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Quick question - does anyone out there think we will ever know what was really going on with Epstein, and who was involved?
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Quick question - does anyone out there think we will ever know what was really going on with Epstein, and who was involved?
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
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Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
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Still smiling. This may be my favorite TL cleanse to date. 🥰
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Still smiling. This may be my favorite TL cleanse to date. 🥰
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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@anandwrites.bsky.social has nailed in this piece what has been grinding away at my gut since my own review of the Epstein files— that there truly is an “Epstein class” of elites, inured to the pain of the rest of us, committed to their own ends no matter the cost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@anandwrites.bsky.social has nailed in this piece what has been grinding away at my gut since my own review of the Epstein files— that there truly is an “Epstein class” of elites, inured to the pain of the rest of us, committed to their own ends no matter the cost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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one of the first characteristics I look for in somebody is whether they can openly admit they don't know something
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
one of the first characteristics I look for in somebody is whether they can openly admit they don't know something
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We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
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Finally a Thanksgiving song
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Finally a Thanksgiving song
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Who comes up with this? He isn’t challenging orthodoxy he is denying science. Every person who writes an article like this will have the blood of people who died because of this moron on their hands. Good Lord. Are there any ethical journalists left in this country?
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Who comes up with this? He isn’t challenging orthodoxy he is denying science. Every person who writes an article like this will have the blood of people who died because of this moron on their hands. Good Lord. Are there any ethical journalists left in this country?
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"challenge scientific orthodoxy"?
One tidy phrase that perfectly captures NYT's shameful descent into irrelevancy.
One tidy phrase that perfectly captures NYT's shameful descent into irrelevancy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"challenge scientific orthodoxy"?
One tidy phrase that perfectly captures NYT's shameful descent into irrelevancy.
One tidy phrase that perfectly captures NYT's shameful descent into irrelevancy.
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Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
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I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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i find it so off-putting when you watch journalists interviewing politicians and you can tell they’re friendly, all in a big club that doesn’t serve the public’s interests. access journalism is the opposite of accountability journalism.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
i find it so off-putting when you watch journalists interviewing politicians and you can tell they’re friendly, all in a big club that doesn’t serve the public’s interests. access journalism is the opposite of accountability journalism.
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"maybe government should work better" is not an original, interesting, or particularly useful argument, much less any serious ideology
Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"maybe government should work better" is not an original, interesting, or particularly useful argument, much less any serious ideology
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yes, he also downplays the fact that the modern GOP is basically a corrupt cancer completely disinterested in governance. He might sell fewer books and get invited on fewer podcasts.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yes, he also downplays the fact that the modern GOP is basically a corrupt cancer completely disinterested in governance. He might sell fewer books and get invited on fewer podcasts.
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"we just fell in love with convoluted regulations for no reason and need to fall back in love with building things" is a lazy misdirection away from the fact that corporate power and extreme wealth have so grotesquely corrupted the American experiment it no longer serves the public interest
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"we just fell in love with convoluted regulations for no reason and need to fall back in love with building things" is a lazy misdirection away from the fact that corporate power and extreme wealth have so grotesquely corrupted the American experiment it no longer serves the public interest
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And this is before you even get to Ezra Klein's insufferable tendency to downplay corruption and unchecked corporate power as THE biggest cause of American dysfunction
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
And this is before you even get to Ezra Klein's insufferable tendency to downplay corruption and unchecked corporate power as THE biggest cause of American dysfunction
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We said the same during the Iraq war and then they just rewrote history and everyone gave them a pass
I don’t think most #WhiteHouse #reporters know how poorly history is going to record them, and the cowardice and negligence with which they did their jobs.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We said the same during the Iraq war and then they just rewrote history and everyone gave them a pass
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Nothing would bring me more holiday cheer than the AI bubble bursting in conjunction with terrible "Black Friday" sales so that I can enjoy the tech bros' and CEOs' shrieks all holiday season long.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nothing would bring me more holiday cheer than the AI bubble bursting in conjunction with terrible "Black Friday" sales so that I can enjoy the tech bros' and CEOs' shrieks all holiday season long.
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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I don't have much to say about Olivia Nuzzi, but it's emblematic of our culture at large that what should have been a career-ending scandal resulted in a sweetheart high profile book deal and a fawning tongue bath profile in the paper of record.
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I don't have much to say about Olivia Nuzzi, but it's emblematic of our culture at large that what should have been a career-ending scandal resulted in a sweetheart high profile book deal and a fawning tongue bath profile in the paper of record.