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It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
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My unpopular opinion is gambling is bad and the state shouldn't encourage it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My unpopular opinion is gambling is bad and the state shouldn't encourage it.
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It was auto industry execs.
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It was auto industry execs.
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
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ANTHROPIC’S CEO WARNS THAT SOME AI GIANTS ARE TAKING RECKLESS, HUNDREDS-OF-BILLIONS SPENDING RISKS ON DATA CENTERS AND CHIPS, SAYING THE INDUSTRY IS GAMBLING ON UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC PAYOFFS.
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
ANTHROPIC’S CEO WARNS THAT SOME AI GIANTS ARE TAKING RECKLESS, HUNDREDS-OF-BILLIONS SPENDING RISKS ON DATA CENTERS AND CHIPS, SAYING THE INDUSTRY IS GAMBLING ON UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC PAYOFFS.
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The CIA recruited a child and trained him to be an assassin
Its yesterdays new by now, but someone in my Discord realized something about the Afghan shooter recently
It's widely reported that he was recruited by the CIA in 2011 for a death squad. It was also widely reported that he's 29. It is NOT widely reported that that means he was 15 at the time.
It's widely reported that he was recruited by the CIA in 2011 for a death squad. It was also widely reported that he's 29. It is NOT widely reported that that means he was 15 at the time.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The CIA recruited a child and trained him to be an assassin
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this thread is great.
also praising government efficiency in the trump era as dunkelman does without mentioning that DOGE murdered 600k people and counting is...it's not good.
it's kind of like pointing to the final solution as a model of can do government. 1
also praising government efficiency in the trump era as dunkelman does without mentioning that DOGE murdered 600k people and counting is...it's not good.
it's kind of like pointing to the final solution as a model of can do government. 1
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this thread is great.
also praising government efficiency in the trump era as dunkelman does without mentioning that DOGE murdered 600k people and counting is...it's not good.
it's kind of like pointing to the final solution as a model of can do government. 1
also praising government efficiency in the trump era as dunkelman does without mentioning that DOGE murdered 600k people and counting is...it's not good.
it's kind of like pointing to the final solution as a model of can do government. 1
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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The TikToks that made me really really start to hate Israel and Israelis weren’t pro Palestine propaganda…it was the shit posted by Israelis themselves in which they boast openly about their war crimes. Are those fake too Hillary?
I swear these people have no idea how stupid Israelis make them look.
I swear these people have no idea how stupid Israelis make them look.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The TikToks that made me really really start to hate Israel and Israelis weren’t pro Palestine propaganda…it was the shit posted by Israelis themselves in which they boast openly about their war crimes. Are those fake too Hillary?
I swear these people have no idea how stupid Israelis make them look.
I swear these people have no idea how stupid Israelis make them look.
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Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
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pepperidge farm remembers
Remember when Lowry blurted out the N-word on TV and everyone rushed to his defense that it was an accident
Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
pepperidge farm remembers
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DeepSeek Researcher: Data & methods are what matters
subtext: model architecture is surprisingly not that important
subtext: model architecture is surprisingly not that important
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
DeepSeek Researcher: Data & methods are what matters
subtext: model architecture is surprisingly not that important
subtext: model architecture is surprisingly not that important
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I'm tired of seeing companies acquire each other.
It's bad for 99.999% of us.
Netflix, WB, Paramount, Sinclair, Disney, and all overlap...
... It's not good for the rest of us.
Horizontal monopolies are arguably worse than vertical.
No, horizontal monopolies simply are worse.
It's bad for 99.999% of us.
Netflix, WB, Paramount, Sinclair, Disney, and all overlap...
... It's not good for the rest of us.
Horizontal monopolies are arguably worse than vertical.
No, horizontal monopolies simply are worse.
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I'm tired of seeing companies acquire each other.
It's bad for 99.999% of us.
Netflix, WB, Paramount, Sinclair, Disney, and all overlap...
... It's not good for the rest of us.
Horizontal monopolies are arguably worse than vertical.
No, horizontal monopolies simply are worse.
It's bad for 99.999% of us.
Netflix, WB, Paramount, Sinclair, Disney, and all overlap...
... It's not good for the rest of us.
Horizontal monopolies are arguably worse than vertical.
No, horizontal monopolies simply are worse.
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yes, of course international law is massively imperfect and flawed: it is still a hell of a lot better than the prior situation, which was “you can do literally anything you want in warfare and nobody can really say boo about it beyond evoking religion”
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
yes, of course international law is massively imperfect and flawed: it is still a hell of a lot better than the prior situation, which was “you can do literally anything you want in warfare and nobody can really say boo about it beyond evoking religion”
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this really is it. its entirely about entertainment
the number of subsistence-level fishermen living in desperate fear right now because Kegseth and co have to make snuff videos for twitter is just...you get very angry if you think about all this too long
Hegseth: We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this really is it. its entirely about entertainment
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First Van Jones, then Sarah Hurwitz, now Hillary Clinton with these talking points about social media and carnage in Palestine …
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
First Van Jones, then Sarah Hurwitz, now Hillary Clinton with these talking points about social media and carnage in Palestine …
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
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"The modern reactionary project involves denying Hobbes's observation that humans exist in a perpetual state of mutual vulnerability" stays winning huh
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"The modern reactionary project involves denying Hobbes's observation that humans exist in a perpetual state of mutual vulnerability" stays winning huh
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there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
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yeah, the last time we did this with china they got ICBMs out of the deal. bsky.app/profile/pare...
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
yeah, the last time we did this with china they got ICBMs out of the deal. bsky.app/profile/pare...
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The US gives a fuck about enemy or occupied civilians, much more than any other active great power in history.
It tries very hard not to kill them without damn good reason.
It tries very hard not to kill them without damn good reason.
One instructive comparison here is ironically the GWOT.
But even the most pessimistic estimates ("Costs of War", which has *huge* methodological issues) puts the toll over 22 years across the Middle East at 940,000. Compared to 2 million dead in 10 years of Soviet occupation of just Afghanistan.
But even the most pessimistic estimates ("Costs of War", which has *huge* methodological issues) puts the toll over 22 years across the Middle East at 940,000. Compared to 2 million dead in 10 years of Soviet occupation of just Afghanistan.
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The US gives a fuck about enemy or occupied civilians, much more than any other active great power in history.
It tries very hard not to kill them without damn good reason.
It tries very hard not to kill them without damn good reason.
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Let’s just say he refuses the order, okay, they try to court martial him, okay, he literally has the easiest defense ever, and worst case, he gets drummed out but you’re a decorated special ops 3 star, I think you’d do fine in retirement if that’s what you’re worried about
For this situation specifically, Bradley was the only one in the entire chain who could have refused at essentially zero risk to himself. So no, he shouldn’t get credit for saying “but Pete told me to” when it all comes out.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Let’s just say he refuses the order, okay, they try to court martial him, okay, he literally has the easiest defense ever, and worst case, he gets drummed out but you’re a decorated special ops 3 star, I think you’d do fine in retirement if that’s what you’re worried about
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This is like the guys in France who still think they can put an heir to the House of Orléans on the throne
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is like the guys in France who still think they can put an heir to the House of Orléans on the throne
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She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
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Me calling jake tapper
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Me calling jake tapper
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Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.