@mrgens.bsky.social
Trolls World Tour and popcorn might be the energy you need today.
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There is nothing more important than supporting our children and helping them learn. The loss of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will have devastating results for generations to come. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There is nothing more important than supporting our children and helping them learn. The loss of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will have devastating results for generations to come. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
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Brooke Rollins leaves open the possibility that the Trump administration might try to ban native born Chinese-Americans from buying farmland
August 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Brooke Rollins leaves open the possibility that the Trump administration might try to ban native born Chinese-Americans from buying farmland
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i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker
The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral “deals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior.
August 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker
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The media debates the EFFECTIVENESS of Trump’s crimes rather than the fact that they are crimes. It’s insane.
It’s as if an NBA player brought a knife on the court and the analysis was about the effectiveness of his stabbing playing defense.
It’s as if an NBA player brought a knife on the court and the analysis was about the effectiveness of his stabbing playing defense.
August 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The media debates the EFFECTIVENESS of Trump’s crimes rather than the fact that they are crimes. It’s insane.
It’s as if an NBA player brought a knife on the court and the analysis was about the effectiveness of his stabbing playing defense.
It’s as if an NBA player brought a knife on the court and the analysis was about the effectiveness of his stabbing playing defense.
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One thing I wanted a serious discussion of for the second Trump term was how countries with unreliable national statistics actually behave in practice, and how private actors compensate for it. I asked @maiamindel.bsky.social to write something and she did back in February
Can We Trust Government Statistics Under Trump?
What statistical forgery in other regimes can tell us about what to expect.
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
One thing I wanted a serious discussion of for the second Trump term was how countries with unreliable national statistics actually behave in practice, and how private actors compensate for it. I asked @maiamindel.bsky.social to write something and she did back in February
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Hear! Hear!
Any Dems who don’t have this attitude should exit politics now:
August 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Hear! Hear!
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Didn’t even do better than Romney.
Trump only got 56% of the vote in Texas this last election.
Romney got 57%
GWBush got 59% and 61%
Reagan got 63% in 1984
Nixon got 66% in 1972
LBJ got 63% in 1964
FDR got 88%, 87%, 80%, 71%
In the Solid South era, Dems routinely did >70%.
None demanded the prize that Our Special Boy wants
Romney got 57%
GWBush got 59% and 61%
Reagan got 63% in 1984
Nixon got 66% in 1972
LBJ got 63% in 1964
FDR got 88%, 87%, 80%, 71%
In the Solid South era, Dems routinely did >70%.
None demanded the prize that Our Special Boy wants
Trump: "We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats ... I got the highest vote in the history of Texas as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats."
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Didn’t even do better than Romney.
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Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
Financials on Epstein. Why isn't Idaho's Crapo (R), Chairman of Finance, asking for these? newrepublic.com/article/1982...
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.
newrepublic.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Financials on Epstein. Why isn't Idaho's Crapo (R), Chairman of Finance, asking for these? newrepublic.com/article/1982...
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"They were playing from a playbook which has no rights."
July 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"They were playing from a playbook which has no rights."
Is public broadcasting, even if not federally supported, going to be the only independent news mass media?
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Is public broadcasting, even if not federally supported, going to be the only independent news mass media?
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Boasberg again denies a POLITICO bid to unseal grand jury info — this time the contents of Kash Patel's grand jury transcript that Patel himself said should come out.
Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself. He can. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself. He can. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
July 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Boasberg again denies a POLITICO bid to unseal grand jury info — this time the contents of Kash Patel's grand jury transcript that Patel himself said should come out.
Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself. He can. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself. He can. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
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Who wouldn't want one of these guys as president? Sick.
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Who wouldn't want one of these guys as president? Sick.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered one of the greatest speeches in US history. Today it’s often presented in abridged form, though, and skips what seems like a long-winded introduction. If you read the intro closely, however, there’s an ingenious structure. THREAD👇🏽
July 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered one of the greatest speeches in US history. Today it’s often presented in abridged form, though, and skips what seems like a long-winded introduction. If you read the intro closely, however, there’s an ingenious structure. THREAD👇🏽
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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An NYC Council member calling for ICE to be abolished!! bsky.app/profile/mari...
NEW statement from NYC Councilwoman Shahana Hanif (@shahanafrombk.bsky.social) on Brad Lander's arrest:
June 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
An NYC Council member calling for ICE to be abolished!! bsky.app/profile/mari...
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Big Beautiful Bill: sell 1/2 the BLM and USFS land in the next 5 years. Wes Silver's newsletter: "An amendment to the budget reconciliation package written by M Lee (R-Utah) and S Daines (R-Montana) authorizes the sale of 258 million acres of BLM and Natl Forest land in 10 western states, Alaska.
June 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Big Beautiful Bill: sell 1/2 the BLM and USFS land in the next 5 years. Wes Silver's newsletter: "An amendment to the budget reconciliation package written by M Lee (R-Utah) and S Daines (R-Montana) authorizes the sale of 258 million acres of BLM and Natl Forest land in 10 western states, Alaska.
Impeach her.
THE SHOOTING IS SO HEARTBREAKING:
BE AWARE OF WHAT THE RIGHT IS SAYING:
KRISTI NOEM: “We must use deadly force to liberate states from politicians we don’t agree with and their burdensome leadership.”
HER OBJECTIVE IS ESCALATION, DISTRACTION, DISINFORMATION TO PROMOTE ANGER, LIES, TERROR!
BE AWARE OF WHAT THE RIGHT IS SAYING:
KRISTI NOEM: “We must use deadly force to liberate states from politicians we don’t agree with and their burdensome leadership.”
HER OBJECTIVE IS ESCALATION, DISTRACTION, DISINFORMATION TO PROMOTE ANGER, LIES, TERROR!
June 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Impeach her.
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HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO FALL FOR LIES, DECEPTION, DECEIT, AND DISINFORMATION! WHY MUST WE BE THE SUFFERERS FOR HIS GREED! WE MUST FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THESE ATTACKS ON US FROM WITHIN!
youtu.be/MWZf2_hg-_0?...
youtu.be/MWZf2_hg-_0?...
US House Debate On Trump's 'Big & Beautiful' Tax Bill Explodes; Jim McGovern Screams, 'Your Ugly...'
YouTube video by Times Of India
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO FALL FOR LIES, DECEPTION, DECEIT, AND DISINFORMATION! WHY MUST WE BE THE SUFFERERS FOR HIS GREED! WE MUST FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THESE ATTACKS ON US FROM WITHIN!
youtu.be/MWZf2_hg-_0?...
youtu.be/MWZf2_hg-_0?...
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The stupidest people are in charge because we couldn’t prosecute a political crime because it would look too political.
June 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The stupidest people are in charge because we couldn’t prosecute a political crime because it would look too political.