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Even if you agree with Schumer that voting for cloture was the lesser of two evils, he handled this with such total ineptitude, in a way that could not have angered and demoralized Democratic voters more if it had been designed to, that it's impossible to justify his leadership role.>
March 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Even if you agree with Schumer that voting for cloture was the lesser of two evils, he handled this with such total ineptitude, in a way that could not have angered and demoralized Democratic voters more if it had been designed to, that it's impossible to justify his leadership role.>
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FYI…
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
FYI…
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Stop what you’re doing and read this.
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this.
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This week has been crazy.
Next week week will be crazy.
I'm taking the weekend off.
No politics.
No social media.
No news.
And here is an official permission slip for any that needs to take time off.
Pass it on.
Next week week will be crazy.
I'm taking the weekend off.
No politics.
No social media.
No news.
And here is an official permission slip for any that needs to take time off.
Pass it on.
a person is holding a card that says permission slip
ALT: a person is holding a card that says permission slip
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This week has been crazy.
Next week week will be crazy.
I'm taking the weekend off.
No politics.
No social media.
No news.
And here is an official permission slip for any that needs to take time off.
Pass it on.
Next week week will be crazy.
I'm taking the weekend off.
No politics.
No social media.
No news.
And here is an official permission slip for any that needs to take time off.
Pass it on.
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On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
January 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
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No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
January 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
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I found the first hour of the Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown," to be nearly unwatchable.
It's hard to watch a movie when your eyes are filled with tears of joy. (1/?)
It's hard to watch a movie when your eyes are filled with tears of joy. (1/?)
December 28, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I found the first hour of the Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown," to be nearly unwatchable.
It's hard to watch a movie when your eyes are filled with tears of joy. (1/?)
It's hard to watch a movie when your eyes are filled with tears of joy. (1/?)
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A Complete Unknown: full assessment later. Liked it a lot. More stylistically interesting than I expected based on JM’s last musical biopic. A good close-ups movie; narrative is communicated by watching the wheels turn in people’s eyes.
Also: I think the kid might win the Oscar.
Also: I think the kid might win the Oscar.
December 26, 2024 at 4:19 AM
A Complete Unknown: full assessment later. Liked it a lot. More stylistically interesting than I expected based on JM’s last musical biopic. A good close-ups movie; narrative is communicated by watching the wheels turn in people’s eyes.
Also: I think the kid might win the Oscar.
Also: I think the kid might win the Oscar.
Seated for A Complete Unknown
December 24, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Seated for A Complete Unknown
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To the very end, I will never understand how January 6th, 2021, wasn’t a dealbreaker.
December 13, 2024 at 9:53 PM
To the very end, I will never understand how January 6th, 2021, wasn’t a dealbreaker.
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This is truly the best legal advice we can give.
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
December 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM
This is truly the best legal advice we can give.
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I still see people cutting and pasting from the Bad Place to dunk on it here, and I hope you all get that out of your system real soon now
December 1, 2024 at 11:27 PM
I still see people cutting and pasting from the Bad Place to dunk on it here, and I hope you all get that out of your system real soon now
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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Good advice to everyone on BlueSky
You can voice your opinion about Kash Patel without retweeting DT. PLEASE do not turn BlueSky into Twitter/X by continually retweeting him. Let’s not become a garbage dump for Truth Social. Just state your viewpoint without platforming him. Thanks.
December 1, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Good advice to everyone on BlueSky
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We need a whole new generation of strategists in the Democratic Party.
November 26, 2024 at 9:52 PM
We need a whole new generation of strategists in the Democratic Party.
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Just saw Steve McQueen's Blitz and it's kind of astonishing: Part classical WWII perseverance melodrama, part kids' Dickensian picaresque escapade, and part fierce upending of the cliches of both of those genres. You might not love it, but it's a wholly idiosyncratic film that only he could've made.
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Just saw Steve McQueen's Blitz and it's kind of astonishing: Part classical WWII perseverance melodrama, part kids' Dickensian picaresque escapade, and part fierce upending of the cliches of both of those genres. You might not love it, but it's a wholly idiosyncratic film that only he could've made.
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When you choose someone unfit and without relevant experience like Matt Whittaker to be America’s NATO ambassador, you’re not just saying you don’t care about NATO. You’re making America increasingly small. You’re making America a laughingstock in the world. That’s what Trump is doing.
November 20, 2024 at 6:34 PM
When you choose someone unfit and without relevant experience like Matt Whittaker to be America’s NATO ambassador, you’re not just saying you don’t care about NATO. You’re making America increasingly small. You’re making America a laughingstock in the world. That’s what Trump is doing.
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Still a timely read.
A letter from flyover country
Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me “Mayor Pete.” My surname, Buttigieg (Boot-edge-edge), is very common in…
medium.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Still a timely read.
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I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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Amazing how this works…
November 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Amazing how this works…
