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Say what you will about the Times, but this is a thing of beauty.
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Say what you will about the Times, but this is a thing of beauty.
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@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
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It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
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I don't want to give this clicks, but there is a big push from the right to heighten policing and punishment in K-12 schools at the same time as they impose censorship and push RW indoctrination there and as they heighten surveillance and militarize local policing.
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I don't want to give this clicks, but there is a big push from the right to heighten policing and punishment in K-12 schools at the same time as they impose censorship and push RW indoctrination there and as they heighten surveillance and militarize local policing.
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“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 2:00 PM
“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.”
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"School warns students not to trigger AI."
The student was blamed for the trauma the students and teachers suffered because we refuse to regulate guns and love to pretend that technology can solve the social and political failures of adult humans.
The student was blamed for the trauma the students and teachers suffered because we refuse to regulate guns and love to pretend that technology can solve the social and political failures of adult humans.
School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.
Human review didn’t stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school.
arstechnica.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"School warns students not to trigger AI."
The student was blamed for the trauma the students and teachers suffered because we refuse to regulate guns and love to pretend that technology can solve the social and political failures of adult humans.
The student was blamed for the trauma the students and teachers suffered because we refuse to regulate guns and love to pretend that technology can solve the social and political failures of adult humans.
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Thread: Some thoughts about Rep. Elise Stefanik's departure - for now from the political stage in the US, NY, #ny21 and northern NY. First, I've written for more than a decade about Stefanik's political acumen. If she thinks it's time to jump ship, the GOP should take notice. 1/
December 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thread: Some thoughts about Rep. Elise Stefanik's departure - for now from the political stage in the US, NY, #ny21 and northern NY. First, I've written for more than a decade about Stefanik's political acumen. If she thinks it's time to jump ship, the GOP should take notice. 1/
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Y’ALL! We’re so close oh my GOD!
Only $1835.81 left to go to reach out $50,000 goal.
This is such a HUGE deal for an organization like ours. And we need to raise it by December 31!
Please consider a donation today at tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org
Only $1835.81 left to go to reach out $50,000 goal.
This is such a HUGE deal for an organization like ours. And we need to raise it by December 31!
Please consider a donation today at tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Y’ALL! We’re so close oh my GOD!
Only $1835.81 left to go to reach out $50,000 goal.
This is such a HUGE deal for an organization like ours. And we need to raise it by December 31!
Please consider a donation today at tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org
Only $1835.81 left to go to reach out $50,000 goal.
This is such a HUGE deal for an organization like ours. And we need to raise it by December 31!
Please consider a donation today at tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org
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The far-right has spent the past several years accusing the left of teaching conspiracies and propaganda and indoctrinating children into extreme ideologies.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
K-12 Indoctrination: Every Accusation is a Confession
MAGA spent years yelling about propaganda in schools — to get their own in
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The far-right has spent the past several years accusing the left of teaching conspiracies and propaganda and indoctrinating children into extreme ideologies.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Jesus Christ. Don’t know what’s really going on here (Times Union amplifying the Streisand effect), but I do know that music teachers get bitched at no matter what they include or don’t include in school December concerts, and the sticker mule guy is a piece of shit.
Parents were enraged this week when Fonda-Fultonville abruptly canceled the elementary school winter concert, which was to feature a song celebrating the birth of Jesus.
Song about Jesus ‘omited,’ then nighttime concert canceled at Fonda-Fultonville
Parents were enraged this week when Fonda-Fultonville abruptly canceled the elementary school winter concert, which was to feature a song celebrating the birth of Jesus.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Jesus Christ. Don’t know what’s really going on here (Times Union amplifying the Streisand effect), but I do know that music teachers get bitched at no matter what they include or don’t include in school December concerts, and the sticker mule guy is a piece of shit.
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"America 250 Civics Education" is a white supremacist, Christofascist project to whitewash history, serve MAGA, and break down the wall between church and state in public schools.
It is Project 2025 targeting children.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
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It is Project 2025 targeting children.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"America 250 Civics Education" is a white supremacist, Christofascist project to whitewash history, serve MAGA, and break down the wall between church and state in public schools.
It is Project 2025 targeting children.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
It is Project 2025 targeting children.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
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well, that’s a crying shame
Today the FCC accepted for filing the application for Nexstar (Fox31) to acquire TEGNA (9NEWS) and has set a pleading cycle (public comment) to run through late January with a ruling to follow. The FCC says Nexstar is requesting two ownership rule waivers.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
well, that’s a crying shame
“reasserts herself”…good grief. These two lying sacks of shit deserve each other.
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thehill.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“reasserts herself”…good grief. These two lying sacks of shit deserve each other.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
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I want to go back to this excerpt.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I want to go back to this excerpt.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
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Upset that guns overtook cars as the number one killer of children in America, the GOP sat down and asked themselves, what can we do?
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Upset that guns overtook cars as the number one killer of children in America, the GOP sat down and asked themselves, what can we do?
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A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
oh brother. That’s all we need
#BREAKING. The Republican from Gloversville, is seeking the NY-21 Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
oh brother. That’s all we need
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"Bail reform was linked with a 2.7% decrease in felony rearrests in the NYC suburbs and upstate."
www.news10.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Bail reform was linked with a 2.7% decrease in felony rearrests in the NYC suburbs and upstate."
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"(Hitler's) feeling for men is not that they co-exist, but that they are capable of being arranged and standardized by a superior intellect...." - E.B. White, author of Charlotte's Web
An insistence that power should follow "superiority" is essential to fascism.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
An insistence that power should follow "superiority" is essential to fascism.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"(Hitler's) feeling for men is not that they co-exist, but that they are capable of being arranged and standardized by a superior intellect...." - E.B. White, author of Charlotte's Web
An insistence that power should follow "superiority" is essential to fascism.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
An insistence that power should follow "superiority" is essential to fascism.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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The effort by some Republican Senators to secure million-dollar paydays at taxpayer’s expense is Washington D.C. at its worst.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The effort by some Republican Senators to secure million-dollar paydays at taxpayer’s expense is Washington D.C. at its worst.
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.