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· Mar 3
Practice the mundane so the exceptional is required less often
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This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.
Congress, in my opinion has ceded too much of its authority to the Executive Branch in the last nearly quarter of a century. What the administration has been doing is simply part the Post 9/11 legacy. It’s got to stop. I say this as a GWOT era veteran.
Credit to Rand Paul. He hated extrajudicial drone strike killings under Obama and he HATES them under Trump where Congress has given no authorization.
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.
Fucking timeline is fucked
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Fucking timeline is fucked
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U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
Pumpkin spice latte protest??
I actually went to a PSL "protest" once when I didn't know who they were. It spent more time bitching about "THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM" than on TRUMP. I was so disgusted that I left early
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Pumpkin spice latte protest??
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
What a terrible day to have eyes
sissy gets railed by a chaser, gets sissypreggers. Has to go to the sissynecologist and get a SISSYBORTION. Many such cases!
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What a terrible day to have eyes
Let them have their cake and eat it too
Trump states "affordability is the greatest con job"
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Let them have their cake and eat it too
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SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
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Should the Phillies pursue Willson Contreras in a trade?
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
Should the Phillies pursue Willson Contreras in a trade?
Trading in one powder blue jersey for another?
www.thegoodphight.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Should the Phillies pursue Willson Contreras in a trade?
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
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And there has never been any need to defend eugenics.
NEVER.
There are ZERO ethical, moral, philosophical or scientific justifications for eugenics.
You cannot have just a smidge of "nice" eugenics.
NEVER.
There are ZERO ethical, moral, philosophical or scientific justifications for eugenics.
You cannot have just a smidge of "nice" eugenics.
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And there has never been any need to defend eugenics.
NEVER.
There are ZERO ethical, moral, philosophical or scientific justifications for eugenics.
You cannot have just a smidge of "nice" eugenics.
NEVER.
There are ZERO ethical, moral, philosophical or scientific justifications for eugenics.
You cannot have just a smidge of "nice" eugenics.
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Serious question: why is it always "the train collides with vehicle" and framed as a problem with trains, not cars?
www.nola.com/news/gulf_co...
www.nola.com/news/gulf_co...
Amtrak Mardi Gras route train collides with truck, the third crash in less than 3 months
Here’s what we know.
www.nola.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Serious question: why is it always "the train collides with vehicle" and framed as a problem with trains, not cars?
www.nola.com/news/gulf_co...
www.nola.com/news/gulf_co...
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Sorry boss, can't come to work today, experiencing equipment issues
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sorry boss, can't come to work today, experiencing equipment issues
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Listening to Arvo Pärt and trying very hard to be serene and not misanthropic.
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Listening to Arvo Pärt and trying very hard to be serene and not misanthropic.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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I suspect the people up in arms about disability accomodations for students also have a problem with reasonable disability accomodations in the workplace, they just aren't as willing to say that part out loud
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I suspect the people up in arms about disability accomodations for students also have a problem with reasonable disability accomodations in the workplace, they just aren't as willing to say that part out loud
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Unless your position is that extra time on exams is not a reasonable accomodation what exactly is the difference? It sounds to me like you want the meritocracy to tell you that you're the most special boy and you think accomodating disabilities gives those sneaky disabled people an unfair advantage
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Unless your position is that extra time on exams is not a reasonable accomodation what exactly is the difference? It sounds to me like you want the meritocracy to tell you that you're the most special boy and you think accomodating disabilities gives those sneaky disabled people an unfair advantage
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People don't bring it up much but of course we know it really hasn't been the same since Santa died in 1999. The new guy is okay but just doesn't have the same rizz. And once the files were opened and we learned all the unfortunate stuff about Original Santa the whole thing just felt off.
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
People don't bring it up much but of course we know it really hasn't been the same since Santa died in 1999. The new guy is okay but just doesn't have the same rizz. And once the files were opened and we learned all the unfortunate stuff about Original Santa the whole thing just felt off.
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We're shutting down again in Feb everyone knows that right
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We're shutting down again in Feb everyone knows that right
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Anytime you read up on historical nuclear weapon research and development from the 50s and 60s it’s just a lot of “wait, what”
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Anytime you read up on historical nuclear weapon research and development from the 50s and 60s it’s just a lot of “wait, what”
Shit
I prefer “The Hebrew Bible and its Greek appendix”
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Shit
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Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
December 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.