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This is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about.
Some passively auto-renewed.
Others *thought* they cancelled but are now finding out they were auto-renewed after all.
Many will downgrade to a worse plan.
Others will stick it out w/the same plan for a few months before having to drop it.
Some passively auto-renewed.
Others *thought* they cancelled but are now finding out they were auto-renewed after all.
Many will downgrade to a worse plan.
Others will stick it out w/the same plan for a few months before having to drop it.
I stopped auto-pay for our exchange policy thinking that would stop enrollment for that policy. I did not find a way to dis-enroll.
They sent me welcome e-mail 2 days ago.
That policy was $470/mo for 2025 and is now $2248/mo for 2026.
I'm skipping January and doing Feb 1st when I find a policy.
They sent me welcome e-mail 2 days ago.
That policy was $470/mo for 2025 and is now $2248/mo for 2026.
I'm skipping January and doing Feb 1st when I find a policy.
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about.
Some passively auto-renewed.
Others *thought* they cancelled but are now finding out they were auto-renewed after all.
Many will downgrade to a worse plan.
Others will stick it out w/the same plan for a few months before having to drop it.
Some passively auto-renewed.
Others *thought* they cancelled but are now finding out they were auto-renewed after all.
Many will downgrade to a worse plan.
Others will stick it out w/the same plan for a few months before having to drop it.
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People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
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Try to live your life in such a way that you don't get fascist techniques named after you.
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Try to live your life in such a way that you don't get fascist techniques named after you.
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“Catholic religious and others last week made a public appeal amid the cold outside a federal office building in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.” www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...
Catholics demand Communion for immigration detainees at Christmas
Catholic religious and others made a public appeal outside a federal field office Dec. 19 in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.
www.ncronline.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Catholic religious and others last week made a public appeal amid the cold outside a federal office building in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.” www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...
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Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cuts $4.5 trillion in taxes for the ultra-rich—paid for by the rest of us.
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cuts $4.5 trillion in taxes for the ultra-rich—paid for by the rest of us.
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thedemocraticcoalition
Think about how backwards this is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
Think about how backwards this is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
thedemocraticcoalition
Think about how backwards this is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
Think about how backwards this is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
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AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-th...
AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future
I got a host of very interesting responses to yesterday’s post about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-th...
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Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Instead of going "gee, it turns out DOGE didn't save money or make government more efficient" months after they finished, how about treating obvious lies as lies in the moment, rather than credulously presenting the unqualified lie in headlines for long enough to give the public a false impression?
The mistake, of the NYT & everyone else, was in participating in the obvious bad faith lie that this lawless authoritarianism was about saving money & reducing the debt. We could have just all acted like adults, & read the laws & constitution, & treated it like the criminal enterprise it always was.
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Instead of going "gee, it turns out DOGE didn't save money or make government more efficient" months after they finished, how about treating obvious lies as lies in the moment, rather than credulously presenting the unqualified lie in headlines for long enough to give the public a false impression?
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The Social Security Administration aims to cut visits to field offices by nearly 15 million annually.
This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.
This is not "modernizing" Social Security.
This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.
This is not "modernizing" Social Security.
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Social Security Administration aims to cut visits to field offices by nearly 15 million annually.
This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.
This is not "modernizing" Social Security.
This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.
This is not "modernizing" Social Security.
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CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded & read the transcript verbatim.
Posting the video of that soon on YouTube again & it'll be available at youtube.com/qasimrashid shortly
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Posting the video of that soon on YouTube again & it'll be available at youtube.com/qasimrashid shortly
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December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded & read the transcript verbatim.
Posting the video of that soon on YouTube again & it'll be available at youtube.com/qasimrashid shortly
Subscribe & share!
Posting the video of that soon on YouTube again & it'll be available at youtube.com/qasimrashid shortly
Subscribe & share!
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Why did Ohio State intervene to try to block Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator Leslie Wexner from being deposed in its wrestling scandal? If he had nothing to do w/ it, what's the danger in him testifying under oath? Were they trying to stop the deposition from going into his relationship w/ Epstein?
