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Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Modders do what Nintendon't.

Marty's latest column is on the world of decompiled PC ports of Nintendo 64 games, and how they breath new life into old classics like Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, and Quest 64.

Read now over on Patreon --

www.patreon.com/posts/column...
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Kash Patel this Sunday: “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want."
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Any NFL stadium do a moment of silence for Alex Pretti today? No?

Multiple stadiums did one for Charlie Kirk.

Hmmmm. I wonder why. 😡

ABOLISH ICE
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost.
time.com/7355839/why-...
5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now
The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Trump: "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful but they're not. He watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements"
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Q: What did Trump's team say when you told them that you can't just take over a nation? Did they appreciate that perspective?

GREENLAND FOREIGN MINISTER: I don't want to say what we discussed in the closed meeting room, but I'd like to have hope for more mutual understanding
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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You can be MAGA, or you can have one iota of self respect, but you can't have both
Burgum: "President Trump -- he's like hitting triple bank shots with his eyes closed"
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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The slow release period of January certainly seems to be a good time to catch up on what VR's been up to www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR_p...
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow | Fully Ramblomatic
YouTube video by Second Wind
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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when I wrote this panel last week, I didn't *literally* expect him to say that questioning his health is tantamount to treason, but I didn't *not* expect it
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?

TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded

BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The both-sidesing here (by Bessent to be clear) is off the charts:
SORKIN: Is it appropriate for Trump to ask Larry Ellison to make a new Rush Hour film?

BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?

SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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KERNEN: You know how mainstream media is gonna play it. They're gonna find every person that has a premium increase and splash it across the headlines

REP. JASON SMITH: The reason why we're in this situation is because of the Democrats
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I wasn't thrilled when BIll agreed to this debate, but it did provide us with this absolute banger of an exchange showing the difference between science and firewalled faith in nonsense.
A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?"

Bill Nye said "Evidence."

Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."

I think about that a lot.
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In his latest column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social looks back at the end of the '90s indie film revolution.

Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say. n.pr/4az6SPH
Traffic congestion hits a record high, spreading to more hours of the week
If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media. n.pr/4pmzSyU
NPR battles Trump executive order in court
NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history

75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men

Is this what democracy looks like?

New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Uni loves sitting on paper :3
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hegseth’s actions “created a risk to operational security that could have resulted in failed U.S. mission objectives and potential harm to U.S. pilots,” according to the Pentagon’s own inspector general. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
‘Signalgate’ report contradicts Hegseth’s claim of ‘total exoneration’
The defense secretary’s actions “created a risk to operational security,” according to an independent assessment by the Pentagon’s inspector general.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM