Lapak
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Thinks everybody ought to have food, shelter, and medical care.
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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WE ARE NOT AT WAR
DRUG SMUGGLING IS NOT "NARCOTERRORISM"
can you all PLEASE stop rebutting excuses that depend on accepting GOP lies
the victims were not "in the fight," they were illegally attacked
the legal action would have been interdiction
DRUG SMUGGLING IS NOT "NARCOTERRORISM"
can you all PLEASE stop rebutting excuses that depend on accepting GOP lies
the victims were not "in the fight," they were illegally attacked
the legal action would have been interdiction
Hegseth's "fog of war" claim is nonsense, if this account of what video shows is correct: The two men obviously were visible.
Tom Cotton's claims also in doubt: Rep Smith says drugs not visible. The decision that the men were still in the fight looks very shaky:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Tom Cotton's claims also in doubt: Rep Smith says drugs not visible. The decision that the men were still in the fight looks very shaky:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
WE ARE NOT AT WAR
DRUG SMUGGLING IS NOT "NARCOTERRORISM"
can you all PLEASE stop rebutting excuses that depend on accepting GOP lies
the victims were not "in the fight," they were illegally attacked
the legal action would have been interdiction
DRUG SMUGGLING IS NOT "NARCOTERRORISM"
can you all PLEASE stop rebutting excuses that depend on accepting GOP lies
the victims were not "in the fight," they were illegally attacked
the legal action would have been interdiction
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FYI, if you’re watching/will watch Mighty Nein, be warned that the cat does not make it. While non-explicit, it’s harrowing. I’m sorry, I didn’t think to warn about it until now.
Oh yeah, a bunch of humans too
Oh yeah, a bunch of humans too
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
FYI, if you’re watching/will watch Mighty Nein, be warned that the cat does not make it. While non-explicit, it’s harrowing. I’m sorry, I didn’t think to warn about it until now.
Oh yeah, a bunch of humans too
Oh yeah, a bunch of humans too
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as a grantwriter, the lack of unrestricted funding is a MASSIVE burden on nonprofits. everyone wants to fund a new shiny pilot program that makes them look like innovators. they don’t want to help make your tried and tested programs that have served the community for 50 years more sustainable
The headline I feel like is that all the philanthropic donations from billionaires typically have a shitload of restrictions.
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie Scott’s signature philanthropic style is giving unrestricted gifts—a rarity in the industry. trib.al/DjrurgM
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
as a grantwriter, the lack of unrestricted funding is a MASSIVE burden on nonprofits. everyone wants to fund a new shiny pilot program that makes them look like innovators. they don’t want to help make your tried and tested programs that have served the community for 50 years more sustainable
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The Administration that claims to fight drug trafficking — while its Defense Secretary is tied to the killing of two disarmed foreign nationals in the Caribbean — has now pardoned former Honduran President Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding cocaine traffickers.
Former Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump. The U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Administration that claims to fight drug trafficking — while its Defense Secretary is tied to the killing of two disarmed foreign nationals in the Caribbean — has now pardoned former Honduran President Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding cocaine traffickers.
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I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
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Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
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I haven't had enough time to process this yet but,
I've studied the anti-vax movement for 7 years of my career and I can't believe I'm now at the point where I can't recommend the CDC as a trustworthy source of health information.
This is dangerous, insane, and embarrassing.
I've studied the anti-vax movement for 7 years of my career and I can't believe I'm now at the point where I can't recommend the CDC as a trustworthy source of health information.
This is dangerous, insane, and embarrassing.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I haven't had enough time to process this yet but,
I've studied the anti-vax movement for 7 years of my career and I can't believe I'm now at the point where I can't recommend the CDC as a trustworthy source of health information.
This is dangerous, insane, and embarrassing.
I've studied the anti-vax movement for 7 years of my career and I can't believe I'm now at the point where I can't recommend the CDC as a trustworthy source of health information.
This is dangerous, insane, and embarrassing.
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
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Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.
This is the kind of content that makes it worth opening the app.
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is the kind of content that makes it worth opening the app.
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Among many other people, Winston Churchill made this point in (indirectly) FOIAable form to Hastings Ismay:
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Among many other people, Winston Churchill made this point in (indirectly) FOIAable form to Hastings Ismay:
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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This is 100% correct. Whatever we’re seeing now must not only be incomplete, but also must be far less damaging than what remains to be released.
You see Trump working the phones and realize White Housers are looking at this morning's emails and thinking, who cares abuot those nothingburgers we need to flip boebert so the bad stuff doesn't come out.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is 100% correct. Whatever we’re seeing now must not only be incomplete, but also must be far less damaging than what remains to be released.
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Trump's "it would cost a lot of money and be very difficult to undo" argument in favor of the tariffs is kind of giving away the game, huh? The whole point of most of this administration is to do a lot of damage very fast before anything gets through the courts, to make it hard to impossible to fix.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Trump's "it would cost a lot of money and be very difficult to undo" argument in favor of the tariffs is kind of giving away the game, huh? The whole point of most of this administration is to do a lot of damage very fast before anything gets through the courts, to make it hard to impossible to fix.
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Jesus christ, Joyce
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Jesus christ, Joyce
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
I probably fall into the same category of "student he may not remember," but I was delighted to see his name at the top and further pleased to read the article itself; it strikes at the heart of the harms toothless both-sides reporting does.
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I probably fall into the same category of "student he may not remember," but I was delighted to see his name at the top and further pleased to read the article itself; it strikes at the heart of the harms toothless both-sides reporting does.