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In addition to the MAHA report being incredibly light on details, such that it would have taken a competent person just a couple of hours to whip up, can we all take a petty moment to appreciate just how very unprofessional it looks? Undergrads turn in more polished projects.
August 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
In addition to the MAHA report being incredibly light on details, such that it would have taken a competent person just a couple of hours to whip up, can we all take a petty moment to appreciate just how very unprofessional it looks? Undergrads turn in more polished projects.
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I saw more Shea Butter merch at the game last night than Unwell stuff so feels like maybe the league should listen to the fans on this one
More Shea Butter, less call her daddy in the league please
Now that I’m home i can really respond to this. I didn’t know how i was gonna be able to do this this season. As a mom i focus a lot of my time on my daughter. I appreciate the faith that everyone at @sheabutterfc.com has put into me.
May 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I saw more Shea Butter merch at the game last night than Unwell stuff so feels like maybe the league should listen to the fans on this one
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I can’t tell if this is accidental fascism (stupidity) or deliberate fascism. But the point of due process is figuring out—through trial, evidence, jury deliberations, etc—WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY BROKE THE LAW. Without due process, they’re just locking you up based on an accusation.
Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.
March 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I can’t tell if this is accidental fascism (stupidity) or deliberate fascism. But the point of due process is figuring out—through trial, evidence, jury deliberations, etc—WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY BROKE THE LAW. Without due process, they’re just locking you up based on an accusation.
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Car salesman at a local Hyundai dealership today, after I asked him about the tariffs:
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
March 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Car salesman at a local Hyundai dealership today, after I asked him about the tariffs:
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
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begging democrats to make this more than a one-day story. remember hillary's emails? you have agency here to shape press coverage of this grotesque and likely illegal level of incompetency.
Andrea Mitchell just asked State Dept spokesperson Tammy Bruce about the "unprecedented breach of operational security" by Pete Hegseth accidentally including Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, in a war-planning group chat with nat sec leaders.
Bruce declined comment.
Bruce declined comment.
March 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
begging democrats to make this more than a one-day story. remember hillary's emails? you have agency here to shape press coverage of this grotesque and likely illegal level of incompetency.
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Reminder she's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's wife.
And they were both on separate seasons of the Real World.
Reality TV really cost this country so much.
And they were both on separate seasons of the Real World.
Reality TV really cost this country so much.
Fox host Rachel Campos-Duffy bemoans the fact the Trump admin is expected "to somehow prove that [those sent to El Salvador mega prison] are gang members"
"They're trying to create another hurdle"
"They're trying to create another hurdle"
March 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reminder she's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's wife.
And they were both on separate seasons of the Real World.
Reality TV really cost this country so much.
And they were both on separate seasons of the Real World.
Reality TV really cost this country so much.
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'emails' is a fine example of how to make a story out of a nothingburger that the US public usually could give two shits about, as evidenced by the dozens of far worse examples since that received brief coverage and then disappeared.
March 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
'emails' is a fine example of how to make a story out of a nothingburger that the US public usually could give two shits about, as evidenced by the dozens of far worse examples since that received brief coverage and then disappeared.
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because of the power of repetition and "drumbeat" effect in news coverage, covering one scandal for one side every day and covering a different scandal every day for the other side is ironically a huge disadvantage for the side that only has one scandal bsky.app/profile/cath...
And they had to make this one (relatively minor) scandal the equivalent of all Trump's stuff put together, so the coverage would be "balanced"
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
because of the power of repetition and "drumbeat" effect in news coverage, covering one scandal for one side every day and covering a different scandal every day for the other side is ironically a huge disadvantage for the side that only has one scandal bsky.app/profile/cath...
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And they had to make this one (relatively minor) scandal the equivalent of all Trump's stuff put together, so the coverage would be "balanced"
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And they had to make this one (relatively minor) scandal the equivalent of all Trump's stuff put together, so the coverage would be "balanced"
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man as a journalist this is the kind of thing you might childishly fantasize about while mowing the lawn or waking up from a dream
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
man as a journalist this is the kind of thing you might childishly fantasize about while mowing the lawn or waking up from a dream
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Chuck Schumer is working way harder to defend Chuck Schumer than he is to defend his constituents or American democracy.
March 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Chuck Schumer is working way harder to defend Chuck Schumer than he is to defend his constituents or American democracy.
