usual corporate greed we see everyday - an actually nice story about a CEO that gave a shit about the people who helped make him successful. In a world of Trumps & Musks, be #GrahamWalker 😊
nypost.com/2025/12/25/b...
nypost.com/2025/12/25/b...
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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Every time billionaires say they’re gonna leave if you raise their taxes, outlets like the Times credulously regurgitate the propaganda. Meanwhile they don’t move cause these guys WANT to live in California and Manhattan and not Podunk and Bumfuck where the taxes are nonexistent.
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every time billionaires say they’re gonna leave if you raise their taxes, outlets like the Times credulously regurgitate the propaganda. Meanwhile they don’t move cause these guys WANT to live in California and Manhattan and not Podunk and Bumfuck where the taxes are nonexistent.
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Part of this is about how we refuse to listen to women, by the way. A dozen better female artists who aren’t pantomiming folk music but are actually making it, left politics and all.
If we're genuinely looking for good activist songwriting/performance, there's this: haleyheynderickx.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
What of Our Nature, by Haley Heynderickx, Max García Conover
10 track album
haleyheynderickx.bandcamp.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Part of this is about how we refuse to listen to women, by the way. A dozen better female artists who aren’t pantomiming folk music but are actually making it, left politics and all.
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I’ll believe it when I see it.
(When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)
(When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I’ll believe it when I see it.
(When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)
(When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)
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I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
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“Woke” is just being aware of these structures of power and authority and knowing that they are there to justify the abuse of others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Woke” is just being aware of these structures of power and authority and knowing that they are there to justify the abuse of others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
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About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
The Planned Parenthood Closed. A Christian Clinic Seized the Moment.
About 50 Planned Parenthoods have shut down this year, largely a result of efforts by President Trump and Republicans to target the organization.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Paper linked below. The grading criteria, given to students in advance, was based on whether the student demonstrated they read the article and if they provided a reaction to some aspect of it. The student made no effort to do either; they blathered about the Bible.
drive.google.com/file/d/1qxnV...
drive.google.com/file/d/1qxnV...
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Paper linked below. The grading criteria, given to students in advance, was based on whether the student demonstrated they read the article and if they provided a reaction to some aspect of it. The student made no effort to do either; they blathered about the Bible.
drive.google.com/file/d/1qxnV...
drive.google.com/file/d/1qxnV...
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I would rather have an actual TdA gang member in my home than Kegseth. First, I'll spend less on booze, and second, the TdA guy has murdered fewer people.
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I would rather have an actual TdA gang member in my home than Kegseth. First, I'll spend less on booze, and second, the TdA guy has murdered fewer people.
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The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
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The thing is, these people don't really want military history (which incidentally can be social history, art history, disability history, economic history, and more) they want noble tales of White men fighting off dark skinned barbarian hordes, the subtext is very clear.
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The thing is, these people don't really want military history (which incidentally can be social history, art history, disability history, economic history, and more) they want noble tales of White men fighting off dark skinned barbarian hordes, the subtext is very clear.
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The article is actually about how AI doesn't work and can't do it -- NYT headline editors strike again
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The article is actually about how AI doesn't work and can't do it -- NYT headline editors strike again
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If she’d been a better swimmer, she’d be much poorer today.
But MAGA is a grift machine for losers
But MAGA is a grift machine for losers
NEW: Riley Gaines, the former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing media figure, made $474,313 last year from the conservative nonprofit org, the Leadership Institute. More striking than her total comp was the way it was structured.
For @sportico.bsky.social 👇
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Leadership Perks: Riley Gaines Scored Big Bonus From Nonprofit
Gaines, the former Kentucky swimmer turned OutKick commentator, banked $474,313 from the conservative political organization in 2024.
www.sportico.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If she’d been a better swimmer, she’d be much poorer today.
But MAGA is a grift machine for losers
But MAGA is a grift machine for losers
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And as several theologians and religious studies scholars have noted, what that student did — lazily waving in the direction of the Bible, never even citing Scripture much less delving into it — would’ve gotten an F In their courses.
She’s not a victim.
She’s not a victim.
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And as several theologians and religious studies scholars have noted, what that student did — lazily waving in the direction of the Bible, never even citing Scripture much less delving into it — would’ve gotten an F In their courses.
She’s not a victim.
She’s not a victim.
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Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
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And as I wrote in my book, this period was also when there was a surge in school construction thanks to the baby boom.
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And as I wrote in my book, this period was also when there was a surge in school construction thanks to the baby boom.