Kevin Baird
@kevlar.bsky.social
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Your daily reminder that the ACA is the ONLY Republican idea Republicans ever had for healthcare (see: Romneycare). Obama would've had a public option but Republicans killed that, and they just hate ACA cuz a black man has his name on it. Your Uncle Maga doesn't know this cuz he watches Fox News.
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Your daily reminder that the ACA is the ONLY Republican idea Republicans ever had for healthcare (see: Romneycare). Obama would've had a public option but Republicans killed that, and they just hate ACA cuz a black man has his name on it. Your Uncle Maga doesn't know this cuz he watches Fox News.
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lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.
Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.
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They've only had 10 years to come up with a plan. Still working on it!
FOX: What do you say to Americans who say to Republicans, where's your healthcare plan? If they're not getting their subsidy, what's option B?
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
They've only had 10 years to come up with a plan. Still working on it!
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FOX’S BRIT HUME: “No doubt the tariffs are a factor in this, Bret. There’s no getting around that. It’s not a bridge loan. This is a subsidy. A $12 billion government program to bail out farmers hurt by his other program, the tariffs.”
They love “SoCiALiSm” when it’s convenient
They love “SoCiALiSm” when it’s convenient
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
FOX’S BRIT HUME: “No doubt the tariffs are a factor in this, Bret. There’s no getting around that. It’s not a bridge loan. This is a subsidy. A $12 billion government program to bail out farmers hurt by his other program, the tariffs.”
They love “SoCiALiSm” when it’s convenient
They love “SoCiALiSm” when it’s convenient
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What a time to have just watched Succession
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What a time to have just watched Succession
WTF is happening
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WTF is happening
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Trump: We’re going to send ICE to World Cup matches.
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump: We’re going to send ICE to World Cup matches.
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
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Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
“Pacify” ≠ “peace”
NEW: Trump wins FIFA Peace Prize after Nobel snub
Trump gets Peace Prize, but not the one he wanted
Trump accepted the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize at the 2026 World Cup draw.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“Pacify” ≠ “peace”
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Democracy dies on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. From Kagan’s dissent:
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democracy dies on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. From Kagan’s dissent:
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“Pulitzer Prize-winning author & staff writer at The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert, sits down w/Jon Stewart to discuss her latest book, "Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World”
youtu.be/42e1qdYDw_Q .
youtu.be/42e1qdYDw_Q .
Elizabeth Kolbert - The Climate Crisis & “Life on a Little-Known Planet" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“Pulitzer Prize-winning author & staff writer at The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert, sits down w/Jon Stewart to discuss her latest book, "Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World”
youtu.be/42e1qdYDw_Q .
youtu.be/42e1qdYDw_Q .
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Trump admin drug interdiction policy:
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump admin drug interdiction policy:
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
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So unfair.
This is on Trump & Noem & Hegseth.
This is on Trump & Noem & Hegseth.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So unfair.
This is on Trump & Noem & Hegseth.
This is on Trump & Noem & Hegseth.
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
There’s a sucker born every minute
BREAKING: "Trump Mobile" has been exposed as a T-Mobile Revvl 7 Pro, made in China. You can buy one of those for $100, but Trump sold it to MAGA for the low, low price of... $500. 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There’s a sucker born every minute
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Madden: Did you ever see Bone Tomahawk?
Al: No
Madden: alright, so
Al: No
Madden: alright, so
November 26, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Madden: Did you ever see Bone Tomahawk?
Al: No
Madden: alright, so
Al: No
Madden: alright, so
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I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...