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Someone is going to go on Rogan and say something is in the files that isn’t, and then he’s going to hoot like an ape discovering fire
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Someone is going to go on Rogan and say something is in the files that isn’t, and then he’s going to hoot like an ape discovering fire
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All the ultra conservative Content Creators are bad at reading so they’re desperately riffing while waiting for someone else to tell them what’s in the JFK files
March 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
All the ultra conservative Content Creators are bad at reading so they’re desperately riffing while waiting for someone else to tell them what’s in the JFK files
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The “Chuck Schumer can handle this” tour is raising a lot of questions already answered by the “Joe Biden can handle this” tour.
March 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The “Chuck Schumer can handle this” tour is raising a lot of questions already answered by the “Joe Biden can handle this” tour.
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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
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If it was done in defiance of a judges order the technical term for that is "illegal" which means it's not an arrest and deportation - which require those conducting it to at least presume they are acting within the law - but a kidnapping and human trafficking
Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If it was done in defiance of a judges order the technical term for that is "illegal" which means it's not an arrest and deportation - which require those conducting it to at least presume they are acting within the law - but a kidnapping and human trafficking
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DENIS VILENUEVE: In my movie, I invented US special operators assassinating cartel heads as a cautionary tale
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: At long last, we have enacted the Sicario policy from the classic drug policy recommendation movie Sicario
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: At long last, we have enacted the Sicario policy from the classic drug policy recommendation movie Sicario
Trump administration "considering a “soft invasion” of Mexico, in which American special operations would be sent covertly to assassinate cartel leaders. Potential plans on the table include everything from drone strikes and commando raids; airstrikes..."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Cartels Are Business as Usual Despite Trump's Terror Designations
As the Trump administration expands its presence on the Mexico border, and apparently preps a “soft invasion,” cartels are fighting local battles.
www.rollingstone.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
DENIS VILENUEVE: In my movie, I invented US special operators assassinating cartel heads as a cautionary tale
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: At long last, we have enacted the Sicario policy from the classic drug policy recommendation movie Sicario
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: At long last, we have enacted the Sicario policy from the classic drug policy recommendation movie Sicario
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Find someone who loves you the way David Zaslav loves hating everything about film and television.
March 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Find someone who loves you the way David Zaslav loves hating everything about film and television.
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Mel Gibson can’t own a gun because he pleaded guilty (to reduce his sentencing) to battery against his girlfriend after she recorded him bragging about it and threatening to do it again. The recordings also contained rape threats and use of the n-word.
Breaking News: The Justice Department’s pardon attorney said she was fired one day after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson’s gun rights be restored.
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Mel Gibson can’t own a gun because he pleaded guilty (to reduce his sentencing) to battery against his girlfriend after she recorded him bragging about it and threatening to do it again. The recordings also contained rape threats and use of the n-word.
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This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
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Not even really pretending there’s a legitimate pretense for kidnapping a green card holder
March 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Not even really pretending there’s a legitimate pretense for kidnapping a green card holder
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like, major papers wasted so much ink on the dangers of cancel culture this and speech policing that. people got paid to act like the biggest threat to the 1st Amendment was a disagreement amongst sophomores at Oberlin
only for Trump to start actually disappearing people off campuses for wrongthink
only for Trump to start actually disappearing people off campuses for wrongthink
March 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
like, major papers wasted so much ink on the dangers of cancel culture this and speech policing that. people got paid to act like the biggest threat to the 1st Amendment was a disagreement amongst sophomores at Oberlin
only for Trump to start actually disappearing people off campuses for wrongthink
only for Trump to start actually disappearing people off campuses for wrongthink
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we all pay taxes while billionaires and corporations keep paying less or none at all yet dems won't just say 'it's your money to keep air travel safe and help fund public schools, they aren't giving it back to you they're giving it to elon and to pay for further tax cuts for the rich'
Welker to Slotkin: "Democrats were in charge for four years. You were in Congress at the time. Why didn't Democrats do more to cut government spending when they were in charge?"
March 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
we all pay taxes while billionaires and corporations keep paying less or none at all yet dems won't just say 'it's your money to keep air travel safe and help fund public schools, they aren't giving it back to you they're giving it to elon and to pay for further tax cuts for the rich'