jacklandsnide
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Putting Dr Høeg in charge "is like dropping an atom bomb," an agency source said.
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
Even ignoring Dr. Høeg's antivaccine views and obvious bias, she has no qualifications for the job. She does not know regulations, she does not know drug approvals, and she has no expertise in any relevant scientific area.
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Putting Dr Høeg in charge "is like dropping an atom bomb," an agency source said.
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
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Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/cXvAVkj
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/cXvAVkj
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So glad @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social wrote this piece about the phrase "purity tests," the latest tactic that Dem pols use when asked to take a real stand on anything. And she named the right names: Booker, Buttigieg, Obama. newrepublic.com/article/2039...
No, Progressives Don’t Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
When left-leaning Democrats complain about corporate influence, it’s not a “purity test.” It’s a demand for a better politics.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So glad @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social wrote this piece about the phrase "purity tests," the latest tactic that Dem pols use when asked to take a real stand on anything. And she named the right names: Booker, Buttigieg, Obama. newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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He is stealing our money, to be clear. This is theft of public resources.
MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/Kk54JRb
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
He is stealing our money, to be clear. This is theft of public resources.
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I'm not sure how many understand the true scope of natsec damage being done by this admin.
We're witnessing a global realignment while thoroughly handicapping ourselves for any future attempt to fix what they're destroying.
We're witnessing a global realignment while thoroughly handicapping ourselves for any future attempt to fix what they're destroying.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm not sure how many understand the true scope of natsec damage being done by this admin.
We're witnessing a global realignment while thoroughly handicapping ourselves for any future attempt to fix what they're destroying.
We're witnessing a global realignment while thoroughly handicapping ourselves for any future attempt to fix what they're destroying.
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Afghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Trump Admin game plan has always been to put troops on the street, hope for violence, and use it as an excuse for even more radical measures. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Immigration hawks push for new restrictions in wake of National Guard shooting
Members of Congress and Trump administration officials view the shooting as an opportunity for an aggressive effort to shore up screening of would-be migrants.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Trump Admin game plan has always been to put troops on the street, hope for violence, and use it as an excuse for even more radical measures. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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it’s their reading level
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it’s their reading level
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They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
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*looks directly at camera*
Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.
Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos met with Donald Trump to try and win him over ahead of the bidding war for Warner Bros.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
*looks directly at camera*
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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new rule: if you gleefully use the r-word in public, everyone gets to assume you use the n-word in private (and judge you accordingly).
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
new rule: if you gleefully use the r-word in public, everyone gets to assume you use the n-word in private (and judge you accordingly).
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
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They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
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folks, is "let's murder everyone for whatever reason we want" a good policy
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
folks, is "let's murder everyone for whatever reason we want" a good policy
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Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
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Exactly. If you want to change the Constitution you can do so by passing a fucking Amendment like every other bloc in history.
But because they don’t enjoy enough support for that they think they can do so by fiat.
But because they don’t enjoy enough support for that they think they can do so by fiat.
so much of the conservative legal revolution seems to outright reject the idea that democratic publics legitimately constituted can fix the meaning of the constitution without formal amendment.
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Exactly. If you want to change the Constitution you can do so by passing a fucking Amendment like every other bloc in history.
But because they don’t enjoy enough support for that they think they can do so by fiat.
But because they don’t enjoy enough support for that they think they can do so by fiat.
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the horror of what ICE is doing feels like it is really really really breaking through to people, and it's opening up big overdue conversations on other topics (that prisons have always been this inhumane, that Homeland Security has always been this racist) if we wanted to wedge those cracks open
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
the horror of what ICE is doing feels like it is really really really breaking through to people, and it's opening up big overdue conversations on other topics (that prisons have always been this inhumane, that Homeland Security has always been this racist) if we wanted to wedge those cracks open
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The normalization of ending birthright citizenship has really kicked into overdrive. My god.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The normalization of ending birthright citizenship has really kicked into overdrive. My god.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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In this segment, Senator Schmitt insists he knows nothing about a major scandal, goes on an extended rant filled with lies and smears, insults Stephanopolous and his show directly, and is generally a preening asshole.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In this segment, Senator Schmitt insists he knows nothing about a major scandal, goes on an extended rant filled with lies and smears, insults Stephanopolous and his show directly, and is generally a preening asshole.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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They look like Dick Tracy villains
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They look like Dick Tracy villains
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.