@cheywhitey.bsky.social
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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on one hand this is a blatant lie from a serial coattail rider, meant to rile up people who care into reactions that he can then mine for content. geoff didn't invite him, he just fucking bought a ticket.
on the other hand, this is, legitimately, a security issue. there are literally lawsuits
on the other hand, this is, legitimately, a security issue. there are literally lawsuits
I’d really, really like an answer from @geoffkeighley.bsky.social as to whether or not he actually invited a guy known for serially harassing and tormenting numerous women into the same fucking room as many of those women.
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
on one hand this is a blatant lie from a serial coattail rider, meant to rile up people who care into reactions that he can then mine for content. geoff didn't invite him, he just fucking bought a ticket.
on the other hand, this is, legitimately, a security issue. there are literally lawsuits
on the other hand, this is, legitimately, a security issue. there are literally lawsuits
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Michigan had been alerted prior to Wednesday that Sherrone Moore was dealing with mental health issues yet Warde Manuel fired him alone with no HR rep and no security present, source told NBC Sports.
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Michigan had been alerted prior to Wednesday that Sherrone Moore was dealing with mental health issues yet Warde Manuel fired him alone with no HR rep and no security present, source told NBC Sports.
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Instead Pelosi was against introducing articles and the senate adjourned for two weeks by unanimous consent.
January 6 should have been a same day turbo impeachment.
"We all saw what happened today. Yes or no?"
"We all saw what happened today. Yes or no?"
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Instead Pelosi was against introducing articles and the senate adjourned for two weeks by unanimous consent.
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at least we also got the funniest outcome possible
Disney accuses Google of copyright infringement on a ‘massive scale’ following deal with OpenAI
Disney accuses Google of copyright infringement on a ‘massive scale’ following deal with OpenAI
Disney just gave OpenAI the green light to use its characters in Sora.
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
at least we also got the funniest outcome possible
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this is what the powers that be always wanted. they were just looking for the right tool to do the job. took them decades, but they found it
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
this is what the powers that be always wanted. they were just looking for the right tool to do the job. took them decades, but they found it
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most modern disney shows and movies already feel like they were written by AI — not unlike how many websites became content mills before AI replaced the people writing the slop
Disney says that it will "thoughtfully and responsibly extend" its storytelling through generative AI use with a $1 billion deal in OpenAI that will license 200 of its characters including Mickey Mouse, Luke Skywalker, Captain America and Elsa. https://bit.ly/4s6IGL8
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
most modern disney shows and movies already feel like they were written by AI — not unlike how many websites became content mills before AI replaced the people writing the slop
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She’s right. It is normal for the US to impose crippling sanctions on other countries that are not subservient to the US. The US has always taken this approach.
In this case, Trump imposed them first, and Biden continued them, now here we are in Trump’s second term.
In this case, Trump imposed them first, and Biden continued them, now here we are in Trump’s second term.
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
She’s right. It is normal for the US to impose crippling sanctions on other countries that are not subservient to the US. The US has always taken this approach.
In this case, Trump imposed them first, and Biden continued them, now here we are in Trump’s second term.
In this case, Trump imposed them first, and Biden continued them, now here we are in Trump’s second term.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
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Very annoyed at this.
Congress knows how to use the power of the purse to get what it wants, but refuses to do it to, like, make sure that grants get to Head Start.
Just a total warping of priorities, using the power only in these narrow contexts and never to help poor people
Congress knows how to use the power of the purse to get what it wants, but refuses to do it to, like, make sure that grants get to Head Start.
Just a total warping of priorities, using the power only in these narrow contexts and never to help poor people
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Very annoyed at this.
Congress knows how to use the power of the purse to get what it wants, but refuses to do it to, like, make sure that grants get to Head Start.
Just a total warping of priorities, using the power only in these narrow contexts and never to help poor people
Congress knows how to use the power of the purse to get what it wants, but refuses to do it to, like, make sure that grants get to Head Start.
Just a total warping of priorities, using the power only in these narrow contexts and never to help poor people
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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
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This has to be a non-starter for senate dems. has to be.
the senate republican proposal to address aca subsidies includes a ban on essential health benefit coverage for sex transition-related medical care
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This has to be a non-starter for senate dems. has to be.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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chat, is it a good sign that CoreWeave is offering more debt? www.barrons.com/articles/cor...
CRWV Stock: CoreWeave Has Slumped on Debt Concerns. It Is Issuing More Bonds.
CoreWeave stock was dropping early on Monday after the cloud-computing company said it would offer $2 billion in convertible debt.
www.barrons.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
chat, is it a good sign that CoreWeave is offering more debt? www.barrons.com/articles/cor...
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THINK ABOUT WHAT A COMPETENT POLITICAL PARTY WOULD DO HERE? Check out this article: www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/u...
Trump administration lets Southwest Airlines off the hook with a multimillion dollar waiver for 2022 holiday travel meltdown | CNN
The Trump Administration has let Southwest Airlines off the hook for paying the remainder of a fine for the airline’s 2022 holiday travel meltdown – a service disruption that left more than 2 million ...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
THINK ABOUT WHAT A COMPETENT POLITICAL PARTY WOULD DO HERE? Check out this article: www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/u...
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This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
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"...mega-donors' influence doesn't primarily come from their ability to sway voters... Instead, their leverage comes from convincing politicians that they need mega-donor money to win."
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"...mega-donors' influence doesn't primarily come from their ability to sway voters... Instead, their leverage comes from convincing politicians that they need mega-donor money to win."
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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This for the record disqualifies every single Democrat in the senate.
My new red line for supporting a candidate is “did you vote to confirm a single Trump nominee in his second term?” Same goes for any his supported bills.
If yes, you’re disqualified. You can’t be out there saying he’s an existential threat to democracy then vote enable him.
If yes, you’re disqualified. You can’t be out there saying he’s an existential threat to democracy then vote enable him.
All the senate democrats, not just some, fast tracked virtually all of Trump's cabinet nominees. Even the few they in theory slowed down they did very minimal obstruction for, instead giving boilerplate speeches to an empty chamber.
I talk more about it here in my guide on unanimous consent.
I talk more about it here in my guide on unanimous consent.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This for the record disqualifies every single Democrat in the senate.
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I feel like everytime I switched over to Steelers-Ravens today, Lamar Jackson was trying to find an open receiver and not finding one.
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I feel like everytime I switched over to Steelers-Ravens today, Lamar Jackson was trying to find an open receiver and not finding one.
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A missed PAT and going to 1 instead of 2. Left 2 points on the field in a game you lost by 5 with the ball in field goal range.
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A missed PAT and going to 1 instead of 2. Left 2 points on the field in a game you lost by 5 with the ball in field goal range.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30