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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus”
It’s the weekend. World still falling apart. Time to cook beans!
May 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s the weekend. World still falling apart. Time to cook beans!
A shocking and important opinion from Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III (a Reagan appointee) on the Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia case: static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A shocking and important opinion from Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III (a Reagan appointee) on the Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia case: static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
Good explanation of Judge Boasberg's contempt ruling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0e-...
BREAKING: Understanding Judge Boasberg's Contempt Ruling Today
YouTube video by Andrew Weissmann
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Good explanation of Judge Boasberg's contempt ruling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0e-...
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I wrote this in November 2024. It was a difficult thing to write then, and it is a depressing thing to read now. And yet I share it because I think we still need to ask ourselves how far we will go.
April 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I wrote this in November 2024. It was a difficult thing to write then, and it is a depressing thing to read now. And yet I share it because I think we still need to ask ourselves how far we will go.
So now we’re pausing tariffs for 90 days. He’s such a joke.
April 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So now we’re pausing tariffs for 90 days. He’s such a joke.
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Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
Part 3: But even they may one day know fire, hunger, and the sword. -- The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz
April 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Part 3: But even they may one day know fire, hunger, and the sword. -- The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz
Part 2: Because they were born and raised in a given social order and in a given system of values, they believe that any other order must be “unnatural,” and that it cannot last because it is incompatible with human nature.
April 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Part 2: Because they were born and raised in a given social order and in a given system of values, they believe that any other order must be “unnatural,” and that it cannot last because it is incompatible with human nature.
Part 1: "The man of the East cannot take Americans seriously because they have never undergone the experiences that teach men how relative their judgments and thinking habits are. Their resultant lack of imagination is appalling."...
April 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Part 1: "The man of the East cannot take Americans seriously because they have never undergone the experiences that teach men how relative their judgments and thinking habits are. Their resultant lack of imagination is appalling."...
I knew this already, but the incompetence and stupidity of this administration is off the charts: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I knew this already, but the incompetence and stupidity of this administration is off the charts: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
I've reached a stage of life where ordering heirloom dried beans seems like a good idea.
March 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I've reached a stage of life where ordering heirloom dried beans seems like a good idea.
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It's now 5 p.m., four days after the department's leadership ordered prosecutors to drop the Eric Adams case. Nobody has filed the motion to dismiss, or filed a notice of appearance on the docket.
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's now 5 p.m., four days after the department's leadership ordered prosecutors to drop the Eric Adams case. Nobody has filed the motion to dismiss, or filed a notice of appearance on the docket.
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www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
If anyone needs a refresher on the basic problem and paradox of government, this is a good refresher. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K-o...
Angus King Warns Constitution Is Under 'The Most Direct And Consequential Assault' From Trump Admin
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If anyone needs a refresher on the basic problem and paradox of government, this is a good refresher. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K-o...
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"We don't have very good security in our country" SAYS THE GUY WHO GAVE THEM ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
Trump on DOGE obtaining Americans' personal information, including social security numbers and bank numbers: "They get it very easily. We don't have very good security in our country."
February 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"We don't have very good security in our country" SAYS THE GUY WHO GAVE THEM ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
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"here’s what I believe happened: In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousness and turned furiously reactionary."
What Happened Here
It's Very Simple Dialectics
www.unpopularfront.news
February 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"here’s what I believe happened: In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousness and turned furiously reactionary."
If you're struggling to make sense of what's happening...here's start: www.unpopularfront.news/p/what-happe...
What Happened Here
It's Very Simple Dialectics
www.unpopularfront.news
February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you're struggling to make sense of what's happening...here's start: www.unpopularfront.news/p/what-happe...
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Obviously illegal, immoral, and just plain disgusting for a handful of young people to seize the personal and financial data of millions of others and hand it to a centibillionaire.
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Obviously illegal, immoral, and just plain disgusting for a handful of young people to seize the personal and financial data of millions of others and hand it to a centibillionaire.
Today I'm contacting the Senate Finance committee to raise data security concerns related to Musk and his associates' activities with the financial data of private citizens and businesses, something that should be of bi-partisan concern. You should be worried too. Their phone number is 202-224-4515
February 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today I'm contacting the Senate Finance committee to raise data security concerns related to Musk and his associates' activities with the financial data of private citizens and businesses, something that should be of bi-partisan concern. You should be worried too. Their phone number is 202-224-4515
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New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky