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What you are, isn't who you are.
What you think, and what you do is who you become.-Heraclitus
United we stand divided we beg.
"Wait" broke the bridge.
What you think, and what you do is who you become.-Heraclitus
United we stand divided we beg.
"Wait" broke the bridge.
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When we did this profile, the White House refused to make Stephen Miller available for an interview and took days to give us their response.
It turns out they were collecting testimonials from people willing to say they like him
It turns out they were collecting testimonials from people willing to say they like him
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
When we did this profile, the White House refused to make Stephen Miller available for an interview and took days to give us their response.
It turns out they were collecting testimonials from people willing to say they like him
It turns out they were collecting testimonials from people willing to say they like him
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lol I just can’t believe she’s comfortable talking to people who put together “60 Minutes” like this
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
lol I just can’t believe she’s comfortable talking to people who put together “60 Minutes” like this
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Oh no
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Oh no
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Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has spent years weaponizing hatred to become the mastermind of Trump’s crackdown on marginalized groups.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
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Kids: Study economics
December 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Kids: Study economics
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This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum in opposition to motion – #29 in DUNN v. AUSTIN (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01844) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum in opposition to re 27 MOTION to Dismiss or, alternatively MOTION for Summary Judgment Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by HARRY DUNN, DANIEL HODGES. (Attachmen...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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It’s boom times for Trump’s economy. If you’re rich. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
It’s boom times for Trump’s economy. Especially if you’re rich.
The robust GDP numbers reported this week mask the extent to which wealthy Americans are driving growth.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It’s boom times for Trump’s economy. If you’re rich. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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What folks who study health policy know:
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP’s 2026 agenda
Should they attempt to pass a party-line bill focused on health care after failing to address expiring insurance subsidies?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Should they attempt to pass a party-line bill focused on health care after failing to address expiring insurance subsidies?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP’s 2026 agenda
With the midterms around the corner, top Republican voices are clashing about the prospects for another reconciliation bill.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What folks who study health policy know:
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
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This story highlights issue for GOP... they cannot agree on an approach to health reform....
Some want drastic cutbacks to ACA, and a very different, market-oriented approach; some want a scaled-back ACA (especially vulnerable members). Many different ideas. Almost no leadership from POTUS
Some want drastic cutbacks to ACA, and a very different, market-oriented approach; some want a scaled-back ACA (especially vulnerable members). Many different ideas. Almost no leadership from POTUS
What folks who study health policy know:
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
It took nearly 100 yrs to reach agreement on comprehensive health reform; first proposals came in progressive era (1910s), passage came in 2010 (ACA)
It is very unlikely the GOP can reach agreement on health reform approach, let alone acheive a majority
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP’s 2026 agenda
Should they attempt to pass a party-line bill focused on health care after failing to address expiring insurance subsidies?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Should they attempt to pass a party-line bill focused on health care after failing to address expiring insurance subsidies?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This story highlights issue for GOP... they cannot agree on an approach to health reform....
Some want drastic cutbacks to ACA, and a very different, market-oriented approach; some want a scaled-back ACA (especially vulnerable members). Many different ideas. Almost no leadership from POTUS
Some want drastic cutbacks to ACA, and a very different, market-oriented approach; some want a scaled-back ACA (especially vulnerable members). Many different ideas. Almost no leadership from POTUS
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19 states are raising their wage floors next month
Washington will have the highest state minimum wage in 2026 www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Washington will have the highest state minimum wage in 2026 www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Washington will have the highest state minimum wage in 2026
Seattle and nearby cities will top $21 an hour, while the state rate hits $17.13 on Jan. 1.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
19 states are raising their wage floors next month
Washington will have the highest state minimum wage in 2026 www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Washington will have the highest state minimum wage in 2026 www.axios.com/local/seattl...
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Here is my full report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.
www.lawdork.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here is my full report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
Sarah gets very pass, and she's absolutely correct
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump's DOJ Utterly Bungled the Latest Epstein Release
New Epstein files have dropped, and the fallout is growing.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Sarah gets very pass, and she's absolutely correct
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
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Here in Ohio, ICE went straight for a high school, where students were getting out for finals week, then went to an elementary school. They ended up nabbing a hairdresser, a single mother, with cancer. Why the hell isn’t there a class action lawsuit that at least, temporarily stops these monsters?
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Here in Ohio, ICE went straight for a high school, where students were getting out for finals week, then went to an elementary school. They ended up nabbing a hairdresser, a single mother, with cancer. Why the hell isn’t there a class action lawsuit that at least, temporarily stops these monsters?
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It all makes sense now.......
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It all makes sense now.......
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“.. There’s a couple dozen of us in there against, you know, the thousands and thousands outside, and we just held it as long as we could. It was a brutal fight.”
@apnews.com
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@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/capi...
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“.. There’s a couple dozen of us in there against, you know, the thousands and thousands outside, and we just held it as long as we could. It was a brutal fight.”
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/capi...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/capi...
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Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
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I'm pretty chill but one of the few times I almost yelled in a stranger's face was when a health insurance broker came into my office (15+ years ago) to explain rate increases and told us to just live healthier lifestyles to keep our medical bills down. I was super sick w/ Crohn's at the time.
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm pretty chill but one of the few times I almost yelled in a stranger's face was when a health insurance broker came into my office (15+ years ago) to explain rate increases and told us to just live healthier lifestyles to keep our medical bills down. I was super sick w/ Crohn's at the time.
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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And she assumed it would be easy because it was a topic she had an opinion on and so did not need to do any research. This is the epistemic world view of the ignorant, and, apparently OU leadership.
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And she assumed it would be easy because it was a topic she had an opinion on and so did not need to do any research. This is the epistemic world view of the ignorant, and, apparently OU leadership.
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I never thought the Leopards would eat My Face, cries ardent supporter & opportunistic political hack of the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party
Even Ramaswamy getting queasy with the right-wing obsession with “heritage.”
“.. ‘There is no American who is more American than somebody else. … It is binary. Either you're an American or you're not.’”
www.foxnews.com/media/vivek-...
“.. ‘There is no American who is more American than somebody else. … It is binary. Either you're an American or you're not.’”
www.foxnews.com/media/vivek-...
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I never thought the Leopards would eat My Face, cries ardent supporter & opportunistic political hack of the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party