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Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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This is a key point. I wish we didn't have to pander to them so much, but sometimes the best way to sell a policy like congestion pricing or building bike lanes is to explain to drivers what's in it for them.
The point I wish got emphasized more is that the big winners from congestion pricing are *people who urgently need to drive*. Because they are ones that travel times really matter for. I always thought that instead of congestion pricing it should be called "free streets" - free from other cars.
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is a key point. I wish we didn't have to pander to them so much, but sometimes the best way to sell a policy like congestion pricing or building bike lanes is to explain to drivers what's in it for them.
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Incumbents have every possible advantage. If they can’t *easily* win a primary, they’re not doing a good job and aren’t in touch with voters. www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Incumbents have every possible advantage. If they can’t *easily* win a primary, they’re not doing a good job and aren’t in touch with voters. www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
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these are the kind of numbers that, *at the end of a president's term*, herald a total wipeout for his party in the next election.
we are in december of year one.
we are in december of year one.
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
these are the kind of numbers that, *at the end of a president's term*, herald a total wipeout for his party in the next election.
we are in december of year one.
we are in december of year one.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
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1. You can't even get hot food on SNAP, much less use it for nails or "weave". It doesn't work like a credit card. Items that do not qualify do not ring up.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1. You can't even get hot food on SNAP, much less use it for nails or "weave". It doesn't work like a credit card. Items that do not qualify do not ring up.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
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Please stop making excuses for men palling around with Epstein. Even if they didn't know all the details, the top line values were plain as day -- and deeply malign.
And the entire culture that he perpetuated devalued women and treated us like objects and objects to be controlled and demeaned. Any man who spent his time with Epstein thought this was OK. Not a fucking question.
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Please stop making excuses for men palling around with Epstein. Even if they didn't know all the details, the top line values were plain as day -- and deeply malign.
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i always look back on this email as predictive of where she was heading
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i always look back on this email as predictive of where she was heading
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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
-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
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
-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
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"It is humiliating that so many of us had to learn who Bari Weiss is."
Yes, Josh nails it.
Yes, Josh nails it.
For this week's That's Marvelous newsletter I regrettably wrote a little bit about Bari Weiss (but also I happily wrote a little bit about dogs)! Read it here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/163-60-minut...
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"It is humiliating that so many of us had to learn who Bari Weiss is."
Yes, Josh nails it.
Yes, Josh nails it.
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Headlines that cause the rest for the world to spit-take.
Chicago just sold off its unpaid ambulance bills to debt collectors, to pay for an 8% increase in the police budget
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Headlines that cause the rest for the world to spit-take.
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"By making bigotry explicit, Trump & his closest imitators create a permission structure for people to be their worst selves." In fact, “In the last five years, the [r word] has gone from being nearly unused on Twitter (later X) in 2020 to being prominent in the current context.”
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"By making bigotry explicit, Trump & his closest imitators create a permission structure for people to be their worst selves." In fact, “In the last five years, the [r word] has gone from being nearly unused on Twitter (later X) in 2020 to being prominent in the current context.”
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Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
Galaxy Quest - a perfect movie, just a wonderful love letter to actors, sci-fi, Star Trek in particular, and to fandom - really deserves a proper physical release with decent extras. Think Weaver's right that releasing a R-rated cut would be fun, too.
Sigourney Weaver Says She Wishes DreamWorks Released A Director’s Cut Of ‘Galaxy Quest,’ Reminisces On Sequel That Never Came To Pass
Sigourney Weaver reflected on cult classic Galaxy Quest and how she wishes the sci-fi satire had released an R-rated director's cut.
deadline.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
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especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
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I don't care who I offend, but JD Vance is right: it was wrong when Barack Hussein Obama forced millions of white children to apologize for their whiteness or risk deadly hip-hoppification and I'm glad somebody finally has the courage to say so.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I don't care who I offend, but JD Vance is right: it was wrong when Barack Hussein Obama forced millions of white children to apologize for their whiteness or risk deadly hip-hoppification and I'm glad somebody finally has the courage to say so.
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A woman who leads something called “The Free Press” and who got the made-up job title CBS “Editor-in-Chief” openly says journalism is when you only run stories if your subject responds to you:
On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A woman who leads something called “The Free Press” and who got the made-up job title CBS “Editor-in-Chief” openly says journalism is when you only run stories if your subject responds to you:
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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Bari Weiss is an Ivy League graduate who attended a private school, and has been a senior news and politics editor .
She is 41 years old
We don’t need an explanation . She’s been a journalist for most of her damn career.
What does the second explanation say about those around her
She is 41 years old
We don’t need an explanation . She’s been a journalist for most of her damn career.
What does the second explanation say about those around her
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Bari Weiss is an Ivy League graduate who attended a private school, and has been a senior news and politics editor .
She is 41 years old
We don’t need an explanation . She’s been a journalist for most of her damn career.
What does the second explanation say about those around her
She is 41 years old
We don’t need an explanation . She’s been a journalist for most of her damn career.
What does the second explanation say about those around her
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So there's something happening (primarily on Twitter): right-wing commentators/influencers are straight up inventing a reality where "the left" has been completely owned by the fact that Bill Clinton is in the Epstein photos.
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So there's something happening (primarily on Twitter): right-wing commentators/influencers are straight up inventing a reality where "the left" has been completely owned by the fact that Bill Clinton is in the Epstein photos.
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Hey is it good when the DNI repeats Russian talking points?
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey is it good when the DNI repeats Russian talking points?
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Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!