Auntpajamy
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Auntpajamy
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I’d rather be gardening.

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My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
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The Enshittifinancial Crisis
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December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.

I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.

They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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We live in the dumbest timeline.

It's like a story from the Old Testament.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
20 more measles cases found in Rockland County, New York, as health leaders urge getting vaccinated
A spike in measles cases in Rockland County has New York health officials urging families to get vaccinated.
www.cbsnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Babies are going to die. This is what Donald Trump, Russ Vought, RFK Jr., Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli have brought us. Avoidable child deaths from preventable infectious diseases. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
Why Denmark's vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States
With its vaccine schedule, “Denmark has made a values choice to accept preventable hospitalizations and illnesses that other countries have chosen to prevent.”
www.statnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Democrats were so worked up about young people seeing the genocide happening in Gaza that they paved the road for TikTok becoming owned by Trump family members and cronies.

Also, the Supreme Court allowed Trump to break the law repeatedly with no redress

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
TikTok U.S. Deal to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Flip the Congress FAST then strip them of their funding! “I’ve Never Seen So Many Police Cars” – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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What a train wreck
Trump sounds like a maniac at some sort of demented open mic
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Going to war to outright steal a nationalized industry is traditional American bullshit I suppose
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The latest case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, strangely enough, is the person who runs the White House, Susie Wiles, www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Shocking Confessions of Susie Wiles
Trump's chief of staff admits he's lying about Venezuela—and a lot of other things.
www.thenation.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Israeli forces detained 5 Palestinian kids - at the request of Israeli settlers. Their crime? Gathering wild vegetables.

The young boy who tries to save his friend at 0:15 shows more courage than the entire international community.

Shame on all of us.
(per @RamAbdu)
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I’m sorry, but that’s not how this works.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Trump regime in a nutshell: gut critical programs, cause devastating harm, celebrate doing so, and lie about causing harm.

The cruelty is endless.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the po
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Kind of funny that Trump's chief-of-staff Susie Wiles looks a bit like his mom
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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the world lost an entire generation of gay men and other HIV+ people all because of this piece of shit in the photo below.

and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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*tearfully looking up at a portrait of the guy who illegally sold weapons to Iran and used to profits to fund right-wing death squads in Nicaragua*
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM