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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
As a parent this hits home as I am in that question phase with my children.
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"May have to be approved by Congress"
May?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
🤷♂️🤦♂️
May?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
🤷♂️🤦♂️
That’s quite a peppy headline for yet another outrageous dictator move.
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"May have to be approved by Congress"
May?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
🤷♂️🤦♂️
May?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
🤷♂️🤦♂️
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Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.
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The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
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It's a shocking amount of unpaid labor that we've put into making a handful of tech bros very rich
I'm never putting time and energy into algorithmic social media again. It turns you into a fool for the machine.
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's a shocking amount of unpaid labor that we've put into making a handful of tech bros very rich
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I love this interview with Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's staff for the Vanity Fair shoot. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I love this interview with Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's staff for the Vanity Fair shoot. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Its independent if he wants to do something, but his hands are tied if he doesn't!
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its independent if he wants to do something, but his hands are tied if he doesn't!
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LOL
Brendan Carr is confronted with his own 2018 comments before Congress where he said that the FCC is an independent agency.
Brendan Carr is confronted with his own 2018 comments before Congress where he said that the FCC is an independent agency.
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
LOL
Brendan Carr is confronted with his own 2018 comments before Congress where he said that the FCC is an independent agency.
Brendan Carr is confronted with his own 2018 comments before Congress where he said that the FCC is an independent agency.
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And guess what?
The FCC immediately changed the website to state that the agency is not independent right after Carr's comments!
The FCC immediately changed the website to state that the agency is not independent right after Carr's comments!
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And guess what?
The FCC immediately changed the website to state that the agency is not independent right after Carr's comments!
The FCC immediately changed the website to state that the agency is not independent right after Carr's comments!
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NEW EPISODE: Senator Whitehouse exposes the dark money scheme that he says is threatening American democracy—from the hidden influence of fossil fuel giants to the systematic attack on voting rights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyg0...
How Billionaires Bought the Supreme Court | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW EPISODE: Senator Whitehouse exposes the dark money scheme that he says is threatening American democracy—from the hidden influence of fossil fuel giants to the systematic attack on voting rights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyg0...
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DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Trump thinks (knows!) that Putin wants all of Ukraine, gifts photographs of them together to his closest collaborators. Guess what present he wants to give his Russian pal.
Just released this piece. The VA story released yesterday about the inner workings of the Trump administration is the most important yet. For Ukraine and it supporters it confirms that Putin is planning to take all of Ukraine (and Trump is therefore helping him).
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Knows
The Scary Meaning of the Most Important Story of the Trump Administration So Far
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Trump thinks (knows!) that Putin wants all of Ukraine, gifts photographs of them together to his closest collaborators. Guess what present he wants to give his Russian pal.
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Probably true, which would make them smarter than his boss, who promised that after one day in office he'd "bring prices down", end birthright citizenship, make every automobile in America (whatever that means), and end the Ukraine war.
JD Vance today literally told swing district voters, "Rome wasn't built in a day."
Well, a lotta things happened to Rome, as one source just texted to remind me.
Well, a lotta things happened to Rome, as one source just texted to remind me.
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Probably true, which would make them smarter than his boss, who promised that after one day in office he'd "bring prices down", end birthright citizenship, make every automobile in America (whatever that means), and end the Ukraine war.
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A NEW EFFORT TO HELP U.S. TROOPS IF CONFRONTED WITH “MANIFESTLY ILLEGAL ORDERS” LAUNCHED TODAY WhistleblowerAid.org and DEFIANCE.org partner to inform and protect servicemembers — Visit: NoUnlawfulOrders.org
bit.ly/4oYYAEr
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Nonprofit groups offer legal assistance to U.S. troops amid debate over boat strikes
Billboards are going up in military communities in Florida urging American service members to "obey only lawful orders."
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A NEW EFFORT TO HELP U.S. TROOPS IF CONFRONTED WITH “MANIFESTLY ILLEGAL ORDERS” LAUNCHED TODAY WhistleblowerAid.org and DEFIANCE.org partner to inform and protect servicemembers — Visit: NoUnlawfulOrders.org
bit.ly/4oYYAEr
bit.ly/4oYYAEr
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Measles cases in South Carolina rise by nine to 135, state health department says reut.rs/3YtiSLs
Measles cases in South Carolina rise by nine to 135, state health department says
The South Carolina health department reported 135 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday related to an outbreak in the northwest part of the state, nine additional cases since its last update on Friday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Measles cases in South Carolina rise by nine to 135, state health department says reut.rs/3YtiSLs
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Scenes from a Chicago area gas station: Gregory Bovino playing rock paper scissors with an agent over who gets what piece of beef jerky while a community member shouts “you’re a piece of shit, you’re a fucking loser!”
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Scenes from a Chicago area gas station: Gregory Bovino playing rock paper scissors with an agent over who gets what piece of beef jerky while a community member shouts “you’re a piece of shit, you’re a fucking loser!”
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Today's news bulletin builds up to a brutal finale. Catch up on all the day's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today's news bulletin builds up to a brutal finale. Catch up on all the day's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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By @seth-stern.bsky.social's count, Trump has demanded $65 billion in damages from media outlets in lawsuits filed in 2025 — 9x his net worth.
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
Trump’s BBC lawsuit is nonsense, like his others
His frivolous damages theory concedes that Trump views the presidency as a for-profit venture
freedom.press
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
By @seth-stern.bsky.social's count, Trump has demanded $65 billion in damages from media outlets in lawsuits filed in 2025 — 9x his net worth.
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
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A photo of Trump and Putin in Susie Wiles’ office, signed by Trump: "To Susie. You are the greatest! Donald."
Trump obviously admires this photo.
Trump obviously admires this photo.
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A photo of Trump and Putin in Susie Wiles’ office, signed by Trump: "To Susie. You are the greatest! Donald."
Trump obviously admires this photo.
Trump obviously admires this photo.