Ohio State says Les Wexner shouldn't be deposed in Strauss case
A Dec. 10 motion in federal court says none of the discovery filed to date in the lawsuit involving former Ohio State doctor Richard Strauss suggests Lex Wexner has any information relevant to any par...
www.wosu.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why did Ohio State intervene to try to block Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator Leslie Wexner from being deposed in its wrestling scandal? If he had nothing to do w/ it, what's the danger in him testifying under oath? Were they trying to stop the deposition from going into his relationship w/ Epstein?
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First reported by me for @ms.now: The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
Veterans & their dependents now cannot access abortions in cases of rape, incest or when their health is seriously at risk under VA plans.
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Veterans & their dependents now cannot access abortions in cases of rape, incest or when their health is seriously at risk under VA plans.
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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
First reported by me for @ms.now: The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
Veterans & their dependents now cannot access abortions in cases of rape, incest or when their health is seriously at risk under VA plans.
Read/share👇
Veterans & their dependents now cannot access abortions in cases of rape, incest or when their health is seriously at risk under VA plans.
Read/share👇
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He had Conor McGregor stand behind the WH podium AFTER he was found liable for rape;
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
He had Conor McGregor stand behind the WH podium AFTER he was found liable for rape;
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Every pal of Trump's is a sex offender.
Brand thought he could get baptised and it would go away.
#MagaMisogynists.
Brand thought he could get baptised and it would go away.
#MagaMisogynists.
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Every pal of Trump's is a sex offender.
Brand thought he could get baptised and it would go away.
#MagaMisogynists.
Brand thought he could get baptised and it would go away.
#MagaMisogynists.
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Hey I am here to remind you that trigger warnings might be widely maligned in pop culture but they are up there with alt text on “things you should do on social media” particularly when the triggers are infanticide and rape
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hey I am here to remind you that trigger warnings might be widely maligned in pop culture but they are up there with alt text on “things you should do on social media” particularly when the triggers are infanticide and rape
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Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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The Trump regime's dusting off the 202 year old Monroe Doctrine and claiming that is has any relevance to the world today is just so f-ing LOLOLOL comical. I just can't believe it's real.
Trump’s new special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry says he’s the perfect person to persuade them to become part of the US because his family has lived in Louisiana for 300 years and Greenland falls under the Monroe Doctrine and he going to bring them great Cajun food.
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump regime's dusting off the 202 year old Monroe Doctrine and claiming that is has any relevance to the world today is just so f-ing LOLOLOL comical. I just can't believe it's real.
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Elizabeth Warren has been right about endless things and she gets see this one proven beyond a reasonable clout.
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Elizabeth Warren has been right about endless things and she gets see this one proven beyond a reasonable clout.
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NEW: Investigators described finding a photo of Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell on Steve Bannon's phone during the "We Build the Wall" investigation.
This and other details from the latest Epstein Files release, w @eorden.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
This and other details from the latest Epstein Files release, w @eorden.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW: Investigators described finding a photo of Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell on Steve Bannon's phone during the "We Build the Wall" investigation.
This and other details from the latest Epstein Files release, w @eorden.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
This and other details from the latest Epstein Files release, w @eorden.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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The enshittification of search is doing real damage to people's lives.
Is your ability to make AI memes worth this?
AI was not ready for general release. We did not discuss the implications or create policy around its use and implementation.
This is mass human experimentation, and it's bad.
Is your ability to make AI memes worth this?
AI was not ready for general release. We did not discuss the implications or create policy around its use and implementation.
This is mass human experimentation, and it's bad.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The enshittification of search is doing real damage to people's lives.
Is your ability to make AI memes worth this?
AI was not ready for general release. We did not discuss the implications or create policy around its use and implementation.
This is mass human experimentation, and it's bad.
Is your ability to make AI memes worth this?
AI was not ready for general release. We did not discuss the implications or create policy around its use and implementation.
This is mass human experimentation, and it's bad.
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A little on the nose, narrative-wise
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A little on the nose, narrative-wise
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to be an effective censor you have to simultaneously have a clear-eyed view of what reality is, and a commitment to whatever regime you're censoring on behalf of. Bari has the second but lacks the first
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
to be an effective censor you have to simultaneously have a clear-eyed view of what reality is, and a commitment to whatever regime you're censoring on behalf of. Bari has the second but lacks the first