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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Also: you CANNOT fucking pull a gun on someone while filming on your fucking cell phone.
If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life
If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Also: you CANNOT fucking pull a gun on someone while filming on your fucking cell phone.
If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life
If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life
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This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
Kai, could you educate us with a few sentences why?
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
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Vice President JD Vance’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith.
His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.
My latest for NCR.
His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.
My latest for NCR.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Vice President JD Vance’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith.
His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.
My latest for NCR.
His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.
My latest for NCR.
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The Difference Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
"Should the opposition ever regain power, it should commit to prosecuting members of this regime at every level to the fullest extent of the law."
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The Difference Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
What a title. Really illustrates the point.
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People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
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my point is not to dunk on the alpha podcast bros.
I say it to the nerds out there who may feel self doubt, or the urge cower
Never forget: You aren’t descended from the fearful or losers. You stand on the shoulders of intellectual giants who also found the fight in themselves when they had to
I say it to the nerds out there who may feel self doubt, or the urge cower
Never forget: You aren’t descended from the fearful or losers. You stand on the shoulders of intellectual giants who also found the fight in themselves when they had to
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
my point is not to dunk on the alpha podcast bros.
I say it to the nerds out there who may feel self doubt, or the urge cower
Never forget: You aren’t descended from the fearful or losers. You stand on the shoulders of intellectual giants who also found the fight in themselves when they had to
I say it to the nerds out there who may feel self doubt, or the urge cower
Never forget: You aren’t descended from the fearful or losers. You stand on the shoulders of intellectual giants who also found the fight in themselves when they had to
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kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
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Dear the media,
When the US president claims he brokered a peace deal in a place with active combat—eg Rwanda and Congo—the story is (1) fighting rages on, and (2) US president lies.
The story is not “president touts historic peace deal.” A peace deal involves peace.
Sincerely,
Factual reality
When the US president claims he brokered a peace deal in a place with active combat—eg Rwanda and Congo—the story is (1) fighting rages on, and (2) US president lies.
The story is not “president touts historic peace deal.” A peace deal involves peace.
Sincerely,
Factual reality
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Dear the media,
When the US president claims he brokered a peace deal in a place with active combat—eg Rwanda and Congo—the story is (1) fighting rages on, and (2) US president lies.
The story is not “president touts historic peace deal.” A peace deal involves peace.
Sincerely,
Factual reality
When the US president claims he brokered a peace deal in a place with active combat—eg Rwanda and Congo—the story is (1) fighting rages on, and (2) US president lies.
The story is not “president touts historic peace deal.” A peace deal involves peace.
Sincerely,
Factual reality
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The thing is, we can disagree about all kinds of policies, and still fundamentally agree on some basic principles of government. I think many of us have rediscovered that, which is one good thing that comes out of all this.
What's wild is that I'm not only just as solidly progressive and left leaning as ever, I'm in fact more left leaning and progressive as I've ever been *at the same time as* I haven't disagreed with anything that David Frum and Tom Nichols have said or written in the last decade. Thanks, Atlantic.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The thing is, we can disagree about all kinds of policies, and still fundamentally agree on some basic principles of government. I think many of us have rediscovered that, which is one good thing that comes out of all this.
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Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.
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You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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How the Japanese really feel: carterjmrn.com/blog/sentime...
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How the Japanese really feel: carterjmrn.com/blog/sentime...
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
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When most reporting outside of sycophantic propagandists makes you look bad, it could be because:
1) The heads of The Media held a secret meeting to conspire to distort because, uh, reasons, and executed it smoothly, leaving behind no evidence.
or
2) You're screwing up a lot. The facts look bad.
1) The heads of The Media held a secret meeting to conspire to distort because, uh, reasons, and executed it smoothly, leaving behind no evidence.
or
2) You're screwing up a lot. The facts look bad.
CNN plays a clip of Trump saying that when "97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech. ... That's just cheating."
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, while claiming to support free speech, agrees with Trump: "When 97% of the news stories are negative about him ... it is cheating."
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, while claiming to support free speech, agrees with Trump: "When 97% of the news stories are negative about him ... it is cheating."
Sen. Mullin responds to Trump calling on the DOJ to target his political foes: ‘It’s time to look into them’ | CNN Politics
Senator Markwayne Mullin responds to Trump pressuring his attorney general to go after his political enemies, plus responds to Trump’s claim that 97% of news stories are negative against him.
www.cnn.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When most reporting outside of sycophantic propagandists makes you look bad, it could be because:
1) The heads of The Media held a secret meeting to conspire to distort because, uh, reasons, and executed it smoothly, leaving behind no evidence.
or
2) You're screwing up a lot. The facts look bad.
1) The heads of The Media held a secret meeting to conspire to distort because, uh, reasons, and executed it smoothly, leaving behind no evidence.
or
2) You're screwing up a lot. The facts look bad.
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Twitter and Facebook are not the federal government.
They had long been biased in Trump’s favor, not against him, letting many previous TOS violations slide.
And Trump was president at the time, not Biden.
But it’s still the “look what you made me do” for this wave of state-driven censorship.
They had long been biased in Trump’s favor, not against him, letting many previous TOS violations slide.
And Trump was president at the time, not Biden.
But it’s still the “look what you made me do” for this wave of state-driven censorship.
Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.
It says something about Trump’s all-out war on free speech that the New York Times couldn’t find a more credible person than “presidential historian” Craig Shirley to defend it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Twitter and Facebook are not the federal government.
They had long been biased in Trump’s favor, not against him, letting many previous TOS violations slide.
And Trump was president at the time, not Biden.
But it’s still the “look what you made me do” for this wave of state-driven censorship.
They had long been biased in Trump’s favor, not against him, letting many previous TOS violations slide.
And Trump was president at the time, not Biden.
But it’s still the “look what you made me do” for this wave of state-driven censorship.
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The defining lesson of this first year of Trump authoritarianism is that kowtowing & capitulating yields zero permanent benefit and only emboldens the admin to come after you more.
This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The defining lesson of this first year of Trump authoritarianism is that kowtowing & capitulating yields zero permanent benefit and only emboldens the admin to come after you more.
This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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The RFK hearing is a remarkable example of someone in real-time being informed about where they are on the Dunning-Kruger curve.
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The RFK hearing is a remarkable example of someone in real-time being informed about where they are on the Dunning-Kruger curve.
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The COVID argument is never “1m more deaths would’ve been worth it, i would’ve preferred if my kids had to grow up without their grandmother.”
Pretty much always based on the assumption that it would’ve been the same amount of sickness and death, or even less, just with more money and more fun.
Pretty much always based on the assumption that it would’ve been the same amount of sickness and death, or even less, just with more money and more fun.
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The COVID argument is never “1m more deaths would’ve been worth it, i would’ve preferred if my kids had to grow up without their grandmother.”
Pretty much always based on the assumption that it would’ve been the same amount of sickness and death, or even less, just with more money and more fun.
Pretty much always based on the assumption that it would’ve been the same amount of sickness and death, or even less, just with more money and more fun.