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It's my fault. My heart has been crying out for Yacht Rock Season, so they delivered it - before the Lake Effect even ended. I mean, it ain't even Dyngus Day...
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Ok, so I think I should explain why Apportionment is the emergency rip cord at the end of democracy.
In the beginning of this country, there was a Representative for every 50,000 people. People, not voters, all people. Washington wanted one for every 30,000.
In the beginning of this country, there was a Representative for every 50,000 people. People, not voters, all people. Washington wanted one for every 30,000.
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#StandUpForScience Denver. Photo by Jeff Kanipe.
March 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#StandUpForScience Denver. Photo by Jeff Kanipe.
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White House, via GSA, announces plans to sell off most of the central buildings which constitute the HQs of the American republic, including FBI HQs, HQs of DOJ, HHS, Dept of Labor and many others. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/looti...
Looting Watch
In case you didn’t hear the GSA today announced it’s going to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
White House, via GSA, announces plans to sell off most of the central buildings which constitute the HQs of the American republic, including FBI HQs, HQs of DOJ, HHS, Dept of Labor and many others. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/looti...
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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🧠 Poll says 70% of Americans don't believe Ukraine is "more to blame for starting war"
Poll says 70% of Americans don’t believe Ukraine is “more to blame for starting war”
The vast majority of Americans do not believe that Ukraine is more to blame for the war waged against it by Russia.
www.pravda.com.ua
March 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🧠 Poll says 70% of Americans don't believe Ukraine is "more to blame for starting war"
@karaswisher.bsky.social as a flex, should only appear after Sousa’s Washington Post March is played
March 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@karaswisher.bsky.social as a flex, should only appear after Sousa’s Washington Post March is played
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“Filling a crypto reserve would effectively represent a huge transfer of wealth from taxpayers,” writes James Surowiecki. In other words, “a handout for crypto holders”:
The Strategic Crypto Swindle
A bitcoin and cryptocurrency reserve would be a government-backed grift.
www.theatlantic.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Filling a crypto reserve would effectively represent a huge transfer of wealth from taxpayers,” writes James Surowiecki. In other words, “a handout for crypto holders”:
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Art matters.
Art is a powerful means of speaking truth to power.
When it seems the powerless are being silenced, artists, musicians, writers, entertainers, and poets give the people a voice.
Art is a powerful means of speaking truth to power.
When it seems the powerless are being silenced, artists, musicians, writers, entertainers, and poets give the people a voice.
February 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Art matters.
Art is a powerful means of speaking truth to power.
When it seems the powerless are being silenced, artists, musicians, writers, entertainers, and poets give the people a voice.
Art is a powerful means of speaking truth to power.
When it seems the powerless are being silenced, artists, musicians, writers, entertainers, and poets give the people a voice.
In the end, it doesn’t matter if the Eagles win or lose. The President will still be legally liable for fingering a woman against her will in a Bergdorff Goodman
February 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In the end, it doesn’t matter if the Eagles win or lose. The President will still be legally liable for fingering a woman against her will in a Bergdorff Goodman
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
Every time we’d see a limo near Philadelphia we’d wave cause Patti LaBelle
a woman singing into a microphone with hearts and the words yaaasss above her
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with hearts and the words yaaasss above her
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Every time we’d see a limo near Philadelphia we’d wave cause Patti LaBelle
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
February 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
Routing for the Philadelphia Eagles because a win for Philly is a loss for the the guy who lured a woman into the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman and fingered her against her will #superbowlLIX
February 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Routing for the Philadelphia Eagles because a win for Philly is a loss for the the guy who lured a woman into the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman and fingered her against her will #superbowlLIX
Is this episode of Lakefront Luxury with “creatives” Conan and Melissa actually performance art?
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is this episode of Lakefront Luxury with “creatives” Conan and Melissa actually performance art?
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Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
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After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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i have too much work to do today to ruminate on the fact that four years ago, i covered the riot at the capitol in disguise because proud boys had circulated my picture with instructions to attack me on sight & now they’re all about to get pardons.
January 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
i have too much work to do today to ruminate on the fact that four years ago, i covered the riot at the capitol in disguise because proud boys had circulated my picture with instructions to attack me on sight & now they’re all about to get pardons.
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Rep. Frederica Wilson on J6 anniversary: "They wanted to hang the Vice President and constructed a gallows to do so on the Capitol Complex. They sought to kill the Speaker of the House and to beat as many of us into submission... Police officers were bloodied, beaten, battered, and died."
January 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rep. Frederica Wilson on J6 anniversary: "They wanted to hang the Vice President and constructed a gallows to do so on the Capitol Complex. They sought to kill the Speaker of the House and to beat as many of us into submission... Police officers were bloodied, beaten, battered, and died."
January 6th is odious. He’ll never be held to account despite the mass of the US government
He is criminally liable for luring a woman into a fitting room and fingering her up against her will. He was more than open about his predilection and that he’d get away with it
He is criminally liable for luring a woman into a fitting room and fingering her up against her will. He was more than open about his predilection and that he’d get away with it
January 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
January 6th is odious. He’ll never be held to account despite the mass of the US government
He is criminally liable for luring a woman into a fitting room and fingering her up against her will. He was more than open about his predilection and that he’d get away with it
He is criminally liable for luring a woman into a fitting room and fingering her up against her will. He was more than open about his predilection and that he’d get away with it
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So today is a good moment to pause and remind yourselves: You are not the crazy ones for remembering what actually happened. And it is up to us to keep the historical record intact.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Enduring Shame of January 6
A Day of Infamy that was just the beginning...
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So today is a good moment to pause and remind yourselves: You are not the crazy ones for remembering what actually happened. And it is up to us to keep the historical record intact.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Today is January 6, the anniversary of the felon/GOP’s violent insurrection trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 election! We remember 140 officers who were injured & those who lost their lives due to the attack on the Capitol! Hold all involved in the insurrection accountable!
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today is January 6, the anniversary of the felon/GOP’s violent insurrection trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 election! We remember 140 officers who were injured & those who lost their lives due to the attack on the Capitol! Hold all involved in the insurrection accountable!
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What happened on J6 was the purist form of terrorism.
"In Iraq, I had the expectation that at any moment I could be killed by the enemy. But on January 6th, that feeling was constant. It was the longest day of my life, with more than forty people assaulting me."
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
I Was Nearly Killed on Jan. 6th. Four Years Later, I Feel Betrayed All Over Again.
The people whose lives I protected sided with my attackers. But they weren’t the only ones to let me down.
www.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What happened on J6 was the purist form of terrorism.
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It's all just so out in the open now.
A $1.6 billion deal between SpaceX and the Italian government is moving ahead after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Donald Trump in Florida on Saturday.
The deal is for Musk's SpaceX to supply encryption for telephone and Internet used by the Italian government.
The deal is for Musk's SpaceX to supply encryption for telephone and Internet used by the Italian government.
January 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's all just so out in the open now.
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Last week dictionary.com attached my name to an example of "correspondent." Didn't mind that. But now I'm under the definition of "insulting." Should I feel insulted? www.dictionary.com/browse/insul...
January 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Last week dictionary.com attached my name to an example of "correspondent." Didn't mind that. But now I'm under the definition of "insulting." Should I feel insulted? www.dictionary.com/browse/insul...
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Center of Kyiv, this morning.
December 20, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Center of Kyiv, this morning.