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I wish California would stand up against Trump on this, like NY is
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December 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:

"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This gave me chills: he says, when we can no longer talk to each other, we start shooting each other. And how editors have always held great power over what news and information we see and hear, and today's editors are algorithms. Then, at minute 8:45, ...

youtu.be/5qIfC-fsxgM?...
Making Sense of a World in Crisis | Yuval Noah Harari
YouTube video by Yuval Noah Harari
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December 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Thank you! Exactly why everyone should watch #DeathByLightning.
James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform.

Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The GOP’s War on Civil Service: A Rejection of Its Own History
A look at how Garfield’s murder and Arthur’s unexpected courage created modern civil service protections—and why today’s GOP is trying to dismantle them.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I just started this miniseries last night and it's exactly what we need: a reminder that we have been through periods of corruption and cronyism that rival Trump's, and we corrected course. Our system of government was not gifted in perfect form by the founding fathers, but hard won over time.
Death by Lightning was great. Historically on point w/o feeling heavy. The use of anachronistic language aka F bombs was a nice touch. Acting was excellent. Wild to think Americans know little about the assasination that ended the spoils system. Highest praise: I’d show it in #history class. #tvsky
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Its not shocking that violent criminal chauvinists like this exist, and I applaud Romania for cracking down on sex trafficking. What I cannot understand is how people who present themselves as defenders of Christian/family values support these horrible guys. Lock them up!
All these people are going to hell someday: How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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the thing about this is that usually visa shit ends up being reciprical. If we do a thing to a country, they do a thing to us.
Bat shit crazy.

US plans to start checking tourists social media.

It will be "mandatory" to hand over the social media info, including email addresses & phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members.

news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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ICYMI: when @MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @GovBillLee claim Trump’s ICE goons are going after violent criminals, they’re lying
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My Nazi alarm bells are ringing. Discriminating against people with dyslexia, now? Remind me which disabilities Hitler thought needed to be cleansed from the gene pool?

www.axios.com/2025/12/10/t...
Why the Trump administration is targeting the Calibri font in anti-woke push
Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted the State Department's official use of Calibri, reversing a Biden-era directive.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is not normal
Arizona Congressmember Adelita Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed Friday during a protest against an ICE raid on a Tucson restaurant.

"I was trying to deescalate the situation," says Grijalva, who adds that the Trump administration has flatly denied her claims despite video evidence.
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Several Republicans are speaking out against Trump's latest war crime. I guess there is a line?
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December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is either 'lying to us' about the U.S. boat strike or 'he's incompetent.'
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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If Iowa City can do it, so can other cities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the funniest thing I've seen in years 🤣

"Hold in your mind a comforting article you read telling you that this climate thing isn't your problem,
Not thinking about who might have paid for that article. Just letting the mind believe what it wants to believe."
This is the Drought Meditation from oilwell.app

The app that helps you embrace climate breakdown
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I don't like to joke about violence, but I do want the billionaires to realize if they aren't willing to pay a 2% wealth tax, we're going to come for all of it
Guillotine fans!
Psst.

Choppy Choppy, both earrings and pendants are back in stock.

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Not sure this is worth listening to overall, but a few interesting nugs: we know we each experience completely different worlds online thx to the algorithms; she points out that older gens are News Seekers, while the younger gens tend to be News Receivers.

youtu.be/Hk4dChFT8eQ?...
MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.

FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.

Where’s the outrage about that?!
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You left out "illegally"
We The People voted for AND PAID FOR this program, and Trump is illegally trying to take that money away. He is choosing to starve children.
42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thank you to Judge John McConnell and Judge Indira Talwani For Ruling Against Chump,
And For Funding SNAP.......
November 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Brilliant!
And a good reminder that the Democratic party is full of exceptional, talented candidates like
joeforcolorado.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM