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Also can some smart lawyer explain to me why the president being on the receiving end of a lawsuit distracts him from his job, using SCOTUS logic, but him suing civilians doesn’t?
Also, because he is president and expressly because we don't want lawsuits distracting him from his job, civil suits can't be filed against him.
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Also can some smart lawyer explain to me why the president being on the receiving end of a lawsuit distracts him from his job, using SCOTUS logic, but him suing civilians doesn’t?
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Hey MSTies, we TRAINED for this… this is a high quality version of the 60 minutes segment that got pulled last night. You know what to do…
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December 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Hey MSTies, we TRAINED for this… this is a high quality version of the 60 minutes segment that got pulled last night. You know what to do…
archive.org/details/ceco...
archive.org/details/ceco...
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What is striking here, of course, is that no one was apologizing for being white at any point, outside of some very unusual academic hothouse environments.
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What is striking here, of course, is that no one was apologizing for being white at any point, outside of some very unusual academic hothouse environments.
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
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I would vote for this.
If I were running for president I'd mention in every speech and debate that I intend to seize every asset owned by the Trump family and use it on restarting USAID and immigrant/asylum-seeker protection and naturalization programs, just to see if I can make that fucker so mad his head pops.
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I would vote for this.
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My favorite thing about these is the disconnect between what he’s rambling about and the chyron at the bottom.
Trump: “I have beautiful calves. Did you know that? Meaty, muscular calves. They glisten in the light when I oil them up.”
Chyron: “Trump addresses meeting of firefighters’ widows.”
Trump: “I have beautiful calves. Did you know that? Meaty, muscular calves. They glisten in the light when I oil them up.”
Chyron: “Trump addresses meeting of firefighters’ widows.”
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My favorite thing about these is the disconnect between what he’s rambling about and the chyron at the bottom.
Trump: “I have beautiful calves. Did you know that? Meaty, muscular calves. They glisten in the light when I oil them up.”
Chyron: “Trump addresses meeting of firefighters’ widows.”
Trump: “I have beautiful calves. Did you know that? Meaty, muscular calves. They glisten in the light when I oil them up.”
Chyron: “Trump addresses meeting of firefighters’ widows.”
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We blockade countries to defend against drugs they are not sending to us while pardoning drug lords. We declare drugs and their precursors WMD while slashing funds to fight international drug smuggling. See a pattern?
Earlier in the year, Trump unilaterally instituted a 9% cut to international narcotics control and law enforcement.
DJT just signed an EO designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We blockade countries to defend against drugs they are not sending to us while pardoning drug lords. We declare drugs and their precursors WMD while slashing funds to fight international drug smuggling. See a pattern?
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There aren’t always 2 sides to things. Some times one “side” is just wrong, and maybe even stupid and/or evil.
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There aren’t always 2 sides to things. Some times one “side” is just wrong, and maybe even stupid and/or evil.
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not only have I noticed this, but as I tell more people about my work with restorative justice, Ive discovered it's emotionally important for people that I "still" have a group of people I think it is acceptable to abuse. People question me, seeking reassurance
Have you noticed? When someone points to our responsibility—individual and personal, or collective and societal—to end an abuse, the question asked next is very rarely about *how* to do it, but how to *prevent* us from doing it, for fear of doing it the wrong way.
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Recognizing victims and villains is not creating victims and villains. A series on living in a culture of repair, against a culture of abuse.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
not only have I noticed this, but as I tell more people about my work with restorative justice, Ive discovered it's emotionally important for people that I "still" have a group of people I think it is acceptable to abuse. People question me, seeking reassurance
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The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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I am also asking: why are Democrats held responsible for anything anyone on the left ever said, while Republicans are not held responsible for the LITERAL NAZIS among their supporters?
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I am also asking: why are Democrats held responsible for anything anyone on the left ever said, while Republicans are not held responsible for the LITERAL NAZIS among their supporters?
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The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
Trump suggests he actually won California last year but it was “rigged”
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
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Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
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DO YOU WHAT THAT “CURRENT LAW” IS CALLED?
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
DO YOU WHAT THAT “CURRENT LAW” IS CALLED?
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
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I have been saying this
a good LLM prompt requires
-understanding the nature of a problem
-breaking it down into coherent component parts
-describing them in turn in clear language
which is... a college essay
a good LLM prompt requires
-understanding the nature of a problem
-breaking it down into coherent component parts
-describing them in turn in clear language
which is... a college essay
there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have been saying this
a good LLM prompt requires
-understanding the nature of a problem
-breaking it down into coherent component parts
-describing them in turn in clear language
which is... a college essay
a good LLM prompt requires
-understanding the nature of a problem
-breaking it down into coherent component parts
-describing them in turn in clear language
which is... a college essay
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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He invented the ACA
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
He invented the ACA
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when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
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Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
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A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie