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Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
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A million years ago, this was a national scandal. Today, it is just an every day occurrence that we all tacitly accept.
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A million years ago, this was a national scandal. Today, it is just an every day occurrence that we all tacitly accept.
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This is a senior Justice Department official.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
May 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is a senior Justice Department official.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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I encounter more and more people in real life lately who think AI genuinely is some kind of truth machine and it feels like they are living on a different planet in a way that is just incredibly distressing
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I encounter more and more people in real life lately who think AI genuinely is some kind of truth machine and it feels like they are living on a different planet in a way that is just incredibly distressing
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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Officials closed Alcatraz in 1963 because it was three times more expensive than any other federal prison.
May 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Officials closed Alcatraz in 1963 because it was three times more expensive than any other federal prison.
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My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
April 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
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If this wasn’t posted by @atrupar.com I would have thought it had to be a doctored screenshot. But…it’s not
lmao Hannity's Trump accomplishments ticker got even more pathetic
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If this wasn’t posted by @atrupar.com I would have thought it had to be a doctored screenshot. But…it’s not
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“In the meantime, the administration is hobbled by its dependence on people who survived as the fittest in the limited combat of the right-wing universe.” 🔥
Decades of building an informational universe in which loyalty and loudness are the central virtues has resulted in a president and a senior team unprepared for reality. Gift link: wapo.st/44ce0i3
Opinion | The bubble that created Trump is the reason he’s stumbling
The White House is now a bubble where loyalty, not ability, defines success.
wapo.st
April 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“In the meantime, the administration is hobbled by its dependence on people who survived as the fittest in the limited combat of the right-wing universe.” 🔥
This is my nightmare
If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
www.theatlantic.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is my nightmare
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Sure the chicken will kill you but at least you won’t have to read about Black airmen!
April 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Sure the chicken will kill you but at least you won’t have to read about Black airmen!
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"Today, RIGHT NOW, you have the most power you'll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Today, RIGHT NOW, you have the most power you'll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
good lord, just detached from reality
Trump tells Time Magazine that he completed the wall but he's building more wall 🥴 time.com/7280114/dona...
April 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
good lord, just detached from reality
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Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
Sigh
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
www.wired.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sigh
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The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
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When I think about how foundational patriarchy is in culture and society over centuries and across religions and continents and demographics I think we’re actually doing a really good fucking job with our limited lifespans. The stakes and suffering remain enormous, but we keep going
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
When I think about how foundational patriarchy is in culture and society over centuries and across religions and continents and demographics I think we’re actually doing a really good fucking job with our limited lifespans. The stakes and suffering remain enormous, but we keep going
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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The other lesson is SUE. Force them into court and make them try to justify their ridiculous actions.
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The other lesson is SUE. Force them into court and make them try to justify their ridiculous actions.
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This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
Thank youuuuu
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thank youuuuu