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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
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January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
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Congress must immediately act to impeach & imprison Donald Trump.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela for now, until a “proper transition” can take place
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Congress must immediately act to impeach & imprison Donald Trump.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
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Not being glib: this wags the dog on all "5 year anniversary of January 6 Insurrection" coverage.
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Not being glib: this wags the dog on all "5 year anniversary of January 6 Insurrection" coverage.
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we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.
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The demonization of Somalis is no different than the demonization of Haitians before the election. It's a political attack and has to be actively fought—not through half-measures or expressions of tepid concern but by demanding decency from society and respect for all of humanity.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The demonization of Somalis is no different than the demonization of Haitians before the election. It's a political attack and has to be actively fought—not through half-measures or expressions of tepid concern but by demanding decency from society and respect for all of humanity.
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god this time last year it looked certain that Cuomo would be the next weird freak to occupy gracie mansion and LOOK WHERE WE ARE
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
god this time last year it looked certain that Cuomo would be the next weird freak to occupy gracie mansion and LOOK WHERE WE ARE
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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Mirrored here for when that gets taken down: archive.org/details/3mam...
Inside Cecot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonparis.bsky.social/post/3mam565pyes24
archive.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Mirrored here for when that gets taken down: archive.org/details/3mam...
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If you're having trouble watching other versions, here's an Internet Archive link for the 60 Minutes CECOT segment suppressed by Bari Weiss in the U.S.
Inside Cecot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonparis.bsky.social/post/3mam565pyes24
archive.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you're having trouble watching other versions, here's an Internet Archive link for the 60 Minutes CECOT segment suppressed by Bari Weiss in the U.S.
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tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
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A conundrum of our era is that it's maybe possible to spin up a lean invetigative arm on subscribers but impossible to have the reach reputation and resources of a venerable beast like 60 Minutes. Weiss was brought in to tame it because the audience (middlebrow voting seniors) will matter til death.
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A conundrum of our era is that it's maybe possible to spin up a lean invetigative arm on subscribers but impossible to have the reach reputation and resources of a venerable beast like 60 Minutes. Weiss was brought in to tame it because the audience (middlebrow voting seniors) will matter til death.
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The self-congratulatory tone of this press conference is astonishing. Law enforcement misidentified the initial suspect—again—then allowed the actual perpetrator to be completely in the wind for 48 hours, during which time he went on to kill again
Officials say the suspected Brown University shooter was also responsible for the killing of an MIT professor at his Massachusetts home this week. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4s2xLSq
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The self-congratulatory tone of this press conference is astonishing. Law enforcement misidentified the initial suspect—again—then allowed the actual perpetrator to be completely in the wind for 48 hours, during which time he went on to kill again
“I’m a Jewish parent who is somehow mad my daughter is a successful NYC lawyer bc she also does not like genocide and sexual abuse”
"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“I’m a Jewish parent who is somehow mad my daughter is a successful NYC lawyer bc she also does not like genocide and sexual abuse”
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Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
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went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
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A lot of the videos I am seeing of people directly confronting ICE in the streets are mostly of women. Are others noticing this too?
December 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A lot of the videos I am seeing of people directly confronting ICE in the streets are mostly of women. Are others noticing this too?
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yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.